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In the battle between Asian nations, Sri Lanka proved the superior of the two teams in the Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20.
Sri Lanka relied heavily on the start provided by Tillekeratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasuriya as their...
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A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
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AP, Seoul
North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
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AP, Peshawar
A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the...
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AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Sao Paulo
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
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AP, Ankara
Turkey’s NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast.
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AP, Jakarta
The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
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AP, Ankara
Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations...
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AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
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AP, Ankara
Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country.
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AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
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AP, Jerusalem
Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
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AP, Paris
The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at...
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AP, Seoul
Asian stock markets soared Monday, led by gains of 5 percent or more in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and India, amid upbeat economic signs from China and the United...
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AP, Seoul
Asian stock markets rose Monday, led by Taiwan, on optimism about emerging strength in the U.S. economy and easing fears about swine flu.
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AP, Mexico City
A Foreign Relations Department official says Mexico will send a plane to China to bring back citizens after the Asian country quarantined more than 70 Mexican travelers...
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AP, Seoul
Asian stock markets rose Monday on optimism about emerging strength in the U.S. economy and easing fears about swine flu.
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AP, Canberra
Australia plans to buy 100 state-of-the-art U.S. jet fighters and double the size of its modest submarine fleet in a bid to keep pace with an Asian military buildup.
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AP, Nusa Dua
The Asian Development Bank will boost lending to the region’s poorest nations by more than $10 billion over two years, warning Saturday that the global economic...
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks rallied Thursday as U.S. and Japanese economic data signaled the global recession was letting up, while Taiwan’s market surged after a historic...
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets recovered Wednesday as better-than-expected U.S data gave investors hope of a turnaround in the world’s largest economy and helped offset...
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets fell for a second day Tuesday as uncertainty over the economic toll of swine flu continued to mount and new doubts emerged about the health of U.S....
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets fell for a second day Tuesday as uncertainty over the economic toll of swine flu inspired more caution among investors.
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets retreated Monday as investors worried the outbreak of swine flu in North America could grow into a worldwide pandemic that deepens the global...
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AP, Cairo
OPEC and Asian energy officials called Sunday for new oil investments and tougher measures to combat speculation in crude markets that some have argued helped fuel last...
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AP, Tokyo
Asian health authorities were on alert Sunday, with some checking passengers and pork products from Mexico, as the World Health Organization declared the deadly swine...
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AP, San Francisco
A new admissions policy set to take effect at the University of California system in three years is raising fears among Asian-Americans that it will reduce their...
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AP, Bangkok
The food crisis that hit many developing countries last year is likely to re-emerge following the recession and Asian countries must take measures to protect poor...
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets advanced Thursday, but trade was cautious amid gnawing worries about banks after Morgan Stanley reported worse-than-expected results. European...
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets were mostly higher in cautious trade Thursday, with gains limited by gnawing worries about banks after Morgan Stanley reported worse-than-expected...
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AP, Hong Kong
Asian stock markets stabilized Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury secretary said most of the country’s hard-hit banks have enough capital to weather the global...
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AP, Ottawa
Thousands of Tamil protesters rallied in front of Parliament on Tuesday, calling on the Canadian government to pressure the Asian nation of Sri Lanka to stop its...
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Nusa Dua:
Finance ministers, from left, China’s Xie Xuren, South Korea’s Yoon Jeung-hyun and Japan’s Kaoru Yosano, pose together during their meeting at the Asian Development Bank meeting in Nusa Dua, resort island of Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, May 3, 2009.
