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Japan imperial couple cheer nuclear evacuees (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Two months after Japan’s quake and tsunami sparked an atomic disaster, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Fukushima on Wednesday to comfort...
US hedge fund founder convicted on insider trading (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Once-powerful hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was convicted on Wednesday on all counts of fraud and conspiracy, in Wall Street’s biggest insider...
Social media shake up Singapore political terrain (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The most popular Singaporean public figure on Facebook is not a pop star, actress or athlete.
Malaysian mobsters enlisting teenagers on Facebook (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Malaysia has announced a major crackdown on criminal gangs using social networking sites like Facebook to enlist teenage recruits as “street...
Philippine nuclear plant to become tourist site (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Tourists will soon be able to wander through a nuclear power plant in the Philippines that was built nearly three decades ago but never used, a government...
Pakistan see off India, Australia march on (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Asian champions Pakistan came from behind to destroy rivals and joint-holders India 3-1 with a masterly second-half performance on Wednesday in the Sultan...
Middle class appetites drive China food inflation (AP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AP – Hunger was such a constant companion in Yao Qizhong’s childhood that even now, at age 40, he’ll stoop down to salvage a single clove of garlic...
Pakistan toughens up on acid attacks (AFP)
mei 11, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Pakistani lawmakers have adopted tougher penalties for acid attacks in a step towards eradicating a form of violence that can disfigure around 200 women a...
U.S. Still Waits for Access to Bin Laden Widows
mei 10, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan has not yet allowed American investigators access to the three widows of Osama bin Laden taken into Pakistani custody after the raid...
US ‘not to withdraw named Pakistan CIA chief’
mei 10, 2011by latadmin
The US has said it will not withdraw the CIA station chief in Pakistan, despite his name being leaked to local media last week. But officials quoted by US media said the...