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Asia: Death Toll at Least 10,000 From China Quake
 | Collapsed building from earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province 12 Apr 2008Thousands of Chinese troops and medical teams have been... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:09 PM
Asia: Burma Rice Production Hurt by Cyclone, Adding to Humanitarian Crisis
 | Victims face food shortage in wake of storm, disruption of food staple productionU.S. officials say Burma's government has agreed to... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:13 PM
Asia: UN Chief Says Speeding up Relief to Burma is Critical
 | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it is critical that Burma's military government speed up the process of receiving and... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 5:10 PM
Asia: Bringing Health Care Closer to Home is Key to Saving Children's Lives
 | Lange urges people to become conscientious about saving the world's childrenOver 200 million children around the world lack basic health... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 2:12 PM
Asia: Huge Earthquake Hits Central China
 | A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck the central Chinese province, Sichuan. Initial reports say between 3,000 to 5,000 people are... |
Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:12 AM
Asia: Pakistani Party Quitting Coalition Government
 | Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, 12 May 2008Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 12:10 PM
Asia: Pakistan's Ruling Coalition Shaken by Failure to Agree on Judges
 | Representatives of Pakistan's ruling coalition government have failed to agree on a plan for reinstating judges deposed by President Pervez... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:11 AM
Asia: Strong Yen, Weak US Auto Sales Leads to Profit Fall for Toyota
 | A strong yen and a slow U.S. auto market are to blame for Japanese automaker Toyota's profit drop in the... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 10:10 AM
Asia: US Aid Flight Arrives in Burma
 | Residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Burma, 09 May 2008A U.S. military cargo plane loaded with... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 6:09 AM
Asia: Powerful Earthquake Hits Western China
 | An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 has struck China's Sichuan province, less than 100 kilometers from the provincial capital of... |
Monday, May 12, 2008 5:08 AM
Asia: Aid Trickles Into Cyclone-Ravaged Burma
| Residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Burma, 09 May 2008A cargo plane chartered by the International... |
Sunday, May 11, 2008 1:08 PM
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Asia: China Unveils Jumbo Jet Company
 | Jian-10, China's home-made new-generation fighter aircraft (File)Chinese state media says Beijing has established a company to manufacture passenger jumbo jets.The... |
Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:11 PM
Asia: Nepalese Police Detain Hundreds of Tibetan Protesters
 | Tibetan exile nuns shout anti-Chinese government slogans as the Nepalese police tries to stop them, in Katmandu, 10 May 2008Police... |
Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:09 PM
Asia: Sri Lankan Says Ruling Party Won Poll in Eastern Region
 | Soldiers patrol close to a vote counting center in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 10 May 2008Sri Lanka's election commission says the... |
Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:09 AM
Asia: Thousands of Burmese Cyclone Refugees Leave Disaster Area
| Residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Burma, 09 May 2008At least 10,000 survivors of the May 3... |
Sunday, May 11, 2008 6:07 AM
Asia: Burma's Constitution Vote Goes Ahead Despite Cyclone Devastation
 | Unidentified man votes in Burma's controversial referendum at polling station in Hlaeuk township near Yangon, 10 May 2008Burma's ruling military... |
Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:07 PM
Asia: US Receives 18,000 Nuclear Documents From North Korea
U.S. officials say they plan to thoroughly examine 18,000 documents detailing North Korea's nuclear program, which Pyongyang has turned over...
Saturday, May 10, 2008 4:08 PM
Asia: First UN Land Convoy Goes to Burma
| The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has sent the first UN convoy of aid overland into Burma, and a... |
Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:08 PM
Asia: Burmese Polls Open for Constitutional Referendum
Polls in Burma have opened for a controversial constitutional referendum, just a week after the country was struck by a...
Friday, May 9, 2008 11:09 PM
Asia: Pakistan Coalition Leaders Fail to Reach Agreement on Reinstating Fired Judges
The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have again failed to reach agreement on reinstating the country's top judges who were...
Friday, May 9, 2008 11:08 PM
Asia: Aid Groups, Governments Appeal for More Access to Burma
 | Days after a deadly cyclone swept through Burma, governments and aid organizations around the world are ready to help, but... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 9:08 PM
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Asia: Burma Agrees to US Aid for Cyclone Victims
| Burma's military government has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo plane to deliver relief supplies for victims of Saturday's... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 5:07 PM
Asia: Hunger, Disease Threaten Survivors in Burma
 | A Burma resident carries rice while walking past houses damaged by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Burma, 9 May 2008Nearly a... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 3:10 PM
Asia: Cafe Bombing in Eastern Sri Lanka Kills 11
 | Handout photo issued by Sri Lanka Defense Ministry shows wreckage after blast at 'New City Cafe' in Ampara, 09 May... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 3:08 PM
Asia: Pakistani Tribal Areas Pose Serious Challenges
 | People gather at the site of a suicide attack in Bara, a troubled town in the Khyber tribal regionRecent... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 2:12 PM
Asia: Amnesty International Criticizes Burmese Referendum
 | Amnesty International has issued a statement criticizing the Burmese government's intention to proceed with a referendum for a new constitution... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 2:11 PM
Asia: UN to Resume Aid Flights Despite Seizure of Supplies by Burmese Authorities
| The World Food Program decided to send in two relief flights as planned on Saturday, despite the government of Burma's... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 2:09 PM
Asia: Pakistan FM Criticizes Proposed US Defense Appointment
 | Pakistan's foreign minister has rejected the proposed appointment of the former U.S. commander of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 1:11 PM
Asia: Three Chinese Workers Kidnapped in Nigeria
Chinese officials say unidentified attackers have kidnapped three Chinese workers in southern Nigeria.A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, says the...
Friday, May 9, 2008 1:10 PM
Asia: Death Toll from Child Virus Hits 34 in China
 | Young patient being checked at No.2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City in east China's Anhui Province, 01 May 2008The death... |
Friday, May 9, 2008 12:09 PM
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