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Taliban Attacks Heart of Afghan Capital
Taliban militants have attacked the heart of the Afghan capital, setting off explosions and battling security forces. At least four blasts shook a busy area of Kabul Friday, in the second major attack in the city in a little more than a week. Shooting erupted in the area as militants and security forces engaged in a fierce gunbattle. Afghan officials say two of the attackers were ...
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Bullying in Turkish Military Becomes a Human Rights Issue
FILE -Turkish military station at the border gate with Syria, across from Syrian rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town, in Akcakale, Turkey, October 7, ...
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Kerry Urges Hard Decisions After Meetings with Israeli Palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) waves as he stands next to Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat before his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 23, ...
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British Police Arrest Two on Diverted Pakistani Airliner
British police have arrested two men on board a Pakistan International Airlines plane that was diverted to an airport near London. A Royal Air Force fighter jet intercepted the airliner - which was en route from Lahore to Manchester - and escorted it to Stansted Airport. Authorities said there had been "an incident" on board the plane. They said the two men were arrested on ...
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Pakistan Reiterates Opposition to US Drone Strikes
Pakistan has reiterated its opposition to U.S. drone strikes on its territory, after U.S. President Barack Obama justified "constrained" drone usage to save lives. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said Friday that drone strikes are counter-productive, kill innocent civilians, have human rights implications, and violate national sovereignty and international law. Pakistan said, ...
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Kerry Choice of Iranian Presidential Candidates Denies Popular Will
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UK police arrest two after Pakistan flight is diverted under fighter jet escort
LONDON // Two men have been arrested on suspicion of "endangerment of an aircraft" after the UK launched fighter jets to escort a Pakistan International Airlines flight to a different airport today. Flight PK709 from Lahore was due to land at Manchester Airport in north-west England at 2pm UK time (5pm UAE). The plane was diverted to Stansted Airport, north-east of central London, ...
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Twitter celebrity named suspect
Jakarta Police have named twitter celebrity Benny Handoko as a suspect for alleged defamation on former House of Representatives legislator Muhammad Misbakhun. Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said as quoted by Tribunnews.com that an official letter had been sent to Benny requiring him to come to the police station for further questioning on Monday. Misbakhun reported Benny in ...
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SBY told to receive award amidst controversies
Former national human rights commission chief Marzuki Darusman encouraged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to accept the religious freedom award despite the polemic. "We witnessed controversies when Obama and the EU were granted Nobel prizes. We should not make a big deal out of controversy," Marzuki, a former general attorney, said on Friday. He suggested Yudhoyono to ...
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Ahmadis deplore Suryadharma’s stance
The Priangan Barat chapter of Jemaah Ahmadiyah Indonesia (JAI) in West Java say Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali takes side and cheerleads intolerance. Ekky Mubariq of the chapter questioned Suryadharma's claim that 20 Ahmadi followers had quit JAI. On May 21, 2013, Suryadharma witnessed the 20 Ahmadis reciting ...
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C.K. Wu throws hat in ring for IOC presidency
United Daily News Taiwan's representative on the International Olympic Committee and president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), Wu Ching-kuo, announced his candidacy for president of the IOC May 23 in Taipei City. "I decided to announce my intentions here in Taipei, because this is where I started off," Wu said. Wu is the fourth person to announce his candidacy, ...
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Taiwan expands PV inverter testing capability
Taiwan Today Taiwan will set up a testing laboratory for high-power photovoltaic inverters, the Industrial Technology Research Institute announced May 22. ITRI is creating the lab with the backing of the ROC Bureau of Energy, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, said Duan Jia-ruey, head of ITRI's Center for Measurement Standards. The new lab will test PV inverter up to 120 kilowatts in ...
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HPH lauds Taiwan health promotion efforts
Chiou Shu-ti (second left), director-general of the DOH Bureau of Health Promotion, displays May 23 the agency's HPH recognition certificate. (Courtesy of Bureau of Health ...
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Hutchison establishes PoP in Myanmar
Hutchison Global Communications (HGC), the fixed line division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, has unveiled its first Point of Presence (PoP) in Myanmar, established in cooperation with Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), as part of a strategy to boost data and voice connectivity between Hong Kong and Myanmar, enabling international carriers and content providers from ...
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TAITRA launches 2013 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine
TAITRA President and CEO Chao Yuen-Chuan (third left) and TAITRA Vice President Peter W. J. Huang (fourth left) launch 2013 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine May 23 in Taipei City. ...
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Ma praises robust Taiwan-EU relations
Taiwan Today ROC President Ma Ying-jeou praised robust Taiwan-EU relations across a spectrum of areas May 23, expressing hope of taking economic exchanges to a new level. "Over the past five years, relations between Taiwan and EU members have forged steadily ahead, with the EU granting ROC citizens Schengen visa-waiver treatment and frequent visits to Taiwan by members of the European ...
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Taiwan wins Ireland backing for greater global role
Taiwan Today By Meg Chang Taiwan's bid for meaningful participation in international organizations and activities received strong legislative support from the Irish Senate May 22 in Dublin, according to the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Seanad Eireann passed the Ireland-Taiwan Relations Motion to support Paragraph 96 of the European Parliament Resolution of Sept. 12 2012 in the ...
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Bomb kills five rangers in Thailands restive south
Thai rangers stand next to the wreckage of a pickup truck that carried patrolling soldiers after it was hit by a roadside bomb detonated by suspected Muslim insurgents in Saiburi district of Pattani province, Southern Thailand, on Friday, May 24, 2013. Five paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in ...
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2 on Diverted Pakistani Plane Made Threats They Called Jokes
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Asian Stocks End Mixed Nikkei Rises After Turbulent Trading
Asian stocks traded mixed on Friday, with extreme volatility in Japanese shares keeping investors nervous. Japan's Nikkei index swung over 1,000 points for a second day in a row before ending notably higher on optimism over earnings growth and ...
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Korean and Pakistani presidents congratulate Azerbaijani leader
Korean and Pakistani presidents congratulate Azerbaijani leader The letters had in it good wishes addressed to President Ilham Aliyev, as well as the Government and the people of ...
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Two men arrested on suspicion of endangerment of aircraft after incident on Pakistan-UK flight
LONDON - Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.A fighter jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers to Britain's ...
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2 Men Arrested After Pakistani Jet Is Diverted Over U.K.
Two men were arrested and removed from a Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet Friday. It had been on its way from Lahore, Pakistan, to Manchester, England, when something that happened aboard led authorities to scramble Royal Air Force fighter jets and divert the passenger plane ...
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2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted
Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...
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Pakistan aircraft incident rattles U.K.
Passengers disembark from a Pakistan International Airlines flightbound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London Friday. Chris Radburn/AP ...
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Pakistan's darkest hour
What began as the normal monsoon season has turned into the greatest disaster, the greatest humanitarian crisis and the worst floods ever seen in the history of Pakistan. According to the UN, the disaster in Pakistan from 2010 floods is now worse than the 2005 earthquake in the country and the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia combined.
It is a catastrophe of mammoth proportions and the challenge faced by a centrally weak government is how to get food aid to the some 6 million in need of help and provide relief facilities to the 20 million people impacted by the disaster. Read more
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