At Least 9 Killed In Blast In Kashmir
At Least 9 Killed In Blast In Kashmir

According to the authorities, no less than nine soldiers have been killed and more than 20 others injured in a blast in Kashmir.

Saturday an army convoy was heading to Srinagar, Kashmir, when a military bus that was carrying troops drove over a land mine along in a Narbal highway, said the police. Some of the injured people are...

At Least 9 Killed In Blast In Kashmir
 
 

Japanese Fleet Sets Off to Hunt Whales Disregarding Protests
Ignoring international protests, a Japanese whaling fleet on Sunday headed for Antarctica to hunt for some 950 minke, humpback and fin whales. The expedition of six vessels is to last until mid-April, with the Japanese - in keeping with previous practice - declaring that the catch is for "research purposes." The Kyodo...

Japanese Fleet Sets Off to Hunt Whales Disregarding Protests

ASEAN Leaders Wont' Suspend Myanmar Despite US Pressure
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday rejected a call by the US Senate to suspend Myanmar following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests. ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong said the US Senate resolution was not doable from the perspective of the 10-member regional bloc. "Our approach is...

ASEAN Leaders Wont' Suspend Myanmar Despite US Pressure

At Least 34 People Die in Pakistan's Tribal Regions
At least 34 people were killed and more than 100 injured in clashes between rival Sunni and Shia muslim groups in north-west Pakistan, officials said Saturday. The running battles broke out after Friday prayers in Parachinar, a tribal region near the Afghan border, when gunmen opened fire on a Sunni mosque injuring two people, the...

At Least 34 People Die in Pakistan's Tribal Regions

Musharraf Maintains Emergency Rule Despite US Pressure
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Saturday refused to lift immediately the emergency rule as he met US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, officials said. "The US diplomats expressed concern over the existing political instability in Pakistan and asked President Musharraf to take certain measures to calm down the...

Musharraf Maintains Emergency Rule Despite US Pressure

Cyclone Kills Nearly 1000 People in Bangladesh
A massive rescue and relief operation has been mounted Saturday by thousands of soldiers and civilian volunteers in southern Bangladesh, which was tossed by a devastating tropical cyclone that left a trail of death and destruction. Rescuers counted another 300 bodies of people killed in Friday's cyclone that triggered mudslides...

Cyclone Kills Nearly 1000 People in Bangladesh

Cyclone Sidr Kills More Than 200 People in Bangladesh
Cyclone Sidr, which roared ashore with winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour, has killed at least 214 people in Bangladesh, an official with the disaster management office in Dhaka said Friday. Muhammad Mia said 87 deaths were reported alone in the coastal district of Barguna, the area hardest hit. The death toll could rise...

Cyclone Sidr Kills More Than 200 People in Bangladesh

Musharraf Swears In Caretaker Prime Minister
Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro was sworn by President General Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad Friday amid the country's continuing politicial crisis. The military leader administered the oath taken by Soomro, who will steer the country to elections of new parliamentary assemblies in January under the current...

Musharraf Swears In Caretaker Prime Minister

North and South Korea Agree to Resume Cross-Border Train Services
North and South Korea have agreed in principle to resume cross-border freight train services for the first time in more than half a century, a spokesman for the South Korean Defence Ministry said Thursday in Seoul. Speaking following the second of three days of talks between the prime ministers of both countries, the spokesman...

North and South Korea Agree to Resume Cross-Border Train Services

Bhutto Says Police Killed Two Boys at Rally
Pakistani liberal opposition leader Benazir Bhutto claimed Thursday that police killed two of her supporters at a protest rally against emergency rule in the southern port city of Karachi at which hundreds more were carted away. "In Karachi 300 people have been arrested. There were huge protest at (the district of) Liari and...

Bhutto Says Police Killed Two Boys at Rally

At Least 20 Militants Killed in Pakistan
At least 20 armed supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric were killed Thursday as gunship helicopters and artillery pounded their positions in Pakistan's north-west Swat valley, the military said. "Today gunship helicopters targeted militant positions north of Kabal and Kuza Bande," a statement released on the website of...

At Least 20 Militants Killed in Pakistan
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