December 02 News international

Friday 02 December, 2011.

TOP STORY Second Afghan security handover starts Foreign troops began the second stage of a security handover that aims to put Afghans in charge of the whole country by the end of 2014 with a ceremony on Thursday in a small town on the plains north of Kabul. HEADLINES Thailand to issue passport for Thaksin soon  Thailand will issue a passport for its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra "very soon," his sister's government said today, angering the controversial ex-leader's opponents. Clinton meets Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers  Wrapping up a historic three-day visit to Myanmar on Friday, Hillary Rodham Clinton met for a second time with former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, this time for a more formal meeting at the lakeside residence where the Nobel laureate was kept under house arrest for much of the last two decades. Respond with full force to future NATO attacks: Kayani Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has ordered his troops to respond with "full force" to any further "act of aggression" by NATO forces in Afghanistanin the wake of a deadly air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. US Senates votes for tough sanctions against Iran  The US Senate has unanimously approved harsh new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, targeting the country's central bank. AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH ASIA WEST ASIA

OTHER TOP STORIES End of AIDS epidemic within reach: Ban  EU-US impose new Syria sanctions as death toll rises  18 dead in attacks in Iraq's Diyala Five dead, 30 missing in Indonesia landslide  Iran warns 'reciprocal action' to Britain shutting embassy