Snow storm hits Japan again
AFP, Tokyo :A snow storm hit Japan on Friday, disrupting rail and road travel, grounding more than 100 flights and adding to the piles left...
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Thai police reclaim some protest sites
BBC Online :Police have been deployed in Bangkok to retake some sites occupied by protesters since they kicked off their anti-government campaign in November.Police moved...
Battered Britain faces new winter storm
AFP, London :Yet another Atlantic storm was barreling towards Britain on Friday, threatening to dump a month’s worth of rainfall on communities already struggling to...
Indian media criticise ‘shameful’ parliament disruption
BBC Online :Media are strongly criticising the chaos that erupted in the lower house of India’s parliament after an MP used pepper spray to disrupt...
Surge in fighting across syria
BBC Online :Activists in Syria have reported a surge in fighting across the country, amid attempts to broker a peace deal in Geneva.The Syrian Observatory...
Snowstorm convey chaos to US east
BBC Online :A huge winter storm is affecting the densely populated US north-east, after wreaking havoc in the South.Across the typically mild South, more than...
Kerry visits Seoul amid Korea tensions
BBC Online :US Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Seoul, a day after the two Koreas held their highest-level talks in six years.Kerry landed...
Obama sued over NSA spying
CNN, Washington :That’s the name of a lawsuit the Kentucky senator announced Wednesday against President Barack Obama and national security officials over government surveillance.“We don’t...
Afghan prisoners released despite US warning
BBC Online :Sixty-five detainees have been released from Afghanistan’s high security Bagram detention centre, a move condemned by the US as “deeply regrettable”.The US embassy...
Hurricane force winds batter flood-hit UK
Agency :A huge storm has hit the UK, with gusts of over 160 kilometres per hour adding to the chaos and misery of the ongoing...
Two Koreas hold rare high-levels talks
BBC Online :Officials from North and South Korea are holding their first high-level talks since 2007.The meeting – requested by Pyongyang – is taking place...
Thousands marry in ‘Moonie’ mass wedding in S Korea
AFP, Gapyeong :Thousands of Unification Church members were married in a mass wedding in South Korea Wednesday-only the second such event since the death of...