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S. Lanka relent to India over IPL recall (AFP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Sri Lanka said on Thursday they had allowed their players to honour their Indian Premier League commitments to avoid embarrassing neighbours India.
Turkey: Kurdish candidates can run for parliament (AP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Turkey’s top election body on Thursday reversed a decision that had barred several Kurdish candidates from running in a parliamentary vote in June...
Japan seals off no-go zone around nuclear plant (AP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Japan sealed off a wide area around a radiation-spewing nuclear power plant on Friday to prevent tens of thousands of residents from sneaking back to the...
S. Korea troops board ship after reports of attack
april 21, 2011by latadmin
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean naval commandos Thursday boarded a Seoul-owned container ship in the Indian Ocean following reports of a pirate attack and found all...
Japan Internet providers block child porn
april 21, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – A group of Japanese internet service providers started blocking access to child porn websites on Thursday as part of efforts to crack down on the...
Underwater robots join search for tsunami victims
april 21, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – Two underwater robots operated by a joint US-Japanese team have searched a bay in northeast Japan for bodies of victims swept away by a tsunami...
Why Barbie Flopped in Shanghai
april 21, 2011by latadmin
Mattel (MAT) opened its first free-standing Barbie store in China in March 2009-a giant, 36,000-square-foot edifice in a six story building on Shanghai’s Huaihai...
Five Indian executives arrested in 2G fraud case
april 20, 2011by latadmin
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Five senior Indian corporate executives accused in an alleged mobile phone licence sales fraud which may have cost the country up to $40 billion...
U.S. says won’t abandon drone program in Pakistan
april 20, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States will not abandon its drone program in Pakistan but how it goes forward is a matter for U.S. and Pakistani intelligence and...
Pakistan’s ISI has links with Haqqani militants: U.S.
april 20, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The top U.S. military officer said Pakistan's intelligence agency still has ties to militants fighting in Afghanistan,…
