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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page India Gazette.com http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/10/id/303b19022816233b/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:39:43 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:39:43 -0400 30 It is not just companies sending work offshore, computer science students in Australia are outsourcing assignments to programmers in India and other countries. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378426/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:57 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378426/cs/1/ Researches have devised an inexpensive test to verify whether vegetables have been grown organically or with the help of synthetic fertilisers. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378384/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:06 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378384/cs/1/ Lahore, July 4 : The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has warned the federal government of a possible conspiracy to 'Talibanise' people in Karachi, and demanded the government to take action against extremist elements throughout the city. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378383/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378383/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 : Conservationists have blamed the dramatic decline of a least 30 percent in the Bengal tiger population from the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal on poaching gangs. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378361/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:13 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378361/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 : Pakistan performed poorly in terms of political rights and civil liberties during the last year, especially due to emergency rule and the sacking of Supreme Court judges by President Pervez Musharraf on Nov 3, 2007, a new "freedom report" has said. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378333/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:31 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378333/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 4 : Members of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's family have reportedly come together, and are also learnt to be enjoying the support of some of the senior PPP leaders, demanding the Bhutto legacy from PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, alleging that they were the real heirs of the Bhutto clan. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378323/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:10 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378323/cs/1/ Kathmandu, July 4 : The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has predicted it would take ten more days for the formation of a new government. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378319/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:03 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378319/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 4 : Pakistan Foreign Office has strongly reacted to top US military man Mike Mullen's recent statement regarding the US having a right to strike targets inside Pakistani territory. FO spokesman said in Islamabad that no body had the right to take action inside Pakistan in the war on terror. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378278/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:00:23 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378278/cs/1/ Lahore, July 4 : Pakistan law enforcement agencies claimed to have arrested five suspected militants, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), while plotting suicide attacks in Lahore. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378264/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:22 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378264/cs/1/ London, July 3 : In what is being described as the UK's concern over the influence of Islamic militancy on Britons of Pakistani origin, and its impact on British troops fighting over the border in Afghanistan, Britain has decided to double its aid to Pakistan, thereby making it the second biggest recipient of UK aid after India. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378120/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:02:05 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378120/cs/1/ Jakarta, July 3 : With the arrest of ten persons linked to a regional terror network - Jeemah Islamiah (JI), the Indonesian Police claimed to have smashed a terrorist plot to bomb a cafe on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378116/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:01:15 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378116/cs/1/ Chennai, July 3 : Custom officials today arrested one person named David and seized contraband Ketamine Hydrochloride worth 50 million rupees in Chennai while smugglers were trying to smuggle the drug in a Malaysia bound consignment. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378079/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:01:45 -0400 India Gazette.com http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/378079/cs/1/ A senior Pakistani official said Friday the government is serious about fighting Islamic militants, after authorities said they had rounded up 220 suspects as a military operation proceeded in a volat... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965149/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:39:09 -0400 Examiner http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965149/ YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta, killing nearly 40 people, state-media reported Friday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965131/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:35:12 -0400 The News Journal http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965131/ NEW DELHI: The Lahore High Court on Friday lifted ban on Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar after he had appealed in the court against the 18-month ban. However he will have to pay the fine imposed on hi... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965147/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:17:18 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965147/ The Pakistan government says it may take action against compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for continuing to overcharge customers. Gas stations have been accused of charging too much following con... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965150/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:01 -0400 BBC http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965150/ QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani police say a bomb has killed a young girl and wounded six other people in the southwestern city of Quetta (KWEH'-tuh). A police spokesman says the bomb was rigged to... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963458/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:14:33 -0400 WLOX http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963458/ Singapore - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard discussed on Friday climate change and a framework for regional cooperation. Gillard called on Lee on the ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15964967/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:17 -0400 Earth Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15964967/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants have abducted two Pakistani journalists who the militants accused of snooping on their members and positions near the Afghan border. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965091/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:22:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965091/ COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A wave of battles across Sri Lanka's embattled northern region has killed 32 ethnic Tamil rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Friday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963480/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:11:53 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963480/ Close this MANILA -- The Philippines on Thursday pledged to create a special court and law enforcement agency to combat rampant intellectual piracy and counterfeiting, the trade department said. Manil... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965118/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:39:28 -0400 Inquirer http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965118/ A newly-Maoist Nepal is still finding its bearings, says Swiss development consultant Thania Paffenholz, who has just returned from the fledgling republic. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963445/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:09:03 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963445/ One of the terrorist suspects arrested in Palembang of Indonesia's South Sumatra province earlier this week was a group member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and had spread his expertise of making bombs... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963356/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:07:36 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963356/ Wellington - A New Zealand business group warned the government Friday against signing a free trade pact with the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) that did not set a timetable... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15964947/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:16 -0400 Earth Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15964947/ A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded outside a bank in the Pakistani city of Quetta, capital of gas-rich Baluchistan province, killing a girl and wounding 10 people, police said. There was no clai... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965146/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:11:40 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15965146/ Headlines The following headlines appeared in major Pakistani newspapers on Friday: **DAILY TMES - Forces deployment extended to Jamrud - Khyber military action shows failure to rein in terrorists - B... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963268/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:16 -0400 IRNA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963268/ Close this MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has praised Hanjin Heavy Industries for continuing to invest in the Philippines with its ship building facility in Subic, Zambales. ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963241/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:56:38 -0400 Inquirer http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963241/ Nepal's government has decided to ask the United Nations to continue a peacekeeping mission in the country for another six months, an official said Friday.All major political parties agreed to seek th... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963446/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:43:11 -0400 Examiner http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963446/ Formaspace Technical Furniture, a custom workbench manufacturer based outside of Austin, TX, has expanded its operations in Asia with strong partnerships in several major cities. Hutto, TX ( http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963183/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:41:45 -0400 PR Web http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963183/ Eight policemen have been killed in an attack on a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, a police official has said. Unidentified gunmen tossed a grenade at the checkpoint and then opened fire i... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963650/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:43 -0400 BBC http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963650/ Indian inflation set another record in the third week in June as prices of food, fuel and steel continued to rise. Wholesale prices rose by a larger-than-expected 11.63% in the 12 months to 21 June... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963651/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:41 -0400 BBC http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963651/ Communist allies of India's government have given it a deadline to say if it will proceed with the civilian nuclear deal with the US. The Communists, who say they will withdraw support from the gov... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963353/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:44 -0400 BBC http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15963353/ YANGON, Myanmar - A ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta, killing 38 people, state-media reported Friday. The motorized ship sank in the Yway river Tuesday after wa... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960881/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:58:17 -0400 C News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960881/ Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who faces a slew of court cases, has been barred from leaving the country by order of the Supreme Court, a court official said Friday.Thaksin and h... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960969/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:53:26 -0400 Examiner http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960969/ KARACHI: Pakistan's hockey chief on Thursday promised to host an international tournament next summer in the memory of former premier Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated last year. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960944/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:04 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960944/ KARACHI: India marched into the Asia Cup final with a ruthless batting display, beating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 19 balls to spare in their last encounter in the Super-Four stage here at the Nati... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960589/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:47 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960589/ DARRA ADAM KHEL, PAKISTAN — The Taliban fighters were in a pickup truck, brazenly parked right outside the army fort in Darra Adam Khel, militants and the state in an uneasy co-existence. For ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960945/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:08:59 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960945/ Politics Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday angrily reacted to remarks from a top US diplomat that President Musharraf is not an issue. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960943/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:29 -0400 IRNA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960943/ By Reuters Malaysian exports in May jumped 22 percent from a year earlier to a record high, far exceeding market expectations, thanks to high shipments of crude, palm oil and electronics. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960879/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:44:01 -0400 CNBC http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960879/ The Indian all-rounders made the most of a rest day, Tuesday, before their team's back-to-back matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka by going out for Nihari with a Pakistani journalist. According to ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960946/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:02 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960946/ Asian stocks slipped Friday as record high crude oil prices threatened to jeopardize earnings and curb consumer spending, with the uncertain economic outlook following U.S. employment data lifting gov... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960590/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:47 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960590/ Afghan Request Afghan Government has requested Pakistan to launch an inquiry into the beheading of two of its citizens by Pakistani Taliban in the country's tribal region, the Foreign Ministry said Th... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960550/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:30 -0400 IRNA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960550/ One person was killed and seven others injured in an explosion in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. The explosion occurred at Mannan Chowk in... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960937/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:38 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960937/ A passenger boat sank in Burma's southwest delta region earlier this week, killing 38 villagers, state media said on Friday.The boat was travelling on the Yway River in the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960910/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:09:22 -0400 SBS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960910/ JAKARTA, Indonesia : Indonesian police transferred nine terrorism suspects, bound and wearing black hoods, to the capital, Jakarta, on Thursday after their arrest in southern Sumatra. According to t... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960805/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:43 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960805/ Manila - The Philippines' inflation rate jumped to a 14-year high of 11.4 per cent in June from a year ago as food and fuel prices soared, the government said Friday. The June index was higher than 9.... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960751/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:48:54 -0400 Earth Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960751/ HONG KONG -- Asian stocks slipped on Friday as record high crude oil prices threatened to jeopardize earnings and curb consumer spending, with the uncertain economic outlook following US jobs data boo... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960586/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:00 -0400 Inquirer http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960586/ The Myanmar authorities are pleading for more donations for the resettlement of storm survivors, outlining urgently-needed items for well-wishers to make the move individually or in groups. According ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960916/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:34 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960916/ All schools in Myanmar's cyclone-hit areas in Ayeyawaddy delta division have been reopened for the 2008-09 academic year, official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported Friday. The schools were ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960829/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:32 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960829/ India's truck operators have called off their strike to protest against rising fuel bills. The operators had also protested against "steep" road tolls imposed by the government. The chief of the... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960801/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:36:19 -0400 BBC http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960801/ PM Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet President Bush on July 28 to `discuss a broad range of issues of mutual interest and regional and international matters of common interest... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960672/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:28 -0400 IRNA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960672/ Gilani The Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that Pakistan today stands committed to the war against terrorism alongside the international community. Pakistan is a peaceful country and has n... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960671/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:30 -0400 IRNA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960671/ A total of 38 villagers have been confirmed dead in a boat capsizal in the Yway River in Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy division earlier this week, according to Friday's official newspaper New Ligh... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960909/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:31 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960909/ Malaysian government has given 1 million U.S. dollars to Myanmar and 1.5 million U.S. dollars to China to help them face the disasters that occurred in their countries, local media reported on Friday.... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960608/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:33 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960608/ Two months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, much of the destruction left in its wake is still evident, with flooded farmland and considerably damaged infrastructure, the United Nations World Food ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960917/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:00 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960917/ BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who faces a slew of court cases, has been barred from leaving the country by order of the Supreme Court, a court official... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960626/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:45 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960626/ Traditional fishing, once a thriving industry in southern Pattani and Yala provinces, has been reduced to a dwindling niche activity as fishermen lose out to large commercial firms and soaring fuel pr... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960628/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:32:36 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960628/ All week students have flocked to Hanoi's ancient Temple of Literature, where mandarins were once trained in the Confucian classics, to pray for luck and burn incense at the country's oldest u... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960833/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:32:35 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15960833/ ISLAMABAD - Since the first serious attempt at enacting consumer rights laws in Pakistan was made back in 1995, only one province -- Punjab -- has succeeded in setting up consumer courts. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958218/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:33:05 -0400 IPS http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958218/ WASHINGTON -- A belief that Asian Americans are taking over U.S. universities, outperforming other groups and grabbing the bulk of math, science and engineering degrees has been debunked in a landmark... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958020/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:38:12 -0400 The China Post http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958020/ JAKARTA: Militants linked to Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspect placed three bombs inside a tiny cafe in western Indonesia, but aborted their attack at the last minute after realising many of... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958323/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:33 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958323/ The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has invited Manchester United, recent winner of UEFA Champions League, to play a friendly match in Vietnam next September, local newspaper Lab... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958364/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:13:49 -0400 People's Daily http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958364/ DUBAI: The result of Pakistan's forfeited Test match at The Oval in 2006 has been changed from an England win to a draw, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here yesterday. What was the... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958449/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:54:04 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958449/ Close this SYDNEY -- Asian shares may open firmer on Friday, with exporters such as Japan's Honda Motor Co. likely to gain as the yen weakened against the dollar. The dollar rallied on Thursday after ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958013/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:12 -0400 Inquirer http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958013/ Auckland police are warning Asian small business owners to be wary of bogus phone callers following several burglaries in the city. Police Communications manager Noreen Hegarty said callers have been... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958486/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:08:38 -0400 Stuff http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958486/ COLOMBO: The Government has formulated plans to develop areas liberated recently from the clutches of the LTTE, Defence Affairs Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15959037/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:51 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15959037/ CRICKET'S international governing body has caved in to pressure from Pakistan over the infamous Darrell Hair Test match two years ago. The International Cricket Council has changed the result of the ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958450/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:08:49 -0400 Courier Mail http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958450/ In a statement, Asian PGA executive chairman Kyi Hla Han singled out MPGA as the only golf body in the region that it has not been able to work with in its goal to develop the professional game across... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958017/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:17 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958017/ MALAYSIA's bid to qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup is as good as over after they were drawn with Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India in Group C of the qualifying campaign yesterday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958407/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:09 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958407/ Two more companies have shelved plans for initial public offerings in Asia, adding further gloom to a market that recently showed signs of a revival after a dismal start to the year. On Thursday, Mar... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958014/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:54:44 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958014/ Political stability with transparency and accountability is what Thailand needs to establish during its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), said Asean secretary-general... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958172/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:48:28 -0400 Bangkok Post http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958172/ Nine judges were yesterday elected to sit on a panel to consider whether to admit a case related to the Export-Import Bank of Thailand's four-billion-baht loan to Burma. Supreme Court president ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958394/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:48:22 -0400 Bangkok Post http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15958394/ Friday, July 04, 2008 By Mohammad Malick PESHAWAR: A deliberate misperception has been created over the years by our not-so-secret agencies, vested political interests, and certain international... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15955452/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:32 -0400 The News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15955452/ Bangladesh's government has brought new corruption charges against detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.The country's Anti-Corruption Commission Thursday accused Ms. Zia, her son, Tarique Rahm... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15952539/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:13 -0400 VOA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15952539/ Thailand's Supreme Court has banned former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from leaving the country while it conducts hearings on graft charges against him and his wife. Mr Shinawatra and his ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15952537/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:46 -0400 ITN http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15952537/ A report says Burmese police have intercepted more than 80 women and children from cyclone-hit regions who were being trafficked across the country's borders.The biweekly news journal Eleven reporte... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953361/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:16 -0400 VOA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953361/ Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says only Pakistan, and not a foreign military, has responsibility for acting against terrorists within the nation's borders.The comment came a day after reporters asked ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953398/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:17 -0400 VOA http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953398/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Indonesia's central bank increased interest rates by 25 basis points to 8.75% on Thursday for a third consecutive month in an attempt to curb soaring inflation. The rate hike... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953120/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:27:04 -0400 Market Watch http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953120/ COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is contemplating setting up a national strategy for maritime security to address issues related to its strategic and commercial interests in the Indian Ocean. The suggestion has bee... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953461/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:50 -0400 The Hindu http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953461/ Karachi - Chamara Kapugedera, Mahela Jayawardene and Chamara Silva scored half centuries in a Sri Lankan total of 308 for eight against India in their Asia Cup super league match on Thursday. Sri L... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953471/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:10:24 -0400 IOL http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953471/ KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's international football standing improved slightly and are now in 166th place out of 199 countries in the latest FIFA's monthly rankings. Malaysia were i... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953303/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:10:16 -0400 Bernama http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953303/ BARA, Pakistan: Armored vehicles trundle through the streets in the Khyber tribal district, but residents say they are baffled by the lack of any fighting in Pakistan's anti-militant operation here. F... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953399/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953399/ Hanoi's streets are crowded. It was ever thus. But no longer do the smoky pre-war vehicles and creaking bicycles dominate. The roads are now full of new cars and motor bikes, evidence that ordinary Vi... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953469/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:12:09 -0400 Seven News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953469/ (RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association (BMA) have called for the immediate release from prison of celebrated journalist U Win Tin, whose health has deteriorated badly i... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15952658/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:00 -0400 IFEX http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15952658/ By Jaiarajo Letchumanan KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- The Asian Tour claims that the Malaysian Professional Golfers' Association (MPGA) are the only golf body in the region that they have not ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953470/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:10:11 -0400 Bernama http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953470/ KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd experienced the worst systems breakdown in its history when a faulty computer hard disk forced trading to be suspended for the whole of yesterday. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953305/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:40:24 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15953305/ DUBAI: Pakistan will host September's Champions Trophy as scheduled "at this stage", the International Cricket Council (ICC) said following a board meeting on Thursday. The year's biggest One-d... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15949968/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:59:28 -0400 Times of India http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15949968/ BANGLADESH: July 4, 2008 COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - At least 10 people were killed and several injured when a landslide triggered by heavy rain buried their hillside homes in southeast Bangladesh on ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948408/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:11 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948408/ KABUL: Military officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States will meet in Kabul to discuss the bombings of June 10 near Gor Pario area in Afghanistan. http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15949745/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:07:06 -0400 Pak Tribune http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15949745/ "Many Asians are fed up with crime getting out of control and tired of help groups that talk but do little action," he said."They are attracted by the AAG, which concentrates on action, and lessons th... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948392/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:14 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948392/ Pakistan should focus more on critical issues, such as security problems, rising food costs and power shortages, and less on the future of embattled President Pervez Musharraf, a top US diplomat said ... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948631/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:07 -0400 Daily Star http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948631/ More than 80 women and child victims of Myanmar's recent cyclone have been rescued from human traffickers who were scheming to smuggle them to neighboring countries, a media report said yesterday.Bord... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948615/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:07 -0400 Daily Star http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948615/ SURABAYA, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The first three Russian Mi-17-B5 Hip H medium assault/transport helicopters were delivered to Indonesia on Thursday. Russia signed a contract with Indonesia in 2005... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948611/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:19:50 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948611/ A former Pakistani cabinet minister has been acquitted on charges of murdering a Toronto-area woman and keeping her in illegal custody. Pakistan newspapers reported that Shahid Jamil Qureshi was rele... http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948453/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:18:21 -0400 CBC News http://story.indiagazette.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/15948453/