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London says bomb tests on pigs saved lives in war

London says bomb tests on pigs saved lives in war
AFP - Wednesday, February 10

LONDON (AFP) - - London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq. More »

  • Court martial for Sri Lanka vote loser, assembly sacked

    Court martial for Sri Lanka vote loser, assembly sacked

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    COLOMBO (AFP) - - Sri Lanka said Tuesday it would court martial ex-army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka for conspiring against the government and sacked parliament to make way for snap polls.

  • US Marines gear up for major Afghan assault

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    TOOR GHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - - US Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.

  • Too early for decision on Myanmar election, says Suu Kyi

    Too early for decision on Myanmar election, says Suu Kyi

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    YANGON (AFP) - - Detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi believes it is too early for her party to decide whether to take part in Myanmar's national elections this year, her lawyer said Tuesday.

  • China calls for new checks amid milk scare

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    BEIJING (AFP) - - China warned Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat.

  • Taiwan insists submarines, jets still on arms agenda

    Taiwan insists submarines, jets still on arms agenda

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed a report saying the island has dropped a request for US submarines, saying the vessels and fighter jets remained on the island's arms procurement agenda.

  • Colourful Philippine election season kicks off

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    MANILA (AFP) - - The Philippine election season kicked off on Tuesday with the world's best boxer and the defiant wife of a dead dictator among the dizzying array of characters hoping to grab a share of power.

  • Toyota announces mass hybrid vehicle recall

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Toyota said Tuesday it was recalling hundreds of thousands of hybrid vehicles globally, including its best-selling Prius, plunging it deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.

  • Afghan avalanches kill 24, up to 40 missing: govt

    Afghan avalanches kill 24, up to 40 missing: govt

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    KABUL (AFP) - - Avalanches triggered by heavy snow killed at least 24 people on a treacherous mountain pass in northern Afghanistan, injured dozens and left up to another 40 people missing, officials said.

  • Sri Lanka president sacks parliament: spokesman

    Sri Lanka president sacks parliament: spokesman

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) - - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday sacked the national parliament and cleared the way for a national election two months ahead of schedule, his spokesman said.

  • Afghan avalanche kills 28: govt

    Afghan avalanche kills 28: govt

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    KABUL (AFP) - - An avalanche following heavy snowfalls in northern Afghanistan killed at least 28 people and left another 70 injured, defence ministry officials said.

  • China quake activist jailed for subversion: lawyer

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    BEIJING (AFP) - - A Chinese activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in the massive 2008 Sichuan earthquake was jailed Tuesday for five years for subversion, his lawyer said.

  • Malaysia calls on Myanmar to free Suu Kyi ahead of polls

    Malaysia calls on Myanmar to free Suu Kyi ahead of polls

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysia Tuesday called on military-run Myanmar to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of national elections it expects to be held around October.

  • Race motive 'clear' in some Indian attacks: Australian FM

    Race motive 'clear' in some Indian attacks: Australian FM

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia's foreign minister Tuesday told parliament some of the recent violence against Indian students had clearly been racially motivated and had "considerably damaged" the nation's reputation.

  • UN envoy arrives in N.Korea

    UN envoy arrives in N.Korea

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    BEIJING (AFP) - - UN envoy Lynn Pascoe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, China's state Xinhua news agency reported, on a mission to try to revive long-stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks.

  • Imprisoned Vietnam priest in worsening health: sister

    Imprisoned Vietnam priest in worsening health: sister

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    HANOI (AFP) - - An imprisoned Vietnamese Catholic priest, whose release has been sought by US legislators, is in worsening health, his sister said Tuesday.

  • Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas

    Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.

  • Ex-army chief to face Sri Lanka court martial

    Ex-army chief to face Sri Lanka court martial

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    COLOMBO (AFP) - - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka will face a court martial for "military offences", an official said Tuesday.

  • Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger

    Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    MUMBAI (AFP) - - As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction.

  • Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy

    Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    BEIJING (AFP) - - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.

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