East Timor PM thanks NZ for help TVNZ Aug 28, 2008 8:18 PM | East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has thanked New Zealand for the assistance it is giving to his country. | "When we asked for it, you sent your men and women," he said at a press conference with Prime Minister Helen Clark on Thursday. | "They have gained the respect o...
Peacekeepers to stay in Mindanao BBC News | Malaysia says its peace monitors will remain in the southern Philippines for three more months, following an outbreak of fierce fighting there. | Dozens of people have been killed in recent violence between troops and separatist Muslim rebels on the island of Mindanao. | Villages have been burned ...
2 Chinese policemen killed, 7 injured in Xinjiang Lexington Herald-Leader | BEIJING -- | The first outbreak of violence in China's western region of Xinjiang since a pair of high-profile attacks during the Olympics has left two Chinese policemen dead and seven more wounded, authorities and an activist said Thursday. | The ...
Bomb Attack in NW Pakistan Kills Police Voa News | Pakistani officials say a bomb targeting a police vehicle has killed at least 11 people in the volatile North West Frontier province. | The officials say militants set off the remote-controlled car bomb as the van reached a bridge Thursday near the...
9 Killed in Bomb Blast in Northwestern Pakistan ABC News By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press Writer | PESHAWAR, Pakistan August 28, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | Pakistani security officials examine the site of bomb explosion at a street cafe in Sahala outskirt... Pakistani security officials exam...
Thai Protesters Defy Court Order to Leave Compound ABC News By SUTIN WANNABOVORN Associated Press Writer | BANGKOK, Thailand August 28, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | Protestors chant slogans in the rain denouncing the government inside the compound of Thailand's... Protestors chant slogans in t...
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Kashmir police kill suspected rebels in shootout The Boston Globe | SRINAGAR, India—Government forces ended a hostage crisis early Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir when they killed the last of three rebels believed to have seized eight...
Georgia crisis casts shadow on summit Independent online | Dushanbe - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao joined Central Asian leaders on Thursday in the Tajik capital for a summit overshadowed by Moscow's s...
(UPDATE) Oil nears $119, euro rallies on ECB talk Inquirer | HONG KONG -- Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Thursday on worries that a tropical storm may strengthen to become the worst threat to US offshore oil and gas production since 2...
Top US, Pak army commanders meet on board an American carrier The Times of India | 28 Aug 2008, 1424 hrs IST,PTI NEW YORK: Top US and Pakistani army commanders had a highly unusual secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss how to combat the escala...
Al-Qaeda militants moving to Pak's tribal areas The Times of India | 28 Aug 2008, 1406 hrs IST,PTI WASHINGTON: A top US military officer has said that the al-Qaida militants in Iraq are moving to safe haven in tribal areas of Pakistan, posing threat not only to coalition for...
Indian American Indra Nooyi, world's third most powerful woman The Times of India | NEW YORK: Indian American Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and CEO of Pepsico US, has been ranked as the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. | According to the magazine, N...
Aussies wary of Bangladesh upset The Times of India | 28 Aug, 2008 1120hrs IST, AFP | DARWIN: Australia appear to hold all the aces, but they won't be underestimating Bangladesh in their three-match One-day series starting on Saturday. All three games are being played in Darwin, the series originally scheduled as a Champions Tr...
Palace to First Gentleman's lawyer: 'Be more careful' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- Malacaņang admonished lawyer Jesus Santos to be "more careful" in attempting to intervene in the row between the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) because it could drag the name of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo into the controversy. | Testifying before a panel created ...
