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CANBERRA ~ Better coordination and more tightly focused delivery of aid programmes is the aim of a new strategic partnership – Read More...

COLOMBO ~ Sri Lanka ruled out an amnesty for the Tamil Tiger leader as troops pressed a final offensive against – Read More...

AMETHI ~ Millions of Indians voted on Thursday in the second and largest stage of month-long general elections, with security – Read More...

NEWTON ~ President Barack Obama launched a push for a green energy revolution and to pass historic climate change legislation, – Read More...

SUVA ~ Fiji’s military government tightened controls on the media this week, devalued the currency and said it would not – Read More...

BANGKOK ~ Thailand revoked the passport of Thaksin Shinawatra this week, escalating a campaign against the fugitive former premier and – Read More...

SEOUL ~ US and UN nuclear monitors left North Korea on Thursday after the communist state ordered them out and – Read More...

PATTAYA ~ The lobster had been grilled to perfection, the lights were low and the music tinkled softly in the – Read More...

BASRA ~ British forces officially started to withdraw from Iraq this week, signalling the end of six years of military – Read More...

WASHINGTON ~ China’s “sophisticated and multi-layered” efforts to censor and control the internet earned it a “not free” rating by – Read More...