24 Nov 2009 14:06:39 GMT Pakistan seeks talks with "disgruntled" Baluchistan By Kamran Haider
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani invited ethnic Baluch leaders for talks on Tuesday in an effort to ease a separatist insurgency in their gas ...
24 Nov 2009 14:06:10 GMT Sri Lanka ex-general seeks security boost ahead of poll bid By Ranag Sirilal and Shihar Aneez
COLOMBO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's top soldier, who quit the army last week sparking speculation he planned to run for president, petitioned the Supreme Court ...
24 Nov 2009 13:51:15 GMT Afghanistan to hold graft conference "very soon" (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK])
KABUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Afghanistan will hold a conference on corruption in the near future, an official said on Tuesday, at a time when President ...
24 Nov 2009 13:48:44 GMT New HIV infections reduced by 17% over the past eight years 24 November 2009 -- An eight-year trend shows new HIV infections down
by 17% globally, says a new report <i>AIDS epidemic update</i>. The report, released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and WHO, highlights that beyond the
natural course of the epidemic, HIV prevention programmes are making a difference.
24 Nov 2009 13:39:44 GMT SOUTH AFRICA: School a refuge from xenophobia During school hours the pupils of Claireville Primary in the port city of Durban are spared the jibes and taunts of
not being South African nationals, but the welcome ends when they leave the grounds.
24 Nov 2009 13:35:54 GMT Magnitude 6.8 quake recorded near Tonga - USGS (Adds details, background)
SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological ...
24 Nov 2009 13:29:20 GMT Building halt `rests with Palestinians'
ISRAEL has made its strongest public concession yet on settlement growth, as President Shimon Peres yesterday declared the country would halt establishing any new Jewish settlements ``the minute'' any peace talks with the Palestinians ...
24 Nov 2009 13:29:20 GMT TYING DOWN THE HOUSEHOLDER IN GREEN TAPE
Federal and state bureaucracies are going to burden us with compliance
AS Canberra wrestles with the issue of an emissions trading scheme, federal and state bureaucracies are busily running out environmental red tape that poses a real and ...
24 Nov 2009 13:29:20 GMT U.S. AND INDIA AT VITAL POINT FOR FUTURE TIES
Both countries' leaders must overcome obstacles to strengthen their bond
INDIA'S prime minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Washington at a time when the Indo-US relationship is at a crossroads. During the past eight years, under the aegis of ...
24 Nov 2009 13:29:19 GMT D-Day for Turnbull - LEADERSHIP THREAT HANGS OVER ETS DECISION
MALCOLM Turnbull must today pacify an increasingly fractious partyroom to seal a deal with the Rudd government to deliver higher industry compensation under an emissions trading scheme that will transform the Australian economy.
