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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:16 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:16 -0400 30 Dushanbe, Aug 28 (Xinhua) Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states Thursday pledged to strengthen the organisation's regional anti-terrorist structure and raise thier cooperation in the field of security to a new height. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400187 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:02 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400187 US-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 100 suspected Taliban militants in four days of fighting and airstrikes in the southern province of Helmand, the coalition said Thursday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400168 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:32 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400168 Gaganjeet Bhullar has happy memories of his visit here last year when he finished runner-up. He seemed to be carrying on from where left off as he had a sensational front nine to card four-under 68 for a tied sixth place at the end of the first round of the Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational on Thursday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400145 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:01:01 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400145 Malaysia Thursday blocked access to a popular news website that often carries anti-government articles, sparking criticism of cyberspace censorship. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400092 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:27 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400092 India and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Thursday concluded their talks for a far-reaching pact that will open up trade at reduced tariffs in a collective market comprising 1.7 billion people. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400044 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:00:19 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400044 Jakarta, Aug 28 (Xinhua) At least 20 new basins of oil and gas have been found in eastern Indonesia, according to media report Thursday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400020 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:16 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400020 As Commerce Minister Kamal Nath wrapped up the prolonged and tortuous negotiations to liberalise trade with Southeast Asia Friday, India will have to run a lot faster to catch up with China's vigorous economic engagement with the region. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399969 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:17 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399969 Singapore, Aug 28 (Xinhua) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has concluded a free trade deal with Australia and New Zealand following three years of talks, said a joint statement issued here Thursday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399958 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:03 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399958 The tide seems to be turning in Bangladesh. Scores of politicians, officials and businessmen jailed for many months, mostly on corruption charges, are starting to get bail with the courts rejecting the Emergency Rules under which they were arrested. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399928 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:59 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399928 Speculation over the future of Malaysia's Abdullah Ahmed Badawi's government mounted Thursday as controversial opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to parliament after a decade. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399891 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:57 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399891 Health officials and experts from Asia-Pacific countries with a low prevalence of HIV and AIDS vowed Thursday to intensify efforts to prevent the spread of the disease in their nations. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399887 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:50 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399887 Manila, Aug 28 (Xinhua) At least 10 South Korean tourists were killed Wednesday when the van in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete wall in northern Philippines, officials said. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399799 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:22 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399799 Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that the US has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air Launch anti-ship missiles to Taipei, in a move ending a de facto freeze on US arms sales to the island. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399796 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:03 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399796 Washington, Aug 28 : After the leakage of the email from US State Department Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Affairs Richard Boucher to US ambassador in London Zalmay Khalilzad questioning him over his telephonic talks with Pakistan presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari, the long-running turf war between the State Department's South Asia bureaucracy and those with links to the White House and the US Vice-President's Office has come out in the open. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399979 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:30 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399979 Beijing, Aug 28 (Xinhua) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have entered into a partnership to support rebuilding of southwest China's Sichuan province devastated by the May 12 earthquake, the UN agency said Thursday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400015 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:05 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/400015 Islamabad, Aug 28 : Pakistan would not be able to get civilian reactors from the West, which would in fact bring along nuclear acceptance from the World community, until its Army controlled its nuclear arms, said a report in the Financial Times on the basis of opinion of a host of Western diplomats. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399953 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:39 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/399953 The euro extended its gains against the U.S. dollar and the yen in Asia yesterday on speculation that eurozone interest rate cuts are unlikely in the near future, dealers said.The euro rose to U.S.$1.... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17289970&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:50 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17289970&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Editor's note: Asian American presence at the DNC in Denver is growing, according to Zuag Kimberly Chang, of Hmong Today. They represent 4.6 percent of delegates, up from 3.9 percent in 2004. Photogra... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17291024&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:36:27 -0400 NCM http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17291024&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI, Vietnam -- Police used stun guns and beat parishioners protesting the arrest of fellow church members who have demanded the return of land they say was taken by Vietnam'... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290281&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:45 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290281&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — China and several Central Asian nations rebuffed Russia's hopes of international support for its actions in Georgia, issuing a statement Thursday denouncing the use of forc... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17291036&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:27:21 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17291036&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Dalai Lama has been taken to hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) complaining of stomach pains. The 73-year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual leader had cancelled all his international tri... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290683&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:48 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290683&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG : Authorities in Hong Kong will start inspecting some 400 of the city's valuable trees, after a woman was killed on Wednesday when a century-old tree split in half and fell on her in Stanley... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293766&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:14 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293766&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Children's contests on television have become hugely popular Chinmay Deshmukh is an 11-year-old boy who juggles his day between school and cricket, theatre and music lessons. His days are busy by ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17291018&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:40 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17291018&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tarique Ghaffur: accuses Metropolitan police of discriminating against him. Photograph: Johnny Green/PA Deep divisions within the Metropolitan police erupted in public today after one of Britain's m... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290265&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:52:17 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290265&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Good business in Asia rescued first-half figures for international property broker Savills - but still could not save the group from a 41% drop in profits. The group announced underlying pre-tax pro... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293765&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:03:28 -0400 Ananova http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293765&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 We need to get this straight. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has invaded a neighbour, annexed territory and put in place a partial military occupation. It seeks to overthrow the president of Georgia and to... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290899&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:28 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290899&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 EU states consider delaying Russia talks By Tony Barber in Brussels and James Blitz in London Published: August 28 2008 17:08 | Last updated: August 28 2008 17:08 http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290900&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:29 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290900&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Columbia Pacific said it’s raised $135 million in a second round of financing for its Asian hospital construction fund. The fund, Columbia Asia, has raised a total of $325 million, according to... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290686&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:46:20 -0400 Puget Sound Business Journal http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17290686&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Xinjiang oil boom fuels Uighur resentment By Jamil Anderlini in Korla, Xinjiang Published: August 28 2008 17:11 | Last updated: August 28 2008 17:11 http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293763&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:26 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293763&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Hong Kong government has backed away from approving a controversial natural gas terminal in an ecologically sensitive area, in what is seen as its first serious attempt to tackle air pollution in ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293762&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:24 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17293762&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Pedestrians who fail to use the proper crossing points to cross the road in Shanghai face a public shaming, local media report. Police will post video and pictures of offenders in newspapers and on... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17285377&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:38:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17285377&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By TINI TRANASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BEIJING -- Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 centr... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286558&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:42:59 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286558&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The United Nations has called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. The UN's Human Rights office says the Indian security forces should obse... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286186&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:38:54 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286186&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- China and Iraq have signed a $3 billion deal revising a prewar agreement for China's biggest oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an official at the Iraq's Oil Mini... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17289613&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:34:47 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17289613&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thousands of demonstrators -- some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks -- defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound today, ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286224&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:32:40 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286224&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE, Aug. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United States are exploring the possibility of a free trade agreement, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17289614&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:56 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17289614&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: Iraq has agreed to give China access to one of its important oil fields opening up a rich source of oil to the energy hungry country. The move will also prove to be an eye-opener for other ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17285989&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:36 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17285989&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Malaysia’s leading political blog was being blocked on Thursday in what was seen as a crackdown on websites credited with contributing to government losses in this year’s general election. The mo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286191&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:08 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17286191&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The China-ASEAN Expo has become a propeller to the China-ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Free Trade Area (FTA) construction, said an official with the Expo's organizing committee on... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17285154&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:34 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17285154&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SAHARSA, India : Massive flooding in eastern India has caused a "national calamity", the prime minister said Thursday after touring the devastated region where more than a million remain trapped. Manm... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284612&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:36:20 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284612&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By Sheikh Mushtaq Srinagar, India - Authorities tentatively relaxed a four-day curfew in Indian Kashmir on Thursday to allow people to buy essentials as residents ran short of food during massive p... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281687&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:43 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281687&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By AMIR SHAHASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United Nations has criticized Afghanistan's government for freeing two men convicted of raping a woman in northern Afghanistan after th... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281491&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:31 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281491&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday claimed backing from China and four Central Asian states for Russia's actions in Georgia and said their support should send a "serious signal" to the West. "I am ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281133&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:51:16 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281133&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DHAKA: A baby boy born with two heads in southwestern Bangladesh died after his parents decided to take him home because they could not afford adequate medical care, a doctor said on Thursday. T... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281091&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:40 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281091&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL, South Korea - Stocks in Asia finished mixed Thursday as Japan's key index rose and Chinese shares snapped a five-day losing streak while markets in Hong Kong and India fell. Japan's benchm... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281132&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:22 -0400 C News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281132&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON: A top US military officer has said that the al-Qaida militants in Iraq are moving to safe haven in tribal areas of Pakistan, posing threat not only to coalition forces in Afghanistan bu... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:32 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Singapore, Aug 28 : India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations today concluded a Free Trade Agreement after some six years of negotiation for a pact that combines a market of 1.7 billion peo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281381&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:47:46 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281381&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HANOI: Vietnam will spend nearly 2.4 trillion dong ($145 million) between 2008 and 2010 to build dykes and relocate thousands of rice farmers because of heavy seasonal flooding in its fertile Mekon... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281092&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:40 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281092&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 -(Dow Jones)- Japanese property developer Mori Building Co. said Thursday it is on the lookout for more investment opportunities in Shanghai's property market after completing a landmark development... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17280080&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:13 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17280080&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says floods in the northern state of Bihar are a "national calamity". He has visited areas where 55 people have died and some two million are displaced after the ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281332&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:10 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281332&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL, Aug 28 – South Korea will drop the symbolic tag of ”main enemy” for North Korea in its biannual defence white paper, an official said on Thursday, even though Pyongyang has threatened to ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282048&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:49 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282048&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MUMBAI, India (AP) -- A regional political party has threatened to attack stores in Mumbai that place English-language signs more prominently than ones in the local Marathi language or refuse to use M... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284618&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:19:00 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284618&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Seoul backs talks on nuclear-free N Korea By Raphael Minder in Seoul and David Pilling in Tokyo Published: April 15 2008 02:42 | Last updated: April 15 2008 02:42 http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282049&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:47 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282049&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Hong Kong - A Hong Kong primary school teacher faced jail on Thursday after being convicted of having sex with a ten-year-old girl from his class. Chew Hing-cheung, 53, took the girl to "love hotel... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284615&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:40 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284615&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By Jatindra Dash Bhubaneswar, India - Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India on Thursday, police said, as authorities struggled to control spiralling re... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284022&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:31 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284022&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday staged a dramatic parliament walkout with his 81 lawmakers just hours after being sworn in, in protest over controversial DNA sampl... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281812&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:37 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281812&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Imran Ahmed Wani - 10 days before his death Imran recently quit his job as a field officer with a mobile telephone service company to work as a building contractor in his hometown, Srinagar, which h... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281334&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:07 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281334&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Making fresh efforts to win back the estranged ally, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari requested PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to rejoin Pakistan's ruling coalition but the former premier turned it ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281088&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:49 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281088&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Afghan security forces have begun taking over command of the capital, Kabul, from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). With this, the security operation in the capital will be... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281333&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:09 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281333&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe's veteran ruler Robert Mugabe will defy the opposition and form a new government despite stalled talks on power-sharing after contested polls, the junior information minister ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281090&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:42 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281090&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Philippines will ratify the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) charter later this year, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, reversing an earlier reluctance to endorse the regional ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282825&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:30:45 -0400 One News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282825&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 NEW YORK: Top US and Pakistani army commanders had a highly unusual secret meeting on board an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss how to combat the escalating violence along t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281093&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:33 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281093&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE: Long-term daily use of incense, an important feature of Asian religious practices, increases the risk of some cancers, an international study has found. The research found that people who b... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284613&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:36:18 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17284613&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Two policemen are reported to have been killed in China's north-western region of Xinjiang. Reports from the scene suggest a gunfight broke out between police and seven militants, including one woman... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17280285&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:08 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17280285&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 NEW YORK: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman for the third straight year, topping Forbes magazine's 2008 list of the top 100 women based on their career, economic im... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281095&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:30 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281095&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 South Korea’s new president, Lee Myung-bak, will make his first overseas trips to the US and Japan this week, hoping to strengthen alliances with allies that have weakened under his liberal predeces... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282050&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:43 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17282050&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 A plan to privatise $8.6bn (A$10bn) worth of Australian power assets collapsed on Thursday after the state government of New South Wales abandoned a parliamentary vote at the eleventh hour after faili... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17280597&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:40 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17280597&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DUSHANBE, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - China and the other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) voiced their support on Thursday for Russia's actions in Georgia and South Ossetia fo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281066&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:41:37 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17281066&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BANGKOK : Thailand's embattled prime minister vowed Thursday to end massive rallies against his rule without force -- raising the spectre of a prolonged siege of Bangkok's main government compound. Mo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279434&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:58:20 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279434&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TBILISI, GEORGIA -- Many of this small onetime Soviet republic's most dreaded nightmares have come, suddenly, to pass.Its expensive, fledgling military has been crushed. Russian soldiers stand on key... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:48 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Oil prices rose to near US$119 a barrel Thursday in Asia on fears that Tropical Storm Gustav could strengthen on its way toward crude and natural gas rigs and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.Royal Du... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279435&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:54 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279435&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 After he shot a 68 in the first round of the 1990 British Open at St. Andrews, the player and an interpreter showed up in the interview room at the Old Course to talk to the assembled media.The player... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279236&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:42 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279236&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Phnom Penh - A condom lubricant designed for sex workers and gay men has become a popular acne cure among female Cambodians, women in the capital and local media said on Thursday. Number One Plus, ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279438&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:10 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279438&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 JAKARTA : Indonesia's armed forces chief dismissed Thursday a US federal court judge's ruling that ExxonMobil must face a lawsuit over alleged killings and torture by troops in Aceh province. General ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279432&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:58:30 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279432&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tokyo - A Japanese woman has driven a would-be robber away from a store with her tirades, causing him to abandon his crime in exasperation, reports a Japanese newspaper. The robber, who was armed w... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279437&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:13 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279437&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tropical Depression Fourteen is not expected to make a major impact on Friday as it spins south of Taiwan.The system should weaken by late Friday morning, meaning southern Taiwan and northern Luzon sh... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276530&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:01:13 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276530&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON -- Marines in western Iraq's Anbar province no longer face a serious threat from insurgents and would be better used in increasingly violent regions of southern Afghanistan, the top Marine... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276409&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:46 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276409&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 -(Dow Jones)- Baring Private Equity Asia said Thursday it bought a stake in RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, an Indian architecture and engineering firm, for an undisclosed amount. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279431&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:40 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279431&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING, Aug 28 - Chinese central government departments misused or mismanaged more than 46bn yuan (US$6.73bn) last year, including using disaster relief money to build government offices and divertin... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17275870&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:12:40 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17275870&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SAHARSA, India : Tens of thousands of people have fled to safer areas but more than a million were still trapped in floods after a river changed its course due to heavy rains, an official said Thursda... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279433&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:58:25 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279433&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting with their counterparts from six other nations will next year start considering forging agreements among the 10-nation bloc... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276519&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:25 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276519&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Airport screeners found a small amount of heroin and cocaine during a secondary search, authorities say. She was arrested on a felony count and was jailed in Van Nuys. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276270&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:40 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276270&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Houston-based ConocoPhillips became the latest big oil company to get out of the filling station business, agreeing Wednesday to sell its last 600 U.S. gasoline stations to PetroSun Fuel of Seattle. ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279442&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:41 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279442&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 GUANGZHOU, CHINA -- Washington will sell $90 million worth of anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, ending what some analysts said has been a U.S. freeze on arms sales that was designed to ease cross-strait ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276553&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276553&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 President Dmitry Medvedev is storming onto the world stage with a major Western media blitz, taking Russia's case on Georgia directly to the people. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276641&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:50 -0400 SBS http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276641&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 New Delhi - The skinny would-be kingpin and his fearless bike gang were seemingly everywhere. When someone was shot or robbed in this city of 16-million, where murder is relatively rare, police poi... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279436&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:41:17 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17279436&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 and Chinese President Hu Jintao joined Central Asian leaders Thursday in the Tajik capital for a summit overshadowed by Moscow's standoff with the West. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276588&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:05 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17276588&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Philippines Senate is likely toratify the charter of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) before the end of the year, possibly in timefor the regional group's annual summi... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17277169&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:11:20 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=17277169&cat=bf053b50c46383e0