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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 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 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.
12/02/2009 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.
12/01/2009 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.
12/01/2009 PHILIPPINES
Responsible sex, not safe sex to fight AIDS
by Santosh Digal
A group of 200 Catholic students is promoting different attitudes towards sex among teenagers and your people based on the notion of responsibility and Christian values. For the Church, young people must be helped to view sexuality “as a gift of God for human” for “spiritual intimacy in the context of sacrament of marriage”.
12/01/2009 INDIA
Three churches attacked in two days in Tamil Nadu
Church buildings belonging to the Church of South India are targeted. Christian leader says attacks are unwarranted against a minority that wants to “live in peace.” He pleads with the authorities to provide protection.
12/01/2009 CHINA – VATICAN
National Assembly of Catholic Representatives postponed again
by Annie Lam
The assembly is of one the bodies the Pope views as “irreconcilable with Catholic doctrine”. The meeting was planned for the second half of 2009. In the past Cardinal Zen asked Chinese bishops to avoid the event.
12/01/2009 SOUTH KOREA – PHILIPPINES
Seoul: Filipinas forced into sex trade with foreigners and US soldiers
by Theresa Kim Hwa-young
Women enter the country on ‘Arts and Performance’ visas but are soon turned into waitresses who have to sell their bodies if they cannot sell between 200 and 500 drinks a month. Human rights activists want the government to intervene.

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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
11/30/2009 VATICAN – TURKEY
Pope tells Bartholomew that ecumenism must continue without hindrance from the past
11/30/2009 ISLAM – SWITZERLAND
Swiss ban on minarets condemned in the Muslim world, but many voices call for moderation
11/30/2009 SRI LANKA
Presidential elections in Sri Lanka, between hope for democracy and fears of fraud
by Melani Manel Perera
11/30/2009 VIETNAM
Pontifical Institute of St. Pius X in Da Lat demolished and turned into a park
by Trung Tin
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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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