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.
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Dalai Lama visits monastery despite China protest
The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own.Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who ...
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 ...
AFP
Third gun attack on brigadier in Pakistan capital
A Pakistani brigadier escaped assassination Friday in the third gun attack targeting army officers in the capital since the military launched a major offensive against the Taliban in the northwest.Gunmen travelling on a motorbike shot the brigadier
PAKISTAN
Four militants killed in US drone missile strike in tribal region
At least four militants were killed in a US drone strike in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, officials have said. Washington says Islamist fighters are in the area, planning attacks on Western troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.
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.
BURMA
US envoys meet Suu Kyi, Burmese leaders
A delegation of senior US officials held talks Wednesday with Burma's military junta leader as well as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pictured), who was allowed a rare break from detention.
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