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| Afghans Say Informant Misled NATO, Leading to Airstrike on Children |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A village where eight children reportedly were killed this week was struck based on information provided by an informant who meant to mislead the French troops who control the area.
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Author: By ALISSA J. RUBIN and JAWAD SUKHANYAR |
Category: Afghanistan |
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| Pakistan Supreme Court Rejects Yousaf Raza Gilani’s Appeal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The high court on Friday rejected an appeal by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani against contempt charges, escalating a tense standoff between the judiciary and the ruling party.
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Author: By SALMAN MASOOD |
Category: Gilani, Yousaf Raza |
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| Myanmar Arrests Monk Freed From Prison in January |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A prominent Burmese monk who was released from prison last month was arrested again Friday in Yangon, according to a group that tracks political prisoners.
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Author: By THOMAS FULLER |
Category: Myanmar |
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| India Ink: Image of the Day: February 10 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu poses with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
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| India Ink: Sparkly Ganesh Trumps Snowfall on Upper East Side |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Bali is an inspiration for jewelry designer Amrita Singh's first home collection.
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Author: By SHIVANI VORA |
Category: de la Renta, Oscar |
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| India Ink: Crowds Gather for Maldives Ex-President Nasheed |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Clapping supporters surround home of leader who said he was forced to resign at gunpoint.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Nasheed, Mohamed |
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| India Ink: Indian Artist Ravinder Reddy's Work Celebrates the Female Form |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The sculptor creates larger than life representations of women.
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Author: By PAMPOSH RAINA |
Category: India Art Fair |
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| Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi Writer, Detained in Malaysia Over Twitter Posts |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A Saudi Arabian writer who flew to Malaysia amid calls for his execution after he posted messages considered blasphemous will likely be repatriated, authorities said.
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Author: By LIZ GOOCH and J. DAVID GOODMAN |
Category: Asylum, Right of |
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| Amid Maldives Turmoil, Mohamed Nasheed, Former President, Calls for Elections |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The former Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, repeated charges on Friday that he was forced from power and called for early elections to be held.
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Author: By VIKAS BAJAJ and SRUTHI GOTTIPATI |
Category: Nasheed, Mohamed |
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| Children Killed in NATO Airstrike, Afghan Leader Says |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan ordered an inquiry into an airstrike that he said killed eight children in the country’s east.
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Civilian Casualties |
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| Drone Kills Pakistani Militant, Official Says |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A prominent Pakistani militant commander was killed in an American drone strike at a house in North Waziristan.
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Author: By ISMAIL KHAN and DECLAN WALSH |
Category: Drones (Pilotless Planes) |
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| South Korea’s Assembly Speaker, Park Hee-tae, Resigns Over Bribery Scandal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Park Hee-tae, a six-term legislator, said he wanted to take “all responsibility” for the scandal, which has thrown President Lee’s governing party into further disarray.
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Author: By CHOE SANG-HUN |
Category: Hee-tae, Park |
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| Indonesia Confronts Drug Use Among Pilots |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The recent arrest of a pilot for Lion Air on suspicion of possessing crystal methamphetamine raised fresh concerns about the airline industry's safety and security standards.
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Author: By SARA SCHONHARDT |
Category: Indonesia |
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| Mystery of China’s Missing Crime Fighter Deepens |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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In the latest twist of an increasingly bizarre story, China announced Thursday that a top Communist Party official spent a full day in the United States consulate in the western city of Chengdu.
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Author: By IAN JOHNSON |
Category: Wang Lijun |
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| World Briefing | Asia: China: 2 Tibetans Reported Killed in Self-Immolation Protest |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Chinese security forces shot and killed two Tibetans on Thursday who had been involved in antigovernment protests, the American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported.
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Author: By RICK GLADSTONE |
Category: Immolation |
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| Observatory: Tarsiers: Tiny Primates With Ultrasonic Vocal Skills |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Tarsiers, five-inch-tall creatures found in Southeast Asia, produce calls that are entirely in ultrasound, above the range of human hearing, researchers find.
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Author: By SINDYA N. BHANOO |
Category: Animals |
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| Warrants Issued in Maldives for Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The former Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, faced possible arrest on Thursday after his unexpected resignation plunged his island nation into violent protests.
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Author: By JIM YARDLEY |
Category: Nasheed, Mohamed |
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| World Briefing | Asia: China: Exile Groups Report Another Self-Immolation in Tibet |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The latest report brings the total number of Tibetans who have taken their lives to protest Chinese rule since March 2009 to 20.
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Author: By IAN JOHNSON |
Category: Immolation |
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| U.S. and Japan in Talks to Expedite Marine Exit From Okinawa |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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An earlier 2006 plan aimed at removing 8,000 Marines from the island hinged on relocating an important Marine air base.
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Author: By MARTIN FACKLER |
Category: Okinawa and Other Ryukyu Islands (Japan) |
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| Afghan Detainee’s Case |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A military defense team found new evidence that cast doubt on decade-old terrorism charges and offers a case study on how those deemed to be low-level insurgents remain stuck at Guantánamo Bay.
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Author: By CHARLIE SAVAGE |
Category: Detainees |
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| Wang Lijun, Crime Fighter, Is Said to Have Tried to Defect |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Reports circulated widely on Wednesday that Wang Lijun, known for busting gangs in the western city of Chongqing, had tried to defect to the United States.
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Author: By IAN JOHNSON |
Category: Communist Party of China |
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| In Grip of Cold, Afghan Family Buries 8th Child |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Even by the standards of destitution in Afghan refugee camps, the story of Sayid Mohammad is a hard-luck one.
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Author: By ROD NORDLAND |
Category: Afghanistan |
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| Violent Clashes Continue in Maldives |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Police and protesters faced off in the capital, Male, and the island nation’s former president said he was forced at gunpoint to resign this week.
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Author: By JIM YARDLEY |
Category: Maldives |
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| David H. Petraeus Signals Possible Visit to Myanmar |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, may visit Myanmar later this year, officials said Tuesday, signaling a further warming of relations.
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Author: By THOMAS FULLER |
Category: Petraeus, David H |
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| Uttar Pradesh Election Is Window on Indian Politics |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Analysts regard the election in Uttar Pradesh as a barometer of many key issues shaping Indian politics.
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Author: By JIM YARDLEY |
Category: Uttar Pradesh State (India) |
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| Afghan Officials Question That Children Died of Cold |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Government officials said that some refugee camp residents had exaggerated their circumstances to attract aid and called news accounts about the deaths “one-sided.”
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Author: By ROD NORDLAND |
Category: Refugees and Displaced Persons |
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| Laiza Journal: Myanmar’s Guerrilla Golfers, Going a Few Rounds |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The six-hole golf course in rebel territory in Kachin State may be among the world’s unlikeliest, but it is open, even in wartime.
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Author: By EDWARD WONG |
Category: Golf |
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| Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives, Resigns |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned on Tuesday amid rising protests in the capital over his recent arrest of a criminal court judge.
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Author: By JIM YARDLEY |
Category: Maldives |
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| Drone Strike Said to Kill 10 Militants in Pakistan |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Missiles fired from a United States drone killed 10 suspected militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on Wednesday, residents and Pakistani security officials said.
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Author: By REUTERS |
Category: Waziristan (Pakistan) |
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| As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.
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Author: By VIKAS BAJAJ |
Category: Foreign Investments |
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| U.S. Sending General to Repair Ties With Pakistan |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Gen. James N. Mattis, the head of the military’s Central Command, will discuss the airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and wrecked relations.
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Author: By ERIC SCHMITT and DECLAN WALSH |
Category: Afghanistan War (2001- ) |
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| World Briefing | Asia: Philippines: At Least 13 Killed in Quake |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake on Monday that shook a central island and set off landslides.
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Earthquakes |
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| Three Tibetan Herders Self-Immolate in Protest |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The immolations are a fresh illustration of growing turmoil among ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan Province fighting what they see as repression at the hands of the Chinese authorities.
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Author: By SHARON LaFRANIERE |
Category: Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots |
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| ISI in Pakistan Faces Court Cases |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The court cases against the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate are a rare challenge to a feared institution that is a cornerstone of military supremacy in Pakistan.
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Author: By DECLAN WALSH |
Category: Pakistan |
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| World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Factory Collapse Kills 9 |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Rescue workers struggled to reach dozens of people trapped in the rubble of a medicine factory that collapsed in Lahore on Monday, killing at least nine people, officials said.
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Factories and Manufacturing |
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| World Briefing | Asia: Myanmar: Panel Approves Aung San Suu Kyi’s Run for Parliament |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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An elections panel on Monday affirmed the candidacy of the opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for Parliament.
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Author: By STEVEN LEE MYERS |
Category: Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw |
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| South Korean Political Star Starts Charity to Confront Inequality |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Ahn Cheol-soo, a software magnate who has inspired speculation of a presidential run, donated about $195 million.
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Author: By CHOE SANG-HUN |
Category: South Korea |
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| Army Colonel Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Reports |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war there is going.
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Author: By SCOTT SHANE |
Category: Davis, Daniel L |
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| 3 Tibetan Herders Self-Immolate in Anti-Chinese Protest |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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The latest cases bring the total self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans over the past year to 19.
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Author: By SHARON LaFRANIERE |
Category: Immolation |
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| U.S. Drone Strikes Are Said to Target Rescuers |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A London-based journalism group said 50 civilians had been killed in strikes in Pakistan as they tried to help, and more than 20 others died in strikes on funerals.
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Author: By SCOTT SHANE |
Category: Pakistan |
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| Afghan Suicide Attack Targets the Police in Kandahar |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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A man blew up his car in a parking lot in the fourth such attempted or successful bombing in Kandahar in less than a month.
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Author: By TAIMOR SHAH and ALISSA J. RUBIN |
Category: Terrorism |
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| Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A group campaigning against alternative medicine has told Australian universities that they are risking their reputations by teaching subjects like chiropractic, homeopathy, iridology and reflexology.
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Author: By LIZ GOOCH |
Category: Australia |
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| Historic Status Offers No Protection in Beijing |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The demolition of a historic house in the imperial city, once home to famous architects who championed historic preservation, is a cruel blow to conservationists.
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Author: By ANDREW JACOBS |
Category: Architecture |
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| U.S. Plans a Shift to Elite Forces in Afghanistan |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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In ending its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected, the United States will rely more on special forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, officials say.
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Author: By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT |
Category: United States Special Operations Command |
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| China Fires Officials for Not Reporting Toxic Spill |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The spill, which affected 200 miles of the Longjiang River in southern China, was caused by two companies that accidentally released tons of cadmium.
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Author: By ANDREW JACOBS |
Category: Accidents and Safety |
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| The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Winding down the war means pushing deeper into Taliban country every day.
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Author: By LUKE MOGELSON |
Category: United States Defense and Military Forces |
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| The N.B.A. Is Missing Its Shots in China |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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China loves basketball. But as American players — and the N.B.A. itself — have discovered, the country has its own rules.
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Author: By JIM YARDLEY |
Category: China |
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| World: Golf in Kachin State |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Officers in Myanmar’s Kachin Independence Army play six-hole golf at a course near their headquarters.
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| Elections in Uttar Pradesh |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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India’s biggest state is also its biggest political prize and, with elections this month, its biggest political unknown.
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| Elections in Uttar Pradesh |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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India’s biggest state is also its biggest political prize and, with elections this month, its biggest political unknown.
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| Karen Rebels Remain Defiant |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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In the hills that make up the homeland of the Karen minority in Myanmar, tensions persist between rebels and government troops.
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| At War Blog: Pentagon to Loosen Restrictions on Women in Combat |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Pentagon announced on Thursday that women would be formally allowed to take on dangerous jobs closer to the front lines.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: United States Defense and Military Forces |
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| At War Blog: What We Are Reading: Women Under Siege |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A new Web site focuses on how rape and sexual violence are used as a tool of war.
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Author: By C. J. CHIVERS |
Category: War Crimes |
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| At War Blog: Keeping Marriage From Becoming a Casualty of War |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A military wife confronts the possibility of divorce and looks back on the signs of strain and the options available for help.
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Author: By HEATHER SWEENEY |
Category: divorce |
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| The Lede Blog: Searching for Political Clues in China's Social Media Censorship |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Observers looking for clues about the fate of one of China's most famous mob-busting security officials are watching how the Chinese authorities have, or have not, censored social media posts on the subject.
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Author: By J. DAVID GOODMAN |
Category: China |
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| The Lede Blog: Glimpses of Maldives Unrest on YouTube |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Following the example of Arab protesters, supporters of the deposed president of the Maldives took to the streets on Wednesday, bearing cameras.
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Author: By ROBERT MACKEY |
Category: Maldives |
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| The Lede Blog: Popular Chinese Writer Sues Over Accusations of Ghostwriting |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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The libel suit against Fang Zhouzi, a prominent muckraking blogger, followed days rumor and debate on Chinese microblogs about whether a ghostwriter was behind a large body of work published by Han Han, 29, an author and race car driver.
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Author: By J. DAVID GOODMAN |
Category: China |
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| Voyages: The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The capital of the old Ottoman empire is hot. The question is whether that’s all it is.
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Author: By SUZY HANSEN |
Category: Istanbul (Turkey) |
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