NEW YORK (AFP) - - Manny Pacquiao's 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto was the top-drawing pay-per-view bout of 2009 with 1.25 million purchases worth 70 million dollars in revenue, Home Box Office Sports said Friday.
NEW YORK (AFP) - - Manny Pacquiao's 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto was the top-drawing pay-per-view bout of 2009 with 1.25 million purchases worth 70 million dollars in revenue, Home Box Office Sports said Friday.
MELBOURNE (AFP) - - A second Bangladeshi twin began returning to consciousness on Friday, three days after being separated from her conjoined sister in a landmark operation in Australia, the hospital said.
SYDNEY (AFP) - - An Australian pin-up pilot forced to bring an emergency medical flight down in shark-infested waters was Friday hailed a hero for the daring landing from which all aboard escaped unharmed.
SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.
BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday congratulated the European Union for creating the new posts of president and foreign policy chief, calling it a "step forward" for EU integration.
BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie will visit North Korea soon, state-run media said on Friday, amid efforts to draw Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks.
BEIJING (AFP) - - China has ordered more accurate reporting of swine flu deaths after a doctor renowned for helping expose the scale of the 2003 SARS outbreak claimed the true number of fatalities was being covered up.
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - - India's railways minister said Friday she would seek extra protection for the state-run service after the latest in a series of rebel attacks left two dead in the east of the country.
By Nita Bhalla
MUMBAI (AFP) - - The general manager of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, Karambir Singh Kang, still works at the place where his wife and two children were killed.
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam".
JAKARTA (AFP) - - Environmentalists claimed a small victory on Thursday after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing in the Kampar Peninsula.
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia is deploying more peacekeepers to Lebanon to join a U.N. mission monitoring a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
TOKYO - The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France.
TOKYO (AFP) - - Smoke rose on Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak.
TOKYO - A U.S. soldier suspected of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Japan's southern island of Okinawa has refused further questioning by Japanese police, a U.S. Army officer and Japanese police said Thursday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia has stepped up efforts to combat graft to maintain investor confidence as a survey showed the country's corruption ranking worsened this year, Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamad said Wednesday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's government has warned a newspaper that its coverage of a fatal police shooting of five ethnic Indian criminal suspects could stir racial tensions and cause the publication to be suspended, the daily's chief executive said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The government in Muslim-majority Malaysia has barred a Roman Catholic newspaper from publishing a supplement in a language spoken by indigenous people on Borneo island, an official said Friday.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - - Philippine troops have killed one of the top commanders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the military said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine troops killed a senior commander of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants wanted for kidnappings and bombings amid an ongoing offensive, the military said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The Cambodian government on Friday confirmed its temporary takeover of management of the country's air traffic control company after one of its Thai employees was arrested last week on a spying charge.
BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have detained a fourth person suspected of using the Internet to spread rumors about the king's health, but plan no further arrests, a senior police officer said Thursday.
BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai police have charged a fourth person with spreading false rumours about the health of the country's revered king, after concerns over his condition sent stocks plunging, police said Thursday.
HANOI, Vietnam - A police officer says four fishermen were killed when a Vietnam War-era bomb they were handling exploded.
HANOI (AFP) - - Four men were instantly killed when a bomb left over from the Vietnam War blew up as they were trying to open it to remove explosive material, police said Wednesday.
HANOI (AFP) - - Vietnam is expected to take a key step towards meeting its burgeoning appetite for electricity by paving the way for its first nuclear power plant, but debate is still raging over the controversial project.
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