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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh Sun.com http://www.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/303b19022816233b/ en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:41 -0400 30 A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514933/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:22:09 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514933/cs/1/ Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is all set to sign for Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the same venue where 14 years ago he was labelled a chucker by umpire Darrel Hair. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514680/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:20:08 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514680/cs/1/ Australian speedster Brett Lee boosted his selection chances for the first Ashes Test starting Wednesday at Cardiff with a burst of five for 21 in 40 balls in a practice match against Englad Lions at Worcester. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514677/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:20:05 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514677/cs/1/ A woman who complained to police about an unwanted sexual encounter with a former New Zealand minister has dropped the case, police said Friday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514590/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:04 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514590/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of NAM summit in Egypt would be an opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514891/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:40:03 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514891/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan on Friday said that the peace in the region cannot be discussed without the resolution of the long-standing issue with India, stepping up its rhetoric on Kashmir. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514873/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:05 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514873/cs/1/ Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a show-cause notice to director National Cricket Academy Aamir Sohail for not attending the course held in England. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514870/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:01 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514870/cs/1/ Colombo, July 3 : Despite promising to resettle 80 percent of Tamil refugees by the end of this year, the Sri Lankan Government has reportedly started building permanent camps for most of the 300,000 refugees, who are being held there since Tamil Tigers' defeat in May. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514732/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:40:07 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514732/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : France has agreed to provide Pakistan Tiger combat helicopters and other sophisticated military equipments to strengthen its abilities in taking on the rampant Taliban. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514689/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:07 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514689/cs/1/ Lahore, July 3 : The internal rift between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials is out in the open again, with the board's Director Human Resources, Wasim Bari serving a show cause notice to Director National Cricket Academy, Aamir Sohail. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514670/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:16 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514670/cs/1/ Lahore, July 3 : Pakistan would host New Zealand for three Tests and five one-day internationals on a neutral venue, after all efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to relocate the 'home' series against Kiwis to New Zealand failed. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514659/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:04 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514659/cs/1/ Karachi, July 3 : Relations between India and Pakistan soured and the blame game from both sides gained unprecedented heights after the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, but for Syed Saadat Ali and his wife, the heightened tensions between the two neighboring nations did not affect the treatment of their son, Syed Raahim, who was operated in New Delhi for a rare congenital heart disorder in December 2008. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514626/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:25 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514626/cs/1/ Washington, July 3 : An archaeological excavation in southern Vietnam of a site more than 3000 years old has shed new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members and uncovered the oldest clear evidence of rice agriculture in the region. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514613/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:47 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514613/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in two missile hits carried out by unmanned US Predator aircrafts in South Waziristan on Friday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514609/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:37 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514609/cs/1/ Lahore, July 3 : The Pakistan Army may have been planning an all out assault against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in his stronghold of South Waziristan, but experts believe that the operation could result in further disappointment for the United States. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514601/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:40:25 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514601/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan has spent about 10 billion dollars in the war on terror during the financial year 2008-09, the chairman of the Panel of Economists of the Planning Commission, Hafiz Pasha has said. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514559/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:12 -0400 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/514559/cs/1/ JULIAN BORGER UN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon faced a barrage of criticism last night for apparently praising the Burmese junta without winning any concessions over human rights or a move towards dem... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855848/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:01 -0400 Irish Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855848/ A Pakistani military helicopter has crashed in the north-west of the country killing all 26 security personnel on board, officials said, ahead of a planned army offensive against a Taliban militant ch... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855928/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:38:00 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855928/ Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spearheaded the campaign for democracy for two decades in Myanmar, is currently on trial for breaching a security law, which critics say is an attempt by the generals to keep... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855932/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:31:51 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855932/ The Communist government has neglected tribals in Lalgarh, say analysts Maoist rebels controlled a tribal area in India's West Bengal state for nearly eight months before a government offensive force... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855929/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:04 -0400 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855929/ A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace.The deal, which opens up an important new corr... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855888/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:05 -0400 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25855888/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that out of box and innovative solutions were to be found to enable the Pakistan Housing Authority... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853655/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:13 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853655/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: The capital city police have arrested an alleged terrorist with the help of intelligence agencies from the Margala area, recovering explosive ma... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853656/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:11 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853656/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has refused to meet a lawyer who was nominated by Governor Salmaan Taseer for the post of Lahore High Court... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853663/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:09 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853663/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Mazhar Tufail ISLAMABAD: The Punjab chapter of Islami Tehrik Pakistan is holding a national conference of scholars of Fiqah-e-Jafria here on Sunday (July 5) to discuss t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853661/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:07 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853661/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By our correspondent HYDERABAD: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) chief Dr Qadir Magsi on Friday strongly condemned the bill moved in the National Assembly, seeking the reh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853660/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:06 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853660/ Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has rejected calls to divide Punjab province and create another province to be called Seraiki or Bhawalpur. "We reject this demand to establ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853432/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:17 -0400 Gulf News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853432/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Schezee Zaidi ISLAMABAD: Eminent literati and journalists paid rich tributes to renowned journalist and poet Kaleem Omar (late) during a reference organised in his memor... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853657/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:12 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853657/ US missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center on Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence offic... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853666/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:56 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853666/ KESC MD terms non-payments, Kunda culture main problems of the company Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Managing Director Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Naveed Ismail... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853662/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:07 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853662/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By Dilshad Azeem ISLAMABAD: The majority of federal ministers showed total indifference to the National Assembly debate on the budget, as neither they uttered a word on the... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853659/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:09 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853659/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates has announced a contribution of US$500,000 to the UN Trust Fund for Benazir Bhutto Inquiry Commission.Spokesperson ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853658/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:11 -0400 The News International http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853658/ NEW DELHI: Islamabad on Friday appeared to be wilting under international pressure when it decided to appeal against the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz Moham... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853651/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:51:11 -0400 Times of India http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853651/ New Delhi: Attempts by Pakistan to link the Mumbai terrorist attack of November 2008 to the earlier explosion on board the Samjhauta Express are likely to flounder in the face of the United Nations Se... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853652/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:37 -0400 The Hindu http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853652/ Ban Ki Moon was refused a meeting with the detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday — an unpromising start to an important two-day visit to Burma by the UN Secretary-General. ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853453/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:21 -0400 Times Online http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853453/ Pakistan's crackdown on Taliban has helped U.S. security, Janet Napolitano says The U.S. homeland security chief is in Pakistan, meeting with officials U.S. looking at ways to monitor who's traveling ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853614/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:15 -0400 CNN http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853614/ VIENNA (Kyodo) Yukiya Amano, Japan's ambassador to the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, was elected the next director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency o... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853648/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:00 -0400 Japan Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853648/ Vietnam, concerned that too many boys are being born, will destroy more than 30,000 copies of books instructing couples on how to have a baby of their desired sex, state-linked media said Friday. The ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853333/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:24:13 -0400 Breitbart http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853333/ It’s nearly midnight on Saturday and the dance floor of DJ’s Bar in Rangoon is packed with Burmese youth, grooving to throbbing house music as red, green and yellow light beams flash and slice acr... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853647/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:19 -0400 Financial Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25853647/ The U.N. Children's Fund says it is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict in northwestern Pakistan. UNICEF says children are in urgent nee... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851403/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:17 -0400 VOA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851403/ Japan and Hong Kong say they have each identified cases of the swine influenza A-H1N1 virus that are resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu. Denmark reported the first such case earlier this week.... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851402/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:19 -0400 VOA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851402/ The United Nations is assisting families displaced by violence which shook Timor-Leste in 2006 return to their homes and preventing potential conflicts in their communities. In late April 2006, fig... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851521/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:13 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851521/ United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) holds a meeting with Myanmar's junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe (R) in Naypyidaw, July 3, 2009. Ban had a rare meeting with Shwe on Friday but le... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25850989/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:41:12 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25850989/ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is preparing to file a “leave to appeal” petition against the release of Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and Jamat-ud-dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in the Supreme Court... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851517/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:55:52 -0400 The Hindu http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851517/ The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, is in Myanmar to try and persuade its military leaders to release political prisoners and follow the path to democracy. Ban has admitted the two-day tri... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851344/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:30:39 -0400 Euro News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851344/ (RTTNews) - A military helicopter carrying security personnel has crashed in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, killing at least 26 on board.Reports quoting military officials said the accident o... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851524/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:44 -0400 Quote.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851524/ At least 15 people, thought to be Taliban fighters, have been killed by missiles fired from a suspected US drone in northwest Pakistan, officials say.A Pakistani intelligence services spokesman said t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851519/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:29 -0400 Al Jazeera http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851519/ Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto waves from her car before being assassinated in a bomb attack following a political rally on December 27, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851513/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:53:41 -0400 CNN Asia http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25851513/ Up to 26 Pakistani security personnel are feared dead after an army transport helicopter crashed in the tribal region of Orakzai, military officials say.Maj Gen Athar Abbas told the BBC the helicopter... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25848460/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:43:29 -0400 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25848460/ Rawalpindi, July 3 : At least 11 militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Friday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849255/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:06:15 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849255/ Tennis: ITF rejects concern at Davis Cup venue Indonesia have named a lowly-ranked team for their Davis Cup tie against New Zealand. Christopher Rungkat is ranked 1282th, Ayrton Wibowo 1377th and thei... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849258/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:50:56 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849258/ Colombo, July 3 : The British government has relaxed travel restrictions on its citizens visiting Sri Lanka nearly five weeks after Tamil separatist rebels were defeated to end a more then 30-year war... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25848688/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:06:21 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25848688/ Kathmandu, July 3 : Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday exp... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849253/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:06:22 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849253/ Rights watchdog Amnesty yesterday urged Malaysia to abolish caning, saying that tens of thousands of migrants had received the "inhuman and degrading" punishment in recent years.Amnesty cited a statem... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849264/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:35 -0400 Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849264/ Islamabad, July 3 : At least 28 militants were killed in a suspected US drone attack and clashes with Pakistani troops in the country's northwest, officials said Friday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849254/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:06:20 -0400 New Kerala http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849254/ The crash took place on the border of the semi-autonomous Orakzai and Khyber tribal regions. "An MI-17 (military) helicopter crashed due to a technical fault this afternoon at the border of Orakzai ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849239/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:17 -0400 Morning Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849239/ (1 hr 51 mins ago) UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon is to hold an unscheduled second meeting with the leader of Burma's military junta tomorrow, a UN spokesman said. The encounter will come after ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849249/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:13 -0400 The Standard http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849249/ Bangkok - A Thai thief broke into a house but promptly fell asleep inside before stealing anything and was eventually discovered by a housemaid on Friday morning, police said. Prachak Jarkngooloem,... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849257/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:37:02 -0400 IOL http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849257/ Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- Missile attacks believed to be carried out by U.S. drone aircraft today targeted a training center and a communications base run by one of Pakistan's most wanted... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25848981/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:37:16 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25848981/ Punjab government on Friday filed a petition in Pakistan's Supreme Court challenging the release of outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, linked to the Mumbai terror attacks, from the h... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849263/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:35 -0400 Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849263/ Oil fell further during Asian trade yesterday as investors continued to fret about the state of the U.S. economy where the jobless rate has surged to a 26-year high, analysts said.New York's main cont... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849244/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:06 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849244/ JAKARTA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The number of A/H1N1 flu cases in Indonesia has reached 20 as 12 new cases were confirmed on Friday, the Health Ministry said. Of the 12 patients, eight are now receiving ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849268/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:33 -0400 SINA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25849268/ Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has criticized moves to seek a royal pardon for exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra. The campaign comes soon after by-election victories by pro-Thaksin politicians.P... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846673/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:41:36 -0400 VOA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846673/ A Thai mahout and his infant elephant look for foreign tourist, along Sukhumvit Road in downtown Bangkok. After failing repeatedly to clear elephants from Bangkok streets, Thai authorities have come u... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846479/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:58 -0400 C News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846479/ India will look to seal a rare one-day series win in West Indies when they play the last two games of a four-match series this weekend.The visitors won the opening fixture by 20 runs before the home s... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846826/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:48 -0400 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846826/ The famous toy train service that ferries tourists in India's tea country in Darjeeling has been hit by a huge landslide in the hill region.India's north-eastern frontier railway spokesman S Hajong to... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846825/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:50 -0400 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846825/ Chinese government has reacted angrily to a meeting between Australian lawmakers and the Dalai Lama in India. It's the first time Australian members of parliament have traveled to the sub-continent ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846672/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:41:37 -0400 VOA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846672/ UN chief Ban Ki moon said the head of Burma's junta has stalled on his request to see Aung San Suu Kyi, leaving his mission to seek the democracy icon's release at risk of ending in failure. Ban sa... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846836/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:06:47 -0400 The Standard http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846836/ Jul 3, 2009 - 05:37 - WAM UMM AL-QAIWAIN, June 3rd, 2009: Director General of Umm Al-Qaiwain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UAQCCI) Humaid Mohammed Ali Bin Salim and Chairman of the Husin Bagis, Ch... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846845/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:28:18 -0400 WAM http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846845/ (Click to Enlarge) Indonesia has carried out the first shipment of natural liquefied gas from the Tangguh block in Papua, easternmost of the country, to South Korea, Mines and Energy Minister Purnomo ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846685/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:35:30 -0400 Rigzone http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846685/ The Japanese Foreign Minister, Hirofumi Nakasone, has urged India to play more of an active role in combating global warming and climate change. Speaking at a joint news conference in Tokyo with the v... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846658/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:49 -0400 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846658/ project to automate next year's Philippine elections is back on track just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal, officials said Friday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846829/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:59 -0400 Morning Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846829/ SINGAPORE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Singapore on Friday confirmed 91 new cases of Influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of such cases to 969 in the city state. According to a statement issued by Sing... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846843/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:23:23 -0400 SINA http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/25846843/