Tag: asia
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November 07, 2009 06:03 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — Afghan Defense Ministry says mistaken NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers, 3 police.
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November 07, 2009 07:49 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly . . .
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November 08, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say suicide attack in goat market in northwest Pakistan kills 8.
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November 08, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber has attacked a goat market in northwest Pakistan, killing eight people.
The Sunday morning attack appeared to be aimed at a local mayor. It . . .
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November 08, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a goat market in northwest Pakistan, killing eight people in an attack apparently aimed at a local mayor, police said.
The attack took place Sunday . . .
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November 08, 2009 01:13 AM EST --
TAWANG, India (AP) — Indian television says Dalai Lama has begun contentious visit to town near Tibetan frontier.
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November 08, 2009 01:13 AM EST --
TAWANG, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day visit that has heightened tensions between India and China.
The Tibetan spiritual leader . . .
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November 08, 2009 01:48 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and eight other people and injuring . . .
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November 08, 2009 01:49 AM EST --
TAWANG, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to this remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayer and teaching sessions for Buddhist . . .
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November 07, 2009 02:25 AM EST --
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani soldiers killed at least 11 militants during overnight gunbattles in three Taliban strongholds, intelligence officials said Saturday.
The officials, speaking . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:26 PM EST --
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's foreign minister said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:02 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:02 AM EST --
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:37 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:00 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and . . .
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November 07, 2009 03:01 PM EST --
KABUL (AP) — U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers . . .
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October 03, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
I learned an annoying lesson today: pay attention to where you park your moped. If there are red and white stripes on the curb, no matter how many other mopeds are parked int he same space, don't . . .
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July 04, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
(Part 3 of 4. To begin at Part 1, click HERE)
The next morning, my first full day in Asia, I had a simple goal: to find . . .
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November 06, 2009 06:02 AM EST --
TOKYO (AP) — A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself — a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related.
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November 06, 2009 06:36 AM EST --
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier . . .
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