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juli 22, 2013by latadmin
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Karzai contests firing of Afghan minister
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in dispute with lawmakers, contesting a move by parliament to sack his interior minister for failing to stem rising Taliban attacks....
Nikkei will surge to 20,000: Top asset manager
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s landslide electoral victory this weekend could push the Nikkei to 20,000 and the yen above 105 against the dollar, the CEO of...
N. Korea Flooding Hampers Search for Downed US Pilot
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
Steve Herman HYANGSAN, NORTH KOREA — VOA correspondent Steve Herman is in North Korea and has been able to make a rare journey out from the capital Pyongyong, where...
GlaxoSmithKline admits ‘senior executives’ breached Chinese law
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
British drug company GlaxoSmithKline is under investigation for claims its employees bribed doctors in China, as the president of its Asia-Pacific branch admitted...
US top general seeks Afghan troops deal by October
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan — America’s top general says he would like to see a security agreement with Afghanistan signed by October, which would give NATO enough time...
Hotheads in the Philippines: Protests against president Benigno Aquino III as he addresses the nation
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
The Philippine president Benigno Aquino III said on Monday that three years of anti-corruption reforms have banished his country’s image as the “sick man of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new term could open old wounds by rewriting country’s post-war remorse
juli 22, 2013by latadmin
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has returned to work this week after romping home to victory in the general election, promising to fix the nation’s huge economy. Mr...
Nawaz Sharif ‘imports’ ex-UK lawmaker as new governor of Punjab
juli 21, 2013by latadmin
Lahore: The ruling PML-N leadership has decided to appoint a former British lawmaker of Pakistani- origin as the new governor of Pakistan’s most populous province...
Nepal parties allege foreign ‘meddling’, want polls deferred
juli 21, 2013by latadmin
Kathmandu: The alliance of 33 fringe parties in Nepal led by the CPN-Maoist on Sunday alleged that some foreign missions were interfering in the country’s internal...
