KATHMANDU (AFP) - Two years after the end of Nepal's brutal civil war, more tourists than ever visited the Himalayan country in 2008, officials said Friday.
Tourism brings vital...
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli artillery on Saturday bombarded the Gaza Strip in a dramatic escalation of the campaign against Hamas after a week of air attacks which have left more than 440...
SYDNEY (AFP) - A group of Australian environmental campaigners were on Saturday forced to withdraw from their high-seas pursuit of Japanese whalers to refuel, giving the harpooners a fortnight to...
HONG KONG (AFP) - Air pollution across large swathes of Hong Kong last year reached its highest level since records began, despite government efforts to improve the environment, official figures...
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian researchers funded by US billionaire Bill Gates Friday claimed a breakthrough which could help in the fight against dengue fever by stopping the often deadly disease in...
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli warplanes killed three young brothers and demolished a mosque in Gaza on Friday as Hamas vowed to avenge the deadly week-long offensive on its embattled stronghold.
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VIENNA (AFP) - The Gaza conflict cast a shadow over the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's concert, as Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim Thursday urged Israel to excercise caution after...
BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese court has issued tough sentences to members of a huge software counterfeiting ring, which distributed more than two billion dollars' worth of fake Microsoft goods, the...
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