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Sunday 1st August, 2010

    • 13 dead in China bus accident

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    At least 13 people were killed and nine injured after a bus fell off a cliff Saturday evening in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities said.

    • Over 5,000 chemical barrels recovered from China river

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    Over 5,000 of the 7,000 chemical barrels, that were swept into a major river in northeast China's Jilin province, have been recovered by Saturday evening.

    • Lahiri tied fifth, Bhullar 11th at Brunei Open

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    A hat-trick of birdies late in the second stretch of the third round saw Anirban Lahiri pull himself to tied fifth with one more round to go in the Brunei Open here Saturday.

  • Two planes collide at Beijing airport

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    A passenger aircraft taxiing at an airport here collided with a stationary plane Saturday.

  • Demand for shark fins making sharks an endangered species in Andhra Pradesh

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    The increasing demand for shark fins in south Asian countries has led fishermen in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to hunt for sharks, making them an endangered species along India's eastern coast.

  • Real Madrid fans divided about Germany's Khedira

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    Fans of Spanish giants Real Madrid are divided about the signing of German international Sami Khedira, to judge by an online poll published by sports daily Marca Saturday.

  • Google on hiring spree in China

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    Search engine giant Google has embarked on a hiring spree in China, despite its recent censorship-related problems with the government that saw many top engineers and executives leaving the company.

  • ICC VP nominee Isaac may win Asian vote for supporting IPL window creation in FTP

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket's nominee for the ICC vice-presidency, Alan Isaac, has come out in support of creating windows for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the Future Tours Program (FTP), which could improve his chances of securing the post with the help of the Asian Bloc.

  • Kim Jong Il biographies seized in Myanmar

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    North Korean diplomats seized translations of a biography on regime leader Kim Jong Il by a local writer prior to a visit of the country's foreign minister, sources said Saturday.

  • Toxic cancer-causing dyes found in China garments

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    Toxic dyes that can cause cancer have been detected in some garments in China, creating concern that buyers may also be exposed to health hazards.

  • 15 die in China coalmine blast

    Turkmenistan News.Net

    Fifteen people were killed in a blast at a coalmine in northern China Saturday, Xinhua reported.

  • Record rains – but Pakistan is dying for water

    The Independent

    Residents of Peshawar leave their homes with whatever possessions they can carry after the heaviest monsoon rains in the region since 1929. Officials say 800 people have died in the floods

  • Afghanistan: The unsustainable in pursuit of the unbeatable

    The Independent

    Search the news archive for more stories Yet, as the US and its allies step up pressure around Kandahar, Taliban resistance has also intensified in Helmand to the west and in Zabul to the east. And ...

  • Over 900 dead as floods sweep Asia

    The Province

    A Toronto man may face his third trial over the same speeding ticket after prosecutors from the City of Ottawa launched an appeal of his acquittal last month.

  • Hundreds killed as floods sweep Asia

    Vancouver Sun

    July 31: A family rescued by army soldiers pass a cargo truck with men on top taking shelter from heavy floods in Nowshera, located in northwest Pakistan July 31, 2010. Heavy monsoon rains have trigge...

  • Flash floods kill at least 65 in Afghanistan

    Channel News Asia

    KABUL : Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 families, the national disaster authority chief told AFP Saturday. Rescue teams in the northeast of the ...

  • 'Recovery in Asia far from robust'

    Times of India

    Rajat M Nag, managing director general of Asian Development Bank, does not like to term the global economic recovery as fragile, but says it’s far from being robust. He is a firm believer of “I...

  • Undie-baring pants are not illegal, rules

    Times of India

    NEW YORK: Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish. That's how a New York City judge ruled in throwing out a summons issued to a man wearing low-slung pants that exposed his underwear. A...

  • ISI chief scraps UK visit after Cameron jibe

    Times of India

    LONDON: A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated on Saturday after Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha canceled his trip to the ...

  • Wearing burqa as bad as being scantily clad: Rabbis

    Times of India

    LONDON: Israeli rabbis are all set to issue an edict to clamp down on the growing number of devout Jewish women wearing "burqa" by declaring the garment an item of sexual deviancy that is as promis...

  • Jewish group opposes Ground Zero mosque

    Times of India

    An influential Jewish organization announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of ground zero in Lower Manhattan, intensifying a fierce debate about the limits...

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