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Asia NewsWorld Briefing | Asia: Japan: You Mean, the Tax Is on the Whole Inheri...2008-03-13 04:55 - The authorities arrested two sisters in Osaka who they said hid some $57 million in cardboard boxes to evade tax on their inheritance. World Briefing | Asia: India: Airport Workers Begin Strike 2008-03-13 04:55 - Some 15,000 airport workers across India went on strike, a move that threatened to ground hundreds of domestic flights. Breakaway Rebel Faction Wins Stormy Election in Sri Lanka City 2008-03-13 04:55 - A pro-government militia composed of former Tamil Tiger rebels won a local election in Batticaloa despite allegations that it had used child soldiers, extorted businessmen and carried out killings. U.N. Says Taliban Are Impeding Aid 2008-03-13 04:55 - A report by the United Nations says that a tenth of Afghanistan is off limits to aid workers because attacks by Taliban insurgents make it too dangerous. China Retools Its Government in Efficiency Push 2008-03-13 04:55 - The plan is intended to streamline an overlapping array of government agencies, commissions and ministries. From Prison to Zenith of Politics in Pakistan 2008-03-12 06:01 - The widower of Benazir Bhutto now sits at the pinnacle of Pakistani politics, a startling comeback for a man was once one of Pakistan’s most ostracized figures. Two Bombs Kill 20 in Pakistan’s Lahore 2008-03-12 06:01 - Massive suicide bombs ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 20. China’s Rate of Inflation Is Highest in 11 Years 2008-03-12 06:01 - Food prices were the biggest contributor, up 23.3 percent from February of last year. For Britain, Fewer Troops in Iraq, but Costs Continue to Rise for the ... 2008-03-12 06:01 - A parliamentary committee warned that Britain’s military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq were likely to cost $6.7 billion this year. Woman Replaces Colleague for South Korea’s First Space Mission 2008-03-12 06:01 - Women’s groups said Yi So-yeon’s participation was likely to boost the rising status of women in South Korea’s traditionally male-dominated society. 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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