 Asia Times
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explo... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Bombing Business Karachi Pakistan Photos |
 The Boston Globe
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
| COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the governmen... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Conspiracy Democracy Photos Politics S Asia |
 The Star
Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with t... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Defence Fuel Iran Nuclear Photos |
 DNA India
Avalanche in Kashmir: 13 army personnel killed, 30 still trapped
| Srinagar: In one of the most tragic incidents, 13 army personnel, including an officer, were today killed and 15 seriously injured when a group of about 350 men were swept away by a snow avalanche w... (photo: AP / Dar Yasin)
Disaster Kashmir Photos Storm Winter |
 The Miami Herald
Australia tightens skilled migration rules
| CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia tightened its migration rules Monday in favor of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too f... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
Australia Canberra Migration Photos Sydney |
 The Independent
More troop casualties likely in Afghan operation
| Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth warned of likely British casualties as troops prepared to take part in a major international offensive against insurgents in Afghanistan. | Taliban fighters have been... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)
Afghanistan Defence Nato Photos UK War |
 BBC News
Blix: Straw 'gave incorrect answers' to Iraq inquiry
| Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw gave some incorrect answers to the UK's Iraq war inquiry, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has said. | Mr Blix told the BBC he was "puzzled"... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Iraq Mideast Photos UK UN War |
 The Miami Herald
Costa Rica elects 1st woman president in landslide
| SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Costa Rica's governing party candidate swept to an election victory Sunday night that will make her the first woman president in this Central American nation. | Laura Chinchi... (photo: AP / Esteban Felix)
Costa Rica Election Photos Politics Women |
 Knox News
No cries of 'Yankee go home' in Haiti
| The Washington Post carried a story out of Port-au-Prince last week that was both flattering and alarming. | “I want the Americans to take over the country,” a laborer told reporter Pete... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Todd Frantom)
Aid Disaster Haiti Photos Washington |
