Tag: breaking-news

Myanmar offers potential and problems ahead: Rogers

By Mark Tay and Anuradha Kanwar SINGAPORE | Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:52pm IST SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Myanmar resembles China before Beijing launched economic reforms three decades ago but poses enormous risks for... 
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NATO troops in Afghanistan celebrate Mardi Gras

By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL | Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:05pm IST KABUL (Reuters) – With feathered masks, glitter, cakes and even guns, America’s most raucous holiday was feted by NATO troops and colleagues in... 
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Karzai urges calm as seven die in Afghan Koran protests

By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi KABUL | Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:22pm IST KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after officials said at least six people were shot dead... 
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By Clyde Russell SINGAPORE | Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:03pm IST SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Iran has probably yet to feel the pain of Western sanctions on its oil revenues, as the 17 percent gain in crude prices since December... 
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Myanmar’s parliament chief rebukes "sluggish" govt

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON | Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:51pm IST YANGON (Reuters) – A senior figure in Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday described recent reforms in the country as “sluggish and unsatisfactory”... 
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U.S. Embassy in Kabul on lockdown amid protests

KABUL | Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:56pm IST KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said on Wednesday its staff were on lockdown and all travel was suspended amid violent protests across the capital over the burning... 
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Afghan officials meeting Taliban in Pakistan

By Ismail Sameem KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:36am IST KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan officials are holding talks with the Taliban in Pakistan, the head of a provincial peace council... 
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Pakistan’s Khar and Clinton to meet on Thursday

LONDON | Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:54pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Tuesday she would meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in London on Thursday to discuss... 
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Afghans vent fury over Koran burning, U.S. apologises

By Samar Zwak BAGRAM, Afghanistan | Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:01am IST BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S. helicopters fired flares to disperse hundreds of angry Afghans who massed outside the main U.S. military... 
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Pakistan’s Khar to meet Clinton to discuss strains

By Adrian Croft LONDON | Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:20am IST LONDON (Reuters) – Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday urged Washington to establish a “predictable, transparent and sustainable”... 
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