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Anger rises as 4,000 more troops are sent to Taiwan’s flood region
Four days after Taiwan's worst floods in half a century - just as the residents of Taoyuan believed Typhoon Morakot's violence was finally over - a terrifying order came through from the military: run - you've got minutes to live. »
Karzai offers jobs to Afghan presidential rivals
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he will win next week's presidential election and will offer government positions to his top two challengers. »
China Holds Massive Long-Range Military Exercises
a People's Liberation Army soldier stands in formation during a... »
Exiled Dissidents Propose Democratic Transition for Burma
Members of Burma's self-proclaimed government-in-exile have unveiled a proposal for reconciliation with the country's ruling military leaders. The proposal calls for changes to the controversial army-backed constitution... »
300 feared dead in Taiwan village: magistrate
CHISHAN, Taiwan (AFP) – At least 300 people were missing and feared dead after their village in southern Taiwan was flattened by landslides during Typhoon Morakot, a county magistrate said Thursday. "Some 300 people... »
Order to protect Afghans frustrates U.S. troops
DAHANEH, Afghanistan - The British jet called in by the U.S. Marines had the Taliban position in sight, but the pilot refused to fire, a decision that frustrated Marines on the ground but was in line with new orders by the top U.S. commander to protect civilians »
Pakistan pounds Taliban commander’s bases
PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Helicopter gunships pummeled a key Taliban commander's bases in Pakistan's northwest, killing at least 12 insurgents Thursday as government forces ratcheted up pressure on the militants following their top leader's reported death, officials said. Military helicopters destroyed several bases and hideouts Thursday morning near the Kurram and Aurakzai tribal regions run... »
Taiwanese hauled to safety across raging river
SINFA, Taiwan (AP) -- Terrified survivors of Typhoon Morakot were pulled to safety along cables slung across a raging river, five days after dozens of their fellow villagers died in flash floods, as criticism mounted Thursday over Taiwan's response to the disaster. »
US senator Jim Webb flies in to shake hands with Burma’s generals
One is an amateur boxer, former American Marine and thriller writer who campaigned for election in combat boots. »
China Scraps Rule Mandating Censoring Software
BEIJING - Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer sold here, saying instead that internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers will be spared. The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said the notion that the... »
EU beefs up Myanmar sanctions
BRUSSELS – The European Union says it is expanding its sanctions against Myanmar after the country sentenced... »
Afghanistan’s presidential election
Afghans are heading to the polls next week in the country's second presidential election. »
Terrorists ‘have attacked Pakistan nuclear sites three times’
Terrorists have attacked three of Pakistan's military nuclear facilities in the past two years and there is a serious danger that they will gain access to the country's atomic arsenal, according to a journal published by the US Military Academy at West Point. The report, written by Professor Shaun Gregory, a security specialist at... »
US tightens financial noose on North Korea
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is moving to freeze the assets of a North Korean... »