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    Taiwan deploys supersonic anti-ship missiles

    Taiwan has deployed a new supersonic missile on its warships in the latest response to China’s rapid naval expansion, a lawmaker said today. Military authorities are also mulling deploying the Hsiung Feng III -the first locally developed supersonic anti-ship missile on mobile launchers, Lin Yu-fang, of the Kuomintang party, said in a statement quoting Vice […]

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    Japan won’t abandon nuclear power despite crisis

    Japan will maintain atomic power as a major part of its energy policy despite the country’s ongoing nuclear crisis at tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant, a top official said today. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku also said the government has no plans to shut down any more functioning nuclear reactors other than three at […]

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    ‘Al-Qaeda remains a dangerous terror outfit for the US, rest of the world’

    American intelligence agencies have concluded that Al-Qaeda, though damaged by Osama bin Laden’s death, remains a dangerous terror outfit for the US and rest of the world. The conclusion follows a preliminary assessment of information gleaned from a huge cache of material recovered from the dreaded terrorist’s Abbottabad hideout. The material is currently being reviewed, […]

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    Saudi government establishes a national commission to battle corruption

    The Saudi government has established a national commission to battle corruption. According to country’s official Saudi Press Agency the cabinet of ministers approved the Organisation of Anti-Corruption National Commission to deal with all forms of corruption. The agency said that the Commission aims to protect integrity, promote the principle of transparency, fight against financial and […]

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    Blast outside provincial minister’s home near Peshawar

    A bomb went off outside the home of a provincial minister in a suburb of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, injuring at least four persons, including policemen, officials said. The blast occurred outside the residence of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Minister Arbab Ayub Jan, who belongs to the ruling Awami National Party. It could not immediately […]

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    27 Killed in Plane Crash in Indonesia

    All the 27 people on board were killed in a commercial plane accident in Papua of Indonesia on Saturday, a rescuer and an official said. Fifteen bodies of the victims had been found by rescuers, rescuer Arifin at Papua Search and Rescue Office told Xinhua. The Indonesian plane operated by Merpati airline was on route […]

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    Taliban Attacks Kill 8 in S. Afghanistan

    Taliban multiple attacks in Afghan southern Kandahar province left eight people including six suicide bombers dead and injured 29 others on Saturday, provincial governor said. “Taliban insurgents stormed some government departments including governor house in Kandahar city at 01:00 p.m. local time today but security forces retaliation left six suicide bombers dead,” Tooryali Weesa told […]

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    UN human rights watchdogs demand details of Osama’s killing

    Two UN human rights watchdogs have asked the US to give details about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, who was unarmed, in particular whether there had been any plan to capture him. There are growing speculations that international human right principles might have been jettisoned in the deadly operation after reports emerged that […]

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    Obama salutes commandos who killed Osama; vows to defeat Qaeda

    Saluting the commandos who eliminated Osama bin Laden for a “job well done”, President Barack Obama has declared that the US had “cut off” al-Qaeda’s head with the killing of its chief and would ultimately crush the terror outfit. “We have cut off their head and we will ultimately defeat them,” he said on Friday […]

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    Ouattara takes oath months after Ivory Coast vote

    Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara took the oath of office, five months after the election that nearly ripped the African nation in two and left hundreds dead when the country’s strongman refused to concede defeat. Ouattara spent much of that time barricaded inside a hotel, surrounded by troops loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, who used the […]

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