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Tibetan monk dies after severe torture: activists
april 05, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AFP) – A Tibetan monk who in 2008 joined a protest in front of foreign journalists in China has died after allegedly suffering "severe torture"...
Pakistan revamps Taliban fortress for skiing gala
april 05, 2011by latadmin
MALAM JABBA, Pakistan (AFP) – More than three years after the Taliban shut Pakistan's most famous ski resort, enthusiasts are again slamming down the slopes...
Radiation Errors Erode Confidence in Power Company
april 05, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO — The alarming figures pour forth daily about radiation emanating from Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant. But don’t believe everything you...
Action needed to address nuclear fears: IAEA chief
april 04, 2011by latadmin
VIENNA (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. nuclear agency called on Monday for international action to prevent a repetition of Japan's nuclear disaster, saying...
Karzai orders probe into deadly UN protest
april 04, 2011by latadmin
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered his government to investigate deadly Koran-burning protests that killed up to two dozen people, including...
15 female foetuses ‘found on Indian tip’
april 04, 2011by latadmin
PATNA (AFP) – Fifteen female foetuses have been found in jars left on a rubbish dump, Indian police said Monday, days after census data showed the ratio of girls...
Former Pakistani mayor killed in UAE
april 04, 2011by latadmin
AJMAN, United Arab Emirates – Police in the United Arab Emirates say gunmen have killed a former Pakistani mayor accused in the…
Largest US dealer expects Japanese auto shortage
april 04, 2011by latadmin
DETROIT – Cars made by Japanese manufacturers will be in short supply at the largest U.S. dealer chain this spring and summer because of last month’s...
Protests against women’s policy cripple Bangladesh (AP)
april 04, 2011by latadmin
AP – Police clashed with demonstrators and arrested dozens in Bangladesh as a hard-line Muslim group enforced a paralyzing general strike Monday protesting a new...
Leading Vietnamese Dissident Sentenced to Prison
april 04, 2011by latadmin
BANGKOK — A prominent Vietnamese legal scholar who sued the prime minister and called for multiparty democracy was convicted of propaganda against the state Monday...
