Five killed in U.S. strike in Pakistan - officials

Five killed in U.S. strike in Pakistan - officials


Five killed in U.S. strike in Pakistan - officials

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:57 AM PDT

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.S. drone aircraft have attacked suspected militants in northwest Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, killing five people, Pakistani officials said on Saturday.


U.N. fears for children as Pakistan floods threaten towns

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:23 AM PDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - Flood waters threatened to engulf two towns in southern Pakistan on Saturday, a month after the disaster began, as the United Nations warned that tens of thousands of children risked death from malnutrition.


China: India military ties on track despite visa row

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:23 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Saturday that military ties with India remained on track, despite a visa row that some reports said led to a freeze in defence contacts between the two big neighbours with sometimes testy relations.


Hurricane Danielle weakens to Category 3 storm

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:23 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Danielle weakened to a Category 3 storm on Saturday, as the season's first major hurricane churned over the open Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


Guard remanded for a week over shooting of colleagues

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Police have obtained a court order to remand for a week from today a security guard suspected to have shot dead two of his colleagues at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital here yesterday.

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Australia PM Gillard woos 'kingmaker' MPs

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:07 PM PDT

SYDNEY, Saturday 28 August 2010 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard courted one of five minority lawmakers key to resolving the nation's political stalemate Saturday, as polling showed their voters favoured her rival.

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Sri Lanka holds withdrawal of on-arrival visa

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:06 PM PDT

COLOMBO, Saturday 28 August 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended plans to scrap on-arrival visas for most nationals, including visitors from the US, Europe, Australia and Japan.

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UN fears for children as Pakistan floods threaten towns

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:26 PM PDT

KARACHI, Aug 28 — Flood waters threatened to engulf two towns in southern Pakistan today, a month after the disaster began, as the United Nations warned that tens of thousands of children risked death from malnutrition. The floods are Pakistan's worst-ever natural disaster in terms of the amount of damage and the number of people affected, with ...


US-ASEAN economic ties 'priority' despite no-show: embassy

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:44 PM PDT

HANOI, Saturday 28 August 2010 (AFP) - Economic ties between the United States and Southeast Asia are "a high priority", an embassy spokesman said Saturday despite the absence of US officials from a key regional trade meeting.

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Monocular turtle

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:41 PM PDT

TELUK INTAN: Like alien creatures always seen in scientific fiction films, a baby turtle was found to have only an eye above its nose.

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Three killed, 40 injured in Iran quake: TV

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:21 PM PDT

TEHRAN, Saturday 28 August 2010 (AFP) - Three people, including two children, have been killed and 40 others injured in an earthquake which struck Iran's biggest desert, Dasht-e Kavir, state television reported on Saturday.

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Racist remarks in schools nothing new: educationist

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:20 PM PDT

Racial slurs and comments in schools can be overcome with fair, firm and transparent administration, according to an eminent educationist.

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Dane charged over sex tourism in Cambodia: official

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:19 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Saturday 28 August 2010 (AFP) - A Cambodian provincial court has charged a Danish man with providing his young male guesthouse staff for sex with tourists in the country's northwest, an official said Saturday.

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Five killed in U.S. strike in Pakistan - officials

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:54 PM PDT

PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.S. drone aircraft have attacked suspected militants in northwest Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, killing five people, Pakistani officials said on Saturday.


Five killed in US strike in Pakistan

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:01 PM PDT

PARACHINAR, Pakistan, Aug 28 — US drone aircraft have attacked suspected militants in northwest Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, killing five people, Pakistani officials said today. Separately, shots were fired in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the US consulate, but it was not clear who the gunman was or what he was firing at, ...


China:India military ties on track despite visa row

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:54 PM PDT

BEIJING, Aug 28 — China said today that military ties with India remained on track, despite a visa row that some reports said led to a freeze in defence contacts between the two big neighbours with sometimes testy relations. An Indian defence source and some Indian news media said yesterday that defence ties with China were suspended after Beijing ...


Local shares likely to be rangebound next week

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:24 PM PDT

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia are likely be rangebound next week as weak external economic indicators continue to influence sentiment on the local bourse.

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Najib to meet Taib over position

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will meet with Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud over the latter's intention to withdraw from politics.

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Demonstration at embassy work of mercenary groups: Najib

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:21 PM PDT

The demonstrations held outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta are the work of mercenary groups, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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Anti-Malaysian demonstrators too aggressive: Mahathir

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:20 PM PDT

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it was not wrong for Malaysia to protest against the desecration of the Jalur Gemilang by a group of Indonesian demonstrators who stomped on it in front of the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta recently.

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