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Taiwan Ex-Intelligence Chief Indicted For Alleged Cover-Up
(AFP)--Taiwan's ex-intelligence chief has been indicted on suspicion of covering up for former president Chen Shui-bian over suspected money laundering, an official said Thursday.
Chhattisgarh to implement Pay Commission recommendations
The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday said it has agreed in principle to implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for the state government employees.
Pakistan stocks decline sharply
Brokers at the Karachi Stock Exchange. Karachi stocks fell over four per cent in early trade on Wednesday to their lowest level in more than two years as investors sold blue chips amid persistent poli...
South Korea to build 10 more N-plants
South Korea said yesterday it will build 10 more nuclear power plants by 2030 and increase its renewable energy resources as part of a 100-billion-dollar plan to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels....
UK-Iran trade so far unaffected by sanctions
Trade British companies are surprised that sanctions imposed against Iran has not led to a further impact on bilateral trade so far this year. According to the latest figures obtained from UK Trade an...
After China, Prachanda to visit US
After his controversial visit to China within less than a week of assuming office as republic Nepal's first prime minister, will Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda now snub India further and make the US his next port of call abroad?
Protesters seize state TV station in Thailand
Bangkok, Aug 26 : Anti-government protesters stormed into a state-run TV channel and forced it to halt broadcasting Tuesday, while a mass rally was assembling here to mount pressure on the Thai govern...
Russia-Georgia conflict raises Black Sea tension
By Elizabeth Piper and Mark TrevelyanKIEV/TBILISI (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it wanted to discuss charging Russia more to lease a Black Sea naval base, a move that could aggravate regional ...
Great challenges lie ahead for alliance troops in Afghanista..
The alliance troops' mission in Afghanistan is a difficult one and things will not improve in one or two years, warned Arif Lalani, Canada's ambassador Wednesday. As Canada's military commitment to Af...
Union vows to fight for 50pc rises
UNION members at a Bahrain company elected new leaders yesterday, with a pledge to fight for a 50 per cent increase in pay for Bahraini workers. Incumbent union leaders at Dyncorp International had e...
Interior Ministry holds anti-human trafficking seminar
> Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) The Interior Ministry opened a two-day international anti-human trafficking seminar Wednesday with the goal of consolidating a campaign against human trafficking by establishin...
Nationwide plan to boost tourism in less developed areas
The central government said Wednesday it is considering a series of fiscal measures to promote tourism, particularly in the less developed interior regions. The National Development and Reform Commis...
Jobs data fall to 24-yr low
Unemployment fell to a 24-year low in the second quarter of 2008, says the Central Bureau of Statistics. The last time only 5.9% of the civilian workforce was out of a job was in 1984. Finance Ministr...
Thailand To Raise Oil Fund Contributions By THB0.30/Liter Sa..
-(Dow Jones)- Thailand's Energy Policy Administration Committee has decided to raise contributions to the state oil fund from retail sales of all kinds of fuel by
Bomb kills US coalition member in Afghanistan
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AP - The U.S.-led coalition says a roadside bomb has killed one of its members in southern Afghanistan.
Maliki demanding changes to US military deal - ally
Agencies IRAQI PRIME MINISTER Nouri Maliki is demanding changes to a draft deal on the status of US forces beyond this year, a key Shiite ally in the governing coalition said on Sunday. "There are poi...
Thief using TV host
MANILA, Philippines - After almost a month, an identity thief who used the credit card of television and radio host Arnell Ignacio was arrested. Radio dzBB reported early Thursday that the suspect,...
Rice crisis still on the boil: Leo Lewis on Asia - Times Onl..
Earlier this year, the pan-Asian supermarket shopping basket looked like an absolutely solid, fairly unnerving one-way bet on inflation. In the space of just a few weeks, it has become a farcical lucky-dip. The price of mangoes in India has halved ...
McCain uses Vietnam ordeal against jibes over wealth
BURBANK, Calif. (Reuters) - John McCain, who often invokes his ordeal as a Vietnam war prisoner to show his devotion to his country as he runs for U.S. president, drew on the experience again on Monda...
Plagued by Terrorism, Indians Voice Frustration
NEW DELHI, July 28 -- Lalit Mohan Joshi, an Indian businessman, was delivering a batch of jeweled slippers to a merchant one evening when he was approached by a stranger. The stranger asked him to watch a plastic bag, which appeared to hold a pressure cooker.
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