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Japan PM resigning as opinion sinks after tsunami
augustus 26, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he would resign after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his...
Sri Lanka proposes end of wartime emergency laws (AP)
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
AP – Sri Lanka’s president announced plans Thursday to lift wartime emergency laws that have curbed civil and political liberties for most of the past 30...
Bomb planted in tricycle kills 8 in Pakistan (AP)
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
AP – A bomb planted in a child’s tricycle exploded outside a shop in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least eight people and damaging several...
US surveillance drone crashes in Pakistan
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
An American surveillance drone crashed in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday near a paramilitary base close to the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said. “It was...
Japanese judo success clouds Olympic picture
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
Japan has been so dominant at the Judo World Championships here over the first two days of competition this week that the sport’s super-power has inadvertently...
UN envoy calls on Myanmar to release prisoners
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The U.N. human rights envoy to Myanmar said Thursday at the end of his visit to the country its new government should release all political...
Suspected US drone crashes in southwest Pakistan
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
CHAMAN, Pakistan (AP) — A spokesman for Pakistan’s paramilitary force says a suspected U.S. surveillance drone has crashed in a military area near the Afghan...
NATO coalition says 3 troops killed in Afghanistan
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombings have killed three NATO service members in southern Afghanistan. The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday that one trooper was...
Jakarta administration denies graft allegation in spatial plan
augustus 25, 2011by latadmin
The Jakarta city administration has dismissed an allegation that the making of the bill on Jakarta’s 2011-2030 spatial plan (RTRW) involved graft…