World
Bold action and huge funds needed to curb Asia floods
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
CHIANG MAI, Thailand: Asia’s flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem [...]
Iraq violence kills 11, police kidnapped
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
BAGHDAD: Violence in Iraq killed 11 people on Saturday including a police officer, his wife and two children, [...]
‘Gap’ for HIV vaccine efforts after latest setback
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
WASHINGTON: The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up 8 billion in the past decade, and the [...]
Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
QIANTUN, China: Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager [...]
Philippines waiting for Taiwan anger to cool down
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
MANILA: The Philippines is waiting for tempers in Taiwan to cool before settling the dispute over a shot [...]
China probes N. Korea boat hijack claim
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
BEIJING: Chinese authorities were yesterday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 [...]
Myanmar leader starts landmark US visit
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
WASHINGTON: Myanmar President Thein Sein began Saturday the first visit to Washington by a leader of his country [...]
Pakistan’s Imran blames rival for killing
| Monday - May 20th, 2013
KARACHI: Pakistani politician Imran Khan yesterday blamed a rival political leader for the killing of a senior member [...]
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