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1. Ramadhan Foundation wishes everyone Eid Mubarak
Asian News, Tuesday 18 December 2007The Ramadhan Foundation wishes all those people around the world the very best wishes and congratulations at the occasion of Eid ul Adha. In these troubling times we take comfort from our Prophet Muhammad (SAW) sacrifices and prayers.
2. Musharraf steps down after eight years
Asian News, Wednesday 28 November 2007Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, has stepped down from his powerful post as the country's military commander, a day before he is due to be sworn in as a civilian president as part of his long-delayed pledge not to hold both jobs.
3. Indians are half of all cinema-goers worldwide
Asian News, Tuesday 27 November 2007Indian cinemas will admit four billion cinema-goers a year by 2011 according to a new report, by Dodona research - Cinemagoing India.
4. Musharraf clings on by his fingertips
Asian News, Tuesday 27 November 2007General Pervez Musharraf's plan to retain power as Pakistan's civilian president is still intact despite weeks of jaw-dropping blunders. But insiders say he will not last long, once a new government is elected and his army ties fade. They predict the general's final posting, following a trail into exile blazed by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, will be duke of Knightsbridge or king of Dubai. last few weeks."
5. Sharif makes triumphant return
Asian News, Monday 26 November 2007It was second time lucky for Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani prime minister who returned home last night after seven years in exile to scenes of chaotic jubilation.
6. No food, no clothes, no home. The poor who have lost everything
Asian News, Monday 26 November 2007Collapsed homes, uprooted trees and inundated crops puncture the serenity of the view from the Bangladeshi Air Force helicopter as it approaches the site of the country's worst cyclone in more than a decade.
7. Where death by water is part of daily life
Asian News, Monday 26 November 2007Charles Dickens would have felt at home in the streets of Dhaka. The barefoot children waiting for their mothers and sisters to come home from the textile mills; the chimneys of the brick factories, like a throwback to the pages of Bleak House, vaguely visible in the smog. And the stench.
8. Court rules Musharraf can stay on as president
Asian News, Thursday 22 November 2007Pakistan's supreme court today ruled against the final legal challenge blocking ratification of General Pervez Musharraf's election as president last month.
9. Aid is slow to reach Bangladesh cyclone survivors
Asian News, Thursday 22 November 2007Thousands of people made homeless by last week's devastating Bangladesh cyclone are still waiting for aid to reach them say relief workers and local media.
10. Women activist helps victims in Bangladesh
Asian News, Wednesday 21 November 2007Head of women’s rights for ActionAid in Bangladesh, Naima Choudhry, 36 from Dhaka talks about how women are coping following the devestation left behind after the country was hit by Cyclone Sidr.