The Star Jailed Chinese Mongolian dissident claims torture | BEIJING (Reuters) - An ethnic Mongolian jailed in China for separatism and spying says he is being regularly tortured in prison for a crime he did not commit, according to a letter pleading his case... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
RBC News Russia-Mongolia trade to reach $1bn | RBC, 11.04.2008, Moscow 12:24:17.Annual trade between Russia and Mongolia is expected to grow to $1bn over the next few years, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubko... (photo: AP /Mikhail Metzel)
Independent online Afghanistan hit by plague of locusts | Kabul - Afghan authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust infestation that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for killing the ins... (photo: GFDL / Postdlf) AfghanistanAgricultureGovernmentInsectsPhotos
Canada Dot Com Food crisis continues to get worse | KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsin... (photo: AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool) AfghanistanDroughtFoodPhotosPovertyWar
Asia Times Iran woos Farsi-speaking nations | By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | There are many interrelated reasons why the United States policy of isolating Iran has failed, one being the prominent regional role played by Te... (photo: WN.Jamal Penjweny) IranPeoplePhotosPoliticsUSA
Asia Times An oil-addicted ex-superpower | By Michael T Klare | Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a politic... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) DefenceOilPhotosUSUSSR
The Australian 'Time to talk to Taliban' | A KEY adviser and cousin of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has warned that fighting in the strife-torn country could drag on for 10 years or more unless the insurge... (photo: AP Photo ) AfghanistanPhotosPoliticsTalibanTerrorism
The Manila Times 'al-Qaeda on the run'—Pakistan By Dante 'Klink' Ang 2nd Executive Editor | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Even as military leaders here claim they have broken the terrorists' network and have the al-Qaeda on the... (photo: AP Photo / David Guttenfelder) AfghanistanMilitaryPakistanPhotosTerrorism
