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Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant: IAEA

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:09 GMT

A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors found "significant" traces of uranium at the site, a watchdog report said on Wednesday.

The Taliban mosiac

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:21:15 GMT

Nov 19 - Increasing talk about talking to the Taliban comes at a time when some members claim responsibility for killing French soldiers serving in Afghanistan.

IMF: Kazakh economy on the right path

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:45:06 GMT

IMF: Kazakh economy on the right path Comments ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A senior International Monetary Fund official has praised Kazakhstan, an early victim of the global credit crunch, for its handling of the ...

Canada rushes to modernize Afghan police force

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:09:41 GMT

The Canadian commander of NATO forces in Kandahar province on Tuesday visited the site of a new policing initiative intended to gain control in volatile areas of competing Western and Taliban influences.

China seeks to curb unrest

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:31:49 GMT

CHINA has told police to ensure stability amid the global financial crisis after thousands rioted in a northwestern city, beating up police and looting offices in the latest of a series of demonstrations ...

S. Korean Scholars Hope Obama Administration Engages North

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:33:37 GMT

Obama administration will inherit a seat at a five-year multinational diplomatic process seeking to end North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities

US Reconfirms Commitment to Asia Pacific Region

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:02:15 GMT

Admiral Timothy Keating, who participated in recent meeting of military commanders from countries in region says US presence remains crucial

US Food Safety Officials Open Office in China

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:38:27 GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt says FDA presence in China is first step in global strategy

Plunging Oil Prices Ease Economic Pain in Asia

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:10:14 GMT

Despite the dramatic fall in oil prices, the World Bank forecasts that next year, developing economies, such as those in Asia, will grow by less than five percent on average

India's Navy Destroys Pirate Ship in Gulf of Aden

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:28:56 GMT

India's navy says one of its stealth frigates destroyed a heavily armed pirate mother ship with two speed boats in tow, about 528 kilometers southwest of the coast of Oman

Medvedev: Crisis Hitting Real Economy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:58:22 GMT

Mikhail Kilmentyev / Ria-Novosti Medvedev looking into a microscope during his visit to an electronics factory in the city of Izhevsk on Wednesday.

India, Egypt ink space, extradition pacts

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:32:15 GMT

NEW DELHI: India and Egypt, co-founders of the Non-Aligned Movement , Tuesday decided to give a strategic thrust to their ties by signing five accords, including an extradition treaty, and agreed to push for ...

US Commander Hopes To Have More Troops to Afghanistan

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:02:36 GMT

General David McKiernan says he hopes President-elect Barack Obama moves quickly to send more troops to Afghanistan, because he does not have enough force to provide security in some parts of country

Police say man arrested ahead of Peru summit with grenades; not tied to any rebel group

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:55:56 GMT

Peru's Interior Minister Remigio Hernani says the 31-year-old man has no arrest record and there is nothing to indicate he has ties to any of Peru's leftist rebel groups.

Afghan returnees huddle in tent camps

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:26:57 GMT

Ajab Khan's five children were born in a refugee camp in Pakistan. Now the 48-year-old has brought his family home to Afghanistan _ to a tent pitched on a rocky plain just steps away from land mines.

Khan and his children are among nearly 4,000 Afghan families living in a makeshift settlement because their homes were destroyed or overtaken in the decades they spent abroad waiting out wars. First, with the former Soviet Union in the 80s, then the strife of civil war and most recently the U.S. offensive against the Taliban.

Afghan Government Struggles to Resettle Returnees

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:21:37 GMT

UN official says 18 percent of returnees have been unable to go back to their homes because of insecurity

Burma Sentences 5 More Activists

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Ethnic minority leader tells VOA Burmese service that court inside Rangoon's Insein Prison sentenced his son, nephew and another student to 33 years in prison

Annual mass executions

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:58:16 GMT

NORTH Korea's prison camps hold about 300,000 people and authorities hold annual mass executions of inmates seen as defiant, a new group formed by defectors said on Tuesday.

Chinese President Arrives in Cuba for Talks

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Hu Jintao to discuss expanding relations between two countries with Cuban leaders

Sri Lankan Military Captures Key Rebel-Held Towns in North

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:13:47 GMT

Sri Lankan army is on a major offensive to crush the rebels, who have been fighting for a Tamil homeland for 25 years

China Says Tibetan Separatism 'Doomed'

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:44:33 GMT

Beijing says it will never allow independence for region internationally recognized as part of Chinese territory

India's Finance Minister Wants Rate Cut, Price Reductions

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:02:10 GMT

Palaniappan Chidambaram says despite slowdown, agricultural sector remains healthy and country's overall economy will quickly be back on track

Global Economic Slowdown Hurts Migrant Workers

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:28:07 GMT

Filipinos living in New York are worried about state of the economy because it affects how much money they can send to relatives in their native country

Taliban siege of Pakistan elders leaves 7 dead

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:26:02 GMT

Taliban militants attacked Pakistani tribal leaders near the Afghan border, triggering a gunbattle and an explosion that killed seven people, an official said Tuesday.

The clash happened late Monday in Bajur, a lawless region in Pakistan's northwest where troops and tribal militias have been battling Taliban guerrillas for more than three months.

Israr Khan, a government representative in the semi-autonomous region, said Taliban gunmen surrounded a group of elders from the Mamund tribe in a fortress-like compound in the village of Inayat Kili.

Obama, Biden Speak With World Leaders

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:45:00 GMT

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden spoke with several world leaders by phone Monday.

Taliban video warning to France

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:20:51 GMT

Nov 17 - The Islamist group issues a video threatening attacks on Paris unless French troops pull out of Afghanistan.

Sri Lanka says its soldiers seize key rebel town

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:47:14 GMT

Sri Lankan soldiers captured a town straddling crucial rebel supply routes Monday and crossed a highway that had served as a symbolic barrier between the Tamil Tigers and the advancing troops, the military said.

The capture of the crossroads at Mankulam was the latest sign of the military's battlefield success against the rebel group after 25 years of civil war. Just two days earlier, troops overran the last rebel fortifications on the west coast, forcing the retreating insurgents into a shrinking corner of territory in the island's northeast.

US Cool to Amnesty for Taliban Leader

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:16:39 GMT

Bush administration signals opposition to offer by Afghan President Hamid Karzai of safe-passage to Taliban leader Mullah Omar

Suicide Bomber Kills 4 Troops in Northwest Pakistan

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:18:31 GMT

Attack took place Monday in Khawaza Khela area of restive Swat Valley

Election in Kashmir Begins Amid Boycott Calls

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:45:31 GMT

Kashmir pro-independence activists accuse India of human rights abuses, no comment from authorities

Pakistan to Vaccinate Children Against Pneumonia-Causing Bacterium

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:39:02 GMT

Government officials in Pakistan are about to introduce a vaccine to prevent children from becoming infected with Haemophilus influenza B

Many concerns left unanswered after weekend summit

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:06:23 GMT

Analysts, investors and media around Asia expressed concern Monday that a weekend summit of world leaders aimed at tackling the global financial crisis _ and preventing future debacles _ was high on symbolism but low on action.

While welcomed around Asia as a significant first step, the two-day summit in Washington, which brought together leaders from 21 nations, put off many hoped-for concrete goals until their next meeting, to be held in late April after U.S. President George W. Bush is gone and President-elect Barack Obama is in office.

Tibetan Exiles Discuss Future of Tibet

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:05:25 GMT

Meeting considers fresh approaches toward China, though armed struggle not an option, says Tibetan parliament-in-exile

WHO Promotes Chinese Model for Integrating Traditional Medicine

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:01:53 GMT

Concerns Remain about Effectiveness, Safety

World Markets Gloomy as Global Recession Fears Persist

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:12:31 GMT

Optimism in short supply as Euro Zone growth grinds to halt, recession reaches Japan

Democracy in Vietnam Takes Step Back

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:06:30 GMT

Last month, the government proposed a pilot program to allow direct elections for some local leaders, but on Saturday the National Assembly rejected the plan

Pakistan Intensifies Crackdown on Extremists in Tribal Areas

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:24:02 GMT

Islamabad expects tougher stance by incoming Obama administration

Nepal's Vital Tourism Sector Revives

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:51:18 GMT

Nepalese officials say that 50,000 tourists arrived during October - the highest number since 2000

Pakistan Re-Opens Main Supply Route to Afghanistan

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:18:47 GMT

Local officials say Pakistani security forces escorted a convoy of about 30 food trucks and oil tankers through the Khyber Pass Monday

Hu hopes visit Costa Rica to further bilateral ties

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:25:51 GMT

Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived for a state visit to Costa Rica. President Hu has expressed his hope the visit will further China's cooperative relations with the Central American nation.

Australia Unveils Blueprint For Clean Coal

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:14:48 GMT

Operators of a demonstration plant say it is the first of its type in the world and involves burning coal in oxygen rather than air, which reduces carbon dioxide emissions

Indonesian Earthquake Kills 2, Damages Homes

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:35:31 GMT

The 7.5 magnitude quake struck off the northern coast of Sulawesi island in the early hours of Monday morning awakening frightened residents

Tibetan exiles discuss new strategy

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:53:10 GMT

Hundreds of Tibetan exiles from across the world will gather today in the foothills of the Himalayas to consider an alternative to the Dalai Lama's "middle-path" strategy.

Karzai offers Taliban chief safe conduct if he agrees to peacea

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:09:02 GMT

President Hamid Karzai offered Sunday to provide security for the Taliban's reclusive leader Mullah Omar if he agrees to enter peace talks, and suggested that the United States and other western countries could ...

Japan's Economy Now in Recession

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:50:06 GMT

World financial crisis has wreaked havoc on world's major economies

Militant attacks in Pakistan keep supply trucks off the road, for now

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:29:23 GMT

Some recent attacks in Pakistan are affecting supply lines for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.