Sunday 14th March, 2010
Death toll climbs as Pakistan suffers triple terrorist attacks
Kazakhstan News.NetIn the third terrorist attack in two days, a Pakistani court has been targeted by a suicide bomber leaving at least ten dead.
Pakistan shocked at double suicide bombings
Kazakhstan News.NetTwin suicide bombings in the Pakistani city of Lahore have killed and wounded scores of people.
Taiwan immigration official charged with molestation
Kazakhstan News.NetA Taiwan immigration official has been indicted for sexually molesting four foreign women, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Over 30 killed in serial suicide attacks in Afghanistan
Kazakhstan News.NetFour suicide bombers attacked different parts of southern city of Kandahar Saturday, killing more than 30 people, and injured at least 40, officials said.
30 killed in serial bombings in Afghanistan
Kazakhstan News.NetA series of bombs - presumably the work of suicide bombers - shook the Afghan city of Kandahar Saturday, according to the Afghan news agency Pajhwok.
Obama not to be accompanied by wife, daughters on Asian trip: Gibbs
Kazakhstan News.NetWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has confirmed that President Barack Obama will delay his visit to Asia, and he won't be accompanied by wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha.
Hong Kong International Film Fest to honour Amitabh Bachchan
Kazakhstan News.NetIndian screen star Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at The Hong Kong International Film Festival's Asian Film Awards.
Dhaka keen to attract more Indian, Chinese funds
Kazakhstan News.NetBangladesh has decided not to bargain with foreign lenders for lowering loan interest rates in a bid to attract funds from India, China, South Korea and others for funding development projects, officials said here.
Magnitude-6 quake strikes Indonesia's West Papua
Kazakhstan News.NetA magnitude-6 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua before midday Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, geophysicists said.
Anti-government protesters ready to descend on Bangkok
Kazakhstan News.NetTens of thousands of protesters arrived at the outskirts of Bangkok Saturday to participate in demonstrations aimed at forcing the Thai government to resign and call for new elections.
Mother and father of 8-year-old girl admit to raping her
Kazakhstan News.NetA woman and her husband have been sentenced following rape of eight-year-old daughter.
World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Finance Official Reveals Secret Payment To U.s.
International Herald TribuneJapan ’s finance minister said Friday that an investigation revealed that Tokyo had secretly agreed with Washington to shoulder extra costs of Okinawa’s 1972 return to Japan beyond the $32...
World Briefing | Asia: China: 11 Rare Siberian Tigers Die At Wildlife Park
International Herald TribuneEleven rare Siberian tigers died at a wildlife park in a case that activists said hinted at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in
Child Sex Abuse: Vatican Launches Counter-offensive To Distance Pope
Times of IndiaVATICAN CITY: The Vatican fought attempts to link Pope Benedict XVI to child sex abuse in a counteroffensive on Saturday against widening paedophilia scandals. "It is clearly evident that in the...
New Un Envoy To Afghanistan Arrives At Troubled Mission
Channel News AsiaKABUL : The new UN representative to Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, arrived Saturday to take up his post at a mission that has suffered blows to its standing and morale in the past year. De Mistura,...
China's Elephants Jostle For A Little Room
Los Angeles TimesThe country only has 300 wild elephants left, squashed into a patchwork of ever-smaller spaces. A wildlife park, and programs to help villagers view them more kindly, may help stave off extinction.
Afghanistan Agrees To Open Its Electoral Commission To Foreigners
Los Angeles TimesReporting from Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed Saturday to allow foreign observers to sit on an election commission, reversing a decree that sidestepped international oversight...
Four Suicide Bombings Kill 31 In Afghanistan
Los Angeles TimesReporting from Kabul, Afghanistan Four suicide bombers struck the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Saturday evening, knocking over houses and shops and killing at least 31 people, according to gove...
Iraq Pm Nouri Al-maliki's Coalition Takes Early Vote Lead
Times of IndiaBAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in t...
Google Faces Potential Admob Antitrust Test
Financial TimesGoogle ’s $750m acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob, according to two people familiar with the progress of its investigation.An intensification of the AdMob inquiry is the latest indicat...
Ad Chiefs Welcome Google Probe
Financial TimesGoogle ’s hugely profitable search advertising business, after the European Commission’s decision to launch a preliminary probe. Google on Wednesday mounted a robust public defence of its
S Koreans, Chinese Victorious At Asian Championships
Japan TodaySAGAMIHARA — South Koreans won the men’s 500 and 1,500 meters at the Asian Short Track Speed Skating Trophy on Saturday while Chinese prevailed at those distances on the women’s sid...
Suicide Attackers Hit Afghan City; At Least 30 Dead
Times of IndiaFour explosions hit the centre of Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar after nightfall on Saturday, and a shootout between police and militants followed, a Reuters reporter in Kandahar said. ...
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