Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Uzbekistan News.net http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/cat/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 05:34:39 -0400 Sun, 26 May 2013 05:34:39 -0400 30 Google is believed to be deeply involved in a series of projects to build and operate wireless networks in emerging markets, including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. An article in The Wall Street Journal said that the effort is part of a plan that could connect a billion or more new people to the internet. According to the article, Google is making efforts to build wireless networks for ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773130/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773130/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 US President Barack Obama's landmark policy speech has hinted that the country is shifting its focus from Pakistan, possibly posing a risk for the South Asian country. Pakistan, perhaps even more than Afghanistan, has been the central focus of America's 12-year war on Islamist militancy. Now, drone strikes are dwindling, the war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close and the battle against ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772764/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772764/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Aspiring to give every passenger a best-ever cruise experience, Royal Caribbean International's groundbreaking Voyager-class ship Mariner of the Seas, will begin its maiden Asian journey from Singapore in June. The grand liner docked here Friday on its voyage from Dubai to Singapore. It will dock at Kochi Sunday before heading for Singapore, from where it will begin its maiden Asian journey June ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759044/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759044/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Police surrounded a Chinese village on Sunday to prevent pilgrims from joining a Catholic parade to honour the Virgin Mary, who locals say appeared in the village a century ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773911/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 04:44:35 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773911/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 On the eve of this week's Third UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum in Seoul, Sharjah's top tourism official said that the emirate was also seeking more direct investment from Korea and other Asian countries into its hospitality ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773921/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 04:43:23 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773921/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Three Chinese government ships sailed in watersaround disputed islands controlled by Tokyo for about five hours on Sunday,Japan's coastguard ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773680/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 04:05:16 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773680/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Hailemariam Desalegn told leaders as he opened the celebrations they should seek to "create a continent free from poverty and conflict, and an Africa whose citizens enjoy a middle income status." Today's 54-member AU is the successor of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established in 1963 in the heady days when independence from colonial rule was sweeping the continent. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773681/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:41:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773681/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till June 1 as the government is yet to appoint a chief prosecutor to handle the case. The trial suffered a major setback when chief ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773682/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:41:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773682/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Tokyo, May 26 (BNA) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for an early accord on civil nuclear cooperation with Tokyo and more Japanese investment ahead of an official visit, reports said Sunday. Singh, who will travel to Japan in the coming week for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, made the remarks during an interview with Japanese media in New Delhi on Saturday. The Indian ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773449/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:26:37 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773449/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 United Nations expert who investigated the aftermath of Japan's 2011 nuclear power plant disaster says the government and the operator of the facility should do more to help those affected by the catastrophe. A report by special rapporteur Anand Grover, posted on the UN Human Rights Council's website, says the government's takeover ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773459/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:24:50 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773459/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A brief improvement in weather conditions has allowed the oldest person to climb Mount Everest to leave the mountain on a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773597/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 03:18:36 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773597/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Xinhua said. The pipeline has a capacity to transport 30 billion cubic meters of gas a year. Energy released from the explosion knocked over people hundreds of meters away, Xinhua said, without detailing the length of the exploded pipeline. The government is investigating the cause of the explosion, the agency ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773150/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 02:43:58 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214773150/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Australia will ban the broadcast of bettingodds during live sports matches under new rules unveiled Sunday designed to keep the watching of sport separate from the promotion of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772834/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:56:55 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772834/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 DHAKA, Bangladesh -; Police say opposition activists have set off homemade bombs and smashed several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as they enforce a general strike demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign before general ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772398/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:12:30 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772398/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Japan's premier met Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Sunday for talks at which he is expected to unveil huge aid and investment deals as he promotes trade with the fast-changing nation. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has pledged "all possible assistance" to kick-start Myanmar's long-neglected economy, went into talks with Thein Sein after touching down in Naypyidaw ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772469/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 00:56:00 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772469/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The death toll from an ambush by Maoistrebels in central India has risen to at least 23 with many more seriouslywounded, a top police officer said on ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772300/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 26 May 2013 00:10:34 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214772300/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON: When she refused to sign a form renouncingher faith, Wang Chunying said she was handcuffed between twobunk-bedsfor 16 hours, deprived of food, water and sleep as she felt her wrists bleeding."The police would kick the beds apart to the point that my body couldn't stretch any further," she recalled of the time in a Chinese labour prison in late 2007."The pain that I ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214771488/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 23:15:53 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214771488/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A French soldier stabbed in the neck Saturday while on patrol in Paris was expected to survive, said authorities, who had yet to make an arrest in the attack. Sky News reported the 23-year-old victim was with two other soldiers when his assailant approached from behind in a busy underground train station about 6 p.m., cut him with a knife or box-cutter and fled. Sky News said CCTV footage ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214770401/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:00:11 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214770401/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Civil Society Forum on Asean Organisation saw a large turnout of students and members of Non-government Organisation (NGOs) at the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre (OGDC) Theatre yesterday ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214769000/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:09:52 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214769000/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Anti-Muslim hate crimes have been reported from various parts of Britain since Wednesday's murder of drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Organizations working to reduce hate crimes are reporting a 10-fold increase in the number of such attacks. Faith Matters, an organization that works to reduce extremism, said it has received 150 complaints of hate crimes in just 48 hours compared to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214765129/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:18 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214765129/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Abu Sayyaf militants were wounded in the gunbattle that raged for an hour in a sparsely populated village on the fringes of the coastal town of Patikul in Sulu province, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Domingo Tutaan said. Reinforcement troops were hunting down the fleeing militants, who were believed to be led by Julaswan Sawadjaan, ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764840/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:16 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764840/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 UNITED NATIONS: More than 260 million people across the world are still victims of human rights abuses due to caste-based discrimination, a group of independent experts appointed by the UN warned on Saturday and asked South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to protect them. "This form (caste-based) of discrimination entails gross and wide-ranging human rights abuses, including brutal ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764839/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:16 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764839/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier drummer Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a BBC Television interview describing how Adebolajo may have become radicalized and alleging that Britain's security services tried to recruit him. Police said ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764842/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:07 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764842/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Lee Rigby, the British soldier who was beheaded in UK's Woolwich by two Islamist radicals was identified by them as a soldier for wearing a t-shirt with the name of the charity that helps soldiers in need. Now, the charity "Help ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764843/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:06 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764843/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Christine Lagarde said on Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764841/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:02:06 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764841/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 RIO DE JANEIRO: The attacks have stunned this city. In one, an assailant held a gun to the head of a 30-year-old woman while raping her in front of passengers on a bus. In another, a 14-year-old girl from a slum was raped on one of Rio's most famous beach stretches. In yet another case, men abducted and raped a working-class woman in a transit van as it wended through densely populated ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764467/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764467/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BERLIN: An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 ($668,000). The computer, with a wooden keyboard, is being offered for sale along with a batch of ancient typewriters and a 1905 toy battleship. German auction house Breker said on Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764463/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:38 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764463/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Communist Party has defended 'Shuanggui', its secret police investigating allegations of corruption against party officials. This came as a response to a controversy about the party's high-handed ways after a recent death in custody. The death of an employee of an investment company, Yu Qiyi, caused a major uproar online last April causing embarrassment to the party. Lin Zhe, an ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764425/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:35 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764425/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Six policemen were killed and a district police officer (DPO) and his guards injured when militants attacked their vehicles with rockets in the outskirts of Peshawar on Saturday. DPO Dilawar Bangash was along with his escort when his convoy was ambushed by militants near a check post . They were equipped with RPG-7 rockets and they targeted two vehicles. The attack destroyed one vehicle ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764426/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:34 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764426/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 YANGON: Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbours after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said on Saturday. Local officials said the new measure - part of a policy that will also ban polygamy - will be applied to two Rakhine townships ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764468/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:34 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764468/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 RENNES, France (AFP) - French customs officers have seized 1.2 million doses of counterfeit aspirin from China, the biggest haul of fake medicines ever in France and the EU, the economy ministry announced Saturday.The goods, seized May 17 in the northwestern port of Le Havre, were hidden in a cargo of tea that arrived from China, the ministry said in a statement. The powder was mostly glucose and ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764145/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 17:45:55 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214764145/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Heavily-armed Maoist rebels on Saturday killed 17 people, including 12 local Congress leaders, after ambushing a convoy in a remote tribal belt of central India, a top police officer ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763822/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:37:16 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763822/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 STOCKHOLM: Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the hotspots. Nearly a week of unrest, which spread briefly Friday night to the medium-sized city of Oerebro 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Stockholm, have put Sweden's reputation as an ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763616/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:11:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763616/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Hezbollah-backed assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so. The main opposition National Coalition has met in Istanbul for three days trying to overcome deep divisions over Russian and US proposals to convene a conference to which representatives of President Bashar al-Assad would be invited without any ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763617/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:11:35 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763617/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 OLYMPIA (Washington): With Washington state about to embark on a first-of-its-kind legal market for recreational marijuana, the budding ranks of new cannabis growers face a quandary over what to do with the excess stems, roots and leaves from their plants. Susannah Gross, who owns a five-acre farm north of Seattle, is part of a group experimenting with a solution that seems to make the most of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763618/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:11:29 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763618/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Police say suspected Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763039/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:10:41 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763039/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sudanese army and rebels in a central state where insurgents launched a major attack last month, both sides said on Saturday. The government is grappling with an umbrella of rebel groups trying to move its fight to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763250/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:02:02 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214763250/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 THIRTY people have reportedly been killed in firefights in northern Lebanon between Sunni Muslims and Alawites - the Shi'ite offshoot sect to which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad belongs. Rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machineguns have all been used in six days of clashes in the port city of Tripoli in the deadliest violence to rock the country for years, security sources say. Most ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762994/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:28:14 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762994/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating 'Liberation Day,' which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon on May 25, 2013. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762610/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:09 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762610/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Daimler rolls out Fuso truck for exports from Chennai unit Firm plans to tap markets in Sri Lanka, Asia and Africa; Trucks won't be sold in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762275/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:32:36 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762275/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The Western Police received a call from the victim, who works as a mechanic, after being stabbed by the two escaped attackers in an industrial area near ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:30:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214762084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 China'sPremierLi Keqiang has slammed the European Union for plans to probe the country's telecom products and impose taxes on its solar panels, Chinese state media reported on ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761432/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:36:29 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761432/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Jon Potter didn't need to be asked twice. When a guard pointed to the top of the Bent Pyramid, Potter quickly climbed up through cracks in its limestone face. The 22-year-old Lawrenceville native carried the equipment of a small ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761309/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:33:54 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761309/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bombings have become common in Dagestan. On May 20th, four people died after two bombs exploded the regional capital of Makhachkala, where a suicide bomber struck on Saturday. (Abdula Magomedov/Associated ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761400/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:30:53 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761400/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Oracle Financial Services rallies on strong response for OFS The promoters had received bids for 17.34 million shares against 4.43 million shares offered for ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761578/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:29:57 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761578/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 PETALING JAYA, Malaysia (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people rallied near Malaysia's capital Saturday night against alleged electoral fraud, further raising the political temperature after divisive recent polls.The latest in a series of protest rallies over the May 5 elections -- which the opposition says were won fraudulently by the 56-year-old ruling coalition -- saw a large crowd gather in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761569/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:29:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761569/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Three of the capital's tony eateries are among a list of 101 Best Restaurants in Asia 2013.Varq at The Taj Mahal Hotel that serves Indian cuisine was ranked at number six and ITC Maurya's Bukhara, frequented for its delectable north Indian cuisine, was at number 24.The Taj Palace Hotel's Orient Express, which specialises in French cuisine, was ranked at 55.The other Indian ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761328/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:27:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761328/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A handout picture released on May 25, 2013 by the Nigerian military shows members of the Nigerian defence headquarter team inspecting an alleged Boko Haram base in Kirenowa. Nigeria declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on May 14 as it launched a military offensive to end Boko Haram's four-year insurgency. (Via ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761012/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:33:43 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214761012/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760873/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:22:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760873/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 MOSCOW: Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march. Russian police said they arrested at least 30 gay rights campaigners and Christian Orthodox vigilantes in Moscow. The campaigners tried to unfurl banners denouncing ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760904/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:10:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760904/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Islamabad, May 25/Nationalturk- In a tragic incident, a school bus caught fire in Pakistan's Gujarat city on Saturday, causing death of 16 school children and a teacher. Police said van, which was carrying school children of Rajayki, Chak Khagha and Mangowal villages to Jinnah Public School in Gujarat, about 112 kilometres (70 miles) north of the eastern city on Lahore, caught fire this ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760405/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:43:14 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760405/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 AMRITSAR: For the first time a Sikh has been included in the Sindh Zimmi welfare committee, Pakistan to ensure development of Gurdwara's, the welfare of the Sikh community in Sindh along with equal distribution of funds provided by the ministry of minorities. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760371/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:11:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214760371/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Protesters hurl eggs at the Philippines representative office in Taipei, Taiwan and the Philippines are embroiled in a diplomatic row over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel earlier this month. -- PHOTO: ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759872/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:46:31 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759872/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 MI5 tried to recruit one of the two Islamists accused of butchering a soldier in London. Abu Nusaybah, who says he is a childhood friend of murder ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759848/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:10:03 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759848/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Japan's premier on Saturday pledged "all possible assistance" to kick-start Myanmar's ailing economy, hailing a major industrial zone near Yangon as a symbol of development for the impoverished ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759249/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:34:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214759249/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO (AFP) - A giant statue from Chile's Easter Island on Saturday found a new home in a small tsunami-devastated Japanese town where it will become a symbol for its recovery.The new statue, with coral eyes and a stone hat, was erected near the town's shopping area, where makeshift stores now operate after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed almost the entire town.The ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758115/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:42:07 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758115/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL--South Korea’s press on Saturday expressed scepticism over an apparent offer by North Korea that it was willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks. North Korean special envoy Choe Ryong-Hae met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and reportedly handed him a letter from leader Kim Jong-Un in a sign Pyongyang may be backing away from confrontation with the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758119/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:33:26 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758119/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A Japanese politician who drew fire for calling"comfort women" a wartime necessity has been forced to apologise for suggestingUS soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels to vent their violent ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758129/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:28:59 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758129/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO: Four researchers were exposed to radiation inan accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week, officials said onSaturday.The accident occurred on Thursday at a laboratory in Tokaimura, 120 kilometres (75 miles) northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) said.The researchers were carrying out an experiment to generate particles by firing a proton beam at gold ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758995/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:28:57 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214758995/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The earthquake and tidal waves that took the lives of more than 23,000 in countries around the Indian Ocean was the latest and biggest of a series of natural disasters in 2004, one of the worst years in recent memory. The other events include:February 24Morocco. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit the northeastern region of Al Hoceima, killing 628 and injuring more than 900. March ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214757360/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:39:36 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214757360/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 WAM SHARJAH, May 25, 2013 (WAM)--The Third UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum that opens tomorrow will help provide a direct impetus to the travel and tourism industry in Sharjah and the UAE by way of more Korean and Asian tourists and investments in the promising tourism and hospitality sector, said Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority. This ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214757361/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:33:36 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214757361/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Counter-terrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214757334/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:33:30 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214757334/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: At least 17 children and a female teacher were burnt to death when a gas cylinder fitted into a school van exploded on Saturday in Pakistan's eastern city of Gujrat. At least 10 more children also sustained injuries when the van caught fire. According to police officials, the children were aged between five and 15 years. Emergency teams reached the scene to rescue the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756840/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:10:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756840/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KABUL - Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say explosives transported by suspected Taliban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque, killing 12 people. Local official Qasim Desewal said Saturday that four civilians and eight militants died in the blast during evening prayers the night before in Ghazni province's district of Andar. He said that the Taliban had ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756751/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:58:23 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756751/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Artists and activists have handed out 10,000 pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756634/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:22:00 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756634/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO (AP) -- A nuclear research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756635/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:21:59 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756635/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asian companies could offer some of the best opportunities in 2009, in what promises to be another ';extremely tough year'; for investors, says Aberdeen Asset Management. The group expects investment in the key asset classes of equities, fixed income and property to continue to be challenging as evidence of a global economic slowdown accumulates. Aberdeen forecasts that both the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756609/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:01:13 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756609/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO: At least four people, and possibly up to 55, were exposed to radiation when radioactive material leaked during a laboratory experiment in Japan, the facility's operators said on Saturday, although authorities were not told of the leak for two days. The radioactive material also leaked outside the nuclear physics laboratory in Tokaimura, 110 km (65 miles) northeast of Tokyo, during the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756511/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:59:07 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756511/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Maruti's Swift Dzire overtook its sibling for the first time to become the country's second-highest sold car after Alto. We take a look at the entry-level sedans that are giving high-end hatchbacks a run for their ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756439/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:31:36 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214756439/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 China strives for shared development and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN Plus China Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia Thursday.Yang said this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship and in the past 20 ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214755884/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:26 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214755884/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Woolwich killers , both British men of Nigerian origin, went out hunting for soldiers in weeks before the attack in the same area. According to 46-year-old Paul Ramsamy, the pair confronted him after apparently mistaking him for a soldier because he was wearing combat trousers and boots. The incident took place in Greenwich as Ramsamy walked home. The father of two said the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214755067/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:20:14 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214755067/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Residents in Hekou in southwest China can still recall its former days as a quiet, anonymous town that attracted few visitors from neighboring Vietnam for business or sightseeing.But major changes have hit the town in Yunnan province. With two roads and one rail line linking it with Vietnam, Hekou has become a bustling hub for Vietnamese visitors buying bargain ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214755083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:17:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214755083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 After a day of explosions and gunfire, residents of Kabul woke up on Saturday morning to be greeted by a public art project in which volunteers handed out 10,000 neon-pink "peace" ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214754637/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:42:43 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214754637/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 MOUNT VERNON , Washington: Authorities searched for a temporary span after a key bridge linking the US and Canada collapsed, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into the icy water. All three people who fell into the Skagit River in northwestern Washington state escaped with only minor injuries. The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214754485/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:16:26 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214754485/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pakistan International Airlines pilot sent out an emergency call alarmed by two men trying to barge into the cockpit. Both the men were arrested after the plane was escorted by Royal Air Force fighters and diverted from Manchester to the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214754486/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:16:23 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214754486/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asia’s golf tourism industry will be gathering on China’s tropical island of Hainan next spring as the region’s most important golf tourism convention moves to award-winning golf resort Mission Hills Haikou. The baton for the 3rd Asia Golf Tourism Convention was passed to China at a signing and hand-over ceremony on the final day of AGTC 2013, held at the Royal Cliff Hotel ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753787/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:51:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753787/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 MANILA (AFP) - Eleven people were killed in the southern Philippines early Saturday as troops clashed with a militant group blamed for the country's deadliest terror attacks, the military said. The fighting left seven Filipino marines dead and nine others wounded on the island of Jolo, said Colonel Jose Cenabre, a local military commander. Four members of the Abu Sayyaf group were also ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753865/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:48:27 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753865/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Obama cast drone strikes against Islamic militants as crucial to US counterterrorism efforts but acknowledged in his landmark speech on Thursday that they are not a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753837/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:08:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753837/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Permanent and contract employees at privately-owned Brahmani Steel protested outside the Revenue Division office in Kadappa on May 20 to demand payment of six months' outstanding wages. Management told workers that they would be paid if they accepted voluntary retirement. The workers, who had been employed at the company for at least six years, rejected the "offer" and submitted a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753111/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:10 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753111/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.In the deadlier of the two attacks, suspected militants armed with heavy weapons attacked a police convoy in Mattani, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing six policemen and wounding seven others, said senior ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:17 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753166/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753102/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:59:11 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214753102/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: A radical Islamist preacher has now been identified who is believed to have brainwashed Britain's most hated man this moment--Michael Adebolajo. Photographs and videos have been found showing Adebolajo taking part in Islamic rallies by Anjem Choudary, former head of the banned Islamist organisation Al Muhajiroun. Adebolajo beheaded British ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214752344/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:54:34 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214752344/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 An alleged friend of London soldier murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster that British security services had tried to recruit his ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214752343/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:54:34 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214752343/scat/bf053b50c46383e0