TAIPEI: Dozens of Tibetans and their Taiwanese supporters protested against China Sunday, accusing Beijing of using an exhibition of "looted" Tibetan artifacts as political propaganda.More than 130 Tibetan cultural relics from monasteries and museums on loan from China have been on

SYDNEY: Australians protested against inaction on climate change on Sunday, converging on major cities to voice their discontent ahead of this week`s national polls.Thousands gathered in Sydney`s business district for the annual "Walk Against Warming" rally and similar events were held in

BAGHDAD: A series of roadside bombs and shootings killed nine people, including two policemen and three worshippers, in and around Baghdad on Sunday, security officials said.Twenty people were also wounded in the violence, the latest in a surge of killings in August and as Muslims observe

KATHMANDU: A group representing Nepal`s indigenous communities brought much of the country to a standstill on Sunday to protest against the parliament`s failure to draft a new national constitution.Shops and offices closed and most vehicles remained off the roads across Nepal, where

SRINAGAR: Thousands of Muslims Sunday held protests against Indian rule in Kashmir after security forces shot dead six protesters in two days and beefed up security for India`s independence day. Indian Kashmir`s summer capital Srinagar and other parts of the Muslim-majority Kashmir

ATHENS: On the heels of a debt crisis that pushed their country close to bankruptcy this year, Greeks are savouring a badly-needed summer breather ahead of a new austerity drive expected next month.Hundreds of thousands, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou included, have flocked to

METKOVIC:  For centuries the Ladja boat was the only means of transport on Croatia`s Neretva river delta but in modern times it fell into disuse. Now an annual race has breathed new life into the vessel."We are so proud of it. If you look at it, you might think it`s an ugly little

NEW DELHI: India`s prime minister appealed on Sunday for an end to raging street protests in Kashmir and urged outlawed Maoist rebels elsewhere in the country to respond to his appeal for talks. Manmohan Singh`s appeal came a day after two more protesters died in clashes with security

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked India`s independence day Sunday with a warning to Pakistan that a recent resumption of dialogue would go nowhere unless Islamabad cracks down on militancy.   "As far as Pakistan is concerned, we expect from them that they would not let

SYDNEY:  When he was just one year old, Tony`s young parents packed up their scant belongings and moved from Sydney`s world-famous beaches to build their own home on the city`s then-wild outskirts.It was the 1980s and his teenage parents, fresh out of senior school and wildly in love,

SAIPAN:  An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the Mariana Islands region Sunday, continuing a series of strong aftershocks 24 hours after a 7.2 tremor, US geologists said.There have been 10 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or stronger since the powerful quake on Saturday morning but all were

ISLAMABAD: UN chief Ban Ki-moon was Sunday to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan and discuss relief efforts for the 20 million people affected by the worst floods in the country`s history. Ban was expected to "see for himself the flood-affected areas (and) demonstrate the support of the UN and

NEW DELHI:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked India`s independence day Sunday with a warning to Pakistan that a recent resumption of dialogue would go nowhere unless Islamabad cracks down on militancy. In a wide-ranging speech that addressed domestic issues of high inflation and

BANGKOK: Two decades after the Myanmar opposition`s stolen poll victory, the junta is again gearing up for elections, but experts say years of planning mean the cards this time are stacked in its favour.The vote is widely seen as a way for the military to put a civilian face on its

SEOUL: South Korea urged the North Sunday to end its military provocations but Pyongyang threatened Seoul with the "severest punishment" over massive joint war games planned with the United States.The rivals exchanged tit-for-tat warnings as the South unveiled a roadmap for the

BEIJING:  Flags were flying at half mast and public entertainment cancelled Sunday as China marked a national day of mourning for the more than 1,200 people killed by massive mudslides in the northwest. Thousands of residents and rescuers in Zhouqu, the remote mountain region in Gansu

QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead 16 people in two separate incidents in insurgency-hit southwest Pakistan, officials said on Saturday. The first incident took place in Aab-e-Gum area, 75 kilometres (47 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas rich Baluchistan province, on Friday

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai pledged to continue efforts to "keep the pressure on the Taliban" during a video conference Friday, the White House said.During an hour-long conversation, the two leaders "agreed that the United States and

TEHRAN: Kurdish rebels have killed a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards and two Islamist militiamen in clashes near a northwestern city, a newspaper reported Saturday.The clashes took place near the city of Orumieh in West Azarbaijan province on Friday between members of the

YALA: Suspected Islamic insurgents have shot and killed three people including a Muslim policeman in southern Thailand Saturday in the first fatal attacks since the start of Ramadan, police said.The police officer was the victim of an early morning drive-by shooting as he rode his