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Asia NewsBombings Mar Sri Lanka’s 60th Anniversary of Statehood2008-02-06 06:01 - Two roadside bombings, one of which tore through a civilian bus about 150 miles outside of the country’s capital, killed 13 people, the military said. World Briefing | Asia: China: Rails and Main Road Reopen 2008-02-06 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. World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Princess Becomes Fair Game 2008-02-06 04:55 - A 13-dish Mexican dinner in her honor. Then shark fin soup at a top Chinese restaurant. Next, a French meal featuring black truffles. Princess Masako, the wife of Crown Prince Naruhito, has been eating well, and being criticized in the tabloid press for violating the standards of imperial austerity as the economy shows signs of faltering. The lavish private outings have also prompted the tabloids to ask why the 44-year-old Harvard-educated princess, in whom depression was diagnosed four years ago, is still opting out of most of her official public duties. Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S. 2008-02-06 04:55 - The fate of the first detainee to die of natural causes at Guantánamo Bay reveals the problems of military tribunals, Afghans say. Great Firewall of China Faces Online Rebels 2008-02-05 06:01 - The Chinese government’s censorship of Web sites with no discernible political content has fostered a backlash. Former Warlord in Standoff With Police at Kabul Home 2008-02-05 06:01 - The arrest of General Abdul Rashid Dostum, one of Afghanistan’s most notorious former warlords, came after 50 of General Dostum’s followers attacked and briefly abducted a political rival Saturday night. 11 Killed in Suicide Attack in Sri Lanka 2008-02-05 04:55 - The suicide attack in a packed railroad station in the Sri Lankan capital came hours after a crude bomb went off in a zoo, killing four visitors. News Analysis: Cold Chinese Grow Angry Over Lack of Preparation 2008-02-05 04:55 - The Chinese government in the last week has worked as hard at public relations and crisis management, faced with the crippling effects of some of the most important snowfall in 50 years. At Least 6 Killed in Pakistan Bombing 2008-02-05 04:55 - A suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed into a minibus carrying security personnel, the latest in a string of attacks in the city of Rawalpindi. The World: Seeking a Path in Democracy’s Dead End 2008-02-04 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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