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Key India coalition ally withdraws from government (Reuters)
maart 05, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – The DMK party, a key member of India’s ruling coalition, said on Saturday it was withdrawing from the Congress-led government, dealing a huge blow...
Former Nepal PM Bhattarai diesâ
maart 05, 2011by latadmin
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai’s, the Nepalese former prime minister who led a popular movement to restore multiparty democracy in 1990, has died. Dr Bharat Rawat,...
China’s Wen pledges to address ‘great resentment’ (AFP)
maart 05, 2011by latadmin
AFP – VIDEO: At the National People’s Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao acknowledges “great resentment” over growing income disparity,...
Key party withdraws from India’s ruling coalition (AFP)
maart 05, 2011by latadmin
AFP – A key regional party from south India said Saturday it has withdrawn from the ruling national coalition, dealing a new blow to the embattled government but...
China’s growing sway felt in north Japan ski town (AP)
maart 05, 2011by latadmin
AP – A new language can be heard on the slopes of this popular ski resort in northern Japan: Chinese.
Marines in deadly Afghan valley face combat stress (AP)
maart 05, 2011by latadmin
AP – When U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Derek Goins deployed to the most dangerous place in Afghanistan five months ago, he mentally prepared for the risk of getting shot...
Foxconn to move 200,000 jobs to central China (AFP)
maart 04, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Taiwan IT giant Foxconn said Friday it is set to transform its factories in southern China into an engineering base while moving about 200,000 jobs inland.
Pakistan buries Christian leader
maart 04, 2011by latadmin
Pakistan has buried Shahbaz Bhatti, a prominent Christian government minister who was assassinated after he called for changes to the...
UN helps N.Korea deal with foot-and-mouth outbreak (AFP)
maart 04, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The UN food agency has sent a team of animal health experts to North Korea to help manage an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that could worsen a food...
US calls for religious tolerance in Indonesia (AFP)
maart 04, 2011by latadmin
AFP – The United States on Friday called for religious tolerance in Indonesia after several provincial governments banned followers of a minority Islamic sect from...