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SearchAfghan president says airstrike killed civilians02:02 PM, Sep 03, 2010ut who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the attack was likely linked to rivalries among ethnic Uzbek politicians in the province. Afghan politicians have in the past been accused of deliberately feeding false information to foreign forces in hopes of prompting attacks and eliminating rivals. Political violence is on the rise ahead of the Sept. 18 polls, with at least three candidates and five campaign w... Meet Cambodia's anonymous blog author 'Details are Sketchy'09:45 AM, Sep 03, 2010and hopefully help contribute to the growth of Cambodian blogs in general. I commented on and linked to bloggers like ThaRum, Lux Mean, Kalyan (Keo), Dee Dee (the other Kalyann), Mongkol, Vireak, Kounila Keo (KK) and others in the hopes that people reading me would read them too, and that maybe those readers of other blogs might come and read me. I am not too sure how well that worked out, though. Few Cambodians eve... China says reports of troops in Pakistan wrong05:37 PM, Sep 02, 2010d rail access to the Gulf through Pakistan. It said many of the soldiers are working on a railway link. The article comes amid reports of military unease between China and India. Earlier this week China said it had not received word from New Delhi that it had suspended military exchanges, despite Indian media reports that relations had been put on hold after Beijing refused to grant a visa to a top Indian army general from the Indian-cont... Header for my new story02:00 AM, Sep 02, 2010bsp; fdgdfgdfdfgdfgdfg gfhnfghfg fgnfgnfgnfgnfgn fgnfgngf dfgdfgdfgfdg dfbgdfbfdb My link in my post ... Vietnam's complicated relationship with the US11:39 PM, Sep 01, 2010day, on the chaotic streets of Ho Chi Minh City and the northern capital Hanoi, virtually anything linked to the US is prized, including iPhones, Pepsi, and made-in-Vietnam Converse shoes. In short, it appeared during a recent visit to Ho Chi Minh City, on Vietnam's streets as well as its ministries, it is engaged in a forked relationship with the United States that can't just be described as love-hate. It appears more complicated than tha... Bomb attack kills Afghan Muslim religious leader06:12 PM, Sep 01, 2010oalition and Afghan forces were pursuing a Taliban commander in charge of some 40 fighters who was linked to a roadside bomb attack Tuesday in the eastern province of Logar that killed four U.S. soldiers. The U.S. death toll for August stood at 56 — three-quarters of them in the second half of the month as the Taliban fought back against U.S. pressure. American losses accounted for more than 70 percent of the 76 fatalities suffered b... Famed Tasmanian devil succumbs to killer disease12:54 PM, Sep 01, 2010th of the Australian mainland. In 2007, Menzies researchers injected Cedric and his half brother Clinky with facial cancer cells. Clinky developed the disease, but Cedric showed an immune response and grew no tumors — giving researchers hope that he could help them create a vaccine. But in late 2008, Cedric developed two small facial tumors after being injected with a different strain of the cancer, which causes grotesque facial gro... China's gang crackdown nets 278,000 criminal cases12:21 PM, Sep 01, 2010k, as thousands of arrests and trials have taken place since last year. The crackdown exposed deep links between government officials and police officers who provided cover for crime syndicates. The highest ranked person ensnared in the crackdown was former director of the city's judicial department, who was executed in July. The campaign also has focused on preventing repeats of a series of assaults at schools across the country that kill... China mayor calls mafia crackdown a success08:27 AM, Sep 01, 2010the city's mayor said Tuesday. The crackdown in the southwestern city of Chongqing exposed deep links between government officials and police officers who provided cover for crime syndicates. The trail led as high as the former director of the city's judicial department, who was executed after convictions on a number of corruption charges. The campaign in the city of 32 million began last year and has led to thousands of arrests and tri... US slaps yet more sanctions on North Korea08:27 PM, Aug 31, 2010lying sanctions on North Korea, especially in the wake of the Cheonan sinking, China remains a weak link in any sanctions system. Hitting individual banks and companies lessens the appearance of Washington trying to impose its will on Beijing. It also helps with the broader sanctions regime by making businesses afraid of dealing with North Korea, or even private institutions that work with North Korea, for fear of losin... Petraeus: Afghan concern about Pakistan is legit05:48 PM, Aug 31, 2010y the price for the international community's miscalculation and naivety." "Given the very clear linkage between attacks on Afghan soil by individuals who have come from Pakistan and are commanded and controlled from Pakistan, I think President Karzai and Dr. Spanta have very legitimate concerns," Petraeus said. Still, he added, the Pakistani government has continued to "squeeze the locations in which these individuals have safe haven san... SKorea's Red Cross offers flood aid to NKorea12:19 PM, Aug 31, 2010tions against North Korea by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program. Associated Press ... (Updated) BOR accepts 11 nominees for University of the Philippines president07:40 PM, Aug 30, 2010f the biggest campuses of UP - Cao (UP Diliman) and Velasco (UP Los Baños). According to his LinkedIn account, Pascual is currently president of the UP Alumni Association and is therefore a member of the BOR representing the alumni. Analyzing their credentials, all candidates clearly excel in their chosen fields (e.g., language, business, finance, economics, human resource management, labor, law, history, entomology, medicine). They are a... NKorea raps SKorea for blocking Twitter, YouTube05:17 PM, Aug 30, 2010hich means "our nation" in Korean, gained more than 8,500 followers in a week, with just 30 tweets linking to reports that praise North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and lambast South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military drills. More than 130 videos have been uploaded to North Korea's YouTube channel, including clips that condemn Seoul and Washington for blaming Pyongyang for the March sinking of a South Korean warship. Pyongyang has i... Afghan president criticizes anti-terror strategy04:21 PM, Aug 30, 2010ntainous border with Pakistan overlooking infiltration routes for Arab and other foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida and aided by Pakistani militants. Karzai's sharp comments delivered Sunday fit a pattern of greater outspokenness by the Afghan leader as he appeals for support among the beleaguered Afghan public. In a meeting with visiting German Parliament speaker Norbert Lammert, Karzai said there was a "serious need" to alter strategy... |
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