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Nepal on alert to stop Tibetan protest

AP, Katmandu :Police in the Nepalese capital are on alert to stop protests by Tibetan refugees, including any attempts to self-immolate, next week to...

India to examine claims over ‘1857 rebel’ bodies

BBC Online :Archaeologists in India are examining claims that remains of people dug up from a disused well in the northern state of Punjab...

Thai protesters look to courts

Reuters, Bangkok :Anti-government protesters in Thailand have retreated to a central Bangkok park, freeing up traffic after blocking big intersections for more than a...

Libyan MPs shot, wounded as congress stormed

BBC Online :Two members of Libya's parliament were shot and wounded when protesters stormed the General National Congress (GNC) in the capital, Tripoli.Witnesses said...

Thailand goes for general polls

BBC Online :Voting has begun in five provinces in Thailand that were unable to hold polls in last month's general election because of anti-government...

China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage

BBC Online :Chinese officials have blamed separatists from the north-western Xinjiang region for a mass knife attack at a railway station that left 29...

Medecins Sans Frontieres allowed to resume Myanmar work

BBC Online :Myanmar has allowed the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres to reopen its clinics in most of the country, two days after suspending...

Afghan prison staff tricked into freeing Taliban fighters

BBC Online :Prison officials in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar have been tricked into releasing a dozen Taliban fighters.The chief of security for Kandahar,...

Dozens feared dead in Nigeria blasts

CNN :Dozens of people are feared dead after two explosions were reported in northern Nigeria. The blasts happened about two minutes apart Saturday evening...

Abducted border guards freed in Pakistan: Iran

Reuters, Dubai :Five Iranian border guards reportedly seized and held captive in Pakistan for three weeks have been freed, an Iranian military official has...

Obama warns Russia over intervention in Ukraine

New York Times :Ukraine's fragile new government accused Russia of trying to provoke a military conflict on Friday by invading the Crimea region, while...

Sonia buries alliance rumour with TMC

TNN, New Delhi :While leaders swore at each other in public, there was speculation of a last-minute 'jote' between once alliance Congress and Trinamool...

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