UN condemns 'heinous crime' that killed 39 Filipinos
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the brutal killing of at least 39 Filipinos in violence-related elections in a southern province of the Philippines. Ban said in a statement that he condemns this heinous crime committ...
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Afghan president to form new cabinet in 'near future'
Kabul - The new cabinet for President Hamid Karzai, who was re-elected in a poll marred by massive fraud, is expected to be announced in a near future, his spokesman said Tuesday. Karzai, who was sworn in for a second five-year term on Thursday, ha...
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Bangladesh begins first trial of soldiers for mutiny
Dhaka - The trial began Tuesday against the first group of 3,500 Bangladeshi border troops who mutinied against their commanders over pay and rank in February, officials said. A three-member special court headed by Major General M Mainul Islam, direc...
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Sri Lankan authorities arrest refugees fleeing to Australia
Colombo – Sri Lankan officials captured at least 142 people at sea who trying illegally reach Australia in four fishing trawlers, a Navy spokesman said. The group included both minority Tamils and majority Sinhalese. The boats, which had taken off fr...
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Pakistani troops kill 18 militants near Afghan border
Islamabad - Pakistani forces killed at least 18 militants in an offensive launched on Tuesday against the rebels believed to be behind a recent wave of suicide bombings in the north-western city of Peshawar, a security official said. Hundreds of regu...
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Officials say 10 Afghan civilians killed in separate attacks
Kabul - Six civilians including four children were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, and unknown gunmen also killed four people including two women, officials said. The bomb struck a private vehicle in Shakarkali area of Khost...
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Vietnam nuclear plants to be approved despite concerns
Hanoi - Vietnam's National Assembly will likely vote to approve two projected nuclear power plants Wednesday, a deputy said, despite concerns over safety and costs. It is not worth building nuclear power plants at this time, because the country is n...
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EXTRA: Death toll hits 39 in political violence in Philippines
Manila - The death toll in election-related violence in the southern Philippines reached 39 Tuesday after police recovered more bodies from a shallow grave, police said. Fifteen bodies were found in the grave in a hilly area in Salman village in Ampa...
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