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Islamabad, May 12 : Former Prime MInister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that as the May 12 deadline for the restoration of the over 60 sacked judges had expired, his party's ministers in the federal cabinet would be submitting their respective resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on...

Srinagar, May 12 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that he is hopeful of cooperation from the new government in Pakistan in checking the infiltration in the State....

London, May 12 : The 53-nation Commonwealth is to readmit Pakistan, suspended last year when President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency...

Islamabad, May 12 : Leading media persons in Pakistan are reportedly apprehending a crackdown within a week or ten days for "conspiring" against the elected government or the...

Islamabad, May 12 : Amid continuance of the complex issue of judges restoration in Pakistan, Americans' behind-the-scene role of 'pursuing' PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari not to pay heed to Nawaz Sharif's demand of restoring deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhary, has once again proved that still want to see their old time "war against terror" ally President Pervez Musharraf to stay in power, said a commentary in The...

Islamabad, May 12 : Even as the second deadline of restoration of judges issue expires today, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif appears to be in a tight spot. He seems to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, as he can neither continue his party's support to the PPP-led coalition, nor pull the rug, said a commentary in The...

Kuala Lumpur, May 12 : Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters have staged nationwide protests demanding proper medical treatment for Hindraf leader P. Uthayakumar, freedom for Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees and abolition of the ISA....

Kuala Lumpur, May 12 : A coalition of Indian youth groups headed by the Malaysian Indian Youth Council (MIYC), is asking the government to fund their social education programmes....

Islamabad, May 12 : The US embassy in Islamabad has said that the restoration of judges' issue was to be resolved by the Pakistan government only and that the US administration had nothing to with it. And, that's why US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher didn't discuss the issue with PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif when he met the duo in London recently, said US Embassy spokeswoman Elizabeth Colton said in a...

Lahore, May 12 : During Australian Defence Minister Angus Houston's recent visit to Islamabad, the Pakistan government reportedly urged him to provide unmanned surveillance aircraft and train its defence personnel to help it patrol its 2400-km border with...

Karachi, May 12 : Belying Pakistan government's tall claims regarding upkeep of Hindus worship places and other sites, a 1000-year-old Hindu temple - Shri Varun Dev Mandir - in Monora in Pakistan is lying in a dilapidated...

Kuala Lumpur, May 12 : Seven men including a Malaysian policeman allegedly beat up and robbed an Indian national, Ayyavu Gannapandhithan, of 2,545 Ringgit, a hand phone and a digital camera in an alley near the Masjid Jamek Light Rail Transit station...

Kuala Lumpur, May 12 : Kangsar Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) division Chief M. Bhupalan said that the Malaysian Government should appoint an Indian representative in each parliamentary constituency to identify and handle their...

Yangon, May 12 : After long negotiations with Myanmar's military rulers, the U.S. launched its first aid-flight to Myanmar today and will send two more air shipments on...

London, May 12 : International aid agency OXFAM has warned that the death toll in Burma could reach 1.5 million, and said that the toll would be six times that of the Boxing Day tsunami in...

Washington, May 12 : A new report has established that the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma on May 2, could have been lessened if mangrove forests had been conserved along the nation's coastlines....

London, May 12 : Police in Nepal have arrested more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, after demonstrations in Kathmandu against China's crackdown in...

Islamabad, May 12 : After failing to break the ice with the PPP on the judges restoration issue, the PML-N last evening gave enough indications that it will pull itself out of the PPP-led coalition, but would continue to support it from outside as it "doesn't want to destabalize the...

Lahore, May 12 : PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif will chair a joint meeting of his party's Central Working Committee (CWC) and parliamentary group in Lahore today to decide whether to continue his party's support to the PPP-led government or move out of the...

Kathmandu, May 11 : Newly appointed Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Sunday called on the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) leadership....

Kathmandu, May 11 : Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) on Sunday floated the proposal to form the new government prior to the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly...

Medecins Sans Frontieres sent a charter plane carrying 34 tons of medical and logistical aid, while Medecins du Monde flew in 22 tons of aid, including emergency first aid kits and medicines to treat...

Myanmar 's state television says the death toll in this month's cyclone has gone up to 31,938.It said Monday that the number of missing now stands at 29,770. The death toll is 3,480 more than the...

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In a further editorial, the paper says it will be a good thing for everyone, including the United States, if China and Japan can finally get along. But for that to happen, it will take more than just...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI, Vietnam -- Police said Monday they have arrested two people in northern Vietnam for trying to transport a newborn baby to China as part of a baby-trafficking ring, the...

By D. Arul Rajoo BANGKOK, May 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia bowed out of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship after losing 4-6 to Lebanon in their second match at the Hua Mark...

New Delhi - Myanmar has said it is ready to accept international relief and medical supplies, the Indian foreign ministry said Monday as it sent an aircraft carrying meals to its cyclone-hit...

May 12, 2008 · Matthias Gihbauer, who reports for Global News Radio in Bangkok, explains continuing efforts to work with the Myanmar government to get aid to suffering cyclone survivors in...

Bangkok - The US government Monday flew in its first shipment of disaster relief for the cyclone-devastated people of Myanmar, a country whose leadership has long been on Washington's black list. A...

BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu. The quake was felt across...

Nepal's King Gyanendra, facing imminent ouster from the throne, made perhaps his last royal public appearance at a shrine outside Kathmandu on Monday and offered annual prayers to Kali, the Hindu...

U.S. military soldiers load a C-130 cargo plane with supplies bound for cyclone devastated Myanmar in Utapao Air Base near the southern city of Rayong, Thailand, Monday, May 12,...

May 12, 2008 · Despite the deadly cyclone, Myanmar's military government went ahead with a weekend referendum on a new constitution. Co-host Renee Montagne talks with an NPR reporter in Yangon...

May 12, 2008 · Relief supplies have been dribbling into Myanmar more than a week after a huge cyclone struck the Southeast Asian nation. The storm's official death toll is approaching 30,000....

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME -- Rice prices in Myanmar's largest city have surged 50 percent since Cyclone Nargis, which killed tens of thousands of people and flooded entire rice-growing areas, a...

It should be a race against the clock: delivering aid to the Myanmar cyclone victims. But the regime is barely opening the door to let aid supplies in, and keeping it firmly closed against aid...

JAKARTA, May 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will battle against Japan in the second round Tuesday after bowing out 2-3 to the more experienced Denmark in the Group Y match of the Uber Cup Finals at Istora...

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson tonight acknowledged that Australia didn't necessarily treat soldiers returning from the Vietnam War with the respect they deserved. At...

Thailand .He said authorities must allow not only goods to come in urgently but also expedite visas for foreign experts and allowing equipment into the country."The authorities of the country need to...

The United Nations on Monday warned the Myanmar junta that more lives will be lost unless international aid efforts pick up speed immediately as aid officials waited for their visas. New Delhi has...

As the official death toll from Cyclone Nargis reaches 32,000, Gordon Brown has stepped up international pressure on Burma's military rulers warning their obstruction of aid is "completely...

BANGKOK: The United States will send two more relief flights into cyclone-hit Myanmar on Tuesday, an aid official said, hours after the first US flight of emergency supplies landed in the country....

The Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources ministry is proposing an average price hike of 21% in subsidized petroleum products starting June. A document seen by Dow Jones Newswires over the...

Benazir Bhutto . The relationship was forged after their victory over Musharraf's allies in February elections.It remained unclear if the rift could break up the government or force fresh elections....

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DHAKA: Ending an old dilemma of Foreign Service cadres, emergency-ruled Bangladesh's interim cabinet has amended a 1976 law to allow its diplomats to marry foreigners, officials said here on...