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Iraq's main Sunni bloc resigns in blow to govt
All six ministers from Iraq's largest Sunni bloc tendered their resignation from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition government yesterday following a month-long spat.

Sudan welcomes UN Darfur force decision
After months of stonewalling, Sudan yesterday welcomed a UN resolution approving a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force for strife-torn Darfur, a belated international response to a four-year-long

Farm minister quits Abe's scandal-plagued cabinet
Japan's farm minister resigned yesterday, the first casualty in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-plagued cabinet after a major election defeat that has raised calls for a change in government.

Japan 'cautious' about any N-deal with India
Japan said yesterday it was very cautious about any nuclear cooperation with India and urged New Delhi to make a full accounting of its landmark atomic deal with the United States.

Murdoch wins control of Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has won control of Dow Jones Co. and The Wall Street Journal newspaper in a five billion dollar takeover, the US company confirmed yesterday.

Indian doctor may face new terror charges in Australia
Terror charges could still be laid against an Indian doctor even though the original case against him collapsed through lack of evidence, Australia's police chief said yesterday.

Castro still has say on govt decisions
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said yesterday he was still consulted on "every important" government move but did not reveal when he might return to the helm a year after handing over to his brother.

69 trapped coal miners rescuedin China after 3-day ordeal
Sixty-nine men trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine for more than three days were pulled out alive yesterday, authorities said, ending a terrifying ordeal in which they survived on milk and pumped-in

"Asian Brown Cloud" speeding melt of Himalaya glaciers
The haze of pollution that blankets southern Asia is accelerating the loss of Himalayan glaciers, bequeathing an incalculable bill to China, India and other countries whose rivers flow from this source,

Indian flood death toll rises to 1000
Dozens of people were killed yesterday across South Asia as surging flood waters caused by heavy monsoon rains forced millions from their homes.

Myanmar reports fresh bird flu outbreak
Military-ruled Myanmar has detected its second outbreak of bird flu in less than a month, this time on a poultry farm in the central region of Bago, health officials said yesterday.