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(Photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool)Marjah fears return of warlords
Locals listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010....Full Story

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Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security
| JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals said on Wednesday, an admission that raised concerns about the country’s ability ...Full Story
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visit follows recent trips to Riyadh by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham ...Full Story
China's Exports Rise 46%
| BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and other Western markets after the financial crisis last year. | It was...Full Story
Novel Idea for Japan: Airport for Budget Travel
| MITO, JAPAN — The diktat from the governor was the kind of sweeping order that gives Japanese bureaucrats heart attacks: plans for a three-story airport terminal, painstakingly laid over years, were to be scrapped and replaced with a single-floor layout. | Trimm...Full Story
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
| By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically gone through rough patches over these and related causes of disagreem...Full Story
Marjah fears return of warlords
| By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, at the center of a recent large-scale military effort against the Taliban in Afghanistan's volatile H...Full Story
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| Different takes on coping with change | By Francesco Sisci | BEIJING - In recent weeks on Chinese movie screens there has been a confrontation: Oscar-winning Avatar from the United States pitched against the home-grown Confucius. Both have single-word titles and huge ...Full Story
A good bet on cash, tourists and crime
| By Stanislaus Jude Chan | SINGAPORE - Vehicles with foreign license plates filling the car park is the first unfamiliar sight that greets visitors in the basement of the Singapore's first casino, which opened nearly a month ago. | But surprises are to be expected afte...Full Story
Pakistan risks IMF's $1.2bn
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Islamabad's tardiness in naming a finance minister to succeed Shaukat Tarin, who resigned on February 23 to pursue his own business interests, may delay the release of US$1.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF...Full Story
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End in sight for Bank Century circus
Asia Times | By Gary LaMoshi | DENPASAR, Bali - An investigation of Indonesia's Bank Century, which required a bailout in 2008 that eventually climbed to 6.7 trillion rupiah (US$720 million), has been taken up by the quasi-independent Corruption Eradication Com...
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Statement by the Exiled Tibetan Prime Minister on the 51st Anniversary of National Uprising Day
WorldNews.com Dharamshala: Today - 10 March 2010 - marks the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan people's peaceful uprising against the Chinese authorities. On this momentous day, the Kashag pays homage to the brave men and women of Tibet who have laid down their live...
Statement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 51st Anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day
WorldNews.com Dharamshala: Today marks the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan people's peaceful uprising in 1959 against Communist China's repression in Tibet, as well as the second anniversary of the peaceful protests that erupted across Tibet in March 2008. On this...
Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law
Human Rights | (New York) - The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today. | The law was published unannounced in the official gazette, b...
Iran, U.S. spar over Afghanistan
CBC | Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, is followed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after giving a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. (Musadeq Sadeq/Associated Press)Iranian President Mahmou...
Iran attacks US over Afghanistan
Joy Online Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the US of playing a "double game" in Afghanistan after the US used the same term to condemn Iran's role. | Mr Ahmadinejad said the US had "created terrorists and now say they are fighting them", as he...
Karzai cozies up to Ahmadinejad as Iran accuses US of playing a 'double game' in Afghanistan
The Daily Mail | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today accused the U.S. of playing a 'double game' in Afghanistan by fighting terrorists it once supported. | The Iranian president said terrorists are best fought not on the battlefield, but through the use of intelligence, whic...
 Gunmen kill 5 aid workers
Independent online | Next »  1  2 | Peshwar, Pakistan - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels. | The gunmen se...
 China chooses first women astronauts
Independent online | Beijing - China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported on Wednesday. | The women were part of a "second batch" of ...
Pakistan suspends ex-captains for bad performance
The Himalayan | KARACHI: Former Pakistan captains Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf have been banned from the national cricket team indefinitely after a dismal performance in Australia, the cricket board said Wednesday. | The punishment was recommended by a six-man ...
Vayalar's push, not PMO's, got Chatwal Padma: Probe
The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Amid a raging row over the Padma Bhushan for Sant Singh Chatwal, a discreet inquiry conducted by the government has concluded that selection of the controversial US hotelier was done on the basis of a recommendation made by the overseas In...
Cleric arrested in Bareilly after communal clash
The Times Of India LUCKNOW: The Ulema Council on Wednesday threatened to launch a statewide agitation against the arrest of a leading cleric, nabbed for his alleged role in last week's communal clash in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district. | "If the police fail to releas...
Nepal minister quits over media baron furore
The Times Of India KATHMANDU: A month after the killing of Nepal’s controversial media tycoon Jamim Shah, who was alleged to have been underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s aide, the Pandora’s box the broad daylight shooting in the capital’s VVIP area opened has clai...
Govt committed to implement Malayalam as official language: CM
The Times Of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala government is committed to implement Malayalam as the official language in all departments and courts in the state, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said. | Reacting to a statement in the assembly on the necessity to accele...
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