Asia
War in Afghanistan: Not in our name
71% of Britons back IoS call for withdrawal of forces within a year
Inside Asia
America's 'first Pacific president' woos China, North Korea, and Burma
Sunday, 15 November 2009
US President Barack Obama pledged yesterday, in the first major speech of his extensive Asia tour, to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power.
Demand for illegal ivory soars in booming China
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Twenty years after a worldwide ban, there's a new black-market trade in elephant tusks from Africa
Suicide attack kills 10 at Peshwar checkpoint
Saturday, 14 November 2009
A suicide car bomber killed 10 people, including four children, Saturday at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, in the latest in a string of militant attacks targeting the city, officials said.
'Kyoto principles' crucial in climate talks - China
Saturday, 14 November 2009
China will insist the main principles of the Kyoto Protocol are retained in any new global climate change pact, even though others are seeking to abandon them, a high-ranking climate official on Saturday.
Obama seeks equal partnership in Asia
Saturday, 14 November 2009
US President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.
Suicide attack piles pressure on Obama and Brown
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Prime Minister says Nato will send another 5,000 troops to Afghanistan
Obama speech on Asia well-received in region
Saturday, 14 November 2009
US President Barack Obama's first big speech on Asia had a little something for just about everyone. He was tough on North Korea and Myanmar, but offered a way back to the fold. He was big on Japan and on China, whose rise, he said, should be welcomed, not feared.
Karzai told to talk with the Taliban
Saturday, 14 November 2009
The British Government has suggested that the government of Hamid Karzai should talk to the Taliban leadership, the so-called "Quetta Shura", in an attempt to bring insurgents into the political process.
Sri Lanka general: I was sidelined
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Sri Lanka's outgoing military chief used his resignation letter to accuse the government of sidelining him on suspicion he was plotting a coup after leading the army to victory over Tamil Tiger rebels.
9 killed, 80 injured following Indian train derailment
Saturday, 14 November 2009
A speeding train derailed in western India early today, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80.
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