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United States military and the Afghan police officials announced that an American military convoy was attacked in a crowded market on Thursday. The attack came a day after the suicide bombing in Afghanistan and killed one soldier and 18 civilians. A Toyota Corolla approached the military convoy and blew off at around 8 a.m., Among the murdered civilians there... |
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A popular Hong Kong magazine was Tuesday fined for publishing a nude photograph of a famous actress who had been kidnapped and stripped by gangsters 18 years ago.
The picture of Carina Lau, published in East Week magazine in 2002, was taken in 1990 when the actress was picked up by a group of triad gangsters, stripped and forced to...
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Archaeologists on an Israeli-German dig south of Jerusalem have uncovered a cache of 15 silver coins dating back 2,000 years and lying in a pot hidden in a pigeon hole.
Describing the find as "exciting", Professor Manfred Oeming, co-director of the excavations at Ramat Rahel, told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa Monday that...
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Deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's refusal to return to Thailand Monday to face four court cases on corruption charges effectively puts an end to his controversial political career, but his legacy may prove harder to kill.
Thaksin and his wife Pojaman were allowed to travel to Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the...
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Elections on Monday in an autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines were marred by clashes between government troops and Islamic secessionist rebels that left at least two people dead.
The clashes occurred in Tipo-Tipo town in the province Basilan, 900 kilometres south of Manila, where the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)...
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Eight people were killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near the Iraqi city of Baquba, north-east of Baghdad, a security source in Diyala province said.
The bomb hit a public transport vehicle in the Wajihiya area of Muqdadiya district, some 45 kilometres northeast of Baquba, killing five women and three men, according to the...
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Iran and the European Union on Monday reiterated their willingness to resume talks on the dispute over the country's controversial nuclear programmes, ISNA news agency reported.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana agreed in a phone contact to continue what Iran called "talks in a...
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China on Monday said a 15-year-old girl who was treated in hospital for injuries was a suspect in a series of terrorist attacks on the weekend in its central Asian region of Xinjiang.
Paramilitary police shot dead eight other suspected terrorists while two others "blew themselves up" after the attacks in Xinjiang's Kuqa...
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Thailand's Supreme Court issued arrest warrants Monday for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they fled to England rather than face court cases in Thailand.
The Supreme Court for political office holders ordered the warrants and seized 13 million baht (389,222 dollars) in bail deposited by the billionaire...
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Thousands of demonstrators, protesting an alleged "economic blockade" of the upper region of India's Jammu and Kashmir state, were moving towards the line of control, a de facto border with Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said Monday.
"A huge procession of about 25,000 to 30,000 people have reached Khawdagh and are...
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Shares on China's two stock markets plunged by more than 5 per cent on Monday, following a similar fall on the previous trading day at the end of last week.
The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in local and foreign currencies, lost 5.21 per cent of its value, ending the day down 135.65 points at...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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