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US journalists freed from Korean gulag
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Bill Clinton's surprise mission to Pyongyang secures release of women sentenced to hard labour – and raises hopes of nuclear deal
Police storm factory
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Helicopter-borne police commandos battled militant strikers occupying an ailing South Korean car maker.
Trial of Chinese online dissident ends without ruling
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
A state secrets trial of a Chinese dissident who criticized the government's response to a massive earthquake last year ended Wednesday after three hours with no immediate ruling, his wife and lawyer said.
Pregnant Brit jailed on drug charges to leave Laos
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos for trafficking heroin will be sent home tomorrow to serve her sentence in Britain, a Lao government official said today.
Taliban rockets shatter fragile peace in Kabul
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
A salvo of Taliban rockets shook Kabul's diplomatic district yesterday as insurgents ramped up attacks countrywide in a bid to derail presidential elections, less than three weeks away.
Nightmare is over for women who strayed into hostile territory
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Suddenly things are looking up for Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Until yesterday, the two American journalists were facing a grim future that they could hardly have expected when they left their homes in California for a reporting trip to the border between China and North Korea.
Soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
A British soldier was killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan today, the Ministry of Defence said.
17 dead after building collapses in China
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
An unfinished factory building collapsed amid a violent thunderstorm today in northern China, killing 17 people, state media and a government official said.
Clinton in N.Korea seeking reporters' release
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
North Korea welcomed former President Bill Clinton to Pyongyang with flowers and hearty handshakes today as he arrived in the communist nation on a surprise mission to bring home two jailed American journalists.
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