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Political reforms in Myanmar sees US easing sanctions

WASHINGTON - The US has finally rewarded the Myanmar administration for its political reforms by deciding to lift economic sanctions against the former military ruled Southeast Asian nation and ...
G-8 to renew focus on food security through private sector investment

WASHINGTON - Leaders of the world's industrial powers Friday turned to the private sector to help fight hunger and malnutrition for up to a billion people, with US President Barack Obama announcing ...
Beijing warns US anti-dumping ruling will harm solar power generation

BEIJING - China Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its solar power equipment with the Chinese manufacturers warning that possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean ...
Bandit King jailed for life in Chinas biggest bribes scandal

But the law finally caught up with Lai: he was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for smuggling and bribery in a corruption case that reached into the highest echelons of the Communist Party and ...
Crowded coach plunges into river killing 34

A crowded overnight bus plunged off a bridge into a river, killing 34 passengers and injuring 21 others in one of Vietnam's deadliest road ...

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The Hills Have Eyes II

After the relatively positive critical and undeniably commercial success of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), writer/director Wes Craven followed ...

Mamata Bannerjee Rise of Bengal’s tigress

Every morning at about 11am, a piece of theatre plays out in the lane next to the single-storey home of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. After police have stopped the traffic on ...
Nato fears split over Afghan withdrawal will fuel bloodshed

Nato's leaders will try to avert a damaging split tomorrow over when Western troops are pulled out of Afghanistan after the new French President's election pledge to withdraw its forces ...
Jacqueline Nguyen confirmed first Asian female circuit judge

Judge Jacqueline Nguyen was confirmed Monday by the full Senate to the Ninth Circuit, becoming the first female Asian judge on the federal appellate bench.The vote to confirm Nguyen, 46, was 91 for ...
Greece crisis Germany chancellor Angela Merkel suggests euro referendum

Germany's chancellor apparently waded into Greece's choppy political waters on Friday, when Athens said Angela Merkel suggested that the country should hold a referendum on the euro ...
US supply trucks cross Afghan-Pakistan border officials

PESHAWAR: Pakistan allowed four containers of office supplies for the US embassy in Kabul to cross into Afghanistan for the first time following a six-month blockade, officials said today. The ...

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Four days ago marked two decades since Ratko Mladic became the commander of the main staff of the army of Republika Srpska - the VRS. On that day, Mladic began his full participation in a criminal endeavour that was already in progress. On that day, he assumed the mantle of realising through military might the criminal goals of ethnically cleansing much of Bosnia. On that day he commenced his direct involvement in serious international crimes.

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The prosecuting counsel of the War Crimes tribunal convened to hear charges against Gen. Ratko Mladic was making his opening comments at the hearing.

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Gaga loves shopping

Shop till you drop seems to be the mantra for singer Lady Gaga, who is currently on a music tour in Hong Kong and Japan, and has been filling her shopping bags in her free time.

"Gaga has been on some huge shopping sprees. She's very inspired by Asian culture and fashion and has been picking up additions to her wardrobe on an almost daily basis," showbizspy.com quoted a tour insider as saying.

"She's been given enough clothes to last her a lifetime, but has still found the need to buy more - the more outrageous the better," the insider added.

The 26-year-old has recently split from "Vampire Diaries" actor Taylor Kinney.