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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., looks at the crowd after he spoke at a rally at Ault Park in Cincinnati, Ohio Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.
Government   Photos   Politics   US   Washington   		 Zeenews 
How Barack Obama became Mr Unpopular
New York: The Barack Obama that most Hoosiers remember voting for can still be found on YouTube. He stands before a cheering Elkhart high school gymnasium in August 2008, tireless, aspirational, promi... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Myanmar junta leader Sr. Gen Than Shwe reviews soldiers during Armed Forces Day celebrations Sunday, March 27, 2007, in Yangon, Myanmar. Thousand of soldiers and police have been deployed in Myanmar´s largest cities over the weekend keeping even th
Elections   Military   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Than Shwe   		 Asia Times 
Soldiers strip their khakis in Myanmar
|      Aug 31, 2010 Soldiers strip their khakis in Myanmar | By Marwaan Macan-Markar | BANGKOK - As the November 7 general election in Myanmar approaches, the ruling junta is revea... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath)
"Belize Human Trafficking Victim Speaks Out"  The Examiner 
Global human trafficking roundup (August 28-30, 2010)
| NORTH AMERICA | Georgia: A professor points out Georgia's problem with child prostitution. While prostitution is illegal and a 13 year old child cannot consent to sex, she can be prostituted in Geor... (photo: WN / Betty Philips)
America   Human   Photos   Professor   Trafficking  
The Second ThaiLao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong connects Mukdahan Province in Thailand with Savannakhet in Laos. The bridge is 1600 meters long and 12 meters wide, with two traffic lanes.[1] Traffic on the bridge drives on the right, as in Laos, while traffic in Thailand drives on the left; the change-over is on the Thai side.  Canada Dot Com 
China succumbs to Mekong nations
  | China has made a significant policy about-turn in response to a sharp contest with the United States for friends and influence in Southeast Asia. | After years of rebuffing increasingly anxious r... (photo: Creative Commons / Mattes)
Asia   China   Photos   US   Water  
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East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is surrounded by reporters outside Darwin Private Hospital in Darwin, Australia, Monday, March 10, 2008 after visiting his country's President Jose Ramos-Horta in their first meeting since both were attacked by rebel gunmen last month, in this image made from television. The Australian
Dili acts to ease concerns of drift towards China
| AUSTRALIA remains East Timor's key strategic partner, says its Foreign Minister, Zacarias da Costa. | Mr da Costa said Australian fears of increasing Chinese influ... (photo: AP / APTN)
Australia   China   E Timor   Photos   Wikipedia: East Timor  
Myanmar's new parliament building is seen Friday, March 26, 2010, in Naypitaw, Myanmar. Workers are hurrying to finish the building in time for the upcoming elections in Myanmar. Indian Express
Myanmar generals step down ahead of Nov 7 elections
| Myanmar's junta carried out a major military reshuffle on Friday that retired more than a dozen senior leaders, officials said, in an apparent move to prepare for the N... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Elections   Junta   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Burma  
China At Nights - Economy - Street Hong Kong Standard
History against China in race to overtake US
Much ink is being spilled over the meaning of China's economy surpassing Japan's. | //--> William Pesek | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | Much ink is being spilled over the me... (photo: WN / Farida Azzawi)
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Myanmar Senior Gen. Than Shwe salutes during ceremonies Saturday, March 27, 2010, on the 65th Armed Forces Day in Naypitaw, Myanmar. Khaleej Times
Myanmar junta leaders quit military posts
YANGON - Myanmar's top three rulers resigned from the military on Friday, a senior army source said, paving their way to assume the most powerful roles in the country aft... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Elections   Military   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: State Peace and Development Council  
Myanmar junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe along with others offers prayers during ceremonies Sunday, March 8, 2009, at Uppatasanti Pagoda in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. Thousands gathered to attend a religious ceremony for the new pagoda, a replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. BBC News
Burmese junta leaders 'step down'
Leaders of Burma's junta are reported to have resigned from their military posts, ahead of the country's first general election in two decades. | The reports said Gen Tha... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Elections   Military   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: State Peace and Development Council  
Affected filipino families seen walking in a waist high flash flood due to typhoon Ondoy that washed away many houses and establishments in many parts of Metro Manila , Pasig City, Philippines , October 5 , 2009. IRINnews
ASIA: When hospitals become casualties
web | BANGKOK, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) - Governments and donors have responded to increasingly frequent and more deadly disasters by boosting funding for response, but inve... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Disaster   Hospitals   Photos   Preparedness   Wikipedia: Emergency management  
Deng Xiaoping Deccan Chronicle
China asserts itself
--> China asserts itself | Share ARTICLEURL | For decades China pretended to be modest and Deng Xiaoping’s successors followed him as they couched their ambitions in so... (photo: GFDL / Shizhao )
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Pankaj Advani starts odds-on favourite The Hindu
Pankaj Advani starts odds-on favourite
| Geet Sethi | Pune: The 2010 IBSF World billiards championship commences at the PYC Gymkhana here on Friday with Pankaj Advani, India's maverick cueist, clearly the odds... (photo: AP / Mahesh Kumar A.)
Billiards   India   Photos   Pune   Wikipedia: Pankaj Advani  
A family tries to escape the floods in northwestern Pakistan IRINnews
GLOBAL: Reflections from the field
web | LAHORE/BANGKOK, 19 August 2010 (IRIN) - On the second annual World Humanitarian Day, IRIN spoke to aid workers in Pakistan and Asia about the best and worst aspects... (photo: IRIN / Abdul Majeed Goraya)
Bangkok   Humanitarian   Lahore   Photos  
NOVEMBER 11, 2008 , ZAMBOANGA CITY , PHILIPPINES - BOUNTY OF COCONUT TREES PLANTED A HECTARE OF LAND IN ZAMBOANGA FREEPORT IN SUPERVISION OF COCONUT AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. The Hindu
Farmers warned of coconut leaf beetle pest threat
| Staff Reporter | COIMBATORE: Field staff of the Department of Agriculture and scientists of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have been asked to be vigilant... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Agriculture   Coconut   Pests   Photos   Wikipedia: Coconut  
A woman cries when villagers carry her mother's body from the site of a rain-triggered landslide at Xiangfen County in Linfen of north China's Shanxi province, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Authorities have detained 13 officials of a mine whose dump site collapsed to trigger a landslide that blanketed a village and killed at least 151 people in northern China, state media said F Irish Times
67 missing as Chinese town cut off by landslide
| CLIFFORD COONAN in Beijing | HEAVY RAIN continued to bring mudslides and flooding to China yesterday, as a landslide swept through a mountain town in the southwest, lea... (photo: AP / Andy Won)
China   Floods   Landslide   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 China floods  
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- India's Videocon may sell wireless unit stake
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- 'India is a core strategic market for StanChart'
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- Pakistani Taliban claims bomb that kills 53
- China buying Nepal MPs to form Communist govt?
- White House Condemns Deadly Attacks In Pakistan
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Pakistani investigators inspect a car damaged by an explosion in the residential area of Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, March 12, 2010
Suicide bomb rocks Pakistan city of Quetta
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Health Human Rights
- Notices to Indians who joined superbug study
- Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan
- Mercy Corps Deploys Water Treatment Systems to Pakistan With
- Respect India's sensitivities on J&K: Krishna to China
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing the Chief Ministers' Conference on Internal Security, in New Delhi on February 07, 2010.
Would look into Navi Mumbai airport issue: PM
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- Indian Temple Shuts Doors To People of Dalit Community
- Asylum seekers tortured upon return
- Saudi Arabia: Domestic Worker Brutalized
- Myanmar leader Than Shwe to visit China
Sri Lankan refugees are seen onboard the Oceanic Viking, an Australian Customs Service patrol ship, 14 kilometers off the coast of Kijang, Tanjung Pinang on the Indonesian Island of Bintan on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009.
Asylum seekers tortured upon return
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- James Lawton: Pakistan should be ashamed of the way Aamer ha
- ICC denies corruption is rife while Pakistan claim victimisa
- Pakistan trio questioned by police - but diplomat insists th
- India gives the thumbs-up to Commonwealth Games
Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar speaks after inaugurating Cath Lab for heart patients in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010.
No Indian cricketer ever approached by a bookie: Tendulkar
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- Indians fail drugs tests in new blow for Delhi Games
- Pakistan trio questioned by police - but diplomat insists th
- 'India is a core strategic market for StanChart'
- Cricket: Pakistan will still tour - Vaughan
A Pakistani villager carries an injured person at the spot of bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said.
49 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing
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