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Asia NewsNext-Gen Taliban2008-01-07 06:01 - Pakistan’s younger Islamic militants are bringing the jihad waged in Afghanistan back home: breaking with senior mullahs, renouncing elections and killing police officers, soldiers and, perhaps, Benazir Bhutto. Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan 2008-01-07 06:01 - Throughout history, violent death has rewritten the country’s political map. Kinkri Devi Is Dead at 82; Fought Illegal Mining in India 2008-01-07 04:55 - Kinkri Devi was an illiterate and impoverished woman who waged a long fight against illegal mining and quarrying in the mountainous northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan 2008-01-07 04:55 - A plan that could authorize more aggressive operations follows concern that Al Qaeda and the Taliban hope to destabilize the Pakistani government, officials said. Japan Prisons Begin Adapting to Elderly 2008-01-06 04:55 - Japan will build wards exclusively for elderly inmates at three prisons to deal with the steep rise in the prison population 60 and older, the Justice Ministry announced Friday. In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay 2008-01-06 04:55 - Worker abuse is still commonplace in many of the Chinese factories that supply Western companies, according to labor rights groups. Peace Group Is Leaving Sri Lanka 2008-01-06 04:55 - Nordic cease-fire monitors are concluding their six-year mission to Sri Lanka after the government scrapped a truce with the Tamil Tigers amid a chorus of international concern. North Korea Says Earlier Disclosure Was Enough 2008-01-06 04:55 - North Korea rejected the United States? demand for a more thorough account on whether it has tried to enrich uranium for atomic weapons. For Now, Musharraf Has Muzzled Legal Critics in Pakistan 2008-01-06 04:55 - For speaking out against President Pervez Musharraf, one lawyer spent three weeks in jail and another is under house arrest in Lahore. None of these leaders can talk to one another. Musharraf Says Bhutto Took Excessive Risks 2008-01-05 06:01 - Pakistan’s president engaged his critics and denied any government involvement in the killing of Benazir Bhutto. 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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