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China sets ambitious target on emissions
Beijing announces it will cut rate of carbon output growth by 40 per cent
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Forget gold and silver, invest in garlic
Friday, 27 November 2009
Thanks to a belief in its flu-repellent powers, garlic traders are on course to get stinking rich this year.
Merkel under fire as general resigns over Kunduz massacre
Friday, 27 November 2009
Commanding officer and ex-defence minister stand down as video reveals Germany covered up civilian deaths
Arroyo's ally to be charged over massacre
Friday, 27 November 2009
Suspect accused of killing political rivals in Philippines hands himself over to police
Shadow of the gunmen still haunts Mumbai
Thursday, 26 November 2009
It is a year ago that terror came to the Indian city. Andrew Buncombe meets the victims – and suspects – whose lives were forever changed.
Philippines declares state of emergency after 46 are killed in election bloodbath
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
A dozen journalists are killed in one of the country's worst episodes of political violence
Hopes raised for extra Afghanistan troops
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
The deployment of 500 extra British troops to Afghanistan came a step closer today when Gordon Brown declared himself "optimistic" of securing 5,000 reinforcements from other allies.
Slaughter of the innocents (200,000 of them)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Animal welfare protesters fail to halt ancient but 'barbaric' Nepali ritual
Report flays top Indian politicians for clashes
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
An Indian government investigation released yesterday reportedly implicates dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians – including a former prime minister – in the 1992 demolition of a mosque which sparked deadly communal riots.
Corruption investigation targets Afghan ministers
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Three Afghan cabinet ministers and 12 former ministers are under investigation for alleged corruption, the attorney-general's office said yesterday, announcing cases that could signal whether the government is serious about fighting graft in its ranks.
Guilty: China's verdict on the man who helped quake victims
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Beijing responds to US call for greater civil liberties with sentence for activist who criticised official response to disaster
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