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Pakistan rocked as 11 die and dozens are wounded in bombing
Militant gunmen target five-star hotel in Peshawar
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Delhi drivers get lessons in manners
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
As all visitors to India's capital discover, despite Delhi's rickshaws and the traditional black and yellow taxis offering an economical ride, there can also be plenty of drawbacks.
Bomb at luxury hotel in Pakistan kills at least 5
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Suicide attackers detonated a truck bomb tonight outside a luxury hotel in Peshawar that U.S. officials were in negotiations to make into an American consulate, officials said.
North Korea 'would use nuclear weapons'
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
North Korea has said it would use nuclear weapons in a "merciless offensive" if provoked.
Clinton urges North Korea to deport US journalists
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has appealed for North Korea to show clemency and deport two US journalists sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp, calling it a humanitarian case.
US journalists get 12 years in North Korean labour camp
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Women convicted of 'hostile acts' become pawns in diplomatic game
Khmer Rouge chief: babies were 'smashed to death'
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
The former head of a prison run by the Khmer Rouge has confessed to smashing the skulls of babies against tree trunks.
North Korea sentences two US journalists
Monday, 8 June 2009
North Korea's top court convicted two American journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in a prison today.
North Korea 'playing high-stakes poker game'
Monday, 8 June 2009
Former UN Ambassador calls detention of two female journalists "a high-stakes poker game."
Holy cow! It's Delhi's urban cowboys
Monday, 8 June 2009
With the Commonwealth Games just around the corner, India's capital city is attempting to clean up its streets. Andrew Buncombe joins the bovine police on patrol
Chinese rescue attempt to save trapped miners
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Rescuers blasted through mud and debris today to try and reach 27 miners trapped after a massive landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes in south-western China, leaving 26 people dead and dozens missing.
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