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Profits from drug trade help fuel Myanmar's boom
Published on 06/06/2015
» YANGON — Visitors flying into this buzzing tropical metropolis step into a modern glass-and-steel airport that symbolises both Myanmar's aspirations to rejoin the wider world after years of isolation and the country's troubled past.
Afghan poll body announces final election list with 11 candidates
AFP, Published on 20/11/2013
» Afghanistan's election commission on Wednesday announced the final list of candidates for next year's presidential poll, which will be the country's first-ever democratic power transfer.
Afghan poll watchdog finalises election list
AFP, Published on 19/11/2013
» Afghanistan's election watchdog has finalised a line-up of 11 candidates for next year's presidential poll after reinstating one disqualified candidate, an official said Tuesday.
Afghan election race kicks off as nominations open
AFP, Published on 16/09/2013
» Candidate nominations opened Monday for Afghanistan's presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.
Afghan election race kicks off as nominations open
AFP, Published on 16/09/2013
» Candidate nominations were set to open Monday for Afghanistan's presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.
Afghan Taliban attack US base, NATO supply vehicles
AFP, Published on 02/09/2013
» Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen dressed as Afghan police attacked a US base near the Pakistani border on Monday and set dozens of parked NATO supply vehicles ablaze, officials said.
Pakistan targets Taliban lair to secure vote
AFP, Published on 21/03/2013
» Pakistan is stepping up an offensive to dislodge the Taliban from a key stronghold in an effort to safeguard May's general election and crack down on militants behind a wave of attacks.
Provincial councillor linked to poll killings
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/12/2012
» It has taken five years to crack seven major criminal cases in Prachin Buri leading to the arrest of a prominent provincial councillor and accomplices linked to election-related murders and bid collusion.
Philippine massacre witnesses live in fear
AFP, Published on 27/07/2012
» Hired assassins are stalking witnesses to a Philippine massacre in which a political warlord allegedly led the slaughter of 57 people, victims' relatives and a rights group said almost two years into a complex trial.