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SYDNEY, April 19 (Xinhua) — Qantas has forced to cancel more flights to London as it continues to wait for ash from an Icelandic volcano that has closed airports across Europe to dissipate.
The Australian airline said on Monday it still did not know when services to Europe would resume.
Qantas has scrapped two flights to London [...]

BANGKOK, April 19 (Xinhua) — The anti-government red-shirt protesters will not extend their mass rally to Silom area, a business heartland in Thai capital Bangkok, a protest leader said Monday shortly after reports coming out that troops have been deployed in the area.
\”We are well aware that the government plans to use force against us [...]

BANGKOK, April 19 (Xinhua) — Thai Amy chief Anupong Paochinda said Monday the meeting of high-ranking military commanders scheduled for the day was postponed to Friday.
Gen Witchaya Thephassadin na Ayuttaya, assistant army chief, told reporters that the meeting was put off as \”things are not ready\”. No further explanation was given.
The military meeting was set [...]

ISLAMABAD, April 19 (Xinhua) — An explosion hit a NATO oil truck on Monday morning in northwest Pakistan\’s Khyber tribal region bordering Afghanistan and casualties are expected, said local journalists.
The oil truck was destroyed in the rocket attack and two buses caught fire in the crowded Jamrud bazaar in Takhta Beg area of Khyber region.
The [...]

KATHMANDU, April 19 (Xinhua) — A 31-member Sherpa expedition team is heading for Mountain Qomolangma with a mission to clear over 2,000 kg of garbage from the \”Death Zone\” located at above 8,000 meters elevation, local media reported on Monday.
According to The Kathmandu Post daily, the expedition aims to bring back the bodies of climbers [...]

BISHKEK, April 9 (Xinhua) — Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva on Friday offered ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev personal safety on the condition of his resignation, as the opposition-led government tries to restore order across the country.
\”We will guarantee his personal security if he steps down,\” Roza Otunbayeva said after meeting with an envoy to the [...]

ISLAMABAD, April 30 (Xinhua) — Pakistani media and business community hailed World Expo 2010 which opened in China\’s industrial and financial hub Shanghai on Friday with 189 countries participating in the six-month event.
Almost all Pakistani TV channels have reported or broadcast live the opening ceremony.
TV \”Express 24/7\” described it as the biggest expo attracting millions [...]

BANGKOK, May 4 (Xinhua) — Thailand\’s main opposition party on Tuesday expressed its appreciation for a reconciliation roadmap raised by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva a day ago.
Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchayudh fully praised the roadmap by Prime Minister Abhisit for reconciliation and an election date, saying the five-point roadmap was praiseworthy and the prime [...]

BANGKOK, April 19 (Xinhua) — Hundreds of troops have been deployed on Monday morning on the streets of Silom region, one of Bangkok\’s business heartland, local media said.
The Nation newspaper reported that five companies have been deployed in front of the Bangkok Bank head office, where the red- shirt protesters had threatened on Saturday to [...]

BANGKOK, April 25 (Xinhua) — Groups of Thailand\’s anti- government \”red-shirts\” protestors in the upper northeastern provinces on Sunday morning converged on Mitraphap road in Udon Thani province to stop 178 policemen from joining the security forces in Bangkok, according to local newspaper Bangkok post\’s website.
The 178 policemen from six police stations in Udon Thani [...]