* Iraqi museum images to go on internet * Google CEO in Baghdad for launch * Move meant to encourage foreign firms to invest in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 24 - Google is putting thousands of...
COLOMBO, Nov 2 - Sri Lanka is heading into election mode, after President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government said early presidential and parliamentary polls will be held by April. Following is a summary of five key risks...
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 - Informal contacts between U.S. officials and a senior North Korean diplomat have not produced plans for formal bilateral talks, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. Ri Gun, North Korea's second-ranking...
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 - President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. economic sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday. The one-year extension, which Obama made official in a letter to Congress, followed his decision announced earlier this month...
OBAMA RENEWS SANCTIONS ON SUDAN - STATEMENT...
NEW DELHI, Oct 26 - Millions of workers will be on the streets across India on Wednesday, picketing and holding rallies to protest rising prices and job losses, union officials said, though there may be...
HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct 25 - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will press his idea of an Asia Pacific community when he meets his Asian counterparts on Sunday. Rudd's push comes a day after Japan...
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 - A U.S. diplomat met on Saturday with North Korea's second-ranking official involved in stalled six-country nuclear negotiations, a move that could be a step towards reconvening the talks. A State Department...
* Japan says U.S. involvement important * Australia pushes for broader Asia-Pacific grouping * Any new bloc is far off - analyst (Recasts, adds comment from Japanese spokesman on ASEAN) HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct 24...
HUA HIN, Thailand, Oct 24 - Thailand wants to tap China's $15 billion Southeast Asian infrastructure loan programme to build an ambitious network of highways linking parts of Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and China, a Thai...