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Pakistans army destroyed a major al-Qaida hide-out and arrested 21 suspected militants, including foreigners, and a government official accused of helping them in a remote northwestern tribal region near ...

Uzbekistan, increasingly hostile toward foreign non-governmental organizations it accuses of fomenting revolution in the ex-Soviet state, has shut a second U.S. charity in four days, the charity said on ...

As part of the BBC's Day in Afghanistan, our reporter Soutik Biswas spent Tuesday in the village of Asad Khyl, to the north of the capital, Kabul.

A top grade US guided missile destroyer arrived at one of China's main ports as part of efforts by the two countries to increase military-to-military exchanges.

TOKYO - The number of Japanese aged 100 or older at the end of this month is projected to reach a record 25,606, with women comprising 85 percent of the total, the government said Tuesday.

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The Finnish National Fund for Research and Development published on Thursday dozens of measures that would help boost the Russian know-how of Finnish companies and their success in the Eastern neighbours ...2.7

SEOUL Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest carmaker, agreed Tuesday to give workers more than what it offered initially in pay raise and bonus to end a strike that cost the company 427 billion won in lost ...2.7

SINGAPORE Asian hotel companies should start investing in luxury properties as the number of tourists from China and India increases in the next 10 years, Jennie Chua, the chief executive of Raffles Holdings, ...2.7

As part of its effort to crackdown on religious extremism, the Pakistani government has ordered Islamic schools, known as madrasahs, to register by the end of the year or face being closed down.2.9

Russian and Tajik power engineers will discuss the construction of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, a Tajik official said Tuesday.2.9

Ten people were wounded in a gunfire attack on the Chechen Interior Ministry in Grozny , a local law enforcement source told Interfax on Tuesday.2.7

Pakistan has launched a nationwide hunt for talented fast bowlers to face new Ashes holders England when they tour in November and December.2.9

A painting by the well-known Prussian artist Franz Kruger taken from Germany after WWII has been returned by Kyrgyzstan to a museum in Brandenburg, the German Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.2.7

Tokyo stocks hit a new four-year high - just barely - while Hong Kong was hurt by selling in the oil and property sectors as Asian markets ended mixed Tuesday.2.7

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed two wickets with successive balls to leave Bangladesh facing an enormous task to avoid defeat in the opening Test.2.9

NATO weapons supplies to Georgia may undermine stability in the South Caucasus region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.2.7

Wherever Bae Yong-joon is, there too are his many passionate Japanese housewives his housewife fans that is.2.7

PanARMENIAN.Net/ A key U.S. House panel, American Turkish Council Chairman Brent Scowcroft urged Speaker Dennis Hastert to decline discussion of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, reported the Armenian National ...2.7

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Lee Sung-bok, a disabled Korean doctor who works at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the U.S., receives a warm welcome from students at Chungdong Middle School in southern Seoul, Tuesday.2.9

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon is privately raising up to Rs. 1.5 billion through a five-year unsecured subordinated debenture to feed its medium term credit expansion, officials said Tuesday.2.7

The Department of Export Promotion of Thailand's Ministry of Commerce plans to boost bilateral trade with Pakistan to US$1 billion from existing $400 million.2.7

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. and Arab Bank have signed a USD$325 million-equivalent multi-tranche facility to finance a Power Station EPC contract for the Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Station.2.7

To become a genuine broadband giant, South Korea is required to make a user-friendly interface of computers, the visiting head of Bell Labs said Tuesday.2.7

Citibank takes a positive attitude toward China's on-going split share structure reform of its stock market, and has confidence in its cooperation with Chinese partners, said William Rhodes, chairman of the US ...2.7

Poland is preparing for the opening of the largest checkpoint on the Russian-Polish border in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, the press service of the Polish Consulate General in the seaport city said ...2.7

LAGOS - A Nigerian court freed 12 Russian sailors, two Romanians and a Georgian on bail yesterday, almost two years after they were arrested on suspicion of smuggling stolen crude oil out of the country.2.7

Iran and Slovakia increased bilateral trade exchange by 100 per cent topping US$30 million in 2004, Slovakia ministry of economy said Monday.2.7

Except for the runaway success of "StarCraft" by Blizzard, few PC-based games are favored by local users in Korea.2.7

Chandigarh, September 13: The Indian cricket board today ruled out initiating an inquiry into allegations that the recent tri-series in Zimbabwe was fixed while also denying knowledge about the visit of two ICC ...4

Maharashtra government has finalised bids by Reliance Energy for group captive power plants at Butibori near here and at Thane-Belapur to overcome power crisis in these two industrial areas.2.7

More than 6 billion metric tons of standard fuel will be industrially explored on the shelves of the Barents Sea, a presidential envoy said Tuesday.2.7

The decade-long fight against bogus NGOs, making a big business out of Tiger and nature conservation, by Star of Mysore and its sister-publication Mysooru Mithra went unheeded primarily because of the financial ...2.7

The U.S. dollar rose against the new Taiwan dollar on the Taipei Foreign Exchange Tuesday, gaining NT$0.057 to close at NT$32.741. A total of US$937 million changed hands during the day's trading.2.7