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Aung San Suu Kyi attends Burma’s Armed Forces Day

YoopyaMar 27, 20130

Burma has marked its Armed Forces Day with a military parade, with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in attendance for the first time. Ms

Abu Qatada deportation decision due

YoopyaMar 27, 20130

Home Secretary Theresa May is due to learn whether she has won an appeal to overturn a decision to allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to

In blow to Assad, opposition takes Syria’s Arab summit seat

YoopyaMar 26, 20130

(Reuters) – To applause from Arab heads of state, a foe of Bashar al-Assad took Syria’s vacant seat at an Arab summit on Tuesday, deepening

N Korea ‘combat posture to hit US’

YoopyaMar 26, 20130

North Korea says it has ordered artillery and rocket units into “combat posture” to prepare to target US bases in Hawaii, Guam and the US

Vietnam accuses China over South China Sea clash

YoopyaMar 26, 20130

Vietnam has accused a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats in disputed waters in the South China Sea, setting it alight.

Afghan suicide attack kills five police in Jalalabad

YoopyaMar 26, 20130

Five police officers have been killed in a suicide attack on a police station in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials have told the

Ford India apologises for Berlusconi advert

YoopyaMar 25, 2013March 25, 20130

The Indian unit of Ford Motor Company has apologised for an advertisement showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women

Saudi Arabia ‘threatens Skype ban’

YoopyaMar 25, 20130

Encrypted messaging services such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp could be blocked in Saudi Arabia, the telecommunications regulator there is reported to have warned. It

Syria rebel commander Riad al-Asaad wounded by blast

YoopyaMar 25, 20130

A rebel military commander in Syria is reported to have been wounded by a bomb blast in Deir al-Zour province. Activists said a device exploded

South Korea, US sign military plan against North ‘provocations’

YoopyaMar 25, 2013March 25, 20130

South Korea has signed a new military plan with the US to counter what officials call North Korean “provocations”. The plan provides for a joint