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China Increases Security in Restive Region
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened their grip on the far western region of Xinjiang by confiscating knives and offering rewards for information...
Good news for Burma is bad for UN staff losing luxury offices to returning tourists
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
In the latest sign of the pace of change in Burma, the UN is having to leave the offices they have occupied in two luxury hotels because the tourism boom means the...
Taliban attack NATO supplier’s compound, kill 7
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban attackers set off a truck bomb early Tuesday and killed five security guards at a NATO supplier’s compound in Kabul, the latest in a...
DEVELOPMENT OF BIRD FLU FACILITIES SHOULD CONTINUE: MINISTER
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi hopes the development of health facilities for bird flu control, which were temporarily halted due to alleged corruption, can continue as...
Afghan Donors Want Human Rights Panel Reconsidered
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai’s widely criticized appointment of five new human rights commissioners has become a sore point with the countries that...
US blacklists Myanmar general over North Korea arms deals
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
The United States placed a Myanmar general on its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday for arms deals with North Korea that violated a UN Security Council embargo on…
Indonesian Parliament passes mass organization law
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's Parliament has approved a bill regulating civic and religious organizations amid strong protests from rights and labor...
Girl is Cambodia’s 9th bird flu fatality of year
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A 6-year-old girl has become the ninth person to die of bird flu in Cambodia this year, as the virus continues to pose a threat to the country,...
Narendra Modi: The man behind the mask who wants to be India’s Prime Minister
juli 02, 2013by latadmin
The roads in Gujarat run straight and true, and most places are blessed with a covetously unbroken supply of electricity. But when Puni’s children fell ill with...
Calm returns to Myanmar after religious clashes
juli 01, 2013by latadmin
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar says a tense calm has returned to western Rakhine state after rioters set four houses ablaze, the latest violence between Buddhists and...
