Japan PM visit boosts huge Myanmar industrial zone

by AFP
Japan's premier on Saturday backed the development of a major industrial zone near Yangon on a visit to Myanmar aimed at deepening economic ties with the former junta-ruled nation.

16 children die in Pakistan school bus fire: police

by AFP
Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.

After Kabul attacks, 10,000 peace balloons

by AFP
After a day of explosions and gunfire, residents of Kabul woke up on Saturday morning to be greeted by a public art project in which volunteers handed out 10,000 neon-pink "peace" balloons.

Srinivasan defiant, refuses to resign as BCCI president

by PTI
BCCI president N Srinivasan remained defiant on Saturday rejecting demands for his resignation but moves are said to be afoot to oust him in the wake of arrest of his son-in-law and CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan on betting charges even as Sunday's IPL final involving the team may...

Thousands attend mass for Italy's first mafia martyr

by AFP
Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful attended a ceremony in Sicily on Saturday putting on the path to sainthood a priest shot dead by the mafia 20 years ago for preaching against organised crime.

IMF chief avoids charges in French payout scandal

by AFP
IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges on Friday but was named an "assisted witness" after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon when she was finance minister.
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by AFP

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