Indian PM Manmohan Singh has urged his officials to come up with measures to revive the economy's "animal spirit".
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Mining wealth key issue as Mongolia votes
Voters are going to the polls in Mongolia to elect a new parliament in the seventh election since the end of communism in 1990.
India ‘spy’ Surjeet Singh returns from Pakistan jail
An Indian man has returned to his country after spending more than 30 years in jail in Pakistan for spying.
La guerre perdue contre l’opium en Afghanistan
Les chiffres sont implacables. En 2001, lorsque la coalition internationale menée par les Etats-Unis a chassé les talibans du pouvoir, la production d’opium avait chuté de plus de…
South Korea to halt Iran oil imports amid sanctions
South Korea has said imports of Iranian oil will be suspended from 1 July amid a European Union (EU) insurance ban on vessels carrying the product.
S. Korea, Japan to sign first military accord
South Korea will soon sign a military agreement with Japan, officials said Wednesday, in what would be the first such pact since Tokyo's brutal colonial rule ended in…
Kyrgyz capital’s ex-mayor charged with corruption
A court in Kyrgyzstan has brought charges of corruption against the capital city's former mayor and ordered he be kept in custody for two months.
Cоздана профессиональная cекция по Ближнему Востоку
Венгрия, Будапешт - в соответствии с просьбой заинтересованных венгерских компаний и организаций, а также согласно программе Будапештской Палаты Торговли и Промышленности, прошло первое заседание профессиональной секции по Ближнему…
Seven Pakistani soldiers ‘beheaded’: military
Pakistan said Monday that seven soldiers were beheaded by Islamist militants who infiltrated from Afghanistan, lashing out at Kabul over cross-border attacks.
Russia to agree N. Korea debt settlement: official
The Russian government is this month set to agree a framework to settle North Korea's $11 billion debt to Moscow dating back to Soviet times, a deputy minister…