August 23, 2009 Sunday
Updated

PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - THREE passers-by were killed and 15 injured on Sunday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar triggered by an apparent feud between rival militant groups, police said.

 
Hundreds rally for Suu Kyi

TOKYO - SOME 300 Myanmar people held a rally in central Tokyo on Sunday, demanding the military junta release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest was extended this month.

China rights lawyer released

BEIJING - A LEADING Chinese human rights lawyer was released from detention on Sunday, but could face trial over tax evasion allegedly committed by the legal organisation he co-founded, he said.

Hatoyama pledges on US nukes

TOKYO- JAPAN'S opposition leader said Sunday he was determined to make President Barack Obama promise not to let US forces bring nuclear arms onto Japanese territory, one week ahead of general elections.

   
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