Tag: breaking-news
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”...