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As the English language assumes a more important role in the region, some caution against creating a "faulty perspective" if regional-language media are ignored.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday accused Iran and Syria of arming Hezbollah with increasingly sophisticated rockets and missiles, saying the militia's arsenal undermined stability in the region.

Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirts" threw tyres onto elevated city rail tracks Tuesday to try to thwart a feared military crackdown against their campaign for fresh elections.

Robotic underwater vessels raced Monday to stave off an environmental disaster by stopping 42,000 gallons of oil a day from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico from a sunken rig.

The United States has extradited former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to France to face money-laundering charges after years of legal wrangling, US and French officials said.

Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot Monday narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suspected Al-Qaeda suicide attacker who hurled himself at the ambassador's convoy in a Sanaa street, officials said.

The leader of likely kingmakers in the May 6 election, the Liberal Democrats, warned Sunday he would not prop up a wounded Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as polls point to a hung parliament.

Thailand's embattled prime minister vowed to clear Bangkok's commercial heart of anti-government Red Shirt protesters as he appeared on television Sunday in a show of unity with his army chief.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday fired five shore-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles, ending four days of war games in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, state media reported.

Abhisit Vejjajiva, together with army chief, announces plans to retake Ratchaprasong, but did not say when.

Tens of thousands marked the 95th anniversary of mass killings under the Ottoman both in Armenia, and for the first time, in Turkey.

Can citizenship really be tested? An increasing number of countries – especially, but not only, in Europe – seem to think so.

Many parents are scratching their heads as they watch youngsters in the Asia- Pacific region create often-private online worlds .

Although they were invited, presidents from the region failed to show up for the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth . 

Thai riot police faced down thousands of anti-government protesters Friday after grenade attacks left one woman dead and scores wounded in the latest bloodshed of the escalating political crisis.

Britain's election race tightened after the second party leaders' TV debate failed to produce a runaway winner, increasing the chances of a hung parliament.

US Vice President Joe Biden has said that China will sign on to new UN sanctions on Iran, and predicted new measures to punish Tehran's nuclear program could be agreed by the end of this month.

Pro-government protestors rallied outside parliament here for a second day on Wednesday, blocking access to the building to opposition lawmakers seeking to overturn a decree by President Daniel Ortega.

Wildlife researchers said Thursday they have discovered 123 new species on Borneo island, including a lungless frog, the world's longest insect and a slug that fires "love darts" at its mate.

Belgian lawmakers are set Thursday to impose a ban on wearing the Islamic burqa in public, the first clampdown of its kind in Europe, unless the nation's political crisis disrupts their vote.

Even as the Thai military warned that its troops would fire live bullets in any imminent confrontation with anti-government protesters in Bangkok, women like Supaporn Sonnorp did not flee.

Prisons tend to bring out the worst in people on both sides of the bars. Those who have lost their right liberty - validly or not - need their remaining rights protecting with even more vigilance.

Thailand on Tuesday toughened its stance against anti-government protesters, warning security forces would use live ammunition and tear gas in any fresh clashes.

Europe eased its aerial lockdown Tuesday with almost half of its scheduled flights taking to the skies and London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, finally reopening for business.