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PAKISTAN/INDIA: Demilitarisation, not divine providence, is the way forward to peace!

A President of one of the two counties almost perennially at war with each other visiting the other, what on the face of mother earth makes news that gets bigger than this? The fact that this is a President on Pilgrimage,...

US, Afghanistan reach deal for 'strategic partnership' after 2014 troop withdrawal

US and Afghan negotiators have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining American support for the war-torn nation following the withdrawal of NATO troops at the end of 2014.

China's net foreign financial assets hit 1.77 trl USD

China's net foreign financial assets hit 1.77 trillion U.S. dollars as of the end of 2011, up from 1.68 trillion U.S. dollars one year earlier, the country's top foreign exchange regulator said Monday.

42 provinces in Thailand declared drought disaster zones

The Department of Disaster Mitigation and Prevention on Sunday announced drought disaster zones in 42 out of 77 provinces across Thailand.