Myanmar must guarantee Suu Kyi's security: Rudd (AFP)

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• Myanmar must guarantee Suu Kyi's security: Rudd (AFP)
• 'Billions worth' of treasure found in Indian temple (AFP)
• India pledges to get to work on 25 mln court cases (AFP)
• Bangladesh okay Pakistan security (AFP)
• Sharma, Kumar strike early as West Indies chase 281 (AFP)
• Afghan attacks kill 18, family on board a van (AP)
• Hong Kong arrests 231 after anti-government demo (AFP)
• Samoa beat Japan 34-15 in Pacific Nations Cup (AFP)
• India PM makes 'off-the-record' Bangladesh swipe (AFP)
• Pakistan mounts search for Swiss hostages: official (AFP)
• India's rural poor give up on power grid, go solar (AP)
• 40 miners trapped, 3 dead in China's disasters (AP)
• Key dates in recent Thai politics (AP)
• A look at Thailand's general election (AP)
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• Ex-Thai PM, in exile, looms large in tense vote (AP)
• Group: China sentences Tibetan writer to 4 years (AP)

Myanmar must guarantee Suu Kyi's security: Rudd (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:43 AM PDT AFP - Myanmar must guarantee democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's safety when she travels around the country for the first time since her release last year, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Saturday.

'Billions worth' of treasure found in Indian temple (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT AFP - A treasure trove of gold and silver jewelry, coins and precious stones said to be worth billions of dollars has been found in a Hindu temple in southern India, officials said on Saturday.

India pledges to get to work on 25 mln court cases (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:23 AM PDT AFP - India pledged on Saturday to cut the millions of pending court cases by 40 percent in just six months, without explaining how it might achieve the ambitious aim.

Bangladesh okay Pakistan security (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT AFP - Bangladeshi football chiefs said security arrangements for their game away at Pakistan in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday were "satisfactory".

Sharma, Kumar strike early as West Indies chase 281 (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT AFP - Bowlers Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar took India closer to a series-clinching win as West Indies reached 51-2, in pursuit of 281, at lunch on the last day of the second Test on Saturday.

Afghan attacks kill 18, family on board a van (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT AP - A roadside bomb ripped through a van carrying a family Saturday in southern Afghanistan, killing all on board — the deadliest incident in a string of attacks that killed 18 civilians, according to officials.

Hong Kong arrests 231 after anti-government demo (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT AFP - Hong Kong police arrested 231 people and used pepper spray during a demonstration by tens of thousands angered at government policies and soaring property prices, officials said on Saturday.

Samoa beat Japan 34-15 in Pacific Nations Cup (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:38 AM PDT AFP - Wing back Alesana Tuilagi scored two tries to lead Samoa to a 34-15 victory over Japan in the four-team Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday.

India PM makes 'off-the-record' Bangladesh swipe (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh claimed many Bangladeshis are "very anti-Indian", in controversial remarks posted on his official website which were later removed for being "off the record".

Pakistan mounts search for Swiss hostages: official (AFP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:29 AM PDT AFP - Pakistan has launched a search operation and engaged tribal elders to help secure the release of a Swiss couple abducted in the insurgency-hit southwest, officials said Saturday.

India's rural poor give up on power grid, go solar (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 06:53 AM PDT AP - Boommi Gowda used to fear the night. Her vision fogged by glaucoma, she could not see by just the dim glow of a kerosene lamp, so she avoided going outside where king cobras slithered freely and tigers carried off neighborhood dogs.

40 miners trapped, 3 dead in China's disasters (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:19 AM PDT AP - A coal mine flood in southwestern China trapped 21 miners underground, while a cave-in at another mine Saturday killed at least three workers and left 19 others sealed off, officials said.

Key dates in recent Thai politics (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:21 AM PDT AP - Key recent events leading to Sunday's general election in Thailand:

A look at Thailand's general election (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:16 AM PDT AP - On Sunday, July 3, Thailand will hold a general election, its second since a 2006 military coup unseated the elected government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with a population of about 66 million, but its democracy has been plagued by corruption and repeated interference by the military.

(AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:11 AM PDT AP - Afghan Interior Ministry: 13 civilians die when their van hits roadside bomb in the south.

Ex-Thai PM, in exile, looms large in tense vote (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:10 AM PDT AP - He's not even in Thailand, let alone on the ballot. But five years after the military deposed Thaksin Shinawatra, the influential billionaire-in-exile is back by proxy: the dominant force in pivotal elections Sunday that many fear could trigger a new era of upheaval.

Group: China sentences Tibetan writer to 4 years (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:04 AM PDT AP - An activist group reports that a Tibetan writer has been sentenced to four years in prison in southwestern China for his writings about the unrest and crackdown in Tibet.

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