JAKARTA, Indonesia – The man believed to have planned the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 p...Suspected militants attack World Vision office, killing 5
MANSEHRA -- At least five workers of a charity organisation, including two women, were killed...Law enacted to punish harassment of women in workplaces
ISLAMABAD -- President Asif Ali Zardari March 9 signed the Protection Against Harassment of Wo...ISI chief gets 1-year term extension
ISLAMABAD -- Lieut-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the Director General of the Inter-Services Intel...Pakistan bans 2 former cricket captains
ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) March 10 suspended former captains Mohammad Yous...Kazakhstan wants a share of running Karachaganak gas field
ASTANA – Kazakhstan wants to become a partner in the consortium running the Karachaganak oil a...Bishkek mayor objects to planned March 17 opposition rally
BISHKEK – Bishkek Mayor Nariman Tyuleev is objecting to opposition plans to hold a rally in th...Kyrgyz national security officers convicted of aiding detainees’ escape
BISHKEK – Two former officers of the Kyrgyz national security service received ten- and 11-yea...56 Tablighi Jamaat members convicted in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE – The Supreme Court of Tajikistan convicted 56 defendants of belonging to the banned...Kazakh oil worker strikes grows to 10,000
MANGISTAU OBLAST, Kazakhstan -- The number of oil workers striking in western Kazakhstan has r...
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Emirates’ Al-Wahda’s Ahmad Ali Salem Khamis al-Abri tries to get past an Uzbek Bunyodkor defender during their AFC Champions League match in Abu Dhabi March 9. Bunyodkor won the match 2-1 taking first place in Group B. Uzbek Coach Luiz Felipe Skolari praised the team’s newest addition, Denilson of Brazil, who scored both Bunyodkor goals. [AFP/Getty Images]
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