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THE weaker of the formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins, Krishna, was starting to breathe for herself yesterday, as Trishna looked over and wondered at her new view of her sister...If it weren't for the unique circumstances, Trishna would probably already be...

The Nobel peace prize winner said that transparency and openness were important ingredients for achieving a harmonious society and observed that the 1.3 billion people of China "have the right to know the reality". "The Communist party has no right...

All ten ASEAN countries pledged to create a regional database in an effort to catch criminals and terrorists who crossed the border. It was announced at the end of the meeting immigration officials of ASEAN, which lasted for two days...

I listened to the Fox News interview with the President last night. At one point in the interview Fox News reporter Major Garrett asked him about the falsified jobs saved or created report on the government website. The answer intrigued...

The body of Daul Kim, 20, was discovered hanging in her flat on Thursday. The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the South Korean’s death was probably suicide. Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and Christopher Kane are among the top-tier...

Lt-Gen Myint Swe is being widely tipped to succeed Snr-Gen Than Shwe as the Burmese army’s next commander in chief, according to several dissidents in exile and Burma observers. Rumors have circulated that Myint Swe is junta strongman Than Shwe’s...

The U.S. and South Korea vowed Thursday to work toward implementing a stalled bilateral free-trade agreement, which has snagged on disagreements over auto trade. President Barack Obama and his counterpart Lee Myung-bak both told a joint news conference that they...

Children’s rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and protection in conflicts and natural disasters, children...

Surgeons separated the girls Trishna and Krishna, who were joined at the head, earlier this week. Scans show they do not appear to have suffered any brain damage. Dr Tony Holmes says Trishna is awake and talking, but Krishna needs...

The opposition party Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), led by Ilocos Norte Representative (2nd District) Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. sealed an alliance with the Nacionalista Party (NP) Friday. Marcos, only son of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, is eyeing a senatorial...