A protest against the government's decision to list residents of Jammu as members of the Dogra ethnicgroup has shut down Indian-administered Kashmir. Shops, businesses, banks and schools are all closed in the Kashmir valley....
HAMAMATSU, Japan (AFP) – Two-time double Olympicgold medallist Kosuke Kitajima was beaten on Monday, but he still claimed his second ticket to the worldswimming championships. The 28-year-old former world record holder, who had already qualified for the men's 100 metres breaststroke,...
TOKYO (AFP) – A month after a deadly quake-tsunami hit a Japanesenuclear plant, the risk of a huge radiation leak has fallen but the danger is far from over, experts say -- a risk brought sharply into focus by a powerful tremor Monday. The 6.6-magnitude aftershock forced evacuation of workers...
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar has detained 146 boat people from Bangladesh after they were dumped on a beach by traffickers who told them they were in Thailand, an official said Monday. "They are in the Irrawaddy region under investigation," said the Myanmar government official, who asked...
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Japan in a show of support for the US ally as it recovers from a devastating earthquake, the State Department announced Monday. Clinton will travel to Tokyo on Sunday, after stops in South Korea and in...
