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| Paranoid Burmese junta steps up security around Suu Kyi The Independent Myanmar protesters hold posters of Myanmar´s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in support of the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar outside the Myanmar´s embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007. (AP Ph  Burma Democracy Disaster Military Photos |  | 
| Afghan death squads 'acting on foreign orders' The Independent Afghan soldiers stand behind the wreckage of a suicide bomber´s vehicle after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. The suicide car bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Monday slightly wounding one child, police and wit  Afghanistan Defence Intelligence Photos Terrorism |  | 
| Indian police probe bombing leads TVNZ Central Reserve Police Force soldiers stand guard outside the Raghunath temple in Jammu, India, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Security has been stepped up across the country after a series of blasts in crowded areas left at least 80 people dead in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Wednesda  India Islam Photos Police Terrorism |  | 
| Food for thought on rising prices Hong Kong Standard Cheroot cigars sold in the market at Nyaungshwe, Burma. wnhires (js1)  Burma China Food Market Photos |  | 
| Crooks mail crabs, demand money Daily Yomiuri Crabs-seafood-healthy food/ntf1  Consumer Finance Food Health Photos |  | 
| UN to meet as Burma aid stalls The Australian Security Council on Kosovo.  AId Burma Disaster Photos UN |  | 
| China says quake toll could rise above 50,000 The Star Residents carry a washing machine from the ruins of a house at Luoshui, near Shifang, in China's southwest Sichuan province Thursday May 15, 2008.  Aid Asia China Disaster Photos Slideshow |  | |