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When the Khmer Rouge invited a pair of American journalists to Cambodia in the late 1970s for a rare glimpse of the revolution, they found empty streets and schools in a city with no laughter.

Just 157 centimetres tall, Natalie Nakase has never let her size stand in the way of her big dreams on the basketball court.

China refused again on Thursday to say whether it would attend a global conference aimed at ending the violence in Syria, as a bloody crackdown on protesters intensified.

Australian researchers Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday called a ballot on the leadership of the ruling Labor party, bringing to a head an increasingly bitter and ugly row with her predecessor Kevin Rudd.

The Taliban exhorted Afghans Thursday to attack and kill foreign troops to avenge the burning of Korans at a US-run base, but stopped short of cutting off contacts with American officials in Qatar.

Half a million Afghans displaced by war have been left homeless and struggling to survive because of government and international neglect, Amnesty International said Thursday.

Japanese Emperor Akihito should cut down his duties following his heart bypass last weekend, his son and heir Crown Prince Naruhito said in comments released to mark his 52nd birthday on Thursday.

Kathmandu (The Kathmandu Post/ANN) - Industrialists may be complaining about them, but the number of trade unions in Nepal has kept on increasing. A total of 86 new trade unions were added in the last six years, that is, after People's Movement II.

London (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - The euro should not exist. In a perfect world (run by economists) the euro would never have been created. Sadly, however, the world is not perfect ¿ and it is run by politicians. The result is an entirely dysfunctional monetary union.

`Phnom Penh (Rasmei Kampuchea Daily/ANN) - Government advisor Sok Siphana says that Cambodia's participation in the Asian Community in 2015 will bring more economic advantages than disadvantages.

Islamabad (Dawn/ANN) - Indicating that an increase of up to 3 rupees (US$.03) per litre in petroleum prices was likely this month, the Pakistan government resisted on Wednesday a demand from parliamentarians belonging to coalition partners and the opposition to consider a price reduction.