Report: China stops mining project with NKorea
Big chunk of Australian tin off to China
TIN is one of the least fathomable base metals market at present, due partly to recent Chinese stockpiling of the metal.
China summons Aussie ambassador over Uighur visit
Meanwhile, China is still holding the Rio Tinto exec.
BHP Billiton Says Uranium Sales to China to Start Within a Year
ENRC pulls out of Kazakh-China railway
China dips its toe in the Black Sea
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Christians arrested, 1 executed in N. Korea
U.S. Ships in Sim North Korea Missile Smackdown
N.Korea 'helping Myanmar build nuclear plant': report
Clinton in NKorea on apparent bid to free journalists
Hey, buddy, how'd that agreement to get them to stop the weapons program go?
Take Bush while you're at it, since he did squat when the inspectors were kicked out.
10,000 defy Malaysia police, protest detention law
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Shifting Tides Of Influence In Central Asia
Eighteen years after the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia became independent, outsiders continue to jockey for position in the traditional contest for influence in the region.
The great powers -- Russia, the United States, China, and Europe -- follow two main strategies to gain or hold sway in the region: the provision of mutual security, and the use of financial measures and trade incentives in exchange for access to enormous energy reserves.
Officials fall to Kazakh corruption drive
Drive, purge, whatever...
Kazakhstan's uranium boss ill in detention: wife
Kazakhstan's most prominent uranium industry figure, whose arrest has alarmed foreign investors in Central Asia's biggest economy, is in poor health and requires urgent medical attention, his wife said on Friday.
Turkmenistan-Iran gas pipeline to be finished end-2009
Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election
US general may ask for more troops for Afghan war
Pakistan Objects to U.S. Plan for Afghan War
Pakistan judge says won't try Musharraf for treason
Pakistan's top judge turned down a request on Thursday to launch a treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, saying the Supreme Court lacked the authority.
Where the Mullahs Are the Upper Crust
Pakistan’s Taliban seeks class war, but in the heartland, there is a surprisingly comfortable coexistence between the mullahs, the landlords and the political elite.
Man Tied to Group in Pearl Murder Arrested in Pakistan, AP Says
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Six Christians killed in Pakistan over Koran 'insult' (early report)
An angry mob of Muslims on Saturday killed six Christians and wounded dozens after burning 40 houses and a church over the alleged desecration of the Koran in a remote Pakistani town, officials said.
PAKISTAN Muslims burn 75 Christian homes and 2 churches in Punjab
An alleged accusation of blasphemy sparks violence. The Pakistani president Zardari assures compensation for damages to the victims and sent the Minister for Minorities and Human Rights to express the government’s solidarity with the Christian community attacked.
Muslims burn Christians alive in Pakistani city after rumour about a defaced Koran sparked riots
Hundreds of Muslims torched and looted Christian homes in Gorja. A man, a woman and four children were burned to death in their house, and two other men were shot dead by the rioters.
Eight Christians burnt to death in Pakistan after Koran is ‘defiled’
Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of a town in eastern Pakistan yesterday after Muslim radicals burnt to death eight members of a Christian family, raising fears of violence spreading to other areas.
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Somali insurgents loot U.N. compounds
EU anti-piracy force to move some planes south
Monsoon season is almost over.
Caritas aid worker shot dead in Congo
PARIS, July 21 (Reuters) - A Congolese employee of French charity Caritas France was shot dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after being stopped by two men in army uniforms, the charity's umbrella organisation said on Tuesday.
Uganda: Seven Local Girls Sold Into Slavery Missing
Libya eyes a new arsenal
The Libyan coast guard is now operating Croatian-built patrol boats in the western Mediterranean as Russia and Western governments elbow each other for substantial orders for new equipment to update Col. Moammar Gadhafi's armed forces.
Al Qaeda claims deadly attack in Algeria - web
Al Qaeda's north African wing said on Saturday its fighters were behind an attack in Algeria earlier this week in which several soldiers were killed.
Lawmaker from Zimbabwe PM's party arrested for song
Mockery through music!
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Nigeria on the brink
Four days of violence in Nigeria have left hundreds dead, destroyed towns and villages across the north, brought the cold-blooded police shooting of an Islamist rabble-rouser and left the outside world horrified.
Bodies litter streets after unrest in Nigeria
Nigeria clashes bode ill for west Africa
Nigeria: Boko Haram Leader, Yusuf, Killed
700 have died in Nigeria unrest
A Nigerian military official said Saturday that about 700 people were killed in the northern city of Maiduguri during recent fighting between police and a radical Islamist sect. The toll was previously thought to be around 300.
Make that 800:
Nigeria Violence Sparks New Concerns
More than 800 people were killed last week during fighting between an Islamic fundamentalist group calling itself Boko Haram, and Nigerian security forces. The clashes spread across several northern states.
A Red Cross worker in the northern city of Maiduguri, where most of the fighting occurred, said that 780 bodies had been collected in the past few days, and that at least 3,600 Maiduguri residents had been displaced. Officials in Bauchi, where the violence began, had earlier confirmed more than 50 deaths.
Rights groups say many civilians were among those killed, though exact figures remain unknown. Police say most of the dead were militants.
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