Newstrack India Dalai Lama expresses displeasure over imprisonment of Chinese dissident | Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 29 (ANI): The 14th Dalai Lama on Tuesday expressed his displeasure over the imprisonment of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for 11 years. | He urged Chinese au... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
BBC News Nikkei peak: 20-year anniversary | It is exactly 20 years since Japan's Nikkei hit its peak of 38,957. | The index now trades at about quarter of that value. In other words, it has lost about 73%, closing at 10,638 on Tuesday. | Back... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Inquirer Teves: Shopping, poll campaign saved RP from recession | BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- Buying Christmas gifts and indulging in early election campaigning may have saved the country from recession, finance officials reported to President Macapagal-Arroyo dur... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Inquirer Philippine shares close 0.65% higher | MANILA—(UPDATE) Philippine share prices closed 0.65 percent higher on Tuesday due to year-end window-dressing, but volumes remained thin ahead of a three-day public holiday, dealers said. | The comp... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
The Columbus Dispatch Karzai blasts 'civilian' deaths | KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday that 10 civilians, including eight students, had been killed in fighting involving international forces in the cou... (photo: AP / Michael Kappeler, Pool) AfghanistanDeathMilitaryNATOPhotos