22 Nov 2008 at 2:38am
Reuters - A section of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline linking Iraq and Turkey was still ablaze on Saturday after an apparent Kurdish guerrilla bomb attack but the fire was under control, a Turkish energy ministry source told Reuters.

22 Nov 2008 at 2:36am
Reuters - Pakistani television channels reported that Rashid Rauf, a British Islamist militant with al Qaeda links, was killed along with an Egyptian militant by a U.S. missile strike in the North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan Saturday.

22 Nov 2008 at 2:27am
AP - A bomb exploded next to a vegetable market in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday, killing two people, officials said.

22 Nov 2008 at 2:14am
AFP - The alleged mastermind of a 2006 transatlantic airplane bombing plot was killed in a US missile attack in northwest Pakistan early Saturday, officials said.

22 Nov 2008 at 2:11am
AFP - A young man believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal's jungles to meditate alone, police said Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters' claims.

22 Nov 2008 at 2:03am
AP - Hundreds of Tibetan leaders debating how to advance their struggle for freedom Saturday will likely continue to support the Dalai Lama's path of compromise with China, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile said.

22 Nov 2008 at 1:17am
AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike at the home of a Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed at least five militants, officials said.

22 Nov 2008 at 1:11am
AFP - Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber was seriously injured after being hit by a car while competing in a multi-sport charity event in Tasmania, police said Saturday.

22 Nov 2008 at 1:06am
AFP - The US-led military said Saturday its forces had killed 14 insurgents in military operations in southern Afghanistan, also shooting and killing a civilian who came too close to a patrol.

22 Nov 2008 at 1:01am
AFP - The chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province called Saturday for Washington to stop aerial missile strikes on the nation's soil, as the latest raid killed four more suspected militants.

22 Nov 2008 at 12:34am
AP - A grenade attack on anti-government protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office wounded eight people early Saturday, officials said.
21 Nov 2008 at 11:48pm
AP - Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday ruled against Muslims practicing yoga, saying it has elements of other religions that could corrupt Muslims.
21 Nov 2008 at 9:44pm
AP - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo departed Saturday for Los Angeles from Osaka, where her plane made an emergency landing in Japan the previous day after her husband fell ill on board, according to media reports.

21 Nov 2008 at 9:04pm
AP - Myanmar's courts continued a crackdown on activists Friday, handing out a 45-year prison sentence to a comedian who went to the delta to help cyclone victims and criticized the junta's slow relief response.
21 Nov 2008 at 8:30am
AP - A Chinese writer and journalist who was arrested after protesting against a power plant in southwest China was sentenced Friday to three years in prison on charges of subverting state power, his lawyer said.
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21 Nov 2008 at 11:30am
Courts in military-ruled Myanmar handed long prison sentences Friday to a prominent Buddhist monk and a popular comedian who are active in the country's pro-democracy movement.
12 Nov 2008 at 12:22pm
21 Nov 2008 at 8:23am
An Australian outback mayor's plea for lovelorn female "ugly ducklings" to move to a remote mining town to reverse a shortage of eligible women has won him the country's yearly award for outrageous sexism.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:28am
A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:04pm
A summit of Tibetan exiles is turning into a clash of generations over the direction of their struggle for independence from China.
21 Nov 2008 at 9:03am
21 Nov 2008 at 11:06pm
A suspected U.S. missile killed at least five militants in northwestern Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said Saturday.
21 Nov 2008 at 5:41pm
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year.
21 Nov 2008 at 7:47am
A blast killed at least six mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwest Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:04pm
A summit of Tibetan exiles is turning into a clash of generations over the direction of their struggle for independence from China.
20 Nov 2008 at 6:40pm
Afghanistan is telling the world that it has a trendy, new replacement for its dreaded poppy crop: sweet, juicy pomegranates.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:15am
20 Nov 2008 at 9:40am
A teenage Indian boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with his head shaved and then thrown under a train for daring to write a love letter to a girl from a different caste, police said Thursday.
7 Nov 2008 at 12:59pm
12 Nov 2008 at 12:22pm
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21 Nov 2008 at 6:57pm
Many Indian companies are slowing expansion plans as they cope with the global economic downturn.
21 Nov 2008 at 6:18pm
U.S. President George Bush is in Peru for his final Pacific Rim summit.
21 Nov 2008 at 5:07am
Markets in Asia ignored losses on Wall Street overnight and posted solid gains Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 10:00am
A popular Myanmar comedian known for his criticism and satire of the country's military junta was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison in a closed-door court session in Yangon, an opposition spokesman said.
21 Nov 2008 at 10:00am
Beijing, Nov 21 (Xinhua) China is launching a national campaign to crack down on pornographic books, videos and websites, the country's press watchdog said.
21 Nov 2008 at 10:00am
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21(IANS) Joshna Chinappa from India claimed her second consecutive WISPA title when she defeated Malaysia's Low Wee Wern 11-8, 11-7, 11-6, in the final of the NSC Super Satellite No.4 squash tournament at the National Squash Centre courts, Bukit Jalil, here Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 10:00am
Jeev Milkha Singh saved Indian golf contingent the blushes as he roared into title contention once again with a stunning seven-under 63 that raised him to tied 10th place at the midway stage of the $2.5 million UBS Hong Kong Open here Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 7:01am
Kabul, Nov 21 (Xinhua) A suicide car bombing targeting a base of the Afghan National Army (ANA) killed three civilians and wounded four soldiers in the southern Afghan province of Zabul Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 4:00am
Facing a population boom, the Vietnamese government has proposed limiting families to two children by punishing bureaucrats who fail to keep the numbers down, a senior government official said Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:00am
All parties to the dispute over the use of the word 'Allah' in a Christian publication should have their say, a judge has ordered, after a church official went to court against a home ministry ban on the publication using the word.
21 Nov 2008 at 9:01am
Team A1 India had an excellent outing during the free practice session ahead of the weekend's third round of the A1 Grand Prix race at the Sepang International Circuit, here Friday in hot and humid conditions.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:00am
Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, on a roll after winning the Singapore Open, is hoping to make a serious charge in the company of Jyoti Randhawa at the World Cup starting here Thursday.
22 Nov 2008 at 1:14am
BEIJING: A London-based rights group said Saturday that China was preparing to execute a Chinese businessman convicted of spying for Taiwan, and urged Beijing to halt the execution. Amnesty Internatio...
22 Nov 2008 at 1:14am
LIMA: Oil-rich states and companies that reaped unprecedented gains when prices skyrocketed have a moral duty to ease the world's economic crisis, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sai...
22 Nov 2008 at 1:14am
TAIPEI: Taiwan's pro-independence groups are set to rally in Taipei on Saturday to support former president Chen Shui-bian, who has been detained on corruption allegations, organisers said. Former vic...
21 Nov 2008 at 6:57pm
Many Indian companies are slowing expansion plans as they cope with the global economic downturn.
21 Nov 2008 at 6:18pm
U.S. President George Bush is in Peru for his final Pacific Rim summit.
21 Nov 2008 at 5:07am
Markets in Asia ignored losses on Wall Street overnight and posted solid gains Friday.
21 Nov 2008 at 1:01pm
The US has asked China not to go ahead with plans to construct two more nuclear reactors in Pakistan without a 'consensus' approval from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a 'difficult' task to achieve in view of Islamabad's proliferation record.
21 Nov 2008 at 10:00am
Beijing, Nov 21 (Xinhua) China is launching a national campaign to crack down on pornographic books, videos and websites, the country's press watchdog said.
21 Nov 2008 at 6:01am
Australia stormed back into the first Test against New Zealand riding on tearaway Mitchell Johnson's four-wicket haul that bowled out the visitors for 156 in the first innings. But the Test was tantalisingly poised at the end of the second day's play.
21 Nov 2008 at 6:03am
London, Nov.21 : It is interesting to note how countries across the world have been performing in this temporary phase of global slowdown. Asia, which has comparatively been a little less 'harmed' than the Western world, has had its share of impact and is still trying to cope with it.
21 Nov 2008 at 6:00am
Moscow, Nov 21 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has urged the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum to play a stronger role in ensuring global security and overcoming the financial crisis.
21 Nov 2008 at 3:01am
Sydney, Nov 21 : Almost all the leading news agencies across the world have decided to boycott covering the first Test between Australia and New Zealand, which began yesterday at the Gabba, because of 'conditions imposed by the organizers'.
22 Nov 2008 at 12:53am
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Air China, the country's largest international carrier, said its loss in the fair value of fuel hedging contracts jumped to 3.1 billion yuan (454 million U.S. dollars) by ...
22 Nov 2008 at 12:26am
LISBON: A Portuguese bulldozer driver has sparked controversy in his country by up putting a dinosaur fossil he found 10 years ago for sale on the Internet. Gonsalo Ribeiro, who discovered the b...
22 Nov 2008 at 1:21am
Shillong, Nov 21 : Meghalaya Chief Minister Donkupar Roy has urged the Centre to establish border trade with neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar and China to boost the economy of the regio...
22 Nov 2008 at 1:12am
BEIJING: Hundreds of taxi drivers have been on strike in a southern Chinese city, state media and taxi authorities said on Saturday, the latest in a series of similar actions across the country to ...
22 Nov 2008 at 1:15am
Lima - Chinese President Hu Jintao met outgoing US President George W Bush on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit, discussing North Korea's nuclear programme and the global financial crisis, a Whi...
22 Nov 2008 at 12:26am
BANGKOK: A grenade attack on anti-government protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office wounded eight people early Saturday, officials said. Police Lt. Col. Samreng Songsiang said he ...
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21 Nov 2008 at 10:57pm
US President George W Bush meets China's Hu Jintao, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit dominated by the financial crisis.

21 Nov 2008 at 10:07pm
A grenade blast wounds eight protesters in Thailand, amid rising tension between the government and demonstrators.

21 Nov 2008 at 10:50am
The husband of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo is taken ill on a plane, forcing a diversion to Japan.

21 Nov 2008 at 7:48am
Popular Burmese comedian and activist Zarganar is sentenced to 45 years in jail in the latest of a string of imprisonments.

21 Nov 2008 at 7:25am
Leading Japanese auto manufacturers Honda and Toyota cut production and staff as they try to respond to falling sales.

21 Nov 2008 at 4:15am
An Australian "Holocaust denier" is freed from jail after Germany abandons efforts to have him extradited from the UK.

21 Nov 2008 at 7:23am
A British-born man is found guilty in an Australian court of throwing his lover to her death at a notorious suicide spot in Sydney.

21 Nov 2008 at 5:23am
Chinese authorities name more than 19,000 people killed in a big quake in May, but deny reports they were all students.

21 Nov 2008 at 5:38am
US dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new Washington intelligence report says.

22 Nov 2008 at 1:15am
Malaysia's top Islamic body has banned Muslims from practising yoga, saying it contains corrupting elements of Hinduism.

18 Nov 2008 at 9:44am
Taiwan's prime minister announces a cash handout for all residents in a bid to try to stave off economic crisis.

20 Nov 2008 at 2:11am
Simon Katich's half century helps Australia to 131-6 at the end of day two against New Zealand, a lead of 189.

21 Nov 2008 at 4:18pm
Australia are red-hot favourites to be crowned world champions for the 10th time in Saturday's World Cup final against New Zealand.
30 Apr 2008 at 10:05am
Is democracy set on a course for China?

21 Nov 2008 at 6:08pm
Celebrities are the new weapon in Indonesian politics
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