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Tuesday November 13, 2012
UN 'Failed Sri Lanka Civilians', Says Internal Probe
The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, a leaked draft of a highly critical internal UN report says.
 
 
Monday November 12, 2012
Communist Party's Congress grinds on amid widespread indifference in China
I arrived in Beijing for what the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper, described as “one of the biggest political events in history.”
 
 
Monday November 12, 2012
Japan economy contracts as global slowdown hits exports
Japan's economy contracted in the July to September quarter, as a global economic slowdown and anti-Japan protests in China hurt its exports, while domestic consumption remained subdued.
 
 
Monday November 12, 2012
Afghan leader Karzai calls for more India investment
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for greater Indian investment in Afghanistan during talks with PM Manmohan Singh in Delhi.
 
 
Monday November 12, 2012
Before Obama visit, group warns ethnic violence could destabilize Myanmar
As President Barack Obama prepares to visit Myanmar next week, a nonprofit group warned violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the west of the country could destabilize the nation just as it is emerging from decades of military repression.
 
 
Monday November 12, 2012
Sri Lanka's prison clash 'a massacre'
Sri Lanka's opposition has said that the deaths of dozens of prisoners, killed during clashes at a prison in the capital was a massacre.
 
 
Wednesday November 7, 2012
Suspicion of US rife as White House contenders batter China
It isn't only the U.S. presidential candidates who have had to withstand a verbal pummeling during the race -- China has been the subject of some of the most sustained attacks from Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, both of whom seem to be competing for who can be toughest on the world’s second-largest economy...
 
 
Wednesday November 7, 2012
India and Canada finalise conditions of nuclear deal
India and Canada have finalised the terms for their nuclear deal, paving the way for Canadian firms to export uranium to India.
 
 
Wednesday November 7, 2012
Taiwan military lie detectors 'test loyalty'
Officials in Taiwan have told the BBC that lie detector tests for military personnel based abroad are a useful way to evaluate whether they are spying for other countries.
 
 
Wednesday November 7, 2012
Dozens missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh
Dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off Bangladesh, officials say.
 
 
Wednesday November 7, 2012
Thai police stop pickup truck, find 16 tiger cubs
Police in northeastern Thailand who chased a pickup truck trying to avoid a highway checkpoint found unexpected contraband in the back of the vehicle: 16 tiger cubs.
 
 
Tuesday November 6, 2012
2 U.S. sailors indicted on charges of raping Japanese woman on Okinawa
Japanese prosecutors have indicted two American sailors on charges that they raped a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa last month, a case that has deepened tensions between local residents and the U.S. military.
 
 
Tuesday November 6, 2012
Indonesia: Suspects planned attack on US Embassy
Indonesian police say they have arrested 11 people suspected of planning a range of terrorist attacks on domestic and foreign targets including the U.S. and Australian embassies.
 
 
Tuesday November 6, 2012
Laos approves Xayaburi 'mega' dam on Mekong
Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists.
 
 
Tuesday November 6, 2012
Thousands displaced by floods in India's Andhra Pradesh
Flooding has forced almost 100,000 people to leave their homes after torrential rain lashed the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials say.
 
 
Tuesday November 6, 2012
Leopard suspected of eating 15 people in Nepal
A ferocious leopard may have killed 15 people in Nepal in a 15-month span, its latest victim a 4-year-old boy that the creature dragged away into the jungle to eat.
 
 
Friday November 2, 2012
UN official urges China to address issues in Tibet
A top UN official has urged China to address issues in Tibet that have led to what she says is a rise in extreme protests, like self-immolations.
 
 
Friday November 2, 2012
World Bank to lend to Burma for first time in 25 years
The World Bank has approved an $80m (£50m) grant and pledged lending for Burma for the first time in 25 years.
 
 
Friday November 2, 2012
India anti-Sikh riots: Australia petition to call it genocide
A petition which seeks to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India as "genocide" has been tabled in the Australian parliament.
 
 
Friday November 2, 2012
Sharp admits 'doubt' on survival
Sharp has admitted there is "material doubt" about its ability to stay in business as it warned of a second year of record losses, deepening the gloom surrounding Japan's once dominant consumer electronics industry.
 
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