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Japanese PM doesn’t know his noodles

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:11:08 -0400

Tokyo, Oct. 29: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, already under fire for his luxurious tastes, was caught out by opponents when he badly overestimated the

‘Kim’s health bore serious setback’

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:11:23 -0400

By JEAN H. LEE SEOUL Oct. 29: South Korean intelligence indicates that ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il suffered a serious setback and has been hospitalised,

100 children freed in Pak hostage crisis

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:12:58 -0400

Islamabad, Oct. 29: Taliban militants on Wednesday briefly took more than 100 children hostage at a school in Pakistan’s troubled north-western tribal region before freeing

Lanka soldiers seize rebel town

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:13:14 -0400

By RAVI NESSMAN COLOMBO Oct. 29: Sri Lankan troops captured a small village in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, pushing ahead with their offensive against the Tamil

Pak snubs US on airstrikes

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:13:33 -0400

By Our Pakistan Correspondent Islamabad Oct. 29: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the United States envoy and lodged "a strong protest" over a number of missile attacks by

Gen. Kayani halts HQ construction

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:07:20 -0400

Islamabad: In a rare show of support by a General to the democratically elected government, Pakistan's Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has ordered to stop

Indian officer hurt in Congo, 2 vehicles hit

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:07:37 -0400

By Our Special Correspondent New Delhi Oct. 29: An Indian Army officer deployed in Congo as part of the UN peacekeeping mission suffered injuries there in stone-pelting

Obama plot suspect is sorry, says sister

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:07:54 -0400

Helena-West Helena (Arkansas), Oct. 29: The family of one of two suspects accused of plotting to decapitate black people and assassinate Barack Obama on Wednesday

Obama leads in 4 Republican states

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:08:18 -0400

BY STEVEN R. HURST Washington Oct. 29: Democrat Bar- ack Obama ho- lds clear leads in four reliably Republican states and is tied in two others as his

‘Iran hatred for US runs deep’

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:01:11 -0400

Tehran: Oct. 30: Iran’s supreme leader says his country’s hatred for the United States runs deep and differences between the two go beyond a "few