Asia NewsNews on Asia continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan- June 29, 2008 An Afghan man carries a sack of firewood past destroyed homes in the city of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday June 28, 2008.http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/nato-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan?fromrss=1 40 policemen missing after rebel attack- June 29, 2008 Forty police officers were feared drowned in eastern India on Sunday after a group of suspected communist rebels attacked a police boat, capsizing it in a rushing river, a local official said.More than 50 police officers were on the boat in the state of Orissa when the suspected rebels attacked, said local police official Satish Kumar Gajbhiya.About 16 officers made it to shore, but 40 were still missing and feared drowned, he said. Authorities were searching the river for them.The attack...http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/40-policemen-missing-after-rebel-attack?fromrss=1 Abduction 'leverage' needed Nation's North Korea options dwindle to economic, energy aid- June 29, 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice smiles next to a grim-faced Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura ahead of their joint press conference in Kyoto on Friday afternoon.http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/abduction-leverage-needed-nations-north-korea-opti... Afghans find Daud Khan's body- June 29, 2008 KABUL: The Afghan authorities have discovered mass graves containing the bodies of former president Mohammad Daud Khan, family members and aides, who were killed in a Soviet-backed coup three decades ago, his ...http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/afghans-find-daud-khans-body?fromrss=1 Corridor to Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara could be another Indo-Pak CBM: Mukherjee- June 28, 2008 Dera Baba Nanak, June 28,: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that the building of a tarred corridor between the Dera Baba Nanak in India and the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan's ...http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/corridor-to-kartarpur-sahib-gurudwara-could-be-ano... ANALYSIS: More near-nuclear' states may loom- June 28, 2008 It may have rattled windows and raised dust, but the blast that toppled a towering symbol of North Korea's atom-bomb project was a mere blip on a world map where more and more states may 'go nuclear' _ or nearly so _ in the years to come.At a recent meeting of members of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Ukrainian chairman sought to strike an upbeat note about the future, highlighting the 'public and political momentum towards a world free of nuclear weapons.'Volodyrmyr Yelchenko was...http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/analysis-more-near-nuclear-states-may-loom?fromrss... Sri Lankan military: Soldiers capture Tamil rebel-held village, fighting kills 43- June 28, 2008 Government troops captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Saturday while infantry clashes across the region killed 40 rebels and three soldiers, the military said.http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/sri-lankan-military-soldiers-capture-tamil-rebel-h... Ex-businesswoman rescues dogs left homeless after Chinese earthquake- June 28, 2008 The white short-haired mutt was found dragging his crushed hind legs through rubble-clogged streets after the massive earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province.http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/ex-businesswoman-rescues-dogs-left-homeless-after-... Karat to PM: Take up people's issues- June 28, 2008 NEW DELHI: Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government of being "obsessed with its vision of becoming a strategic partner of the US", Communist leader Prakash Karat on Friday warned that ignoring ...http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/karat-to-pm-take-up-peoples-issues?fromrss=1 Pakistan, India seeking better ties- June 28, 2008 Visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said here that the political environment in both Pakistan and India is right to make the peace process between the two countries result-oriented. There ...http://www.topix.net/world/asia/2008/06/pakistan-india-seeking-better-ties?fromrss=1 |