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Hong Kong upset Kazakhstan in Five Nations (AFP)
april 23, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Hong Kong recorded a surprise win away to Kazakhstan in the Asian Five Nations rugby tournament on Saturday, while newly-promoted Sri Lanka fought to a draw...
Towns altered in shadow of Japan nuclear disaster
april 23, 2011by latadmin
FUTABA, Japan – Under a brilliant, cloudless sky, a half-dozen cows and a pony wander freely, batting the flies off their ears and chewing on fresh green sprouts....
Golfer Westwood takes five-shot lead in Indonesia
april 23, 2011by latadmin
JAKARTA (AFP) – World number two Lee Westwood opened up a five-shot lead at the Indonesian Masters on Saturday, shooting a superb six-under-par 66 in his third...
Suicide attack kills 5 in northwest Pakistan
april 23, 2011by latadmin
KHAR, Pakistan — A police official says a suicide bombing has killed five people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border. Fazal Rabbi…
Pakistan has ‘broken back’ of militants: army chief
april 23, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan's army chief said Saturday his forces had "broken the back" of Islamist militants after the United States criticised the...
NATO supplies halted ahead of Pakistan protest
april 23, 2011by latadmin
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistan suspended delivery of supplies Saturday to NATO troops in Afghanistan via its land border for three days as campaigners began a...
Aust. PM: Tsunami zone is scene of great sorrow
april 23, 2011by latadmin
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan – The first foreign leader to tour Japan’s tsunami-ravaged coast, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed shock and sorrow at...
Cambodia and Thailand Extend Battle
april 23, 2011by latadmin
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) — A second day of fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops on Saturday killed at least four soldiers, bringing the two-day death...
NATO: Key figure from Qaida-linked group captured (AP)
april 22, 2011by latadmin
AP – A militant who led operations in Afghanistan for an al-Qaida-linked terror group has been captured in the north where his fighters joined forces with the...
Protest as China bars writer’s travel (AFP)
april 22, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Authors led by Salman Rushdie issued a protest Friday after outspoken Chinese writer Liao Yiwu said Beijing refused him permission to travel to New York for...
