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Sri Lanka defends China's expansion in Indian Ocean Sri Lanka has defended China's increased naval presence in the Indian Ocean and rejected claims that it is a threat to regional power India.

14 December 2012

UN atomic team in Iran for nuclear talks A team from the UN atomic watchdog led by chief inspector Herman Nackaerts arrived early Thursday for talks with nuclear officials on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.

14 December 2012

Beginning of 2013 will be difficult for Central Asian countries The beginning of 2013 will be difficult for Central Asian countries because of this year’s drought in the grain-yielding regions of the world.

14 December 2012

Philippines moves closer to birth control law The Philippines moved closer to a controversial birth control law Thursday as lawmakers passed a version of the bill after a long debate over an issue that has deeply polarised the largely Catholic nation.

14 December 2012

Japan scrambles fighters for China plane Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.

14 December 2012

Honduras fears new crisis over Supreme Court row The Honduran Congress fired four Supreme Court justices on Wednesday, raising fears of a new political crisis three years after a coup.

13 December 2012

Danial Akhmetov and Akhmetzhan Yessimov received First President's awards Prior to the Independence Day Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev handed state awards.

13 December 2012

Serik Akhmetov met with head of Chevron Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov met with chairman and CEO of Chevron corporation John Watson.

13 December 2012

Nazarbayev will make State-of-Union Address to people of Kazakhstan tomorrow The official meeting will be held in the new Opera and Ballet Theater on Astana’s Left Bank.

13 December 2012

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Same laws must apply to bloggers, tweeters: Leveson The man who led the inquiry into Britain's phone-hacking scandal has warned that bloggers and tweeters should be subject to the same laws as traditional media outlets to prevent a decline in standards of journalism.

13 December 2012

India condemns N. Korea rocket launch, tests own missile India condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Wednesday even as it tested one of its own ballistic weapons, which were developed when India was a nuclear pariah itself.

13 December 2012

World leaders face big challenges in 2013 Barack Obama is back and China has a new leader in Xi Jinping, but world leaders face heavyweight issues in the coming year, from lingering economic crises to bloody tumult in the Middle East.

13 December 2012

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry makes a statement on the launch of a long-range rocket by North Korea “We believe the move may have an adverse effect on the global non-proliferation regime and poses a threat of both regional and global scale”, the statement reads.

13 December 2012

Chavez cancer surgery successful: vice president Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering after a successful cancer operation at a Cuban hospital, his vice president said Tuesday.

12 December 2012

WTO approves membership for Tajikistan The World Trade Organization on Monday approved Tajikistan's 11-year struggle to join the UN's global trade body, paving the way for the Central Asian nation to become its 159th member.

12 December 2012

US seen as 'first among equals' in 2030: intel report The United States will likely be the "first among equals" rather than a lone superpower by 2030, in an increasingly chaotic world where China is the top economy.

12 December 2012

Colorado becomes second US state to legalize pot Colorado became the second US state to legalize marijuana for recreational use Monday, as its governor signed a voter-backed proposal into law.

12 December 2012

US report faults Pakistan over Afghan war Despite an easing of tensions with the United States, Pakistan is persistently undermining security in Afghanistan by permitting safe havens for insurgents.

12 December 2012

Limited options to punish N. Korea rocket launch With North Korea seemingly intent on going ahead with its planned rocket launch, the international community must decide how it can punish a country that has proved largely impervious to past sanctions.

12 December 2012