PAKISTAN
Anti-Taliban mayor killed in Peshawar market attack
A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy market area on Sunday in the Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, killing several people including an anti-Taliban mayor.
INDIA
Dalai Lama's controversial monastery visit sparks Chinese fury
Thousands of Buddhists welcomed the Dalai Lama during his visit to a monastery in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, near Tibet's border. China claims the region, renewing tensions between the two Asian giants.
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Japanese protest US base before Obama visit
Tens of thousands of Okinawan residents rallied Sunday against a US military base on the island, raising the heat in a simmering row days before US President Barack Obama is due in Japan.Opposition has often flared on the island against the presence
DIPLOMACY
Thailand to scrap oil deal with Cambodia over Thaksin appointment
Thailand has threatened to scrap a deal on developing energy reserves with Cambodia a day after both nations recalled their ambassadors in a row over Phnom Penh's appointment of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) as economics adviser.
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NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security forces: Kabul
Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday."Due to a NATO forces air strike on November 6 in Badghis province seven Afghan security personnel ...
IRAN
AFP confirms release of its reporter in Tehran
AFP journalist and FRANCE 24 contributor Farhad Pouladi was freed Saturday, the AFP confirmed. Pouladi was detained in Tehran earlier this week as he headed to cover rallies outside the former US Embassy.
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British PM warns Karzai could lose West's support
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday that the West could withdraw support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai if he fails to live up to its expectations in his second term in power.Defending Britain's mission in Afghanistan against waning
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Tehran police arrested 109 during protests
Police arrested 109 people during opposition protests on the sidelines of an official demonstration marking three decades since the seizure of the US embassy, Tehran's police chief said on Saturday."A hundred and nine people were arrested.
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Iran to give UN watchdog more nuclear details
Iran is preparing to give the International Atomic Energy Agency more details of its response to proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday."We have some more details which we ...
AFGHANISTAN
UN to relocate foreign staff
The United Nations says it will relocate around 600 non-Afghan workers, more than half of its foreign staff in the war-torn country, following an attack by Taliban militants in the capital last week in which five foreign UN workers were killed.
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