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Murdered teacher's father hails Japanese arrest
The main suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker has been arrested by Japanese police.
Inside Asia
Korean navies clash ahead of Obama visit
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
North and South Korea's navies clashed briefly in the Yellow Sea today, just ahead of a visit to Asia this week by US President Barack Obama, in an incident that left a northern vessel damaged.
Couture, Karachi-style
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Forget the Taliban, think tailoring. Andrew Buncombe and Omar Waraich discover a silkier side to Pakistan
North Korea's reclusive dictator 'has six luxurious armoured trains'
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il – known for shunning air travel – has six luxurious trains equipped with reception halls, conference rooms and hi-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported yesterday.
Fertility crisis in Japan: let the state find you a mate
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A fertility crisis has forced local authorities in Japan to go into the lonely hearts business
China executes nine people over riots that left 200 dead
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Nine men have been executed for participating in violent ethnic riots in China's mainly Muslim north-west that left nearly 200 people dead.
Obama likely to send only 30,000 more troops
Monday, 9 November 2009
The US administration is likely to announce the dispatch of at least 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, amid increasing calls in Britain for a withdrawal from the war in the face of a rising death toll. The announcement that the 200th and 201st members of the British forces have been killed in combat in the conflict – the eighth in five days – came on Remembrance Sunday, with public figures in the UK questioning further involvement and yet another opinion poll showing a majority want our troops pulled out.
Mayor killed in Taliban suicide bombing
Monday, 9 November 2009
A Pakistani mayor who had made a stand against the Taliban was yesterday among a dozen people killed after a suicide bomber set off an explosion outside of the city of Peshawar.
Dalai Lama angers China with visit to disputed area
Monday, 9 November 2009
Thousands of Buddhist monks in maroon robes joined secular supporters of the Dalai Lama yesterday to welcome the Tibetan spiritual leader as he arrived in the Himalayas for a four-day visit that is testing already strained relations between India and China.
North Korea judges TV ads a step too far
Monday, 9 November 2009
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il has fired his top TV official after state television aired a series of advertisements which apparently represented too much capitalist influence, a news report said yesterday.
Thousands protest at Japanese US air base
Monday, 9 November 2009
Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa yesterday to demand that a US Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama.
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