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Clash resumes in contested Afghan, Pakistan border area: officials
Monday, 06 May 2013 00:03
A new bout of fighting erupted on Monday in a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the latest indication... Read more


North Korea issues fresh threat to U.S., South probes hacking
Thursday, 21 March 2013 00:56
North Korea said it would attack U.S. military bases on Japan and the Pacific island of Guam if provoked, a day after... Read more


India stampede kills 36 at world's largest religious festival
Monday, 11 February 2013 00:09
A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day... Read more


Women take up self-defense, pepper spray after India rape
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 01:49
Women in India's capital are taking self-defense classes, snapping up pepper sprays, booking cabs with female... Read more


North Korea rocket shows home-grown technology boost: South Korea
Monday, 21 January 2013 01:06
Reclusive North Korea made most of the key parts of the long-range rocket it launched in December, South Korea said... Read more


Pakistan warns anti-government cleric to end protest
Thursday, 17 January 2013 01:25
Pakistan's interior minister on Wednesday warned an anti-government Muslim cleric and thousands of protesters... Read more

Floods paralyze Indonesian capital, heavy rains continue
Thursday, 17 January 2013 01:22

Heavy monsoon rain triggered severe flooding in large... Read more



Pakistan government will not bow to cleric: minister
Monday, 14 January 2013 22:30
Pakistani security forces fired shots in the air on Tuesday to quell supporters of a populist Muslim cleric calling... Read more


U.S. drone strike kills key Pakistan Taliban commander: sources
Thursday, 03 January 2013 02:51
A U.S. drone strike killed a key Taliban commander, his deputy and eight others in northwest Pakistan, intelligence... Read more


Top Afghan negotiator optimistic over peace prospects
Monday, 31 December 2012 22:56
A top Afghan peace negotiator said he was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reconciliation with the Taliban... Read more


Body of India rape victim cremated in New Delhi
Sunday, 30 December 2012 18:32
The body of a woman, whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in... Read more


Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 23:29
An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication... Read more

South Korea's Park seen winning tight presidential election
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:56
The daughter of the South Korea's former military ruler appeared to be leading in Wednesday's presidential... Read more


Armed with rocket and maybe heir, Kim Jong-un remembers father
Monday, 17 December 2012 01:17
North Korea may soon witness the birth of the fourth generation of its hereditary dictatorship as television pictures... Read more


North Korea extends rocket launch window due to "technical problems"
Monday, 10 December 2012 02:32
North Korea has extended the window for a widely condemned long-range rocket launch by a week after discovering a... Read more


North Korean leader cracking down on dissent, South says
Friday, 07 December 2012 01:21
North Korea's new young leader is using an imminent rocket launch to bolster his prestige internally and crack... Read more

Philippines buries dead, typhoon toll hits 418
Friday, 07 December 2012 01:18
Residents in the southern Philippines buried their dead on Friday even as rescue workers continued scouring remote... Read more


Chinese police plan to board ships in disputed seas
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:46
Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China... Read more

Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case starts hunger strike
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 23:44
The Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hunt down Osama bin Laden started a hunger... Read more


Tensions flare over South China Sea at Asian summit
Monday, 19 November 2012 02:32
Japan warned on Monday that a row over the South China Sea could directly influence "peace and stability"... Read more


Japan on course for sixth PM in seven years
Friday, 16 November 2012 00:24
Japan dissolved parliament's lower house on Friday for a December 16 election that is likely to return the... Read more


China names conservative, older leadership
Thursday, 15 November 2012 03:35
China's ruling Communist Party unveiled an older, conservative leadership line-up on Thursday that appears unlikely... Read more


Dalai Lama presses China to investigate Tibetan self-immolations
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 01:36
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Japanese parliamentarians to visit Tibet, and... Read more


As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 01:33
In 1981, five years after his death, China's ruling Communist Party began to save history from Mao Zedong.
... Read more


Second stealth jet puts China on path to top regional power: expert
Thursday, 01 November 2012 23:09
China's second stealth fighter jet that was unveiled this week is part of a program to transform China into... Read more


After decades behind bamboo curtain, Laos to join WTO
Thursday, 25 October 2012 02:23
Isolated for decades, impoverished and landlocked, Laos is not an obvious choice for investors.
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China reshuffles top military ranks ahead of leadership change
Wednesday, 24 October 2012 02:20
China reshuffled its top military ranks on Tuesday, weeks before a once-in-a-decade generational leadership change... Read more


China hints at reform by dropping Mao's legacy
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:04
China's ruling Communist Party has dropped its strongest hint yet that it will move in the direction of reform,... Read more


Afghan president says 2014 election will be on time
Thursday, 04 October 2012 00:07
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that presidential elections in 2014 when his term will end would be on... Read more


Korea peninsula could face "thermonuclear war," North tells U.N.
Monday, 01 October 2012 22:37
U.S. policy toward North Korea has made the Korean peninsula the most dangerous place on the planet because a "spark"... Read more

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