SINGAPORE, Aug 24 (AFP): Asian economies should weather any fallout from the current turmoil in global financial and stock markets sparked by a crisis in the US subprime credit sector, Standard and Poor's said today. The credit risk evaluator said...
ANKARA, AUG 24 (AFP): Turkey's parliament was set Friday to take another stab at electing former Islamist Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as president, but expectations were that voting would have to go into a third round. Gul, whose Islamist past...
YANGON, Aug 24 (AFP): Myanmar's military government squashed a new protest Friday by pro-democracy supporters in downtown Yangon, as activists said the demonstrations had spread to other parts of the country. A group of 20 demonstrators, mainly women, had gathered...
NAHR AL-BARED, Aug 24 (Reuters): The families of Islamist militants battling Lebanese troops for the past three months are likely to be evacuated from a battered Palestinian refugee camp later Friday, Lebanese security sources said. "In principle there is an...
CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 24 (AFP): The White House said Thursday that a US intelligence assessment of the situation in Iraq shows progress on the security and political fronts but "very tough challenges" ahead. "The National Intelligence Estimate's updated judgments show...
BANGKOK, Aug 24 (AFP): Allies of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra Friday elected an outspoken former Bangkok mayor to lead their new party as the nation gears up for elections promised by the year's end. Samak Sundaravej, a fiery...
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 24 (AP): Nineteen South Koreans held hostage for six weeks in Afghanistan are kept on the move by their Taliban captors, but are said to be in good health, a doctor in touch with a senior commander...
AMMAN, Aug 24 (AFP): Former Iraqi president Abdel Rahman Aref, who was ousted by Saddam Hussein's Baath party in 1968, died in Jordan on Friday at the age of 91, his family said. Aref, who had been living in Amman...
NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (PTI): Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee continued to be in hospital, but doctors attending on him said his condition was stable. The 83-year-old BJP leader was admitted to AIIMS here on August 21 after he...
SEOUL, Aug 24 (AFP): South Korea Friday announced new aid to North Korea worth almost 40 million dollars to help it recover from devastating floods. Unification Minister Lee Jae-Joung said the South in mid- September would start shipping cement, iron...
KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (AFP): Sudan has expelled European and Canadian diplomats for "interfering in its affairs," a move that could further strain relations with the West. The White House reacted to Sudan's announcement Friday saying it hoped it was not...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Reuters): Malaysia's Muslim-led government slapped a one-month publishing ban on a newspaper Friday for printing a caricature of Jesus holding a cigarette and a can of beer. State news agency Bernama quoted the Internal Security Ministry...
TOKYO, Aug 24 (AFP): Japan, Australia and the United States will hold their first trilateral summit meeting on September 8 to strengthen security ties, a Japanese newspaper reported Friday. The first trilateral summit will be held on the sidelines of...
KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (AFP): Sudan has expelled European and Canadian diplomats for "interfering in its affairs," a move that could further strain relations with the West. The White House reacted to Sudan's announcement Friday saying it hoped it was not...
BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (AFP): At least 13 people were killed in pre- dawn clashes between Shiite militiamen and US soldiers in Baghdad Friday, a medic and security officials said. Doctor Mohammed Abbas from the Al-Noor hospital in the northwestern neighbourhood...
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko crashed out while James Blake took back-to-back wins to book a semi-final berth at the Pilot Pen event in New Haven, reports BBC. Third seed Blake beat Argentine Agustin Calleri 3-6 7-6 6-1 in round three...
Following their crushing 104-run defeat at The Rose Bowl, India have made two changes for the second match of the NatWest Series at Bristol as they aim to level the series. Zaheer Khan has been ruled out with the flu,...
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to restrain the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from "claiming to the public that they represent India". The ICL has also contended that...
Muttiah Muralitharan is not concerned about breaking the world wicket-taking record in Australia in November because he plans to play Tests for another four years. Muralitharan, who is nine short of overtaking Shane Warne's Test record of 708, said he...
New Zealand Cricket's chief executive Justin Vaughan has advised Stephen Fleming against signing with the Indian Cricket League as NZC finalises its official position on the series. It is likely that Fleming's national contract would be terminated if he agreed...
Michael Vaughan hopes his decision to relinquish the ODI captaincy will "unleash the shackles" on his run-scoring potential, if he is given another chance at this form of the game. Vaughan has not found a place in the ODI squad...
The Los Angeles Galaxy have warned something will have to give as David Beckham embarks on a gruelling schedule for club and country, reports BBC. The Galaxy also suggested he could miss some England friendlies. Beckham (32) faces at least...
Saiful KaiserAustralian Geoff Lawson, Pakistan's new coach, said he would have to instil a "killer's instinct" in the Pakistani cricketers if they were to make any impression on the big guns of international cricket. Some say Pakistan is also considered...
Bangladesh will take on strong Zimbabwe in their third and last B group match of the Merdeka Cup Football Tournament in Malaysia today (Saturday).The match kicks off at 4:30 pm (BST) at the Shah Alam Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.This is...
Athletes given more than a six-month ban for doping will be banned from the next Olympics, the International Olympic Association has said, reports BBC. The move was announced by IOC president Jacques Rogge on the eve of the World Athletics...
Amir Khan believes getting knocked down in his last bout will help him when he faces Scott Lawton in his next fight on 6 October at the Nottingham Arena, reports BBC. Khan had to get off the canvas to claim...
KARACHI, Aug 24 (AFP): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday cleared maverick paceman Shoaib Akhtar of indiscipline and suspended a 5,000-dollar fine, while warning him to stay out of trouble for six weeks. The fast bowler had been fined 100,000...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe era of two superpowers and with it the discourse of global power balance is over. In absence of that balance of power in a bipolar dispensation that kept the world in a state of suspense for half...
Josif Poro pats his new sofa, points with pride to his carpets and runs a wrinkled hand over a gleaming white refrigerator.He and his wife barely scrape by on their US$220 monthly pension. They'd have to do without many of...
Lubana Yasmin Palia When Misti lost her legs after falling from a tree, her family had thought it was the end of the teenage girl's world. But she has proved the family wrong. She overcame all odds to receive higher...
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