Asia
Karzai to keep half of cabinet including warlords
Under intense pressure to reform, President Hamid Karzai plans to replace heads of two ministries linked to corruption while retaining several others favoured by the West, Afghan officials said yesterday. The cabinet lineup is an apparent bid to balance US demands and appease local power bosses who helped him win re-election.
Inside Asia
Madagascar leader fires prime minister
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Madagascar's leader on Friday fired the prime minister he named in October, in a move likely to anger international mediators and further jeopardise hopes for a consensus solution to the island's political crisis.
UN diplomat accused of plot to discredit Karzai
Friday, 18 December 2009
American denies claim and highlights the West's failure to confront fraud in Afghan elections
Zardari vows to fight for role in Pakistan's future
Friday, 18 December 2009
Pakistan's beleaguered President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday vowed that he was ready to fight his opponents even as he faced repeated calls to step down.
New crisis for Pakistan as Zardari faces corruption charges
Thursday, 17 December 2009
President faces calls to quit as Supreme Court throws out amnesty
Suu Kyi urges rejuvenation of her party at rare meeting
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday called for the reorganisation and rejuvenation of her ageing political party, triggering speculation that it might be considering taking part in next year's controversial election.
The most traumatised place in the world
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Andrew Buncombe: Independent Appeal charity helping families living with violence in Kashmir
Binge-drinking deaths shame China
Thursday, 17 December 2009
A senior Chinese police officer who tried to have a subordinate registered as a "martyr" after he was killed by a drinking binge has been suspended by a disciplinary committee.
Goa MP says rape after midnight 'not a crime'
Thursday, 17 December 2009
An Indian politician has sparked outrage after he suggested that cases when a woman was raped after staying out past midnight should be treated differently to other sexual attacks.
Andrew Buncombe: Irish peace forum to investigate the conduct of Sri Lanka's war
Thursday, 17 December 2009
I was in Sri Lanka last week working on a couple of stories and was amazed how both the mood and the landscape had changed.
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A suicide bomber has killed two British soldiers who were on a “hearts on a mind” mission to meet members of the local community in Helmand.
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