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Wednesday, 2 December 2009

'Too few funds' to rebuild Iraq, inquiry told

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Michael Savage: Britain’s role 'suffered from shortages of funding and staff that hampered attempts to restore order'.

Business Focus: Selling Britain to China

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

The UK is going all out to attract Chinese investment at Expo 2010 – which is set to be the biggest international trade fair in history

Charges over mine accident cover-up

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Dozens of local Chinese officials and reporters have been charged with bribery in the cover-up of a coal mine accident that killed 35 people just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Troops fear defeat at home

Monday, 30 November 2009

Kim Sengupta: British pessimism over Afghanistan is demoralising soldiers, say military commanders.

Injecting hope: working with those most vulnerable to AIDS on the streets of Delhi

Monday, 30 November 2009

Tackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world is an immense challenge which means going beyond merely treating the disease to focusing on prevention.

General to fight Sri Lanka poll

Monday, 30 November 2009

The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the operation to crush Tamil rebels has formally announced that he will run for the presidency, setting the scene for a bitterly fought contest.

Zardari 'must relinquish powers of Musharraf'

Monday, 30 November 2009

Pakistan President accused of dragging his feet on constitutional change

British yachtsman's killers get 25 years

Monday, 30 November 2009

The widow of a British yachtsman murdered by three Burmese fishermen off the coast of Thailand today welcomed prison sentences handed down to them.

108 feared dead in ferry disaster

Monday, 30 November 2009

A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry yesterday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the vessel sank in southern Bangladesh.