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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/ en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:49 -0400 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:49 -0400 30 International aid continued to arrive in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar Tuesday, but criticism mounted as the efforts were hampered by logistics problems and the military junta's bureaucratic stalling. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/359007 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:13 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/359007 Kabul, May 13 (Xinhua) At least 150 militants have been killed by Afghan and foreign troops in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Tuesday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358916 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:43 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358916 Hundreds of angry students took to the streets in a number of Indonesian cities for a second day Tuesday to protest against a government plan to raise fuel prices and cut off subsidies. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358907 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:24 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358907 Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) Rescuers are racing against time to reach and search for survivors a day after the strongest quake to hit China in more than three decades jolted the south-western province of Sichuan. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358865 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:34 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358865 Hong Kong Tuesday pledged 300 million Hong Kong dollars ($38.4 million) in aid and volunteer rescue teams for the victims of the earthquake in China's Sichuan province. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358840 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:32 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358840 An Indian national is on trial in Singapore's High Court on charges of sexually abusing his stepdaughter for two years starting when she was only 11, media reports said Tuesday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358838 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:27 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358838 Japan's government is assembling relief supplies as it awaits a request from China to dispatch rescue teams to earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, media reports said Tuesday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358832 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:19 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358832 As the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) continues to lobby for the release of its detained leaders, Malaysia's opposition has also taken up the issue. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358753 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:27 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358753 Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) About 130,000 people working in medical facilities in Beijing will start a month-long training course this week on coping with possible terrorist attacks during the Aug 8-24 Olympics, a newspaper here reported. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358748 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:22 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358748 Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) Beijing is using the carrot of huge rewards to citizens who report Olympic logo infringement cases in the run-up to the Games. Persons who step forward with information will be rewarded with five percent of what lawbreakers are fined, according to a regulation jointly issued by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce and the Legal Affairs Department of the Beijing Organising Committee. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358747 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:21 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358747 Qingdao: Stephen Park, Britain's sailing team manager, has said that his team was trying to be as competitive as they could in all the classes when the Olympic sailing events are held here in August. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358746 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:20 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358746 Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) Athens: The Athens-based World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) has hailed the efforts made by the Chinese people in trying to stage successful and harmonious Olympic Games. According to a union statement, the WFTU condemned the attempts to politicise the Olympics and opposed those actions to impede and jeopardise the Games. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358745 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:19 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358745 Chengdu (China), May 13 (Xinhua) A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, around 3.10 p.m. Tuesday following Monday's devastating quake that has killed around 10,000 people. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358737 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:10 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358737 Chengdu (China), May 13 (Xinhua) At least 37 tourists have been killed and about 15 British tourists were reported missing following the earthquake in China's Sichuan province, emergency management office said Tuesday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358705 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:31 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358705 The rain came down so forcefully that people's skin suffered bruises. Yet they survived and are among the lucky ones in the Irrawaddy river delta region in southern Myanmar, where tropical Cyclone Nargis wreaked the most havoc May 2-3. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358639 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:00:23 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/358639 MADRID: Asian finance leaders ended four days of talks on Tuesday pledging to raise farm output to fight soaring food prices as the region's development bank readied the release hundreds of million... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14795792&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:50:36 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14795792&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 NEW DELHI (AP) -- A series of bombs exploded across the ancient city of Jaipur on Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14799432&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:29:44 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14799432&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China hasn't always responded well to crises. Tens of millions of people starved in the famine created by the disastrous Great Leap Forward of the 1950s. The 1976 quake in the city of Tangshan was the... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14799433&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:29:43 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14799433&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 World powers and Asian neighbours rallied around China with sympathy and pledges of help after a massive earthquake that left tens of thousands dead, missing or trapped."The thoughts and prayers of th... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14795794&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:45 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14795794&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: In a setback to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan's Interior Ministry has recommended that his capital punishment should not be commuted to life imprisonment contending ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14797034&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:39 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14797034&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 An inquiry into a series of assaults on Asian-Canadian anglers in Ontario last summer has confirmed that racism played a role in the attacks. A report by the Ontario Human Rights Commission released ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14795793&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:27:54 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14795793&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve remained unknown Tuesday, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area from the res... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14794935&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:07:25 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14794935&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Anatomy Asia-Pacific Congress on Anatomy titled 'Viewpoint on Modern World Anatomy' will begin at Razi Conference Center in Iran University of Medical Sciences on Friday. The congress on anatomy is ai... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14791365&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:44 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14791365&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it was prepared to accept international aid in the form of money and material for victims of the earthquake. But the time was not opportune to allow relief teams from... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792639&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792639&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KATHMANDU: Nepal Police on Tuesday arrested at least 250 Tibetan exiles including a woman while they were protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy here. The arrest comes a day after Chinese A... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792640&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792640&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Ever wonder just how much money women carry around in their bags? Well, as it turns the figure is a whopping 27 billion pounds for British women. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792637&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:39 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792637&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 At least 25 people have been killed and many more wounded after a series of bomb blasts tore through the city of Jaipur in western India, police say. The bombs went off near historic monuments in t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792603&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:56 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792603&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: The Beijing Olympic torch relay will be scaled down in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit China, a spokesman for the Games organising committee (BOCOG) said on Tuesday. Com... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792638&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:40 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792638&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 More than 1.5m children in India are at risk of becoming malnourished because of rising global food prices, the UN children's charity, Unicef, says. It warns that food inflation could be devastatin... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792602&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:54 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792602&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The United Nations has called for an air or sea corridor to be opened to channel large amounts of aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. The UN's humanitarian agency said there was a risk of ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792518&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:45 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14792518&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- The Dalai Lama offered his condolences and prayers Tuesday for the victims of the massive earthquake that hit central China, killing some 12,000 people. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14790604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:10 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14790604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 So far rescuers have recovered more than 60 bodies from Juyuan Middle School, which collapsed in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake Monday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. But there was little word on t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14790605&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:46:09 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14790605&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By MARI YAMAGUCHIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TOKYO -- Japan's powerful lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to allow the country's space programs to be used for national defense, the latest move by ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14790252&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:16:09 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14790252&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 QUEZON City, Philippines -- Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the popular BlackBerry handheld devices, was mum about plans for its newly launched BlackBerry Bold for the Asia Pacific region, in parti... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787413&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:22:49 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787413&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 "I expect markets to stay volatile, and people tend to be more willing to pay for certainty when markets are volatile, so telcos will remain attractive," he said, adding that this situation could last... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787411&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:53 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787411&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: All the nine PML-N ministers on Tuesday quit the six-week-old Pakistan government over the issue of restoration of deposed judges, pushing the country into a fresh phase of political unc... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788630&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788630&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party chief Asif Ali Zardari has convened a meeting of his party's parliamentarians and legislators on Wednesday to take stock of the political situation after the PML-... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788629&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788629&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HARARE: Levels of post-election violence in Zimbabwe are escalating in urban and rural areas and could reach crisis proportions, the United Nations' senior representative in the country said on Tue... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788626&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788626&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 With the two main parties in Pakistan's ruling coalition set to miss their 12 May deadline to reach agreement on the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, the BBC's Barbara Ple... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788039&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:50:10 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14788039&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Japanese carmaker Nissan has warned that its earnings could fall by 30% in the year ending March 2009. Nissan blamed consumer blues in the sluggish US economy for its troubles. A stronger yen, w... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787502&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:53 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787502&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China's key stock market has slipped, despite efforts to minimise economic disruption caused by the massive earthquake which has hit the country. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.8% to 3,560.24 ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787751&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:51 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14787751&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KARACHI: A Pakistani court on Tuesday acquitted PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in a case in which he was charged with smuggling artefacts, antiques and other contraband items to Britain. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783851&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:31:04 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783851&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- One of the two main parties in Pakistan's ruling coalition declared Monday that it would quit the government in a dispute over when and how to reinstate judges fired by Preside... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14784491&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:47:22 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14784491&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: People living in Britain may be forced to pay 'age tax' under proposal floated by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to fund elderly care, the cost of which is forecast to reach 24 billion pounds ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783850&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:31:03 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783850&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DHAKA: Rescuers recovered 28 bodies on Tuesday after a ferry sank during a storm in north-eastern Bangladesh, taking the confirmed death toll to 32, a police official said. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783853&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:31:06 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783853&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 YANGON: Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday rejected growing international pressure to accept aid workers, insisting against all the evidence that it had the emergency cyclone relief effort under ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783854&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:31:01 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783854&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said his party will continue talks with PML-N to reverse its decision to quit the federal cabinet after failing to achieve the re... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783852&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:31:05 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783852&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Phones are tapped and the few foreign journalists inside Myanmar are operating in secret, making it dangerous and difficult to tell the story of the cyclone that has devastated the Southeast Asian cou... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14786319&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:47:05 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14786319&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BAGHDAD: A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hosp... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783859&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:30:56 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783859&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: A British university is to offer a degree in funerals, covering aspects of the profession from bereavement counselling to law, customer service and disposal of human remains, it said Monday... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783856&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:30:55 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783856&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Burma's military government has said it is still opposed to letting foreign aid workers in to help the many victims of Cyclone Nargis. Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, of the military leadership, said Burma... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783038&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:20:19 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783038&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE -- Most Asian currencies fell Tuesday amid worries about a global slowdown, but investors bought the Singapore dollar on expectations it would rebound against the US dollar as the Singapore ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14782121&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:05:14 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14782121&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG -- Oil prices retreated Tuesday as some investors saw a recent rally to record highs as excessive, while Asian shares gained as banks were bolstered by further signals the worst of the credi... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14782124&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:05:06 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14782124&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad scepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783864&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:48:54 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783864&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE - Investors may pile more than $200 billion into hedge funds focused on Asia excluding Japan this year, betting on emerging markets despite concerns about the global economy and waning risk ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14782125&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:05:12 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14782125&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON: The US has refused to be drawn into the latest uncertainty in Pakistan following Nawaz Sharif's decision to pull out PML-N ministers from the government and said political parties in th... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783865&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:48:55 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783865&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BANGKOK: About 500 people were evacuated after floods struck parts of southern Thailand following three days of heavy rains, officials said on Tuesday. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783862&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:48:59 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14783862&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By Reuters Baring Private Equity Asia said on Tuesday that it had raised a nearly $1.52 billion fund to invest in companies in the alternative energy, media, financial services, consumer and industria... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779261&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 02:08:39 -0400 CNBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779261&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SYDNEY, Australia -- Asian shares are set for a stronger start Tuesday, as a retreat in oil prices eased worries about inflation and after news of a takeover deal in the technology sector helped drive... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779260&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:48:59 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779260&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Oil prices retreated on Tuesday as some investors saw a recent rally to record highs as excessive, while Asian shares gained as banks were bolstered by further signals the worst of the credit crisis m... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779258&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:47:13 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779258&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Apple has signed deals to bring the iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines this year, which should help the company surpass its sales goal of 10 million units by the end of 2008. A... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779259&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:47:15 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14779259&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIRUT: Fierce battles resumed on Tuesday in northern Lebanon, further exacerbating tensions after days of sectarian unrest that has driven the nation to the brink of full-blown civil war. Figh... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780061&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:32:52 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780061&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WELLINGTON: New Zealand welcomed today the Commonwealth's decision to re-admit Pakistan, saying the South Asian nation has demonstrated its commitment to a return to democracy. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780064&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:32:48 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780064&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: A Group of about 15 British tourists were out of reach in the Chinese county worst hit by a massive earthquake that struck the region, a news agency reported on Tuesday. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780066&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:32:46 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780066&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DAYTONA BEACH (US): Dry, windy weather fuelled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast, driving hundreds of residents from their homes as firefighters worked to contain the blazes and ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780069&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:32:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14780069&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SAN FRANCISCO / SINGAPORE - Apple has signed deals to bring the iPhone to four Asian countries later this year, which should help the company surpass its sales goal of 10 million units by the end of... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775111&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:42:51 -0400 TechWeb http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775111&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Canadian biochemist Joseph Hulse, who received the Padmashree at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi last week, has been mugged in Manchester where he had stopped on way home to attend a school... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14776317&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14776317&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Indonesia is to host the first Asian Beach Games from October 18 to 26 in the resort island of Bali, chairperson of the country's sport committee (KONI) Rita Subowo said here Monday. The chief told a ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775114&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:50:27 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775114&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LOS ANGELES — The director of a Thailand museum has been indicted on a wire fraud charge in connection with a federal investigation into looted Southeast Asian antiquities. Roxanna Brown is sch... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775112&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:41 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775112&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DHAKA: Bangladesh's military-backed interim government on Monday announced that the much-delayed general elections in the country will be held in the third week of December. "National elections... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14776319&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:39 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14776319&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti's parliament rejected former Inter-American Development Bank adviser Ericq Pierre as the country's new prime minister on Monday, more than a month after violent protests over ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14776318&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:40 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14776318&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MANILA, Philippines -- A Hong Kong-based human rights group has called on Chief Justice Reynato Puno not to delay the review of the conviction of five men for the killing of former Philippine Constabu... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775113&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:22:31 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775113&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING (AP) -- China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles - b... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14778456&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:46:13 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14778456&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets were mixed Tuesday, with Shanghai-listed shares dropping in the wake of a devastating earthquake that struck China. Japanese stocks were lifted by exporters su... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775109&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:35:17 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775109&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The United Nations should stay in East Timor until at least 2012, President Jose Ramos Horta has said. He told the BBC there was still great potential instability and the country needed more time t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775532&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:49:00 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14775532&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TAIPEI: A senior Chinese official has asked whether Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would agree to attend the Beijing Olympics to ease recent tensions, a Tibet government-in-exile legislator... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771804&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:36 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771804&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 VANCOUVER: Finally, Canada will formally apologize to the Indians here for the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 and acknowledge the hurt caused to the community. The Komagata Maru ship brought 376 Ind... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771800&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:33 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771800&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MOSCOW: Incoming Russian PM Vladimir Putin announced a cabinet line-up on Monday which combined key ministers and powerful Kremlin figures into an unusually strong team under his command. Presi... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771797&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:28 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771797&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Cherie Blair was shocked by the ruthless manner in which the tragic news of her miscarriage was used by her husband and former British prime minister's media managers for political reasons. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771801&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:36 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771801&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KATHMANDU: Putting forth preconditions for supporting the CPN-Maoist-led government, Nepali Congress on Monday asked the former rebels to dissolve their military and para-military organisations and ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771807&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:33 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771807&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Midnight's Children looks set to win the Best of Booker prize in the ultimate accolade for an author whose pickle-flavoured, post-colonial prose on independent India has transfixed a generation, ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771806&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:37 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771806&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Eight top Afghan government officials have been suspended over last month's attack by the Taleban on a military parade attended by President Karzai. The move came after the attorney general took over... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771770&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:24:15 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771770&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Inmates at Kandahar jail in Afghanistan have ended a week-long hunger strike after a parliamentary delegation promised to address their demands. Almost 400 prisoners were involved in the protest. T... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771769&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:24:14 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14771769&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Posted on: Monday, 12 May 2008, 09:00 CDT SHENZHEN, China, May 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Water and Drinks, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: CWDKE) (''China Water and Drinks'' or ''the Company'')... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765732&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:34:44 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765732&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By V. Phani Kumar Asian markets ended mostly higher Monday, reversing course after dropping earlier in the session, with Japanese shares lifted by exporters such as Nikon Corp. on a pullback in th... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765729&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:26:40 -0400 Smart Money http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765729&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Ministers Minister of Housing and Urban Development Mohammad Saeedi-Kya said on Monday that housing ministers from Asia-Pacific region are to attend in the the second Asia-Pacific Conference on Housin... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765731&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:07:56 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765731&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DHAKA: Four people were confirmed dead and around 50 were unaccounted for in northeastern Bangladesh on Monday after a ferry sank in stormy weather, an official said. The M.V. Nazimuddin carryi... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767152&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:45 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767152&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BANGKOK: The United States will send two more relief flights into cyclone-hit Myanmar on Tuesday, an aid official said, hours after the first US flight of emergency supplies landed in the country. ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767150&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767150&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KATHMANDU: Nepal's government announced on Monday that its new constitution-drafting body would meet for the first time on May 28 to formally abolish the monarchy and declare the country a republic... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767151&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767151&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Pakistan was readmitted to the Commonwealth on Monday after its ignominious six-month suspension, the second in less than a decade. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), the... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767154&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:58 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767154&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KYI BUI KHAW, Myanmar (AP) -- The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar's military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and s... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14769540&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:32:44 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14769540&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Indicating a change in his stand, PML-N chief and former premier Nawaz Sharif on Monday said he will contest the parliamentary by-polls scheduled for June 26 from two constituencies in R... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767144&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:48 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767144&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (STEL.SI) and its mobile associates will bring Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) popular iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines later this year, Southe... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765733&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:11:05 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765733&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said ministers from his party will resign from their posts on Tuesday over differences regarding the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767155&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:46 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767155&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 May 12, 2008 By Tiisetso Motsoeneng Johannesburg - Stocks were modestly higher in early Monday trade following gains on Asian markets, while the rand's sustained weakness spurred buying for export-ori... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765730&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:38:08 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765730&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: Death toll in Monday's earthquake that devastated parts of southwest China's Sichuan province appeared heading towards a massive figure that might surpass 20,000 people. Till late on Mo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767148&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:48:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767148&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Send us your comments However, he indicated that he would support the Pakistan People's Party-led government from the backbenches on an issue-by-issue basis. "We will not become part of any conspiracy... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767120&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:30:39 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14767120&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The first meeting of Nepal's constituent assembly is to be held on 28 May, the government says. According to the interim constitution, the assembly must abolish the monarchy on the first day it meets... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14766537&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:30:37 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14766537&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has pardoned nine army officers who took part in a failed coup attempt in 2003. The nine were part of a group that seized control of a hotel and shopping centre in ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14766418&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:30:22 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14766418&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 World champions Australia will play one-day internationals against Scotland and Ireland in 2009 and 2010. The Australians will face Scotland on 28 August 2009 following the conclusion of the Ashes ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765784&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:30:17 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=14765784&cat=bf053b50c46383e0