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Coke to enter Myanmar for first time in 60 years
The Coca-Cola Co. plans to start selling its drinks in Myanmar for the first time in 60 years, following the U.S. government's decision to suspend ...
Air India bomber appeals perjury conviction
A court of appeal in British Columbia heard an appeal Thursday from the only person convicted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people off ...
Exhausted Suu Kyi falls ill during news conference
A rock star welcome greeted Aung San Suu Kyi as she embarked on her first trip to Europe in 24 years. But after a whirlwind of standing ovations, ...
Coca-Cola to begin business in Myanmar
Coca-Cola Co. plans to open for business in Myanmar, following the U.S. decision to suspend investment sanctions to reward the military-dominated ...
Afghan neighbors join forces to tackle problems
Afghanistan and regional heavyweights agreed Thursday to work together to fight terrorism and drug-trafficking and pursue economic development — a ...
Who doesn't pick up their Nobel Prize? A look
On Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will give her much-awaited Nobel Lecture at Oslo City Hall, 21 years late.
Myanmar conflict spurs hatred for Asia's outcasts
They have been called ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse — when their existence is even acknowledged. Asia's more than 1 million ethnic ...
Both ethnic groups suffered in Myanmar clashes
The communal violence that swept through a western Myanmar state over the past week killed 29 people and inflicted similar damage on both of the ...
India: Pakistan firing kills 1 Indian in Kashmir
Pakistani forces killed one Indian soldier in firing across their disputed frontier in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the Indian military said ...
Explosion in steel plant in south India kills 11
An explosion in a state-owned steel plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 11 people, police said Thursday. At least ...
US drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan, officials say
Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed three suspected militants in an attack on a building in a town close to the Afghan ...
US, India see progress on nuclear cooperation
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed progress in U.S. efforts to invest in India's civilian nuclear power industry but said more action ...
Bin Laden's relatives get short prison sentence
A Pakistani court on Monday convicted Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in the country and ...
Maldives president opens Parliament amid protests
The new president of the Maldives addressed lawmakers and opened Parliament amid vehement protests by the opposition on Monday, nearly six weeks after ...