Pakistan Denies Role in Attack- June 27, 2008 KABUL, June 26 -- Pakistan on Thursday sharply denied that its powerful intelligence agency was behind an attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April, saying the accusations by Afghan officials were politically motivated.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/320906649/AR20080626... In China's Quake Zone, Aftershocks of the Spirit- June 25, 2008 MIANZHU, China -- Inside Meng Futing's refugee tent, the air was hot and fetid. Outside, summer rain had turned the little earthen lane to mud. It was so sticky between the rows of tents that each step Meng took made a sucking sound.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/319350269/AR20080624... U.S. Funding to Pakistan Plagued With Problems, GAO Report Says- June 25, 2008 The Bush administration has paid Pakistan more than $2 billion without adequate proof that the Pakistani government used the funds for their intended purpose of supporting U.S. counterterrorism efforts, congressional auditors reported yesterday. Their report concluded that more than a third of U.S....http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/319273020/AR20080624... Germany to Send More Troops to Afghanistan- June 25, 2008 BERLIN, June 24 -- Germany pledged Tuesday to contribute up to 1,000 more troops to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, responding to months of pleas from the United States and other allies to bulk up its peacekeeping force.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/319203244/AR20080624... The DOT Cafeteria, Not So Accommodating- June 25, 2008 Disabled employees at Department of Transportation headquarters are most unhappy these days with their new digs down by the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/319323336/AR20080624... In Energy-Stingy Japan, an Extravagant Indulgence: Posh Privies- June 25, 2008 TOKYO -- When it comes to saving energy, the Japanese have much to teach the United States and other rich countries, whose leaders descend on Japan next month for a Group of Eight summit.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/319297356/AR20080624... Vietnamese Premier Meets With Bush, Gates- June 25, 2008 President Bush met with the prime minister of Vietnam yesterday to discuss closer ties on trade and greater religious freedom, signifying another step forward in the slow warming of relations between the United States and its communist former enemy.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/319273021/AR20080624... Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive- June 24, 2008 CAIRO Second of two articles Early this year, a religious radical calling himself Abu Hamza had a question for the deputy leader of al-Qaeda regarding the Egyptian secret police. "Are they committing unbelief" he tapped on his keyboard. "And is it permissible to kill them" A few weeks later, a...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/318552451/AR20080623... Hundreds Are Feared Dead in Philippines- June 24, 2008 MANILA, June 24 -- Divers entered a huge capsized ferry on Tuesday but reported finding no survivors among the bodies inside, Philippine officials said, all but dashing hopes that some of the more than 700 people still missing from the weekend catastrophe would be found alive.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/318288563/AR20080623... Routing of Fighters Brings Anxious Calm to Kandahar- June 23, 2008 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 22 -- A tense quiet has settled here in Afghanistan's second-largest city, a little more than a week after hundreds of Taliban fighters mounted a dramatic prison break, then briefly took control of several villages in the area.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/317747256/AR20080622... |