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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sydney Sun.com http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/303b19022816233b/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:00 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:00 -0500 30 Pakistan on Monday beat England by 71 runs in the third and final Test being played here, and achieved a three nil series whitwash. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203269998/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:02 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203269998/cs/1/ At least 13 people have been killed and 40 are believed missing after an earthquake struck the moutain village of Planas in the Philippines on Monday. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203269784/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:50:09 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203269784/cs/1/ Pakistan has failed to announce a new date for its judicial commission to visit India to record statements of key officials linked to the investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203267029/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203267029/cs/1/ Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar to apologise for his statements on the army. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203263944/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:01:01 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203263944/cs/1/ Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo moto notice of the target killing of Balochistan lawmaker Bakhtiar Domki's wife and daughter. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203263943/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:51 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203263943/cs/1/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is easing one of its many sanctions against Myanmar as a reward for political reforms after five decades of direct military ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282697/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:58:28 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282697/ Recent reforms in Myanmar have already had a positive impact, the United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the country said today, but warned that serious challenges remain and must be ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282690/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:54:39 -0500 UN News Centre http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282690/ Band members of Burma's all-girl band Me N Ma Girls. (Photo: myspace.com/me-n-ma-girls) Me N Ma Girls is an all-girl group from Myanmar (Burma). The girls conjure up images of the Spice Girls ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282694/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:24 -0500 The World http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282694/ The epicentre was located five kilometres northwest of Tayasan town in Negros Oriental province. A strong earthquake has jolted central Philippine islands, killing at least 43 people and ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282691/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:12 -0500 SBS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282691/ Pakistan's spinners "outclassed" England's batsmen for a thoroughly deserved 3-0 Test series whitewash in their Middle East 'home from home'. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282685/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:22 -0500 RTE http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282685/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan must stem risks to a "highly vulnerable" economy that include inflation projected at 12 percent, a widening budget deficit and declining currency reserves, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281084/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:19:11 -0500 Bloomberg BusinessWeek http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281084/ Release Date: February 1, 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An active and forceful grass roots movement committed to expanding democratic freedom for women is essential to curbing the dramatic and widespread ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282688/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:18:38 -0500 UB News Center http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282688/ Pakistan Nine women and two children were killed and dozens of others were trapped under rubble when a factory collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said.The three-storey ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282676/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:16 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282676/ Source: Reuters A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck the central Philippine island of Negros, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing at least 12 people, including two children, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282298/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:11:30 -0500 One News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282298/ MANILA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing at least 12 people, including two ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282679/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:10:56 -0500 The Star http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282679/ Abu Dhabi: A Pakistani gang has been arrested by Pakistani authorities for forging UAE visas, reported Oloom Al Dar on Abu Dhabi TV. The gang made hundreds of thousands of dirhams in profit by ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282686/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:50:15 -0500 Gulf News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282686/ Nov. 12, 2004: Indonesian men hold on to the rooftop and outside of a train bound for Banten province. Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from riding the roofs of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282696/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:42:48 -0500 Fox News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282696/ Commuters ride on the roof of a Jakarta state rail train at Cawang train station on Jan. 27, 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta is plagued by transport problems due to the lack of alternative ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281797/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:31 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281797/ All Things Digital's Kara Swisher points out in an article on Monday. The definitive agreement centers around selling Sunnyvale-based Yahoo's (NASDAQ:YHOO) 33 percent stake in ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281331/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:31:54 -0500 Business Journal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281331/ Thai police busted a grisly exotic wildlife slaughterhouse in Bangkok when officers caught four men in the act of chopping up a tiger in a residential home, officials said Monday. Elephant, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281562/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:39 -0500 Breitbart http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203281562/ Pakistan have wrapped up a 3-0 series rout of England with a 71-run win in the third Test in Dubai on Monday.Set a tough 324 to win, England resumed day four at 36-0 as they attempted to salvage ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282684/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:53:33 -0500 Sportal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282684/ ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282693/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:43:25 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282693/ The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) in Sri Lanka are holding a public meeting in Colombo on February 13 to defend the party and its members ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277566/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:08:19 -0500 wsws.org http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277566/ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers in the central Philippines are using picks and shovels to try to dig out dozens of people trapped under homes collapsed by a 6.9-magnitude quake that also ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277553/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:37 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277553/ In this Jan. 31 photo, musician Dave Grohl poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. The 43-year-old Foo Fighters frontman's band had a top-selling tour, sold more than 663,000 copies of their album ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277554/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:03:13 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277554/ HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam has arrested nine men said to be members of a 'politically reactionary' organisation that was aiming to overthrow the country's communist government, state media ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277555/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:01:41 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277555/ 100 families living in the Udduppidi refugee camp, 52 in that of Sinnaweli. For a year the government considers these people "resettled" and does not send more flour, rice, lentils, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277542/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:59 -0500 Spero News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277542/ A 6.8 quake strikes in Negros Oriental province at a depth of 20 kilometres. A local tsunami warning is issued with the possibility of one-metre waves. Villages are isolated and houses are buried by ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277543/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:53 -0500 Spero News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277543/ Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has arrived in Qatar for planned talks on a possible peace deal to end the 10-year war in Afghanistan. Qatar's state news agency QNA said Gilani ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277128/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:24 -0500 Spero News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277128/ Jakarta, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in the eastern province of Papua Indonesia will force men to have a circumcision to stop the spread of AIDS in the region, official sources reported on ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277547/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:55 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277547/ Bank of Thailand official expressed concerns over possible spillovers from the Greek debt crisis, as capital outflows are anticipated if the country could not refinance a huge amount of debt. Money ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277556/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:53:06 -0500 The Nation http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277556/ Four Thais open their campaigns at the US$220,000 PTT Pattaya Open today, with the clash between veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn and Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan the pick of the bunch. The ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277557/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:53:03 -0500 The Nation http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277557/ The Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) has reported that only 789 schools, out of the 24,098 entitled for the "One Tablet PC Per Child" project, had fibre optic lines to connect ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277558/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:53:00 -0500 The Nation http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277558/ Chief royal adviser General Prem Tinsulanonda is living testimony for an old saying: Silence speaks louder than words. Since the eruption of political turbulence in 2005, supporters of former prime ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277560/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:52:57 -0500 The Nation http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277560/ Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England here on Monday; inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash humiliation in the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277539/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:37 -0500 Mail and Guardian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277539/ The $575 million facility in Hai Phong will help cement coastal city as export gateway Bridgestone plans to open a $575 million factory in 2014 near the Vietnamese city of Hai Phong, as the coastal ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277563/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:34 -0500 Journal of Commerce http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277563/ Joe Root made 110 not out as the England Lions secured a 3-2 victory in the unofficial one-day series against Sri Lanka A. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277550/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:07 -0500 The Guardian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277550/ Indonesia said yesterday its economy grew at the fastest rate for 15 years in 2011, spurred by strong household consumption and private investment in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.The ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277564/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:42:19 -0500 Global Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277564/ Protesters took to the streets of Bangladesh's capital yesterday after the country's main stock index plunged 6.0 percent, deepening a crash that has seen the bourse's value tumble 31 ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277565/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:42:11 -0500 Global Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277565/ Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England this morning; inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash humiliation in the process. Set a daunting 324-run ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282687/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203282687/ A diving catch by Younus Khan at slip off Ajmal immediately after lunch trigged yet another England collapse as it removed Alastair Cook one short of his half ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277545/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:28:07 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277545/ Pakistani security personnel and volunteers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed factory in Lahore on February 6, 2012. A 12-year-old boy was killed and dozens of people, including women ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277549/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:13:27 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277549/ The Philippine unit of Southeast Asia's largest low-cost carrier would fly to key destinations in the region after the airline secured a permit from the Civil Aviation Authority of the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277536/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:17 -0500 Yahoo http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277536/ Winning captain Misbah-ul Haq said his team's 3-0 routing of world number one England sends a strong message to the cricketing world  Pakistan is a power and should be ignored no more. File ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277541/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:06:29 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277541/ A 6.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the central Philippines province of Negros Oriental on Monday, killed at least 44 people, buried dozens and has left many missing, officials told the media. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277568/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:52:46 -0500 IBTimes http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277568/ Officials say Frederick County is seeing an influx of Asian immigrants with a population that has grown to more than 10,000 people. Elizabeth Chung, executive director of the Asian American Center ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277562/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:51:50 -0500 Washington Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203277562/ Emaar's hospitality unit has postponed plans to expand its The Address Hotels + Resorts branded projects in France and Indonesia, it was reported on Monday. The Domaine de Lavagnac in the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203276624/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:41:00 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203276624/ Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, smiles during a visit to Kings Lynn Town Hall in eastern England on Monday. It has been 60 years to the day since Britain was shocked by the bulletins: The King is ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272197/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:40 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272197/ Workers try to fix a damaged water pipe after it was damaged by the extreme cold weather, in the center of Liberec, Czech Republic, on Monday. The temperature in Liberec was around minus 18 degrees ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272198/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:38 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272198/ A | Dharnawati, a businesswoman currently serving a two-and-half year prison sentence for bribing two officials at the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry, admitted that she had intended to give ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272199/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:35 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272199/ A | Mitsubishi Motors Corp. says it will stop building cars at its Netherlands factory - the company's only plant in Western Europe - at the end of 2012.The decision, announced Monday, will ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272202/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:23 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272202/ A | U.S. stock futures are falling as talks drag on among Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity package that is required if the debt-ridden country is to get a crucial bailout package.Dow ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272203/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:22 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272203/ A number of the KRI Nenggala's crew members stand on the ship's deck as it arrives at the Navy's Eastern Fleet (Koarmatim) headquarters in Surabaya, East Java on Monday. The submarine ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272204/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:19 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272204/ A | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono cannot directly interfere in the dispute between the GKI Taman Yasmin Protestant church congregation and the Bogor city administration as it is beyond his ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272205/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:17 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272205/ In this photo provided by the Palestinian Presiden's office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Khaled Mashal, chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, right, sit with ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272206/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:38:15 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272206/ Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England on Monday; inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash humiliation in the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272191/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:21 -0500 SBS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272191/ Pakistan's cricketers recorded their first-ever sweep of England with an emphatic 71-run victory in the third and final Test at Dubai on ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272192/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:35:05 -0500 SBS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272192/ BANGKOK, Feb 6, 2012 (IPS) - The government of Philippines President Benigno Aquino may be wading into choppy diplomatic waters by turning to the United States to counter ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270542/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:24:24 -0500 IPS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270542/ -- More than a thousand Buddhist monks trekked across six provinces, going from temple to temple, to bring peace and harmony to the areas most affected by last year’s floods, the worst in 50 ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272177/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:42 -0500 Buddhist Channel http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272177/ Burma's Election Commission has given opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, seen as a key test of the long-repressed country's ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272188/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:37 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272188/ MANILA (Reuters) - One child died and a local tsunami alert was issued after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake followed by two aftershocks struck off the Philippines island of Negros on Monday, according ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272175/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:05:04 -0500 The Star http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272175/ Dubai – Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England on Monday; inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash humiliation in the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272183/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:53:18 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272183/ Pakistan's bowling once again sparkled to leave England struggling towards another defeat and a series whitewash on the fourth day of the third and final ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272184/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:53:04 -0500 IOL http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272184/ (02-06) 02:50 PST HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam has extended its condolences for late Associated Press correspondent George Esper, who covered both war and peace in the country he came to love. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272210/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:49:52 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272210/ At least two people have died after a three-storey building collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore. Reports say that more than 100 people are trapped in the rubble, mostly women and children who ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203271641/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:45:21 -0500 The Guardian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203271641/ Illegal immigration is not only a huge problem in western, advanced countries, but also in some parts of the developing world. Consider what has been happening ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203271913/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:41:39 -0500 IBTimes http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203271913/ It is almost a year since 12 people died on a tourist boat which sank in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay. The accident prompted a complete safety overhaul. Carmen Roberts reports from the Unesco World ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272171/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:34:43 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272171/ Indo-Nepal border along Uttar Pradesh's three districts, which will go to polls on February 8, was sealed today to prevent movement of anti-social elements during the state Assembly elections. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272185/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:32:36 -0500 Times of India http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272185/ The failure to reach an agreement on austerity measures by Greece's governing coalition is increasing pressure on European stocks and the euro today, even though Asian stocks rallied ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270170/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:10 -0500 Nasdaq http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270170/ A U.S. delegation fronted by Sen. John McCain and Sen. Joseph Lieberman will request that the Burmese government allow international observers to oversee April by-elections, which, if deemed free ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203271565/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:26:14 -0500 World Press Review http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203271565/ New tourism developments and infrastructure has generated a tremendous amount of buzz in Singapore, resulting in a growth of 20.4% in April alone, totaling 938,000 visitors from around the world. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270982/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:17:09 -0500 Asia Pacific News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270982/ Dusit International's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Chanin Donavanik, reaffirms his confidence in the outlook of Thai tourism, leading the industry in helping Thailand regain its rightful ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270192/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:17:06 -0500 Asia Pacific News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270192/ The Singapore Tourism Board announced its forecasts for the tourism industry for 2010: 11.5 to 12.5 million in visitor arrivals and $12.6 - $13.3 billion in tourism receipts. This optimistic ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270987/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:17:03 -0500 Asia Pacific News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203270987/ Published Date: December 28, 2011 GARHI KHUDA BAKSH: Supporters of embattled President Asif Ali Zardari gathered at the grave of his wife Benazir Bhutto on the fourth anniversary of her ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272194/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:12:55 -0500 Kuwait Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272194/ The first Pakistan fund, the Melchior Selected Trust Pakistan Opportunities Fund (MSTPOF), will be launched on 19 June by Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP, advised by KASB Funds in Karachi. At ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272195/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:09:23 -0500 European Pensions http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203272195/ A | The Search and Rescue team, along with dozens of college students, searched for a student at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Angelina Yofanka has been missing since Sunday afternoon ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268513/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:54:08 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268513/ Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Abraham Samad said on Monday that the antigraft body would soon arrest suspended Democratic Party deputy secretary-general Angelina Sondakh, the latest ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268514/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:54:06 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268514/ State owned fixed and mobile operator Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom, or NT) has reported a 12.48% rise in net profit for its fiscal year 2010/11 ended Jestha 2068 (June 2011), ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268512/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:53:22 -0500 TeleGeography http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268512/ Lin Ah-zhu, 65, had one of the biggest scares of her life on Saturday when the elevator she was taking to her apartment on the seventh floor in Keelung malfunctioned and got stuck. Lin said the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268519/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:53:13 -0500 Taiwan Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268519/ BEIJING (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Chinese visitors will have a breezier and faster entry into Malaysia with the easing of the visa application process - a move that will increase the number of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268516/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:37 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268516/ Three suspected armed robbers, including two Indonesians, were gunned down after they tried to shoot their way out of a police dragnet at KM160 of the North-South Expressway near the Jawi toll ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268517/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:34 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268517/ Umar Patek (wearing orange shirt), 41, could face death by firing squad if convicted of various terror-related charges, including bomb-making, premeditated murder, firearms possession and using ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268518/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:31 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268518/ Offspinner Saeed Ajmal and fast bowler Umar Gul led Pakistan's convincing charge toward a clean sweep against England, reducing the top-ranked team to 6-173 at tea on the fourth day of the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268510/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:51:18 -0500 SBS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203268510/