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Asia NewsThe World: Some Killings Don?t Get Solved2008-02-11 04:55 - Britain, needing Pakistan, gets snarled in its web of suspicions. Myanmar Junta Calls for Vote 2008-02-11 04:55 - The military government of Myanmar on Saturday announced a timetable for what it calls its ?roadmap to democracy,? including elections in 2010, the first since 1990. Bhutto’s Party Disputes Scotland Yard Report on Her Death 2008-02-10 06:01 - The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party insisted that Benazir Bhutto had been killed by gunfire and continued to demand a United Nations investigation. In China, Scramble Continues in Coal Country 2008-02-10 06:01 - The recent snowstorms that left millions without power in Southern China underscored the country’s heavy dependence on coal and laid bare the glaring inadequacies of its production and distribution cycle. Head Injury Killed Bhutto, Report Said to Find 2008-02-09 06:01 - A Scotland Yard investigation supports the Pakistani government’s explanation of the death of Benazir Bhutto. Iran Is Reported to Test New Centrifuges to Make Atomic Fuel 2008-02-09 06:01 - Iran’s use of more advanced technology may intensify a debate in Washington about whether a recent official report accurately portrayed Tehran’s progress toward the ability to build a nuclear weapon. Australia Shows Graphic Images of Japanese Whaling 2008-02-09 06:01 - Australia’s government stepped up its campaign against Japanese whaling by releasing grisly surveillance pictures of the carcasses of a minke whale and a calf being hauled aboard a harpoon ship. China: New Year’s Eve in Darkness 2008-02-09 06:01 - The eve of the Lunar New Year, the biggest holiday of the year, is Wednesday, and millions of people in cities that have had their electricity cut off for more than a week after blizzards and a deep freeze are expected to spend it without power. Chenzhou, a city of about four million in Hunan Province, began its 11th day without power or water on Tuesday. Even around cities that are now receiving electricity, officials say, many villages in the countryside remain without power, and it could be many days or weeks before it is restored. China: Rails and Main Road Reopen 2008-02-09 06:01 - China’s main north-south highway, the Zhuhai-Beijing Expressway, reopened and was expected to ease the logjams that have stranded millions of bus and rail passengers after a series of exceptional snowstorms. Rail service was slowly returning to normal. About 80 trains left southern Guangzhou on Sunday with 210,000 passengers aboard, said the state-run newspaper The Southern Metropolis Daily. But a river of new travelers trying to get home for the Lunar New Year holiday this week flowed into the city on Monday, and the area around the main train station was still packed with people. Seeking a Path in Democracy’s Dead End 2008-02-09 06:01 - The Bush administration has quietly come to terms with the police states in Central Asia. 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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