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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 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:04 -0400 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:04 -0400 30 South Korea Friday announced plans to spend billions on sophisticated technology to counter the perceived threat of a North Korean nuclear attack. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514914 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:09 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514914 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Myanmar's military leader Friday on an official visit that aimed at pressing for the release of all political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514907 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:04 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514907 Tokyo/India and Japan, the only country to have been attacked by atomic bombs, Friday decided to work together for an early conclusion of the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) and to fast-track negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514876 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:03 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514876 Japan's Cabinet Friday approved a bill to extend its troops' refuelling operations in the Indian Ocean to help the US-led forces in Afghanistan by another six months till Jan 15 next year, a media report said. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514862 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:09 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514862 The US military said Friday that it was pushing further into a Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan after it had reported its first casualties in the offensive, the first under the US government's new strategy in the Central Asian country. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514810 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:08 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514810 Hangzhou (China), July 3 (Xinhua) A patient suffering from influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, died of electrocution when she was taking a shower in a hospital here, the police said Friday. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514737 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:50:06 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514737 Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat who played a key role in strengthening the banned Islamist militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in bordering districts of India's West Bengal state has been arrested, the police said. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514580 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:10:03 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514580 Bangladesh's exporters have made common cause with Indian importers to urge Dhaka to reduce taxes on the prized hilsa fish and place it on par with frozen shrimp and other marine products it exports to other countries. http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514540 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:02 -0400 Tajikistan News.Net http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/514540 SINGAPORE — The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. “Asia will always support any city from Asia,” Kuwait’s Ahmad Fahad ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25854550&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:46 -0400 Japan Today http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25854550&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Punita Kumar-Sinha, senior managing director at Blackstone Asia Advisors, is a person of many parts. An IIT graduate and a holder of a doctorate in finance from Wharton School, University of Pennsy... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25855349&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:50:49 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25855349&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Singapore: Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia will cut or keep steady the official selling prices (OSPs) of most of its crudes to Asia for August as refining margins come under pressure, refiners and trade... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25854051&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:49:25 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25854051&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Posted on: Friday, 3 July 2009, 15:00 CDT Asia’s music industry has fallen under steep pressure in recent years amid rampant piracy and shrinking demand for CDs.  However, the industry is hoping... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853019&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:27:39 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853019&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LOS ANGELES: A video released on Thursday showed Michael Jackson vigorously practicing a song-and-dance routine days before his death, supporting accounts he had been in good health. In the foot... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853523&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:26 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853523&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 VIENNA (Kyodo) Yukiya Amano, Japan's ambassador to the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, was elected the next director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency o... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853648&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:00 -0400 Japan Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853648&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 NEW DELHI: The evidence is tumbling out of the closet: Pakistan's creation Lashkar-e-Taiba is not merely allied to al-Qaida but can now be described as the new al-Qaida. With the UN Security Counci... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853525&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:23 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853525&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Two children died after a fire in a London tower block, police said Friday. "We understand there have been two fatalities of children, one three weeks old and one seven years," a Metropo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853526&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:22 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853526&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIRUT: Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics,... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853527&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:20 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853527&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MELBOURNE: Ben Southhall had a rather wayward first day of his ‘Best job in the World’, when he misspelt the name of the island he was on while writing on his blog. The 34-year-old Briton re... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853528&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:18 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853528&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 It’s nearly midnight on Saturday and the dance floor of DJ’s Bar in Rangoon is packed with Burmese youth, grooving to throbbing house music as red, green and yellow light beams flash and slice acr... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853647&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:19 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25853647&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 VIENNA : The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised Friday to do his "utmost" to resolve a long-running nuclear standoff with Iran after governors formally gave their nod of approva... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25852897&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:04 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25852897&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LOS ANGELES: Fans preparing to descend on Los Angeles for next week's Michael Jackson memorial service were urged to watch the event via television Friday amid fears of huge crowds of mourners at t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25851401&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:00 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25851401&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Abroad there is "some hope, some opportunity. But in our country, there's no hope left," said Win, who is applying to go to Australia for further studies. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25851728&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:08 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25851728&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China joins carbon tax protest By Alan Beattie in London and Kathrin Hille in Beijing Published: July 3 2009 19:20 | Last updated: July 3 2009 19:20 http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25851399&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:56:03 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25851399&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Oil fell further during Asian trade yesterday as investors continued to fret about the state of the U.S. economy where the jobless rate has surged to a 26-year high, analysts said.New York's main cont... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25849244&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:06 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25849244&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 PESHAWAR, Pakistan : US missiles on Friday slammed into the hideout of a Pakistani Taliban commander allied to warlord Baitullah Mehsud in the tribal belt, killing at least seven militants, security o... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25850895&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:56:30 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25850895&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD : At least 26 security personnel on board a military helicopter were killed on Friday in northwestern Pakistan when it went down due to technical fault, security officials said. The crash to... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25850896&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:56:27 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25850896&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 India will look to seal a rare one-day series win in West Indies when they play the last two games of a four-match series this weekend.The visitors won the opening fixture by 20 runs before the home s... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846826&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:48 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846826&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Japanese Foreign Minister, Hirofumi Nakasone, has urged India to play more of an active role in combating global warming and climate change. Speaking at a joint news conference in Tokyo with the v... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846658&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:49 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846658&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Kandahar, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban said on Friday it had not started directly fighting against Britain and US operations under way in Helmand province but was using guerrilla tact... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846897&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:02:41 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846897&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 A policeman in the Philippines has been arrested for the murder of journalist Crispin Perez on 9 June.The shooting, in central Mindoro Occidental province, is one of scores of alleged murders of journ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846206&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846206&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Punjab government on Friday filed a petition in Pakistan's Supreme Court challenging the release from house arrest of outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, linked to the Mu... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846666&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:27:53 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846666&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The famous toy train service that ferries tourists in India's tea country in Darjeeling has been hit by a huge landslide in the hill region.India's north-eastern frontier railway spokesman S Hajong to... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846825&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:10:50 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846825&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WELLINGTON: New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. The "Bare Es... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846667&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:27:51 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846667&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 DUBAI: Lauding some of the measures proposed by railway minister Mamata Banerjee in this year's rail budget presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Indian expatriates in the UAE have suggested that t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846668&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:27:50 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25846668&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Rockefeller Foundation launched a $100 million, five-year initiative aimed at improving health systems in Asia and Africa, Judith Rodin, the foundation's president, said in a http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843712&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:45 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843712&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG - Most Asian markets fell Friday as a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report signalled more pain ahead for the world's largest economy. European stocks also weakened in early trade. Loss... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843572&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:42:22 -0400 C News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843572&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Japan is considering the introduction of noise-making devices for near-silent hybrid cars following safety fears from vision-impaired pedestrians."Vision-impaired people feel that hybrid vehicles... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843664&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:39:55 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843664&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Naypyitaw, Myanmar - The UN secretary-general says Myanmar's junta chief has rejected his initial request to see jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban Ki-moon says he told Myanmar's Senior... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844335&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:32:31 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844335&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Huang later told police he had been instructed to come to Hong Kong to "teach someone a lesson," the court was told. After a two-week hearing, Huang was found guilty of the offence Friday. The judg... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25845908&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:32:28 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25845908&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Yangon - A prison court in military-ruled Myanmar adjourned the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi for another week Friday, her party said, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited the country to press for her release.... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25845907&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:32:25 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25845907&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Islamabad - US missiles allegedly struck a training facility allegedly operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out on Friday, killing 15 people and wounding 27 others... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25845906&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:32:23 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25845906&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LE BOURGET(France): Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life ja... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844139&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:57:46 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844139&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TEHRAN: The head of Iran's powerful Guardians Council said on Friday that some local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly playing a role in post-election violence will be put on trial. "I... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844140&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:57:44 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844140&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 much-watched Tankan survey of big manufacturers found sentiment in June markedly improved over March.“Looking at the output data and the Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey, we have indeed escaped the w... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844138&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:54:41 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25844138&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 (RTTNews) - Asian markets ended in negative territory on Friday following losses in Wall Street, where the major indices ended sharply lower after the Labor Department released weaker job report for ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:53:22 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in Asia in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent crude prices tumbling. Benchmar... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843172&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:46:58 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843172&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 FILE - In this May 20, 2002 file photo, a Thai mahout and his infant elephant look for foreign tourist, along Sukhumvit Road in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, After failing repeatedly to clear elephants ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841913&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:18:58 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841913&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 North Korea's latest launch is not missiles, but a TV advertising campaign for a locally-brewed beer.In a rare nod to commercial motives in the resolutely communist nation, the TV advert features a th... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841307&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:13:49 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841307&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Most Asian markets closed lower Friday after paring early losses in thin trading volume before a U.S. holiday. Japan's Nikkei 225 ended down 0.6% at 9816.07, Australia's S&... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843166&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:07:34 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843166&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday that the crucial Copenhagen talks on climate change in December would feature heavily in a trip to Malaysia and Europe. Rudd kicks off his six... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841651&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:27:30 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841651&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Indigenous peoples, such as Aborigines and Native Americans, have low quality health which puts them at higher risk from swine flu, experts have warned.There are around 400m people around the world wh... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841360&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:13:51 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841360&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The World Bank has committed a whopping $6.6 billion in fiscal year 2009 to fight poverty in South Asia, home to one of the largest concentration of people below poverty line in the world. This is an ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841222&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:04:10 -0400 The Nation http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841222&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 A Hong Kong teenager pleaded guilty Friday to making a homemade bomb that blew off his left hand when it exploded in his family's high-rise apartment. Tsang Tsz-fung, 17, told the court through his... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843471&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:05:25 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25843471&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 A fire on a bus in China that killed 27 people and injured more than 70 last month is thought to have been caused by a suicidal arsonist, police have said.The crowded bus caught fire in the morning ru... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841749&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:13:52 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841749&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: At least 18 militants were killed today in a US drone attack and air strikes by Pakistani combat jets on terrorist bases in the volatile Waziristan tribal region, where ground troops are... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841758&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:24:27 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841758&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Islamabad - Seven people were killed and a score more were feared drowned on Friday when a bus fell into a canal in eastern Pakistan, police said. The driver lost control while overtaking another v... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841907&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:05:31 -0400 IOL http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841907&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KATHMANDU: Nepal's first gay lawmaker has hailed Delhi High Court's ruling legalising homosexuality and said that it will give positive message in the entire South Asia region regarding the rights ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841759&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:24:25 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841759&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Britain warned it could face more than 100,000 daily cases of swine flu and the United States called a meeting of top officials as governments grappled Friday with a resurgent swine flu pan... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841756&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:24:30 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841756&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MELBOURNE: It's not just Indians who are careful before packing their bags for Australia. Australians, too, are enrolling for etiquette classes to learn of sure-fire ways to impress Indians. Pra... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841760&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:24:22 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841760&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL: North Korea's latest missile launches seemed aimed at provoking South Korea rather than the wider world, an official said Friday as Washington insisted that sanctions were hurting the Stalinist... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841039&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:41 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841039&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL: South Korea will spend tens of millions of dollars to build up defences against any North Korean nuclear attack, the defence ministry said Friday. North Korea has vowed to build more nuclear bo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841038&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:44 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841038&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Washington, July 3 : The World Bank Group committed US$6.6 billion in fiscal year ended June 30 to South Asia, where India is the largest borrower, much of it focused on helping the countries there co... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25838604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:11:07 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25838604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Reporting from Seoul -- North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles Thursday, according to South Korea's Defense Ministry. The launches came just weeks after the reclusive state warned vessels t... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839136&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:27 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839136&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CARLSBAD, CA, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On July 4, 2009, Amy Wasserman and Todd Burckin will embark on a two-week trip to participate in the Asian University for Women (AUW) faculty developm... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839341&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:39 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839341&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 One of India's leading artists, Tyeb Mehta, has died in a hospital in the western city of Mumbai. The 84-year-old painter had been ailing for some time. He had been admitted to the hospital on Wednesd... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839294&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:22 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839294&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's family on Thursday announced a free public memorial service for the tragic pop icon in Los Angeles, as a custody battle loomed with his ex-wife seeking their children... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839107&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:37 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839107&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey -- The apparent capture of an American soldier by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, believed to be the first such case in nearly eight years of... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839386&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:32 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839386&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO: Japan's ruling party under embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso is in disarray and facing the spectre of electoral defeat after more than a half-century of almost unbroken rule, analysts say. Aso'... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841037&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:46 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841037&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Japan will continue to see active weather Saturday as a strong low pressure system hovers over the country.The system will continue to track northeastward, triggering moderate to heavy showers and thu... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839115&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:09:25 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839115&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TORONTO: An Indo-Canadian neurosurgeon has been nominated for Canada's highest civilian honour for his contribution towards the development of innovative brain and spinal implants. Krishna Kumar... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839110&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:31 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839110&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Reporting from Beirut and Vienna -- After a months-long deadlock and half a dozen inconclusive votes, the world's atomic energy watchdog on Thursday elected as its leader a Japanese diplomat describe... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839619&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:26 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839619&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 "Both Canada and the state of Hawaii are home to many people of Japanese ancestry," Akihito said in a statement ahead of the trip. "We are looking forward to meeting these people in various places dur... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839135&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:45:54 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839135&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 A Delhi court rules that punishment for sexual relations between consenting adults is a violation of constitutional rights. The ruling applies to Delhi but is seen as a trendsetter for the country. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839570&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:30 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839570&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey -- An American soldier is believed to have been captured by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said today. The soldier has ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839273&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:29 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839273&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON: US President Barrack Obama has finally paid tribute to King of Pop Michael Jackson more than a week after his death. Obama was expected to issue a statement following Jackson's sudde... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839106&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:36 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839106&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Punjab government on Friday filed a petition in Pakistan's Supreme Court challenging the release from house arrest of outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, linked to the Mu... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839111&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:04:29 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839111&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Yesterday's operation by US marines in the Helmand valley marks the start of the biggest military action by western powers in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.The decision to move int... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841036&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01:21 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841036&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Far Eastern Economic Review The U.S. Navy shadowing a North Korean cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons bound for Burma is the stuff of potboiler thrillers. Yet for two of the world’s most recl... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841040&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:00:33 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25841040&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fifty senior officials from Asian region will be invited to see Indonesian presidential election scheduled on July 8, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The program called Indonesia E... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839325&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:59:48 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25839325&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Two hotels in Myanmar have won two gold medals in an energy saving building design contest for 2009, sponsored by the ASEAN Energy Center (AEC), the local weekly Popular News reported Friday. The two ... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25838720&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:59:22 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25838720&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Asian initial public offerings, which accounted for the lowest proportion of share sales in at least 10 years during the first half, may be poised to take off as smaller stock swings make it easier fo... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836191&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:47:43 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836191&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Southeast Asian investment-grade corporate bond prices will fall as companies struggle to refinance debt and revive earnings, according to RGE Monitor. http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836112&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:47:40 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836112&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, right, appreciates a picture given to her by former Indonesian First Lady Deewy Sukarno during her 80th Birthday party at an hotel in suburban Manila, Phili... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25838418&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:40:08 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25838418&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian banking shares have been at the forefront of a stock market rally over the past three months, as credit market conditions stabilized. But there is a high risk that the... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836079&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:28:49 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836079&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino has left her fate to God, her family has said, prompting masses to offer prayers for her health.The Aquino family, long dominant in Philippine politics, said... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836550&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836550&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered three new dinosaur species after examining fossils dug up in Queensland.Writing in the journal PLOS One, they describe one of the creatures as a fe... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836551&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:46 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836551&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 More than 700 UK troops have launched a major offensive against insurgent strongholds in southern Afghanistan.The soldiers from the Light Dragoons and 2 Mercian are taking part in the third wave of Op... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836692&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:47 -0400 BBC http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836692&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ATHENS: A bomb exploded early Friday in front of a tax office in the central Athens district of Ambelokipi causing only material damage, police said. Half an hour before the blast, anonymous war... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836553&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:51:26 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836553&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE, July 3 – Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, has a rare meeting with Burma’s top general on Friday where he will urge the secretive leader to free all political prisoners and ensure next... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836695&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:48:22 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25836695&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan: US Marines have established bridgeheads in Taliban strongholds after suffering the first fatality of their massive offensive against Afghanistan's hardline Islamist militia. F... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835958&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:21 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835958&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thermometers in New Delhi topped out at a sweltering 48 C during the recent visit of Ballard Power Systems CEO John Sheridan — the hottest temperatures of the year.But the hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835959&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:18:00 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835959&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets staged a retreat Friday after U.S. stocks tumbled in reaction to higher-than-expected job losses in June. Japanese stocks fell sharply, with exporters and fina... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834386&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:09:37 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834386&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL: North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast in a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the US Independence Day holiday. Firin... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834305&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:33:56 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834305&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TORRINGTON: Police say a Connecticut girl overheard her mother's screams during sex and thought she was being assaulted, so she rounded up some friends to attack the woman's companion. The 16-yea... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834306&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:33:55 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834306&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 North Korea tested three short-range missiles yesterday, ratcheting up regional tensions already high after Pyongyang's atomic test and subsequent UN sanctions.The communist state launched two surface... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835954&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:39 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835954&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China has taken another step towards internationalising its currency and reducing reliance on the US dollar with the announcement of new rules to allow select companies to invoice and settle trade tra... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834295&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:37 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25834295&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 India's gay community won a big victory in its fight for equality yesterday, as Delhi's high court said a 150-year-old ban on same-sex intercourse violated fundamental rights protected by the constitu... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835956&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:36 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25835956&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Jubilant crowds cheered outside a Delhi court yesterday after judges announced that gay sex was not a crime – a landmark ruling for India that spells the end for a 150-year-old law introduced by... http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25833622&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:36:03 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.tajikistannews.net/?rid=25833622&cat=bf053b50c46383e0