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Asia NewsTalking Business: Seeing the Sights of Industrial China: 2 Factories, ...2008-04-06 04:55 - China is caught between the reality of low-cost, tight-margin industries and a desire to advance in the production of higher-profit goods. Bush Pledges More Troops to Afghanistan, Gates Says 2008-04-06 04:55 - More combat forces will be sent to Afghanistan in 2009 regardless of whether troop levels in Iraq are cut further this year, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday. Rising Leader for Next Phase of Al Qaeda’s War 2008-04-05 06:01 - The growing prominence of Abu Yahya al-Libi tracks Al Qaeda’s emphasis on information in its war with the West. Washington Blocks Exports of Munitions Firm Suspected of Fraud 2008-04-05 06:01 - The Army has accused the principal supplier of munitions to Afghanistan’s army and police forces since January 2007 of fraud. Al Qaeda’s No. 2 Defends Attacks 2008-04-05 06:01 - A speaker on an audiotape identified as Ayman al-Zawahri, the chief deputy to Osama bin Laden, claimed that Al Qaeda does not kill innocent people. Memo From New Delhi: India Tiptoes in China’s Footsteps to Compete but... 2008-04-05 06:01 - India’s approach to China ? one part caution, one part competition, with a dash of mimicry sprinkled in ? has drawn criticism from those who say it is ?overcautious.? World Briefing | Asia: Afghanistan: NATO Troops Kill Civilian 2008-04-05 04:55 - A NATO patrol shot at a vehicle and killed one civilian in southern Afghanistan, NATO officials said. The patrol shot at the fast-approaching vehicle in Kandahar Province after its driver did not heed soldiers? warnings to stop, the alliance said in a statement. Three other civilians were wounded, it said. NATO said an investigation into the incident had begun. Tibet Reopening to Tourism After Protests 2008-04-05 04:55 - Tibet will be reopened to tourists on May 1, a decision announced Thursday even as authorities showed no sign of lifting restrictions on foreign journalists. Founder of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Seeks End to House Arrest 2008-04-04 06:01 - Abdul Qadeer Khan, who confessed four years ago to having run an illicit global nuclear proliferation network, expressed hope that the new government would end his house arrest. Personal Journey: Caught Between a Crackdown and a Tibetan Welcome 2008-04-04 06:01 - One writer’s peaceful experience in Western Sichuan during the riots left him yearning to return. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 |
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