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Hamid Karzai arrives in Kandahar for funeral of his brother Ahmad Wali
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Kandahar late on Tuesday for the funeral of his younger brother who was assassinated earlier in the day by the head of his own militia.
12 Jul 2011
Death of Ahmad Wali Karzai leaves Afghan power vacuum
Ahmad Wali Karzai's assassination leaves a power vacuum in Kandahar and seriously weakens both the Afghan government and Nato efforts to prop it up, writes Michael Semple.
12 Jul 2011
Kazakh prisoners blow themselves up after failed break-out
Sixteen convicts have blown themselves up in Kazakhstan after an attempted jail-break failed, the country's Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday.
12 Jul 2011
Japanese businessmen's tie which doubles as a pillow
Japan's overworked businessmen will soon be able to catch up on some sleep in the office – following the invention of a tie that doubles as a pillow.
12 Jul 2011
Kazakh billionaire granted UK asylum
A Kazakh billionaire accused of losing British banks hundreds of millions of pounds in an alleged fraud has been granted asylum in the UK, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
12 Jul 2011
Pakistan threatens to withdraw troops from Afghan border over US aid reduction
Pakistan has warned it will withdraw troops from the Afghan border where they are fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents if the US does not reinstate $800m in military assistance which has been suspended amid a worsening diplomatic row.
12 Jul 2011
Hamid Karzai's brother killed
Ahmad Wali Karzai killed by bodyguard at Afghanistan home.
12 Jul 2011
Hamid Karzai confirms brother's assassination
The death of Ahmed Wali Karzai was confirmed by Hamid Karzai, his half brother, who said the killing reflected the suffering of all Afghan people.
12 Jul 2011
Hamid Karzai's brother assassinated: as it happened
Ahmad Wali Karzai, the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has been shot dead in an assassination attack in Kandahar.
12 Jul 2011
Chinese toddler who fell 10 stories wakes from coma
A Chinese toddler who fell 10 stories and survived after being caught by a passer-by woke up from a 10-day coma and called out to her parents, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday.
12 Jul 2011
Ahmad Wali Karzai assassination 'huge propaganda boost for Taliban'
The assassination of Ahmad Wali Karzai, the chairman of the Kandahar Provincial Council and President Hamid Karzai's half-brother, is an enormous propaganda and moral boost for the Taliban.
12 Jul 2011
China launches new satellite
The rocket carrying the Tianlian I-02 satellite blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province.
12 Jul 2011
Ahmad Wali Karzai's assassination leaves a big headache for Nato
Ahmad Wali Karzai was many things - warlord, drugs baron and all round loose cannon. But at least he was one of ours.
12 Jul 2011
Ahmad Wali Karzai: profile
Ahmad Wali Karzai was described many ways: opium dealer, CIA agent, tribal leader and the real power behind his maligned brother, President Hamid Karzai.
12 Jul 2011
France to withdraw 1,000 troops
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said during a visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday that France will pull out 1,000 troops from its mission there by the end of 2012, as it speeds up its withdrawal with the United States.
12 Jul 2011
Suspension of $800m in US aid to Pakistan will hamper terror fight, says Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani president, has said that the suspension of $800 million in US aid to the Pakistani military will hamper anti-terrorism efforts.
12 Jul 2011
Two Americans abducted by gunmen in Philippines
Gunmen abducted two US citizens and their Filipino relative holidaying at a tiny southern Philippine island on Tuesday, police said.
12 Jul 2011
Hamid Karzai's brother killed in Afghanistan
Ahmad Wali Karzai killed by bodyguard at family home.
12 Jul 2011
Japan prosecutors seek life over Briton's murder
Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday demanded life in jail for a man on trial for the rape and murder of British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, whose battered body was found in a sand-filled bathtub.
12 Jul 2011
CIA's 'fake vaccination push'
CIA set up fake programme as it tried to confirm whereabouts of bin Laden.
11 Jul 2011
Indonesia's human rights violations deeply entrenched
Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim democracy but faces accusations that human rights violations are deeply entrenched.
11 Jul 2011
Five of the best: controversies on Facebook
An Indonesian woman accused of defamation after comments she made about a local hospital ended up on Facebook said Monday she was shocked by a supreme court decision to overturn her earlier acquittal.
11 Jul 2011
Court overturns Facebook woman's acquittal
Indonesian woman accused of defamation after comments she made about a local hospital ended up on Facebook said has early acquittal overturned.
11 Jul 2011
US military aid cuts to Pakistan 'will harm efforts to take on al-Qaeda'
Stopping American military aid to Pakistan is set to curtail efforts to tackle al-Qaeda in the country, retired senior officials have warned.
11 Jul 2011
China attacks US naval exercises and army spending
China's most senior military officer has criticised the United States for claiming to want peace in the South China Sea and then carrying out repeated naval war games.
11 Jul 2011
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