Asia
Soldier who threw back grenade tells story new
A soldier described how he picked up a Taliban hand grenade which landed at his feet and threw it back towards the enemy.
Inside Asia
Burmese junta unveils election plans new
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Burma's ruling junta will appoint the commission that will have the final say over the country's first elections in two decades, state-run newspapers announced today as the country's military rulers began unveiling the laws that will govern this year's balloting.
Pakistan admits al-Qa'ida suspect is not FBI's most wanted
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Pakistani officials yesterday admitted that an American citizen arrested on suspicion of being a member of al-Qa'ida is not the movement's US born "spokesman" Adam Gadahn.
Explosion kills Rifles soldier
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
afghanistan A British soldier was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. The soldier, from 1 Rifles, died near the Sangin district. He is the fifth member of the Rifles Regiment to die in Helmand province in the last week.
Bo Xilai, China's most charismatic politician, makes a bid for power
Monday, 8 March 2010
Speculation mounts that China's Mr Cool may become a contender
Teenage soldiers latest to die in Afghanistan
Monday, 8 March 2010
Two teenagers have been named as the latest British military deaths in Afghanistan.
Third Hong Kong acid attack in six months
Monday, 8 March 2010
An acid-filled beer bottle was dropped onto a street in the same area of densely populated Hong Kong for the third time in six months, police said Monday, fueling media speculation about a serial attacker.
Blasts kill twelve in northwest Afghanistan
Monday, 8 March 2010
Two homemade bombs exploding in quick succession killed 12 people, including 10 civilians, in an increasingly volatile part of northwestern Afghanistan, police said on today.
Troops seize £150m Afghan heroin haul
Monday, 8 March 2010
Fifteen-tonne cache believed to have been intended to fund Taliban
Soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
Monday, 8 March 2010
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today.
West Bengal's 'war on terror': 'Police shoot on sight – and we're all targets'
Monday, 8 March 2010
India's government calls it a crack-down on Maoist rebels. But to villagers in West Bengal, this 'war on terror' is a land-grab for mineral rights. Andrew Buncombe meets the victims caught between the bullets
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