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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...
Bollywood tribute to screen at Cannes: organisers (AFP)
april 22, 2011by latadmin
AFP – A film celebrating the history of India’s musical cinema, “Bollywood — the greatest love story ever told”, will be screened at this...
Indian guru critical, devotees pray for miracle
april 22, 2011by latadmin
PUTTAPARTHI, India (AFP) – Indian spiritual leader Sai Baba, one of the country's most famous gurus, remained in a critical condition on Friday as devotees...
Elite Chinese student gets death for ‘cruel’ crime
april 22, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a music student to die for stabbing a woman to death after hurting her in a car crash, a crime that sparked a...
Bangladesh ferry accident toll rises to 32: police
april 22, 2011by latadmin
DHAKA (AFP) – Police in Bangladesh raised the death toll from a ferry accident in the east of the country to 32 on Friday, with more bodies expected to be...
Japan PM says country facing ‘crisis within crisis’
april 22, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Friday it is his "destiny" to serve during "a crisis within a crisis" as the...
Confucius Statue Vanishes Near Tiananmen Square
april 22, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING — “When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them,” Confucius once said. Apparently, someone extremely powerful has taken the saying to...
As China’s Income Gap Grows, Tombs Are a Target
april 22, 2011by latadmin
CHENGDU, China — Ever since Deng Xiaoping signaled in 1978 that it was fine to get rich, much of China has seemed hell-bent on that goal. But some local...
Japan Announces Emergency Budget
april 22, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO — The Japanese government earmarked almost $50 billion in emergency spending on Friday for the first step in the country’s largest reconstruction...
