Asia-Oceania
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Sri Lankan journalist given 20 years in prison
A Sri Lankan court Monday sentenced an ethnic Tamil journalist to 20 years in prison under the island's harsh
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Japan's change and non-change
Japan's next prime minister faces the task of how to organize a new government to tackle the slew of
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Dropping lunar mission, India eyes Mars
A day after its lunar mission was abandoned, India's state-run space agency Monday said it will launch its
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DPRK, ROK to restore regular cross-border traffic
Regular traffic across the heavily fortified border dividing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
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Japan PM-elect Hatoyama to woo Asia next
The landslide election win by Japan's opposition Democratic Party over the ruling conservatives raises hopes
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Karzai keeps on leading Afghan presidential polls
The incumbent Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been leading the partial results of the August 20 held
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Four NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
Bombs killed four NATO troops Monday - two Americans and two Britons - ending the deadliest month
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Japanese PM says he will quit as LDP chief
Voter turnout hits record 69% in Japan's lower house election
Voter turnout hit record highs of 69.28 percent in single-seat districts and of 69.27 percent in proportional
Indonesian military to deploy 600 troops to safeguard U.S. mining firm's workers
At least 600 military troops would be deployed to help the police safeguard workers of PT Freeport McMoran
Journalist sentenced to 20 years for aiding terrorism in Sri Lanka
The High Court on Monday sentenceda journalist to 20 years at hard labor for aiding terrorism.JS Tissanayagam
East Timor celebrates 10th Anniversary of Popular Consultation
East Timor celebrated the 10th anniversary of its popular consultation on Sunday, with the main streets and
Philippine military says 11 leftist rebels killed or injured
Eleven communist New People's Army rebels were either killed or injured following an attack of a military
Arroyo to seek protection against piracy for Philippine seafarers
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said on Monday that she will seek greater protection against piracy for
34 feared dead as boat sinks in Indonesia
Thirty-four people might have been dead as an overloaded cargo vessel sank on a river off Borneo island,
Vietnam maps out plans for legal system improvement in next five years
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen TanDung approved a national program on strengthening the country's justice
Two dozen NATO supply tankers burnt in Pakistan border
A oil tanker, which has been standing for over a day in gridlock in Chaman, is seen burning along the
Security law to be imposed for next "red-shirts" rally: Thai deputy PM
The government will definitely impose the security law on Sept.5, the day that the anti-government "red
Indian village asks AIDS community care center to move out
A village administration in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, south-central India, has passed a resolution
