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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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Thailand's largest political party on Monday nominated Somchai Wongsawat, the brother-in-law of coup-ousted Thaksin Shinawatra, as its candidate to be the kingdom's next prime minister, but the choice has split the party.
Somchai, who has been acting prime minister since September 9 when former premier Samak Sundaravej lost his post,...
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As many as 1,253 babies had become ill with contaminated baby milk produced by the Chinese dairy San Lu, authorities reported Monday.
The Chinese Health Ministry reported that 53 young children were in critical condition with kidney stones from drinking milk contaminated with the banned chemical melamine.
Of the 1,253 children...
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to appeal to Tehran to make a constructive response to the current offer from world powers over Iran's controversial nuclear programme in talks Monday with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki.
Steinmeier's spokesman said ahead of the meeting in Berlin that Mottaki had asked...
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A bomb hidden in a motorbike was remotely detonated on Monday in western Afghanistan, killing two security guards and wounding seven others, police said.
The attack targeted Lal Mohammad Omarzai, district chief of Shindand district in Herat province, as he was entering the district headquarters compound Monday morning, western region...
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Stocks on the Singapore Exchange slumped 3.29 per cent on Monday after US investment bank Lehman Brothers posted hefty losses.
The benchmark Straits Times Index fell 84.4 points to 2,486.21.
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Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday held talks with Indian leaders on enhancing trade and economic ties as well as joint flood-control measures.
The visit by Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda, was planned to redefine relations between the neighbouring countries.
Bilateral ties are strained over the flooding...
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the leader of an MDC splinter faction, Arthur Mutambara, on Monday formally signed an historic agreement to share power in a unity government.
The deal, which comes after eight weeks of negotiations brokered by South African President...
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At least five suspected Muslim militants were killed in separate encounters in Indian-administered Kashmir where people participated in protests called by separatist leaders on Friday, officials said.
The Indian army said three militants belonging to the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami were killed in a gunbattle in the southern district of...
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Three teenagers aged 16 to 19 appeared in court Friday charged with rape in connection with a sex attack captured on video and widely viewed over the internet.
The video, shot with a mobile phone camera, shows a struggling 20-year-old woman apparently being raped in what appears to be a Hong Kong business office.
The one-minute,...
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Yuriko Koike is making history as the first woman to run as a candidate for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) presidential race scheduled on September 22.
"I'm going to destroy Kasumigaseki and seek a new system for the 21st century," Koike said at the first debate of the five candidates in Tokyo Friday....
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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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