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Protests Banned as Nepal Set to Abolish Monarchy
Monday, May 26, 2008 9:15:00 PM
KATHMANDU—Nepal has banned demonstrations in and around the royal palace and King Gyanendra's private home in Kathmandu, fearing trouble two days before a special assembly is due to formally ...   Full Story
 

Dalai Lama Says Tibetans Losing Faith in Talks
Monday, May 26, 2008 8:15:00 PM
SINGAPORE—Tibetans are losing faith in the Dalai Lama's conciliatory "middle way" because of China's refusal to strike a deal with him over the region's future, the exiled spiritual ...   Full Story
 

Angry France Diverts Burma Aid to Thailand
Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:50:00 PM
PARIS—The French navy has given up the idea of trying to deliver humanitarian aid directly to Burma (Myanmar) and will instead divert its cargo to neighbouring Thailand, the French Foreign Ministry ...   Full Story
 

Sri Lanka Raises Fuel Prices, Bangladesh Plans Hike
Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:10:00 PM
Sri Lanka raised fuel prices and Bangladesh said it planned a hike soon, the latest Asian nations to find they can no longer afford to shield their consumers from soaring world oil prices.   Full Story
 

G8 Climate Talks Seek Momentum on Emission Cuts
Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:25:00 PM
KOBE, Japan—Environment ministers from rich countries and other major greenhouse gas emitters kicked off talks on ways to curb emissions and save species as the United States called for a global fu ...   Full Story
 

Burma Junta Stance on Foreign Aid a Crime, Say Monks
Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:21:00 PM
Burma's military rulers have committed crimes against humanity by delaying the entry of international workers to help cyclone victims, exiled Buddhist monks said on Thursday.   Full Story
 

Proud Afghan Landmine Victims Find Work
Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:00:00 AM
KABUL—Abdul Saboor rides his bicycle as far as 30 km a day through the dusty streets of Kabul delivering packages. Most people might be daunted by such distances but not Saboor who peddles through ...   Full Story
 

Is Chinese Regime Preparing for Nuclear War?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:23:00 PM
LONDON—Defense analysts for the British intelligence service MI6 believe China is preparing for the "eventuality of a nuclear war." The conclusion follows evidence that Beijing has built secretly a ma ...   Full Story
 

New President Wants Dignity for Taiwan
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:10:00 PM
TAIPEI—Taiwan's new president took office on Tuesday with a historic offer to reopen dialogue with China, which claims the island as its territory, but pledged to maintain Taipei's existing se ...   Full Story
 

Kidnapped Pakistan Envoy Released by Taliban
Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:22:00 PM
ISLAMABAD—Suspected Taliban militants have released Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan more than three months after he was kidnapped in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, a senior government o ...   Full Story
 

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