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Search finds more bodies in quake-hit Turkish city (Reuters)
november 11, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Rescuers found ten bodies, including a child’s, on Friday as they dug through rubble after the latest earthquake to hit Van, a city in eastern...
NATO service member killed in Afghanistan
november 11, 2011by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan-NATO says one of its…
Turkish quake death toll rises to 22 (AP)
november 11, 2011by latadmin
AP – The death toll from the second earthquake to hit eastern Turkey in about two weeks rose to 22 on Friday as several rescue teams clawed through heaps of...
Dissident Chinese Artist Will Contest Large Tax Bill
november 11, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING — Ai Weiwei, the artist and political dissident, has decided to contest an unpaid tax assessment of 15 million renminbi, or about $2.4 million, that is due...
Sri Lanka’s war report ready next week (AP)
november 11, 2011by latadmin
AP – A Sri Lankan commission that probed alleged abuses during the island’s civil war says it will present its final report in a week.
EU censors own film on Afghan women prisoners
november 10, 2011by latadmin
The European Union has blocked the release of a documentary on Afghan women who are in jail for so-called “moral crimes”. The EU says it decided to withdraw...
Suicide attackers storm Afghan governor’s office
november 10, 2011by latadmin
Attackers have stormed the offices of a governor in Afghanistan’s south-eastern Paktia province, killing at least four people. At least four suicide attackers,...
Turkish police fire tear gas in quake city (Reuters)
november 10, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Riot police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse protesters angry at the state’s relief efforts after the second earthquake in eastern Turkey...
Asia Discovers Its M&A Potential
november 10, 2011by latadmin
Buoyed by powerful economic growth, strong corporate profits and government deregulation, M&A activity in Asia Pacific has staged a healthy recovery from the...
Taiwan man demands Chinese police return his hand
november 10, 2011by latadmin
A Taiwanese man on Thursday demanded Chinese authorities return his left hand, which he said was amputated after a savage robbery and then kept by mainland police as...
