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Yellow pages Web Directory India Regional Asia India Chandigarh U.S. Scrambles to Save Taliban Talks After Afghan Backlash Indeed, Afghan officials had been worried enough that the Taliban might act out that they had demanded, and received, a letter from President Obama guaranteeing that the office would not look like an embassy and confer legitimacy, said Aimal ... |
(CNN)-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out Wednesday at the United States over the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, pulling out of security talks with U.S. officials and refusing to take part in peace talks with the Taliban that he ...
For Many Filipinos, Jobs and the Good Life Are Still Scarce
But Mr. Tagarro?s experience ? of being left behind by the country?s newfound prosperity ? mirrors that of many Filipinos ... grade credit rating from Fitch Ratings, one of the world?s major ratings agencies. Though Mr. Aquino ...
Singapore chokes on haze as Sumatran forest fires rage
Buildings in the city of 5.3 million people have been enveloped in a smoky haze since the beginning of the week as illegal burn off in nearby Indonesia and prevailing winds were causing a smoke crisis not seen since 1997. Singapore's pollution ...
S'pore Smog Hits ?Hazardous? All-Time High
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. (GGR ... based on figures published in a report by the Center for International Forestry Research in Bogor, Indonesia. To contact the reporters on this story: Kyunghee Park in Singapore at kpark3@bloomberg.net ...
China June flash HSBC PMI hits nine month low on weak demand
The Australian dollar hit a fresh 33-month low after the latest bearish data, which fuelled worries about a slowdown in Australia's single biggest export market. Most of Asia's main share markets were down more than 1 percent, with the Asia ex ...
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