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Asia NewsFrontier Insurgency Spills Into a Pakistani City2008-01-19 04:55 - Escalating political tension has made Peshawar a target of Islamic militants from nearby tribal areas. Push for Education Yields Little for India’s Poor 2008-01-18 06:01 - India faces the difficulty of educating its children in schools that have sunk to spectacularly low levels. Most Sri Lankan Bus Victims Were Shot 2008-01-18 06:01 - Sri Lanka’s military said that most of the 27 people killed in a bus ambush were shot by rebels as the passengers tried to flee rather than by the blast. South Korea’s Sunshine Policy Dims 2008-01-18 06:01 - The president-elect of South Korea proposed eliminating a government agency that has long led efforts to build reconciliation with North Korea. Uzbekistan: Leader Sworn In for Third Term 2008-01-18 06:01 - Islam A. Karimov, Uzbekistan’s authoritarian leader, was sworn in for a third seven-year presidential term despite a constitutional two-term limit. 25 Dead in Attack on Bus in Sri Lanka 2008-01-18 04:56 - A bomb and shooting attack blamed on Tamil separatists ripped through a packed civilian bus Wednesday. Australia to Pick Up Whaling Activists 2008-01-18 04:55 - Australia said that it would send a ship to pick up two anti-whaling activists who jumped on a Japanese vessel. Pakistan Fort Overrun by Militants 2008-01-18 04:55 - Hundreds of Islamic militants attacked a paramilitary fort in the restive South Waziristan tribal region, killing 22 soldiers and taking several others hostage. India: Australia Reverses Uranium Deal 2008-01-17 06:01 - Reversing its position, Australia’s new Labor government said it would not sell uranium to India unless it signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. New Zealand: Drunk-Mowing Charge 2008-01-17 04:56 - A 52 year-old man was arrested for riding his lawn-mower on a public street while intoxicated. 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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