Indonesia quake toll tops 5,000, aid trickles in
Tens of thousands of homeless survivors of an
earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people in Indonesia spent the
night camped out in the rain as aid from across the world arrived on
Monday.
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Nepal army pledges to obey new government
The chief of Nepal's army said on Sunday the
military would accept the orders of the new government, his first
comments since parliament curbed King Gyanendra's powers including
his control over the armed forces.
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Bangladesh court orders seven militants to hang
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced seven top
Islamist militants to death for killing two judges in a bomb attack
in southern Jhalakati town in November last year.
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