Afghanistan Battles Taliban in South- June 19, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 18 -- Hundreds of Afghan and Canadian troops launched a major attack Wednesday against Taliban fighters who have moved into several villages in southern Afghanistan in recent days, according to military officials.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/314945895/AR20080618... Conflicts Displacing More People- June 18, 2008 UNITED NATIONS, June 17 -- The war in Iraq and the conflicts in Colombia, Somalia and the Darfur region of Sudan have driven an increase in the global population of refugees and the displaced, according to a report by the U.N.'s chief refugee agency.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/314215645/AR20080617... Japan Hangs Three Killers As Pace of Executions Rises- June 18, 2008 TOKYO, June 17 -- Japan hanged three convicted murderers on Tuesday, bringing the number of executions to 13 in the past six months and ramping up the pace of capital punishment to the highest level in more than three decades.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/314058365/AR20080617... Taliban Seizes Seven Afghan Villages- June 17, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 16 -- Hundreds of Taliban fighters took control of seven villages in southern Afghanistan on Monday in what appeared to be a major offensive near the country's second-largest city, according to Afghan officials.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/313260132/AR20080616... More Than a Dozen Still Missing After Japan Quake- June 15, 2008 TOKYO, June 15 -- Slowed by hundreds of aftershocks and the threat that a leaky dam could collapse, rescue workers searched Sunday for 13 people who remained missing after a powerful earthquake hit rural northern Japan on Saturday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/313260133/AR20080615... A Sober Assessment of Afghanistan- June 15, 2008 The outgoing top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Friday that attacks increased 50 percent in April in the country's eastern region, where U.S. troops primarily operate, as a spreading Taliban insurgency across the border in Pakistan fueled a surge in violence.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/312069862/AR20080614... Summer Camps Revive India's Ancient Sanskrit- June 15, 2008 NEW DELHI -- Hemant Singh Yadav, a lean and sprightly 15-year-old, was sent by his parents to a summer camp to learn to speak Sanskrit, or what he calls the language of the gods.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/312100062/AR20080614... U.S. Firm's Deft Play Helps Japanese Golf Out of Rough- June 15, 2008 KISARAZU CITY, Japan -- Strangled by exclusivity, speculation and greed, golf nearly died in Japan in the 1990s, when the bubble economy burst.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/312069861/AR20080614... Captive Pandas Bouncing Back After Quake- June 15, 2008 WOLONG NATURE RESERVE, China -- The man traces the panda's paw with his finger as she laps milky formula from a metal bowl. He strokes her head and tries to wipe her snout when she finishes, but she bats his hand away and curls into a forward roll, hiding her face. Then she turns to nip his boots,...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/312120056/AR20080614... 6 Die as Quake Hits Northern Japan- June 15, 2008 TOKYO, June 14 -- A strong earthquake tore up highways, ripped open hillsides and shook down bridges across a swath of rural northern Japan on Saturday morning, leaving at least six people dead, about 200 injured and 13 missing.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/311899003/AR20080614... |