At least two people were killed and eight others injured on Sunday night as an office of a political party was stormed in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, local media reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Tuesday stressed the importance of Afghan-led reconciliation efforts, as a row over the Taliban office has derailed peace efforts in the country.
The Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday said the government is still willing to send a delegate to Doha, the capital of the Gulf state of Qatar, to kick off peace talks with the Taliban.
"Lincoln" may have missed the gong for Best Picture at Sunday's Academy Awards but it took home a handy consolation as the biggest box-office hit of the nine nominees
Australia will open an Austrade office in Myanmar this year as part of the Gillard Government's drive to help businesses break into and expand in Asia's emerging and growth markets, Trade and Competitiveness Minister Craig Emerson said in a statement on Tuesday.
A number of centers and institutes are developed by Singapore Management University to link schools to the business community and public and promote a life-long learning, Vice President of the Business Development and External Relations Office of SMU said in her new year greetings.
China's film industry earned about 2.7 billion U.S. dollars at the box office in 2012...But local movies contributed less than half the revenue - despite their overwhelming majority in China's cinemas.
China's film industry earned about 16.8 billion yuan(2.69 billion U.S. dollars) in the box office in 2012, with domestic movies contributing less than half of the revenue, the Chongqing Economic Times reported on Thursday.
In a sign of closer economic ties between Taiwan and the Mainland of China, Taiwan's leading trade promotion agency opened its first office in the Chinese mainland Shanghai on Tuesday.
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