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  • The Beijing Olympic torch is held aloft at the top of Mount Everest, May 8, 2008 in this image taken from television footage. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TV
    Emotions high as Olympic torch scales Everest Reuters - Thu, May 8

    By Nick Mulvenney
    EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional moment for China and the crowning of the Beijing Olympics torch relay that was dogged by anti-Chinese protests on its world tour.

  • Oil steady above $123 as dollar slide trims gains Reuters - Thu, May 8

    By James Topham
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil futures were steady over $123 a barrel on Thursday, pulling back from a record high as the dollar's rise to a two-month high against the euro offset news of falling U.S. diesel stockpiles.

  • Olympic flame reaches top of Everest Reuters - Thu, May 8

    BEIJING (Reuters) - The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday after days of weather-related delays, live TV showed.

  • A girl sits amidst debris outside her home southwest of Yangon May 7, 2008. Myanmar's military government came under pressure on Wednesday to open its borders to more international help after a devastating cyclone that a U.S. diplomat said may have killed more than 100,000 people. REUTERS/Stringer
    Myanmar under pressure, death toll may rise sharply Reuters - Thu, May 8

    By Aung Hla Tun
    YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government came under pressure on Wednesday to open its borders to more international help after a devastating cyclone that a U.S. diplomat said may have killed more than 100,000 people.

  • U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton waves at her Ohio and Texas primary election night rally in Columbus, Ohio March 4, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    Clinton stays alive, McCain wins nomination Reuters - Wed, Mar 5

    Hillary Clinton swept critical showdowns with Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday to keep her Democratic presidential bid alive, and John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and looked ahead to the November election.

  • A girl helps hold a sign as supporters cheer early returns at US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton's Ohio and Texas primary election night rally in Columbus, Ohio March 4, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    Clinton takes Ohio, McCain wins nomination Reuters - Wed, Mar 5

    Hillary Clinton won a critical showdown with Barack Obama in Ohio on Tuesday to breathe new life into her campaign and extend the Democratic presidential race, while John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and looked ahead to the November election.

  • Policemen guard near a fence after farmland was acquired for an automobile plant at Singur, REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw
    Villagers battle plans for world's cheapest car Reuters - Wed, Mar 5

    The world's cheapest car may be coming to India soon, but at a price.
    For years, Asha Patra and her husband tilled their land in West Bengal for a meagre but stable living. Then the communist state government walled it off for a factory to make the world's cheapest car, Tata Motor's Nano, dubbed India's "People's Car".

  • Series of blasts in Pakistan's Lahore; at least 4 dead Reuters - Tue, Mar 4

    At least four people were killed in a series of blasts on Tuesday near a naval college in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, police said.

  • Kashmir Singh, who spent 35 years on death row in Pakistan on spying charges, returned home to his wife and two sons on Tuesday, after Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf accepted his mercy plea. REUTERS/Times Now
    Indian returns after 35 years on Pakistan death row Reuters - Tue, Mar 4

    Kashmir Singh, who spent 35 years on death row in Pakistan on spying charges, returned home to his wife and two sons on Tuesday, after Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf accepted his mercy plea.

  • Chopper carrying U.N. staff crashes in Nepal, 10 dead Reuters - Tue, Mar 4

    Ten people were killed when a helicopter carrying United Nations officials crashed in bad weather over hilly terrain near Nepal's capital on Monday, police and airport officials said.

  • Indian and U.S. national flags flutter in front of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi in this February 28, 2006 file photo. India said on Monday it was still looking for political support at home for a controversial nuclear deal with the United States, even as Washington says time is running out. REUTERS/B Mathur/Files
    India still seeks support for U.S. nuclear deal Reuters - Mon, Mar 3

    India said on Monday it was still looking for political support at home for a controversial nuclear deal with the United States, even as Washington says time is running out.

  • Goa police to probe possible murder of Briton Reuters - Sun, Mar 2

    Authorities in India are investigating whether a British girl could have been raped and killed in Goa last month after the victim's parents demanded a more thorough look at the case.

  • US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pauses after laying a wreath at the India Gate War Memorial in New Delhi February 27, 2008. Gates' visit to Asia this week was aimed at deepening strategic ties with regional leaders and showing that Washington remained engaged, but China's explosive rise was never far from the surface. REUTERS/Mark Wilson/Pool
    China rise factors in Gates' focus on U.S.-Asia links Reuters - Sat, Mar 1

    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' visit to Asia this week was aimed at deepening strategic ties with regional leaders and showing that Washington remained engaged, but China's explosive rise was never far from the surface.

  • Bombs targeting police kill over 40 in Pakistan Reuters - Sat, Mar 1

    A suicide bomber blew himself up among mourners at a police funeral, killing at least 38 people in northwest Pakistan on Friday, intelligence officials said.

  • Spanking children can lead to problems later in life Reuters - Sat, Mar 1

    Parents who teach "tough love" by disciplining their children with spankings could be making them more likely to have sexual problems as teenagers and adults, a leading researcher said.

  • Bombs targeting police kill at least 30 in Pakistan Reuters - Fri, Feb 29

    A suicide attack on a funeral and a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan killed at least 30 people on Friday, many of them police, officials said.

  • Toll climbs to 27 in attack on Pakistani funeral Reuters - Fri, Feb 29

    A suicide bomber killed at least 27 people at a funeral on Friday for a Pakistani policeman who had been killed earlier in the day, according to doctors and police in northwest Pakistan.

  • Toll rises to 15 from attack on Pakistani funeral Reuters - Fri, Feb 29

    The death toll in a suicide attack on the funeral for a policeman in northwest Pakistan rose to at least 15 and many of the casualties were police, a senior officer said.

  • Indian Army's T-90 tanks are seen during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi in this January 26, 2008 file photo. India raised its defence spending on Friday by 10 percent to $26.5 billion for 2008/09, but experts said a slow bureaucratic process could delay modernisation of the world's fourth largest military. REUTERS/B Mathur/Files
    India's defence budget rises, but problems remain Reuters - Fri, Feb 29

    India raised its defence spending on Friday by 10 percent to $26.5 billion for 2008/09, but experts said a slow bureaucratic process could delay modernisation of the world's fourth largest military.


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