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China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report

Reuters - 01:43 PM

China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.

  • Pakistan says India cannot decide Kashmir issue unilaterally ANI - 01:10 PM

    Lahore, Nov. 23 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has said that India does not have the right to decide the issue unilaterally and the Kashmir dispute must be resolved in accordance with UN resolutions.

  • Despite unpopularity, Zardari immune to possible ouster ANI - 12:50 PM

    Islamabad, Nov. 23 (ANI): Even though Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is a man nobody likes, he is politically immune to any possible ouster on the pretext of being an NRO beneficiary because he is the president of the most important political party in the country, experts say.

  • Pak compiling hard evidence of Indian involvement in Balochistan: Qureshi ANI - 12:50 PM

    Lahore, Nov. 23 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Islamabad is "compiling hard evidence of India's involvement and interference in Balochistan and FATA."

  • Death toll in Indonesian ferry accident rises to 27 IANS - 12:42 PM

    Jakarta, Nov 23 (DPA) The death toll in the ferry accident in Indonesia rose to 27 Monday as rescue workers resumed their search for dozens of people missing after an overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off the island of Sumatra, officials said.

  • Pakistan likely to expand military operation in tribal area IANS - 12:34 PM

    Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Pakistan is likely to launch another full-fledged military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency with over 1,000 security personnel deployed in Bara area of the region, local media reports said Monday.

  • Tamil refugees to get freedom to move but not return home HT - 12:10 PM

    Over 1.3 lakh Tamil refugees living in camps in north Sri Lanka would be allowed more freedom of movement from next month.

  • Nepal Maoists to re-launch agitation to restore 'civilian supremacy' HT - 12:10 PM

    The ongoing political deadlock in Nepal took a new turn on Saturday with the Maoists deciding to start the third phase of their agitation to restore ?civilian supremacy? from next month.

  • China quake activist jailed for three years Reuters - 12:02 PM

    A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge".

  • PPP leadership asks NRO beneficiary cabinet ministers to resign ANI - 11:45 AM

    Islamabad, Nov. 23 (ANI): The top leadership of the Pakistan People' Party has reportedly told its cabinet ministers, who were named in the Law Ministry's list of people having benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), to resign from their offices and face trial.

  • Expat jihadis have Pakistan watchers worried HT - 11:15 AM

    The emergence of non-traditional recruits from jihadi groups has left many Pakistan-watchers worried, with one saying that this may be something that ?would eventually blow up in our face.?

  • Death toll in China coal mine blast rises to 104 IANS - 10:39 AM

    Beijing, Nov 23 (DPA) The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China has risen to 104, with four workers still trapped underground, state media said Monday.

  • Pakistani groups behind Mumbai attacks off scene but active IANS - 10:31 AM

    Islamabad, Nov 23 (DPA) As the families of the hundreds of victims killed or injured in last year's terrorist attacks in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai wait for justice, the Pakistani Islamist groups believed to be behind the carnage are still alive and kicking.

  • Commonwealth should "shame" undemocratic members-report Reuters - 10:20 AM

    The Commonwealth must do more to promote democracy and get tough on autocratic regimes, even if that means publicly "shaming" some of its members, said a report to be presented to its political leaders on Monday.

  • Rescuers wait to go down Xinxing coal mine to search for survivors following a gas explosion at the mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 21, 2009. Relatives of victims scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104. REUTERS/Stringer
    China families protest mine disaster, toll hits 104 Reuters - 08:40 AM

    Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104.

  • Soviet Union's non-Commumnist astronaut dies age 83 Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday.

  • Rescuers recover body of a victim from a sunken ferry off Indonesia's Riau islands November 22, 2009. An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said. REUTERS/Stringer
    Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, most survive Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said.

  • Nine killed in ferry accident in Indonesia IANS - Sun, Nov 22

    Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) At least nine people were killed when a ferry carrying at least 242 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, officials said.

  • Greenpeace activists hang banners designed by Antoni Gaudi, in Barcelona November 2, 2009. Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend a U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal, and many more are considering, Danish officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Albert Gea
    Denmark says 65 leaders to join climate talks Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen which Danish officials hope will bring strong political commitment for a new treaty to combat global warming.

  • "Important progress" made in Karabakh talks - OSCE Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan made "important progress" in talks about Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, but some difficulties were identified, French OSCE mediator Bernard Fassier said.


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