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12/02/2009 AFGHANISTAN - USA
Obama has decided: 30 thousand more troops in Afghanistan
They will be deployed by summer 2010. Withdrawal also set for 2011. NATO requested for 5 thousand soldiers more. The budget for military spending rises to 30 billion dollars. Veiled accusations of corruption for Karzai. AsiaNews sources sceptical about the effectiveness of the increased military presence.
West Point (AsiaNews / Agencies) - U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered the dispatch of another 30 thousand troops to Afghanistan by summer 2010 and says that the U.S. will begin withdrawal from the country by 2011. In his speech at the Military Academy at West Point,...

12/02/2009 NORTH KOREA
The "third Kim" frightens the two Koreas
by Joseph Yun Li-sun
Sources explain the North Korean leadership: Kim Jong-un is the chosen successor of the Dear Leader. But will be a dictator worse than the father, autocratic and cruel. Denied rumours that had the master of Pyongyang on the brink of death.
12/02/2009 PHILIPPINES – UAE
Dubai’s collapse puts the job of 250,000 Filipino workers at risk
by Santosh Digal
Crisis makes debt repayment harder for migrant workers. Some have already gone to jail because of that. Foreign workers represent 80 per cent of Dubai’s workforce.

12/02/2009 CHINA
AIDS activists ask for government help
For years, Chinese authorities denied the presence of the HIV virus in China, and allowed the trade in infected blood products for transfusion to go on. The result has been that AIDS has become the leading killer among infectious diseases in the country.
12/02/2009 SAUDI ARABIA
Fear of epidemic looms over Jeddah as flood-related bodies are still unburied
Many bodies are rotting under debris, following last week’s big flood. More than 100 people died, some drowned in their cars. Government is blamed for the lack of proper drainage.
12/02/2009 VATICAN
Pope: Only love for God and neighbour gives meaning to our choices
General audience, Benedict XVI illustrates the figure of William of St. Thierry, the Monk of the twelfth century called the "poet of love, charity." By the action of the Holy Spirit "man becomes one with God," he will arrive at being God, but "what God is."
12/02/2009 RUSSIA - VATICAN
The speeches of Benedict XVI on Europe published by Patriarch Kyril
Today, the presentation in Rome, awaiting the visit of Medvedev to the pope. A Russian embassy to the Holy See may be on the horizon. But among small signs of cooperation, problems still remain.
12/02/2009 CHINA
Swine flu death toll three times higher
Health Ministry orders more accurate reporting of fatalities. In two weeks, the number of deaths jumps from 53 to 178. There is strong suspicion that Beijing might be trying to hide the real situation.
12/02/2009 SRI LANKA
Tamil party to vote for Rajapaksa, but on its conditions
by Melani Manel Perera
The Eelam People Democratic Party wants guarantees for power devolution and a political solution to the Tamil question.
12/02/2009 JAPAN - KOREA
Japanese and Korean bishops meet in the name of the card. Kim
by Pino Cazzaniga
They want to take up the legacy of the late Card. Stephen Kim: overcoming the hostility of the past of war and champion the poor.
12/01/2009 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock markets down again
Losses reach 6 per cent in early trading to rebound to – 5.6 and 3.57 respectively. Dubai World is trying to restructure part of its debt. The government of Dubai announces it will not guarantee all of Dubai World’s debts. Abu Dhabi announces it will not guarantee all of Dubai’s debts.

Altri articoli
12/01/2009 PHILIPPINES
Responsible sex, not safe sex to fight AIDS
by Santosh Digal
12/01/2009 INDIA
Three churches attacked in two days in Tamil Nadu
12/01/2009 CHINA – VATICAN
National Assembly of Catholic Representatives postponed again
by Annie Lam
12/01/2009 SOUTH KOREA – PHILIPPINES
Seoul: Filipinas forced into sex trade with foreigners and US soldiers
by Theresa Kim Hwa-young
12/01/2009 NEPAL
Nepali cabinet to meet on Mount Everest to discuss Copenhagen and climate change
by Kalpit Parajuli
12/01/2009 BANGLADESH
Dhaka: a jobless Catholic widow in a tragic situation
by William Gomes
12/01/2009 VATICAN - MIDDLE EAST
Fr. Samir: Islam in paralysis and war; the West without a memory
by Samir Khalil Samir
12/01/2009 CHINA
Growing debt from unpaid credit cards and Chinese banks
12/01/2009 INDIA
World AIDS Day: Indian Catholics at the forefront in the care for the sick
by Nirmala Carvalho
12/01/2009 PHILIPPINES
Massacre in Maguindanao: Andale Ampatuan Jr. accused of multiple homicide
11/30/2009 CHINA – EUROPEAN UNION
China-EU summit: no agreement on yuan
11/30/2009 TIBET – CHINA – EUROPEAN UNION
Tibetan activists in Europe urge EU not to forget human rights
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VATICAN - MIDDLE EAST
Fr. Samir: Islam in paralysis and war; the West without a memory
by Samir Khalil Samir
The situation in the Middle East is stagnant: a crisis of Islam drags everything into a fatal paralysis. The crisis also affects the West, oblivious to its Christian roots. Yet Islam and the West need each other. A study by our expert on Islam, in preparation for the Synod of the Churches of the Middle East.
CHINA - VATICAN
Card. Zen publishes a guide to Pope's letter to Chinese Catholics
The Patriotic Association is the most obvious cause of the painful situation of the Church in China. The underground bishops must take "caution" in seeking recognition from the government. Official bishops should not advertise the ideal of an independent church and show more unity with the pope.
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11/26/2009 IRAQ
Mosul: Christian buildings attacked, Church of Saint Ephrem levelled
11/27/2009 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Emir of Abu Dhabi to buy Dubai for US$ 80 billion
11/25/2009 CHINA - VATICAN
Card. Zen publishes a guide to Pope's letter to Chinese Catholics
11/26/2009 SAUDI ARABIA
Riyadh: man to be decapitated for witchcraft
12/01/2009 BANGLADESH
Dhaka: a jobless Catholic widow in a tragic situation
by William Gomes
11/27/2009 ISLAM - EUROPE
Fr. Samir: In Switzerland, yes minarets, no to the muezzin
by Samir Khalil Samir
11/27/2009 ASIA
Asian markets down for fear of Dubai
11/28/2009 VATICAN
Year for Priests: from 9 to 11 June an international meeting of priests in Rome
11/29/2009 VATICAN
Christ, the foundation of hope needed by all men, Pope says
11/27/2009 PAKISTAN
Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art from the Gandhara period

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