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Anger greets Suu Kyi conviction
World leaders have reacted with anger and disappointment at the conviction of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating security laws. The UN called for her immediate release after she was sentenced to a further 18 months of house arrest - where she has spent 14 of the past 20 years »
North Korea ship crew uncooperative: India investigators
PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - The... »
Taliban: Awaiting US response on captured troop
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan—A... »
England pull out of badminton world championships
HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – England have pulled out of the world badminton championships starting here Monday over concerns about the squad featuring Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson being targeted by a terrorist act. »
Deaths in India landslide
At least 43 people are feared dead after a landslide swept through three villages in northern India, authorities have said. Rescue workers on Sunday said they pulled at least 20 bodies from the debris a day after heavy rains triggered the deluge in the district of Pithoragarh in »
Mom, child killed in building collapse
Damascus - A mother and her child were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in a slum in... »
Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo
The Japan Meteorological Agency said an earthquake with a preliminary... »
Deaths raise fear, superstition
AMLOHA VILLAGE, India - Some say it was the... »
Indian woman who tested positive for swine flu dies: officials
MUMBAI (AFP) – A woman in India's financial capital Mumbai who had tested positive for swine flu has died in hospital, officials said Saturday. »
Plagiarism case could stop Bollywood borrowing from Hollywood
Bollywood has a tradition of remaking Hollywood blockbusters - and of spicing up even the grittiest thrillers with big song and dance numbers and wet sari scenes. But if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, India's film-makers have finally taken their adulation too far. »
UN withdraws Indian energy food
The UN says it has withdrawn a high energy food for children in India after the government said it had been distributed without permission. »
Country in mourning as Gayatri Devi, the last queen of India, dies in Jaipur aged 90
Thousands of mourners gathered yesterday for the funeral of Gayatri Devi, one of India's last queens and a former MP who was listed by Vogue as among the ten most beautiful women in the world. Devi, who was Maharani of the northwestern desert kingdom of Jaipur, died in a private hospital on Wednesday after... »
Al-Qaeda claims suicide bombers were targeting Manchester United
The suicide bombers who attacked two luxury hotels in Indonesia this month aimed to kill members of the Manchester United football team, according to an internet message allegedly written by the fugitive leader of an al-Qaeda faction. The message, posted on a blog in the name of Noordin Mohammed Top, self-styled leader of al-Qaeda... »
China committed to enforcing North Korea sanctions: U.S.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China... »






