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Asia NewsU.S. Urges North Korea to Fulfill Deal2008-01-01 04:56 - North Korea has not met its commitment to account fully for its nuclear activities by the end of 2007 under a disarmament agreement, the U.S. said. Taliban Leader Expels Commander 2008-01-01 04:56 - The Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, has ordered his chief commander expelled from the movement for disobeying Taliban rules. U.S. Experts Criticize Bhutto Post-Mortem 2008-01-01 04:55 - Leading American experts in forensic pathology deplored the failure of Pakistani officials to order an autopsy of Benazir Bhutto, saying it was a crucial part of any credible investigation of a murder. Bhutan Steps Towards Democracy 2008-01-01 04:55 - Bhutanese voted to elect members to a new upper house of parliament for the first time after a century of monarchy. 19 Reported Dead in Chinese Mine 2008-01-01 04:55 - Nineteen miners died in a coal mine blast in a northeast Chinese province, state-run media said. Local Militants in Pakistan Add to Qaeda Threat 2007-12-31 06:01 - The Qaeda network accused by Pakistan’s government of killing Benazir Bhutto is increasingly made up not of foreign fighters but of homegrown militants. How Bhutto Won Washington 2007-12-31 06:01 - In the end, Benazir Bhutto’s American connections only underscored how little the United States fathomed the feudal politics of South Asia. The Believers 2007-12-31 04:56 - A missionary couple, a murder and a mystery. The Guardians 2007-12-31 04:56 - Two soldiers who fought for their own freedom of speech. A Legend, at 93, Still Chases the Game 2007-12-31 04:55 - Hashim Khan, who has won seven British Open squash titles, is a national hero in Pakistan, where a small railway station bears his name. 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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