• 18 killed, over 30 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan

    18 killed, over 30 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan

    06/06/2011 05:00

    At least 18 people were killed and some 30 others injured in a suicide blast that hit a bakery Sunday night in Nowshera, a city some 50 kilometers east of Peshawar of northwest Pakistan, reported local Urdu TV channel Dunya....

  • China always “bullies the weak and is concessive to the firm”

    China always “bullies the weak and is concessive to the firm”

    03/06/2011 05:00

    “China is big but it is not really strong. Power countries always have their weak points. If we are firm, they will retreat. If we retreat, they will march forward. ‘Bullying the weak and being concessive to the firm’ is always China’s...

  • Russian captain condemns cable destruction

    Russian captain condemns cable destruction

    02/06/2011 05:00

    The exploration ship Binh Minh 2, whose cable was cut by a Chinese vessel last week, returned to Nha Trang Port yesterday after completing seismic surveys in Vietnam’s territorial waters. Alexander Belov, the Russian captain of the ship, spoke...

  • Vietnam’s bronze-made pagoda nominated for Asian record

    Vietnam’s bronze-made pagoda nominated for Asian record

    01/06/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Record Book Center (Vietkings) has sent the file of the Bronze Pagoda in Quang Ninh province to the Asian Record Book Center to nominate it as the largest bronze-made pagoda in Asia....

  • NATO strikes Tripoli after Zuma ends peace mission 

    30/05/2011 05:00

    South African army soldiers patrol at Matiga military airport in Tripoli, as part of a security delegation accompanying South African President Jacob Zuma, who held talks on ending the conflict in Libya. NATO pounded Libya’s...

  • Japan recovery takes hold, but debt downgrade looms 

    30/05/2011 05:00

    Japan’s economy offered more signs of recovery from the deadly March earthquake on Tuesday, but Moody’s ratings agency warned both growth and government action may fall short of what is necessary to...

  • ‘Perfect storm’ looms for world’s food supplies 

    30/05/2011 05:00

    Dried up corn is seen in a field in eastern China, where a record drought threatens to push global cooking prices up. Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades,...

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