Beijing (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - The Central Tibetan Administration, exiled in Dharamsala, India, has expressed great concern over the increased mining expected for the Tibetan region with the opening of a new railway this month.
Hua Hin, Thailand (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - Veteran Swedish hotelier Sven Wermelin has travelled across Europe and Asia for his career, but also in search of a place to spend his retirement.
Moscow (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Russia launched a military satellite Friday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the northwestern region of Arkhangelsk, Interfax and ITAR-TASS news agencies reported.
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - India's fourth-biggest software exporter, Satyam Computer, said Friday its net profit jumped 86.3 percent, beating market forecasts, as the firm won more clients in an outsourcing boom.
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - The president of Livedoor Co, the scandal-tainted Japanese Internet firm, apologised in court Friday for his company having tricked investors by concealing financial losses.
Berlin (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said nothing about nuclear issues in a letter he sent to German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week but lashed out at Israel, a government spokesman said.
Tehran (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - An international proposal aimed at resolving a crisis over Iran's nuclear programme is humiliating because it demands that the country suspend uranium enrichment work, a senior Iranian cleric said on Friday.
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - India's fourth-biggest software exporter, Satyam Computer, said Friday net profit jumped 86.3 percent, beating market forecasts, as the firm won more clients in an outsourcing boom.
Washington (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will hold talks with President George W. Bush in Washington on July 28 on the new Middle East crisis and other world troublespots, the White House said Friday.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - China and Japan on Friday held their first security talks here in over two years, with North Korea's missile and nuclear programs on the agenda.
Frankfurt (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Shares in the German chip maker Infineon plunged Friday after the company unveiled disappointing quarterly results, dealers said.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Chinese President Hu Jintao used a phone conversation with his South Korean counterpart Friday to call for new six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, state media said.
Moscow (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Russia's supreme court released a former nuclear minister from detention Friday and put him under house arrest after he was earlier extradited from a Swiss jail, Russian news agencies said.
Frankfurt (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - The German chip maker Infineon on Friday finally gave the green light for shares in its memories unit to be floated on the stock market, a move the group hopes will reinforce its bottom-line.
Washington (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - The United States will hold talks with other members of the six nation group on North Korea's nuclear weapons at an Asian security meeting next week even if the unpredictable Stalinist refuses to attend, a top US official said Friday.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Japan and China agreed Friday that all six nations aparty to talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program should meet at a regional forum next week to plot a route back to negotiations, a report said.
