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Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST


Taiwan candidates start tense presidential campaign on TV
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Candidates for Taiwan's presidential election kicked off their campaigns with a televised debate on Saturday, a month before a poll that will decide whether Taiwan deepens ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST


FIFA threatens to ban Switzerland over Sion case
ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: FIFA threatened to suspend Switzerland from world football on Saturday if its national association does not discipline litigious club FC Sion by Jan. 13. If the suspension ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:36 AM PST


Ex-Thai PM Thaksin in Nepal on Buddhist pilgrimage
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in southern Nepal visiting the area where Buddha was born.Thaksin worshipped at Buddhist temples in Lumbini on Saturday.The ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Panetta becomes first defense chief to visit Libya
ASSOCIATED PRESS TRIPOLI: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Tripoli Saturday, taking advantage of the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi in an eight-month civil war to become the first Pentagon ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Russian customs seize Iran-bound radioactive metal
ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Russia's customs agency announced Friday it has seized pieces of radioactive metal from the luggage of an Iranian passenger bound for Tehran from one of Moscow's ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Barca not eyeing January buy as Villa cover
David Villa of Spain's Barcelona is carried on a stretcher after getting injured during their Club World Cup semi-final soccer match against Qatar's Al Sadd in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Blatter 'regrets' joint 2018-22 World Cup decision
Fifa President Sepp Blatter attends a news conference after the meeting of Fifa's Executive Committee at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, October 21, ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


France giving Britain a 'good kicking' says Clegg
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE LONDON: France is giving Britain a "good kicking", Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said in an interview out Saturday, as the spat over each other's economies ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Drogba's future uncertain‚ admits Villas-Boas
Chelsea's Didier Drogba is pictured during their Premier League match against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in west London on December 12. Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas admits ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


UML for nat'l consensus govt
RSS GAIGHAT: Vice-chairman of the CPN-UML Ashok Rai has said that UML was ready to support the national consensus government whoever leads it in the present situation. Speaking at a news ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Eight killed in unrelenting Cairo clashes
REUTERS CAIRO: Eight people have been killed as clashes between troops and protesters in central Cairo spilled over into a second day, Egyptian state television said on Saturday. It also said that ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


'Federalism should address concern of marginalised group'
RSS KATHMANDU: Stakeholders have said that federal states should be delineated based on country's unique characteristics. Speaking at an interaction on federalism organised by ABC Television ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Maoist‚ UDMF agree to implement 4-pt deal
RSS KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), have agreed to move ahead by making the alliance further stronger. The leaders of the UCPN-Maoist and UDMF have agreed to ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Iran says its delayed news of US drone capture
ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN: Iran's foreign minister says his country deliberately delayed its announcement of the capture of an American surveillance drone to test U.S. reaction. Ali Akbar ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


Myanmar seeks 'everlasting peace' in 3 years
REUTERS YANGON: Myanmar's government plans to bring an end to a series of decades-old conflicts with ethnic rebels within three years and has ordered troops to halt offensives against Kachin ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


2 more die of cold in Rautahat
RSS RAUTAHAT: Two more persons died of cold in Rautahat district following the cold wave and fall on mercury during the last one week. The number of death toll in Rautahat district reached six. ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:35 AM PST


NC forms five-member committee to probe Tarun Dal Chitwan president's death
NC forms five-member committee to probe Tarun Dal Chitwan president's death The Nepali Congress has formed a five-member committee to probe the death of Tarun Dal Chitwan's president ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Hong Kong youth player tried to fix game
A young Hong Kong footballer has admitted trying to bribe teammates to throw an international friendly match against Russia, according to a ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Student unions demand appointment of officials at Far-West Univ
RSS BELAURI: Free Students Unions here have demanded with the government to appoint other officials of the Far Western University. Nepal Students Union, ANNFSU, ANNFSU-Revolutionary and other ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


One found dead in Pyuthan
RSS PYUTHAN: One person was found dead in Narikot of Pyuthan district on Friday night. Hira Bahadur Kunwar, 35, a resident of Narikot – 5 was found dead in his own home, the Area Police ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Senior litterateur Neupane passes away
RSS KATHMANDU: Senior litterateur Daibagya Raj Neupane passed away from pneumonia at the age of 64. Long suffering from sugar, pressure and eye disease, Neupane was admitted to Civil Service ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Three dead and 257 wounded in Egyptian clashes
REUTERS CAIRO: Three people were killed as troops fought daylong battles with protesters, showing the tensions seething in Egypt nine months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, even in the midst of ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Three rare 'Kathe Bhalu' at Central Zoo
RSS LALITPUR: The number of rare bear 'kathe bhalu' in the Central Zoo in Lalitpur has reached three. The number reached three after two more were brought by rescuing from Morang on ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Bieber stages concert at low-income Vegas school
In this May 10, 2011 photo, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber performs during his "My World Tour" concert in Manila, Philippines. Bieber is performing a private concert for an east Las Vegas ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Storm‚ floods in south Philippines kill nearly 60
ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Rescuers in the southern Philippines say flash floods that have ravaged several towns and villages have killed nearly 60 people. Lemuel Gunda, the head of a rescue team in ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Obama names veteran diplomat as India ambassador
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama on Friday named Nancy Powell, a career diplomat with wide experience in South Asia, to be the ambassador to India and fill a half-year ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


Global stocks mixed‚ euro flat on downgrade fears
REUTERS NEW YORK: World stocks were mixed and the euro was flat on Friday as worries about downgrades of weaker euro zone countries curbed risk appetite, pushing aside an improved outlook on the ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST


For Saif and Kareena family comes first
AGENCIES MUMBAI: Saif-Kareena spend quality time together despite hectic schedule Last week Saif Ali Khan flew in from Cape Town for a brief two-day visit to host the the Bhopal Pataudi Polo ...

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:05 AM PST


De Villiers puts South Africa on top
South Africa's batsman AB de Villiers plays a stroke during the second day of the first cricket Test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. A thrilling ...

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST


Nepal - Maoist party member threatens local journalist over story
Govinda KC, Journalist (Freedom Forum/IFEX) - Freedom Forum is concerned about a serious press freedom abuse in Dailekh, a district in western Nepal, on December 15, 2011.A cadre from the ruling ...

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