XML Asia NewsAnti-Taliban Mayor Is Killed in Pakistanpublished Sun, Nov 08 2009 12:27 GMT
A mayor who publicly opposed the Taliban was killed in a suicide bombing in a cattle market near the northern city of Peshawar.
China Pledges $10 Billion to African Nationspublished Sun, Nov 08 2009 11:27 GMT
China offered African governments a multibillion-dollar package of financial and technical assistance, stepping up a courtship that has gained Beijing access to oil and minerals.
Japan Pledges More Aid to Burma if Political Prisoners are Releasedpublished Sun, Nov 08 2009 01:06 GMT
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama urges Burma to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election
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