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Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the…

Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting…

Factory owner barred from leaving Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory…

North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three…

Chinese boat owner says NKoreans detained his crew

BEIJING (AP) — Unidentified North Koreans have seized a Chinese fishing boat and its 16 crew members and have demanded a ransom,…

Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued…

Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have…

Death toll in collapsed Indonesia mine rises to 6

TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have pulled another body from a collapsed facility at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in…

Member of Pakistani cricket star's party killed

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.

SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean…

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