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Breaking News Thu, 2 Sep 2010
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
 NZ Herald 
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | WASHINGTON - United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taleban yesterday, placing the group on its international terror... (photo: AP / Al-Arabiya via AP Television Network)
Pakistan's one-day captain Shahid Afridi, top center right, huddles with the rest of his team before the one-day cricket match  between Somerset County Cricket Club and Pakistan at the County Ground in Taunton, England, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
Cricket   Pakistan   Photos   Scandal   Wikipedia: Match fixing  
 NZ Herald 
Cricket: Pakistan three to sit out the rest of tour
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | TAUNTON - Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed says the three players at the centre of fixing allegations will not play in the T20 and one-day international... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Pakistan's High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan, center, talks to the media outside the Pakistan High Commission in London, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, where he interviewed Oakistani international cricker players Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and captain Salman Butt, in connection with allegations of a plot to bowl no-balls to order during the fourth Test Match defeat to England at Lord's.  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Accused cricketers set up, says diplomat
| THE three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of spot-betting allegations that shocked the sporting world were "set up," the country's top diplomat in London claims. | High Commissioner... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Cricket   Pakistan   Photos   Scandal   Wikipedia: Match fixing  
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.  The New York Times 
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
| BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ drive from Bangalore in southern India... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
Climate Change   Energy   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Solar energy  
Top Stories
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The New York Times
Gates Lands in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President ... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany  
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
Banking   Britain   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Bank of Scotland  
Rescuers move parts of a collapsed building in search of victims after rain-triggered landslides swept through Wama village near Baoshan city, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Four die in China landslides
| BEIJING: At least four people died and 44 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck in southwestern China. | The landslides swept through a mountain village n... (photo: AP)
China   Landslide   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: 2010 China floods  
Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan  pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
| JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for electe... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
Elections   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Democratic Party of Japan  
Newly appointed Director General of the ITER (originaly International Thermonuclear  Experimental Reactor) Organization, Japaneze Professor Osamu Motojima, poses for photographers, during a press conference, at CEA (Atomic Energy Authority) headquarters in Cadarache, near Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France , Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Gulf News
Key to limitless energy
| It is one of mankind's most daring experiments — a quest to produce virtually limitless clean energy that, if successful, would revolutionise life on Earth by har... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
Energy   Environment   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear fusion  
People mourn the deaths of Wednesday's blast victims during their funeral in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Asia Times
Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack
|      Sep 3, 2010 Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | ISLAMABAD - After announcing the formal end to combat operatio... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Al Qaida   Lahore   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas  dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003. Asia Times
Hiroshima's poisonous past
|      Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan ann... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Japan   Photos   War Crimes   Weapons   Wikipedia: World War II  
A stock broker watches the Bombay Stock Exchange index on his trading terminal as the Sensex fell by more than 600 points, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 Asia Times
Sheen wearing off Indian growth
|      Sep 3, 2010 Sheen wearing off Indian growth | By Kunal Kumar Kundu | BANGALORE - India's 8.8% economic growth in the three months through June ... (photo: AP / Rajesh Nirgude)
Economy   India   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of India  
An Afghan refugee whose house was demolished by heavy flooding, looks for his belongings amid rubble in Azakhel near Peshawar, Pakistan  Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Asia Times
Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
|      Sep 3, 2010 Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes' | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI - The government in Islamabad may impose a 2% tax on all imports to ... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Finance   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf Asia Times
Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
|      Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the ... (photo: AP / Azamat Imanaliev)
Democracy   Kyrgyzstan   Photos   Politics   US  
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections. Asia Times
The degree zero of culture
|      Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | ... (photo: AP Photo / Shah Khalid)
Afghanistan   Culture   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban  
China India
- Spare Times: For Children
- U-19 squad leaves for Cairo; U-16 back home
- China's cheat sheet helps global investors survive
- High leverage factor with global economy taking heavy toll o
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
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- 7 Bangladeshis fearing eviction blind suspected informers in
- 'For his enjoyment, he put others in danger'
- Grand slammed outfits
- Tabelas inject cattle with love hormone for milk
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
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Turkey Iraq
- Turkey's new path...
- Turkish tacos to be unveiled at Pera Labor Day weekend
- Euro 2012 Qualifying Preview: Kazakhstan - Turkey
- Channon hoping for Turkish delight
Turkish Airlines Boeing 737
Turkish Airlines profit takes off
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- It's really goodbye, and good luck, Iraq
- Two US soldiers and dozens of Afghan insurgents killed
- Has US learnt any lessons from Iraq?
- Obama's Post-Iraq World
President Barack Obama speaks at Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
Obama's Post-Iraq World
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Saudi Arabia Japan
- Tourism rebounds as visitor numbers rise
- Iraqis in Jordan receive Ramadan aid from Baghdad
- Out of a childhood hobby, a jeweller grows a business
- If Iran, why not Britain?
 A reactor building of Iran´s Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Ru
Iran threat may spur Middle East peace talks
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- Asia stocks rise on US factory data, Ping An gains 2.7%
- While you were sleeping: Outlook a bit brighter
- Big punt across the Tasman
- Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
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Indonesia Pakistan
- Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indone
- RIM 'must reveal Blackberry data'
- Smoking two-year-old kicks habit
- UN: Blackberry worries legitimate
Rice - Commodity
Rising temperature may bring down rice production
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- IMF to immediately provide $450million to Pakistan
- Red Cross aid workers face anger in Pakistan
- 10 yrs on, cops fail to nail those caught for funding Kandah
- Pak inching towards military rule again?
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
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