Tag: South
Olympics hockey: Pakistan wins 5-4 against South Africa
Pakistan hockey team on Sunday won by 5-4 against South Africa in their fourth match at London Olympics at Riverbank Arena.
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China hits back at US over South China Sea
China on Saturday voiced “its strong dissatisfaction and opposition” after the United States accused Beijing of raising tensions by setting up a new military...
PPP supports South Punjab province: Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday that Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) was sincere to the people of South Punjab and, that is why,...
‘Qaeda’ attack kills five in south Yemen
Four Yemeni soldiers and a civilian were killed in an attack on Wednesday by Al-Qaeda militants on a police station in the southern town...
3 shot dead in restive Thai south
Gunmen shot dead three men in Thailand’s restive south, police said Sunday, hours after suspected insurgents killed four soldiers in a gun attack in...
Militants shoot dead 4 soldiers in restive Thai south
Militants shot dead four soldiers and wounded two others early Saturday in Thailand’s volatile south, an army spokesman said, as a surge in violence...
Siemens wins 400-million-euro contract in South Korea
German engineering giant Siemens said Wednesday it had won a contract worth some 400 million euros ($485 million) to build three power plants in...
Armed conflict possible in South China Sea: ICG
Tensions over competing claims in the South China Sea could escalate into conflict, with an arms build-up among rival nations raising the temperature, an...
South Sudan cancels direct talks with Sudan after ‘air raid’
South Sudan said Saturday it was cancelling planned face-to-face peace talks with Sudan after accusing Khartoum of launching a new air raid on its...
S.African media fetes Dlamini-Zuma’s AU win
South African media on Monday said the election of Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the first female head of the African Union Commission...
On South Asia’s hopes of an Olympic medal
London has barely got its breath back after the Wimbledon fortnight, when the 2012 Olympics arrive in a city already crowded with tourists. The...
Brother of South Korean president detained
The elder brother of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak was arrested and detained early Wednesday pending a corruption trial, in a setback for the...
ASEAN wants UN law to settle South China Sea row
Southeast Asian states want a UN maritime convention to be the basis for settling competing claims in the South China Sea, a draft document...
Dictator’s daughter runs for S. Korea presidency
Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of an assassinated dictator, officially launched her bid Tuesday to become South Korea's first female president, with polls placing her...
LUMS hosts symposium on ICTs in South Asia
Two representatives of LIRNEasia, a think tank that researches information and communications technology (ICT) across Asia, spoke at the LUMS Faculty Lounge for an...
S. Korea construction firm wins $1.8 bln Saudi deal
South Korea's GS Engineering and Construction said Tuesday it has won a $1.8-billion deal to build four petrochemical plants and other facilities in Saudi...
Zimbabwe crush favoured South Africa in T20 final
Zimbabwe crushed favourites South Africa by nine wickets Sunday as the non-cap Twenty20 tri-nations tournament at Harare Sports Club reached a stunning climax.
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