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Thaksin party wins Thai election by a landslide
Jul 4th
BANGKOK: Thailand”s opposition won a landslide election victory on Sunday, led by the sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a triumph for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the army last year.
Exit polls showed Yingluck Shinaw…
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Thaksin allies in Thai election landslide: exit polls
Jul 3rd
BANGKOK: Opposition allies of Thailand”s fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra are on course for a landslide victory in a hotly contested general election, exit polls showed Sunday.
The pro-Thaksin Puea Thai Party is on course to win 313 seats, w…
Loyalties: Musharraf and Gilgit-Baltistan
Jul 2nd
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6707/loyalties-musharraf-and-gilgit-baltistan/
Floods wreak havoc in China
Jun 20th
BEIJING: Pelting rain in parts of central and southern China has forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes and prompted the government to demand safety checks on vulnerable dams, news reports said on Thursday.
The torrential rains ha…
Torrential rains batter parts of China, 170 dead
Jun 18th
WUHAN: Heavy rain and ensuing floods continued to batter southern China Saturday, leaving more than170 people dead or missing and are forecasted to continue.
A flooded river in eastern China is at its highest level in more than 50 years, the governmen…
6.6 magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea
Jun 16th
SYDNEY: A shallow 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the New Britain coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the USGS said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The US Geological Survey put the depth of the quake at just 21 kilometres (13 miles), althou…
Turkey”s ruling party set for landslide poll win
Jun 13th
ANKARA: Turkey”s ruling party is set for a record landslide win in Sunday”s parliamentary polls and a third straight term in power, according to a projection and partial results.
A survey of results from sample ballot boxes across the country pr…
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At least 50 killed, 40 missing in China floods
Jun 11th
BEIJING- A new round of rain and floods battered central China Thursday night and Friday, killing 50 people and leaving 40 others missing in four drought-plagued provinces.
Torrential rain triggered floods and landslides that toppled homes and destroy…
Heavy rain floods N Japan
May 31st
TOKYO: Heavy rain has flooded the already-devastated Miyagi area of northern Japan, hindering its reconstruction after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March.
Torrential rains brought by typhoon Songda across the country caused landslides and flood…
China drought affects more than 34 million people
May 28th
BEIJING: A debilitating drought along China”s Yangtze river has affected more than 34 million people, leaving farmers and livestock without water and parching a major grain belt, the government said Saturday. More than 4.23 million people are having d…
