Crackdown begins About 300 monks and activists were arrested across Yangon, according to an exile dissident group, and reporters saw a number of monks who are highly revered in Myanmar being dragged into trucks.
N-debate closed: Iran Undeterred, France and Germany increased pressure on the Islamic republic at the UN General Assemblys annual ministerial meeting on Tuesday, saying they would not accept a nuclear-armed Iran.
The real Gogh surfaces Vincent van Gogh's letters debunk the popular conception of the artist as an unknown, naive genius recognised only after his death. ...
Bhutto ultimatum to govt Former prime minister Benazir Bhuttos Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has declared that it would contest Pakistans October 6 presidential election but only if ...
52 killed in Vietnam mishap The bridge which collapsed killing 52 workers in Vietnam was being built across the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong River, in the southern city of Can Tho. It is part of a heavily used route, linking the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City.
A Filipino protester shouts slogans in between posters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a Myanmar girl during a rally on Wednesday in front of the building housing Myanmar embassy in Manila's financial district of Makati. The protesters staged the rally in solidarity to the ongoing protests in Myanmar against the ruling military junta. AP
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