Archive for April 1st, 2008

Party leaders commit to hold elections as campaign of building new Nepal

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Top leaders of three major Nepali political parties have expressed their commitment Tuesday to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for April 10 as a campaign of building a new Nepal through restoring lasting peace and ins ...

Gunmen kills one soldier in SW Pakistan

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday attacked a vehicle of paramilitary forces in southwestern Pakistan, killing one soldier and injuring three others. The soldiers were traveling in their official jeep when they came under fire in Quetta ...

Russia, Singapore business forum opens to foster closer ties

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang Tuesday urged businessmen from Singapore and Russia to extend cooperation in infrastructure development and the retail sector. Because some 1 trillion U.S. dollars will be dedica ...

Cambodia, Qatar sign MOU of direct flight

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Cambodia and Qatar set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of direct flight Tuesday afternoon, a Cambodian senior official said here Tuesday. Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Nam Hong made the remarks after Sheikh Hamad bin Ja ...

Philippine defense chief not favor rushing tainted chopper probe

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Tuesday said the military is not rushing to punish officials as a probe into a tainted chopper deal involving 1.2 billion pesos (29 million U.S. dollars) will take time to finish. ...

Afghan police kill 3 insurgents, capture 1

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Afghan police in an engagement with Taliban militants in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province eliminated three insurgents and captured another, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussain Andiwal said Tuesday. The clash took place M ...

Bush’s visit unlikely to put Ukraine on NATO track

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

On the eve of a key NATO's summit on its expansion, U.S. President George W. Bush started his visit to Ukraine on Monday, in an attempt to push NATO to grant the ex-soviet country potential membership. Analysts said, however, Washin ...

Thai PM admitted to hospital for having diarrhea

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej canceled all his appointments on Tuesday after being admitted to a hospital for having fever and diarrhea, according to government spokesman Wichienchote Sukchotrat. Samak was given saline ...