| 100,000 Thais rally against king's adviser(By GRANT PECK, Associated Press Writer Grant Peck, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-09 05:17) | | BANGKOK – About 100,000 protesters seeking to topple Thailand's government turned their wrath Wednesday on the 88-year-old top adviser to the country's revered king, accusing him of undermining democracy by orchestrating a pivotal 2006 coup. Most of... |
| US to go ahead with military drills in SKorea(By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press Writer 2009-03-03 02:04) | | SEOUL, South Korea – The U.S. military said Tuesday it will push ahead with plans to hold joint exercises with South Korea next week despite North Korea's warning that it would consider the drills preparation for an attack. The North demanded during... |
| Bangladesh deploys army to catch mutineers(By FARID HOSSAIN, Associated Press Writer Farid Hossain, Associated Press Writer 2009-03-02 21:34) | | DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh's government deployed soldiers nationwide Monday to hunt down over 1,000 border guards wielding stolen weapons who fled after a bloody mutiny left scores of army officers dead. The powerful military, which has backed 2... |
| Officials look for corpses after Bangladesh mutiny(By FARID HOSSAIN, Associated Press Writer Farid Hossain, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-27 11:09) | | DHAKA, Bangladesh – Security forces searching the headquarters of a mutinous Bangladeshi border guard unit on Friday discovered the bodies of dozens of officers in shallow graves on the compound, raising the death toll to 66, officials said. The dis... |
| Report: NKorea builds underground fueling facility(By KWANG-TAE KIM, Associated Press Writer Kwang-tae Kim, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-26 03:10) | | SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has built an underground fueling facility near a key launch pad, a news report said Thursday, making it harder for spy satellites to detect signs that a missile is being prepared for firing. The facility was built at... |
| Pakistan takes first step to Mumbai prosecution(By Kamran Haider Kamran Haider 2009-02-10 10:38) | | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan took the first step on Monday toward prosecution of the people behind the Mumbai attacks, but said it would be difficult to proceed without "substantial evidence" from India. Relations between nuclear-armed I... |
| Bombs kill 3 Afghan troops, 2 civilians(By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 10:37) | | KABUL – Two bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three Afghan security forces and two civilians, officials said Monday. A roadside bomb ripped through a police vehicle in Khogyani district, near the border with Pakistan, killing two police and woundin... |
| SKorea will talk to North but maintains hard line(By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press Writer Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 10:37) | | SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that he is ready for dialogue with North Korea, though he vowed not to veer from the hard-line principles that have angered the communist state and strained ties over the past yea... |
| China to rush aid to hard-hit drought areas( 2009-02-08 20:12) | | BEIJING – China will give $12 billion to help wheat-growing communities across the country's northern region survive their worst drought in five decades, state media reported Saturday. China has declared a top-level emergency for the drought that ha... |
| Alinghi avoid showdown with New Zealand( 2009-02-08 02:44) | | AUCKLAND (AFP) – Swiss yacht Alinghi pulled out of their showdown with Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series regatta here Saturday, wiping out a scheduled re-run of the 2007 America's Cup final. It was a strategic move by Alinghi, who... |
| Joint Chiefs say US should pare Afghanistan goals(By ROBERT BURNS and PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writers Robert Burns And Pauline Jelinek, Asso 2009-02-04 06:50) | | WASHINGTON – Sharing a grim view of developments in Afghanistan, top Pentagon military leaders are recommending that President Barack Obama overhaul U.S. strategy there. A report prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff advises focusing more on squeezi... |
| Sri Lanka takes Tiger chief's bunker, airstrip: military(by Amal Jayasinghe Amal Jayasinghe 2009-02-03 04:49) | | COLOMBO (AFP) – The Sri Lankan army said Tuesday it had captured an elaborate underground bunker complex believed to have been the home of the leader of the Tamil Tigers as well as the rebels' last jungle airstrip. Soldiers seized the facilities ami... |
| Dalai Lama hospitalized with pinched nerve( 2009-02-02 09:16) | | NEW DELHI – The Dalai Lama was taken to a hospital in India's capital for medical tests Monday after experiencing minor pain in his arms that was later diagnosed as a pinched nerve, his spokesman said. The 73-year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual leader... |
| Report: Wen says China considering new stimulus(By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer Joe Mcdonald, Ap Business Writer 2009-02-02 09:15) | | BEIJING – China is considering new steps to boost cooling growth, its top economic official said in comments published Monday, as new data showed manufacturing shrinking further despite surging government spending. "We may take further new, timely a... |
| Honda cuts managers' pay to cope with slow sales(By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer Yuri Kageyama, Ap Business Writer 2009-02-02 09:15) | | TOKYO – Honda Motor Co. said Monday managers' salaries would be slashed 5 percent starting next month to cope with sliding sales. The cut comes on top of the 10 percent pay reduction for directors announced last month. The move affects about 4,800 m... |
| China official says 20 million migrants lost jobs(By Chris Buckley Chris Buckley 2009-02-02 06:28) | | BEIJING (Reuters) – About 20 million Chinese rural migrants have lost jobs as the nation's economic growth has faltered, a senior official said on Monday, promising policies to boost incomes and a softer approach to potential unrest. Chen Xiwen, dir... |
| China activist who faulted quake response charged(By AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-02 03:51) | | BEIJING – A Chinese court on Monday abruptly scheduled a trial for an activist who criticized the government's response to last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake, giving his lawyer only one day to prepare and prompting him to mount an immediate... |
| Key Afghan US airfield shut down after `mishap'( 2009-01-30 20:06) | | NEW YORK – A U.S. military cargo plane was involved in a "mishap" while landing at the Bagram U.S. military base in Afghanistan late Friday, causing a small fire and forcing the airfield to close, the U.S. military said. Bagram's airport, the main a... |
| Obama places call to China's president( 2009-01-30 20:06) | | WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama has called Chinese President Hu Jintao. Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs did not provide any details about the call made Friday. Obama's call follows criticism of China's currency policies b... |
| Sri Lanka's Murali set for new record in India series(by Manoj Vatsyayana Manoj Vatsyayana 2009-01-27 17:07) | | DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Sri Lankan ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who is already the world's leading taker of Test wickets, is poised to become the leading bowler in one-day internationals. Barring injury or a spectacular sudden loss of form... |
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