Foreign Agents Blamed In Deadly Kabul Attack- July 9, 2008 KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 8 -- Investigators have found evidence that a deadly suicide bombing attack against the Indian Embassy in Kabul this week was planned with the help of a foreign intelligence agency, a spokesman for Afghanistan's president said Tuesday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/330320637/AR20080708... N. Korea to Resume Nuclear Talks in Beijing- July 8, 2008 BEIJING, July 8 -- After a nine-month stall, China announced Tuesday that formal negotiations will resume this week on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program, including ways to verify its recent accounting of plutonium-based nuclear material.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/329869308/AR20080707... Suicide Bombing Leaves 40 Dead In Central Kabul- July 8, 2008 KABUL, July 7 -- At least 40 people were killed and 141 injured Monday in a powerful suicide blast near the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Afghan officials said.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/329186081/AR20080707... G-8 Plans to Address Aid Accountability- July 7, 2008 TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 -- Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations expect to sign off this week on a plan to provide detailed assessments of how well individual countries are fulfilling promises of development assistance to Africa, according to sources familiar with the initiative.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/328072136/AR20080706... Restoring Past Glory in Old Kabul- July 6, 2008 KABUL -- The road that rings the old city district of Murad Khane is thick with smoke from the hearths of a row of blacksmiths. Until recently, few people in the Afghan capital had much reason to venture beyond the plumes of black smoke into the district.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/327775166/AR20080705... India Advocates B&Bs to Ease Hotel Crunch- July 6, 2008 NEW DELHI -- When schoolteacher Meera Dass quit her job last year, she just wanted to enjoy being at home for a change. Then she read a newspaper ad that said she could earn money at home while making friends from all around the world.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/327700257/AR20080705... 'To Be Busy Helps Them Forget'- July 6, 2008 BOGALAY, Burma -- Two months after a cyclone savaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta, in Burma's southwest, the bones of drowning victims still clutter the muddy banks of waterways.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/327775167/AR20080705... Dalai Lama's Envoys Disappointed by Talks in China- July 6, 2008 BEIJING, July 5 -- Envoys for the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, said Saturday that their meetings with Chinese officials in the past week were so disappointing that they could not even get the Chinese to agree to issue a joint statement committing both sides to further talks.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/327498211/AR20080705... A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan- July 3, 2008 The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasingly violent insurgency, but that the Pentagon does not have sufficient forces to send because they are committed to the war in Iraq.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/325367031/AR20080702... Bush Makes Final Push for Global Climate Deal- July 3, 2008 In his final months in office, President Bush is mounting a last-ditch effort to forge a new global deal to limit greenhouse-gas emissions but finds himself once again at odds with much of the rest of the world on how to address climate change.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/325039229/AR20080702... |