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Myanmar, Karen Rebel Group Firm Up Cease-Fire
april 06, 2012by latadmin
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s government and its most enduring ethnic rebel group agreed Friday to firm up a cease-fire while negotiating a more a...
Thaworn stays ahead in Singapore
april 06, 2012by latadmin
Thaworn Wiratchant held his lead on 11-under-par through five holes of his second round after play was suspended due to darkness at the weather-hit ISPS Handa Singapore...
Gandhi statue vandalised in Sri Lanka
april 06, 2012by latadmin
Statues of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and Britain’s Robert Baden-Powell have been vandalised in Sri Lanka amid an anti-Indian and anti-Western...
Kaneria ‘unaware’ of ECB corruption hearing
april 06, 2012by latadmin
Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria said Friday he was in the dark about a disciplinary hearing in Britain over corruption that led to the jailing of an English...
US charges six Chinese citizens with insider trading
april 06, 2012by latadmin
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said the six people and the company, British Virgin Islands-based Prestige Trade Investment Ltd, made more than $9...
Suicide bomber kills Afghanistan peace councillor
april 06, 2012by latadmin
A suicide bomber has killed the influential head of a regional peace council in eastern Afghanistan, security officials say. Maulvi Hashem Munib was on his way home from...
Japanese swim trio qualify for Olympics
april 05, 2012by latadmin
World 50-metre bronze medallist Aya Terakawa set a new Japanese record to win the women’s 100m backstroke and qualify for the London Olympics on Thursday. Terakawa...
NKorea launch an intel opportunity for US, allies
april 05, 2012by latadmin
As the U.S. and its allies decry North Korea’s planned rocket launch, they’re also rushing to capitalize on the rare opportunity it presents to assess the...
‘Abducted Pakistani starved to death in Greece’
april 05, 2012by latadmin
Athens: A Pakistani youth was starved to death in Greece after being held to ransom by kidnappers for over more than months, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported...
Govt to launch market operations to curb inflation
april 05, 2012by latadmin
The government will launch market operations to contain inflationary pressure following the delayed rise in the prices of subsidized fuel oils that may increase the...