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House asks law minister to review remission regulation
december 14, 2011by latadmin
Party factions in the House of Representatives` Commission III have asked the government to review or even cancel a new regulation that tightens the extension of...
Hospitalized Pakistan President to be Discharged but No Word on His Return
december 14, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, who unexpectedly flew to the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 6 for what was officially described as...
15 Chinese children killed in school bus accident (AP)
december 13, 2011by latadmin
AP – A school bus taking primary students home slipped off a country road into an irrigation ditch in eastern China, killing 15 children and highlighting...
Three Thai soldiers killed by landmine
december 13, 2011by latadmin
Three Thai soldiers were killed and one was critically wounded when an old landmine exploded Tuesday as they were trying to defuse it on the country’s border with...
‘Unfit’ Khmer Rouge defendant to stay detained
december 13, 2011by latadmin
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia-Cambodia’s U.N.-assisted tribunal ordered Tuesday that a Khmer Rouge defendant earlier ruled unfit to stand trial will remain detained to see...
SKorea to get tough on illegal Chinese fishermen (AP)
december 13, 2011by latadmin
AP – Angry South Koreans slammed Chinese fishermen as “pirates” Tuesday, while President Lee Myung-bak vowed to spend more on policing the...
Associate: Pakistan president had ‘mini-stroke’ (AP)
december 13, 2011by latadmin
AP – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari suffered a “mini-stroke” that led to his extended hospitalization in Dubai, but he is improving quickly and...
South Korea: Planned building ‘resembles 9/11 attacks’
december 13, 2011by latadmin
It is what developers are calling a “pixelated cloud” – a profusion of box-like extensions jutting out from the middle of two tower blocks, and fusing...
Alarm after Indian train takes wrong turn
december 13, 2011by latadmin
An Indian passenger train travelled several kilometres on the wrong track before the driver was alerted. The Coalfield Express was travelling from Howrah near Calcutta...
Philippines Arrests Former Official Accused of Election Fraud
december 13, 2011by latadmin
MANILA — In an escalating battle between entrenched political forces in the Philippines, a senior official accused of election fraud was arrested on Tuesday....
