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Suspect who bought a new face to evade justice is held
Man accused of Lindsay Hawker's murder is caught, despite plastic surgery
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How a single bullet halted Taliban attack new
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
A sniper ended a Taliban attack in an Afghan village with a single shot, it was revealed today.
US 'wants to guard Pakistan's nuclear arsenal'
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Concern that weapons could fall into enemy hands prompted drastic plan, claims 'New Yorker' report
North and South Korea clash on the high seas
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
US envoy to visit Pyongyang for rare one-on-one talks with reclusive communist regime
Thai fury as Thaksin starts Cambodian job
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
The Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, wanted at home for a conviction on corruption charges, arrived in Cambodia yesterday to take up a government job offer that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok.
Murdered teacher's father hails Japanese arrest
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The main suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker has been arrested by Japanese police.
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.
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