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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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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday dismissed its national team coach Geoff Lawson.
"His contract has been terminated with immediate effect and he is being given three months' salary as compensation," a PCB spokesman, Raza Rashid, said.
The former Australian pace bowler, Lawson, was appointed Pakistan coach in July...
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Asian and European leaders plan to urge Myanmar's military rulers to be more tolerant toward opposition political parties and release political prisoners, according to a draft summit statement seen Friday.
The leaders attending the biennial Asia-Europe Meeting would urge Myanmar to "engage all stakeholders in an inclusive...
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India's benchmark Sensex on Friday crashed 11 per cent to end trading at a three-year low of below 9,000 as investors sold heavily after the central bank disappointed them by keeping key interest rates unchanged.
The 30-share Sensitive Index, which had lost 912 points in the last two sessions, crashed 10.92 per cent shortly after...
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Asian stocks, led by Tokyo and Seoul, plummeted for a third-straight day Friday on fears of a worldwide recession, defying an overnight rise on Wall Street.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost nearly 10 per cent of its value, tumbling below 8,000 for the first time since May 2003, on indications the global financial...
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Asian stocks, led by Tokyo and Seoul, plummeted for a third-straight day Friday on fears of a worldwide recession, defying an overnight rise on Wall Street.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost nearly 10 per cent of its value, tumbling below 8,000 for the first time since May 2003, on indications the global financial...
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At least nine people were killed and dozens were missing after floods from heavy rains hit eastern Yemen, officials said on Friday.
The officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that nearly 400 homes were destroyed in the south-eastern province of Hadhramout, some 900 kilometres from the capital Sana'a.
Yemeni President Ali...
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Eleven people were killed overnight as several houses collapsed during heavy rains in the village of Driouch in north-eastern Morocco, the Interior Ministry said Friday.
One person was reported injured. The rains also caused heavy material damage in the region, with houses collapsing and others inundated with rainwater.
The rains...
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Iraqi security sources killed an Iranian man on Thursday and arrested another after an armed struggle in Kut, south-east of Baghdad, a security source said.
The two men held Iranian nationalities, and were believed to have been in Iraq to conduct terrorist attacks, General Aziz Latif al- Emarah told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news...
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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that he would meet with Chinese negotiator Chen Yunlin when Chen visits Taipei next month to sign four pacts on expanding exchanges.
Ma told the Central News Agency (CNA) that while Taiwan and China do not recognize each other now, they should not deny each other's existence.
Chen,...
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The largest-ever gathering of Asian and European leaders opened on Friday to discuss how to respond to the global financial crisis and combat climate change.
"In the face of this global challenge, the international community should enhance policy coordination, strengthen cooperation and make a common response," Chinese...
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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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