Monday, December 20, 2010

Pyongyang says won't react to South Korean drill (Reuters)

Pyongyang says won't react to South Korean drill (Reuters)

Pyongyang says won't react to South Korean drill (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST

US troubleshooter Bill Richardson, seen here in 2008, said Monday North Korea has agreed to permit the return of UN nuclear inspectors as part of a package of measures to ease acute tensions on the peninsula(AFP/Getty Images/File/Rick Scibelli)Reuters - North Korea said it would not react to "reckless" military drills by the South on Monday, despite an earlier threat to retaliate, and CNN reported that Pyongyang had agreed to the return of nuclear inspectors.

Two Bangladeshi hostages freed in Afghanistan: officials (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:27 AM PST

An Afghan policeman overlooks a street in Kabul on December 19. Two Bangladeshi road workers kidnapped in Afghanistan three days ago have been freed, saying that five others in captivity are in good health, officials said Monday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Two Bangladeshi road workers kidnapped in Afghanistan three days ago have been freed, saying that five others in captivity are in good health, officials said Monday.

NKorea backs away from threat to attack South (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:26 AM PST

South Korean marines and police officers take a shelter as South Korea fired live artillery in a drill on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. South Korea fired artillery in a 90-minute drill from a front-line island Monday and launched fighter jets to deter attacks after North Korea warned of catastrophic retaliation for the maneuvers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for military drills Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program — signs it was looking to lower the temperature on the Korean peninsula after weeks of soaring tensions.

Karzai 'could inaugurate new parliament next month' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST

President Hamid Karzai, seen here on December 8, could inaugurate Afghanistan's new parliament on January 20, officials said, after months of uncertainty triggered by widespread fraud during elections in September.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - President Hamid Karzai could inaugurate Afghanistan's new parliament on January 20, officials said Monday, after months of uncertainty triggered by widespread fraud during elections in September.

N.Korea says it won't hit back at S.Korea (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:49 AM PST

South Korean marines patrol on the South Korea-controlled island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea on December 20. South Korea staged a live-fire exercise Monday on a flashpoint island near the disputed border, but North Korea said it would not hit back despite having vowed deadly retaliation.(AFP/Korea Pool)AFP - North Korea Monday forswore retaliation against a South Korean live-fire drill and held out an olive branch over its nuclear drive, raising hopes for an easing to the region's worst crisis in years.

Turkey's leader asks Obama to thwart genocide vote (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:49 AM PST

AP - Turkey's prime minister asked President Barack Obama on Monday to prevent a possible House vote on a resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide.

PM: 48 may have died in boat crash off Australia (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:36 AM PST

People watch from the rocky shore on Christmas Island during a rescue attempt as a boat breaks up in the background Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on cliff-side rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island Wednesday, sending some to their deaths in churning whitewater. (AP Photo/ABC) AUSTRALIA OUTAP - More than a dozen asylum seekers unaccounted for since their boat smashed into rocky cliffs off an Australian island may never be found, the prime minister said Monday, as the number believed killed in the crash rose to 48.

Hyundai Engineering creditors scrap deal with Hyundai Group (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

A South Korean model poses next to a logo of Hyundai Motors during the Busan International Motor Show in Busan, southeast of Seoul. Creditors of Hyundai Engineering and Construction have said they would scrap an agreement to sell their controlling stake in the firm to Hyundai Group for about $4.8 billion(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - Creditors of South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and Construction said Monday they would scrap an agreement to sell their controlling stake in the firm to Hyundai Group for about $4.8 billion.

Afghanistan guardedly backs U.S. review (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:44 AM PST

Reuters - Washington has failed to address many of Afghanistan's concerns, including civilian casualties and the need for reconciliation talks with the Taliban, in its war strategy review, the Afghan president's office said on Monday.

N.Korea agrees to restart UN nuclear inspections: Richardson (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:34 AM PST

US troubleshooter Bill Richardson, seen here in 2008, said Monday North Korea has agreed to permit the return of UN nuclear inspectors as part of a package of measures to ease acute tensions on the peninsula(AFP/Getty Images/File/Rick Scibelli)AFP - North Korea has agreed to permit the return of UN nuclear inspectors as part of a package of measures to ease acute tensions on the peninsula, US troubleshooter Bill Richardson said Monday.

Afghan parliament to convene Jan. 20 (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:22 AM PST

Afghan men sit on the parapet of a wall overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Afghanistan's parliament will convene on Jan. 20, more than four months after the fraud-tainted elections, the president's spokesman said Monday.

China jails 8 for selling fake rabies vaccine (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

AP - China's state news agency says eight people have been sentenced to prison terms of up to two-and-a-half years for selling fake rabies vaccines that contributed to the death of one boy.

Russian president Medvedev to visit India (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 03:29 AM PST

FILE - President Barack Obama, left, and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START treaty at the Prague Castle in Prague in this, April 8, 2010 file photo. Obama is warning that failure to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia will undercut American leadership on scores of challenges it faces worldwide. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday Dec. 18, 2010 to plead with the Senate to approve the treaty, a dearly held foreign policy priority in the waning days of Congress' lame-duck session.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - Russia and India are expected to sign billions of dollars worth of defense and nuclear deals during the Russian president's visit here starting Tuesday.

Malaysia bus crash kills 28, mainly Thai tourists (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:36 AM PST

AP - A double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists overturned on a Malaysian highway Monday, killing 28 people on their way back from a hill resort in the country's worst road accident in years.

Militants destroy 2 NATO tankers in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:49 AM PST

A Pakistani vendor displays his fruits waiting for customers, while a boy chases a dog in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A Pakistani government official says militants have fired rockets at a NATO convoy carrying supplies to Afghanistan, destroying two oil tankers and wounding two people.

Chinese endure power shortages as coal runs short (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:48 AM PST

AP - Communities in central and northern China are facing power cuts and rationing as winter coal supplies fall short of surging demand.

Indonesia radical cleric has cataract surgery (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:22 AM PST

AP - Indonesia's best-known radical cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, has undergone cataract surgery as he awaits trial on terrorism charges.

Death toll in Philippines hotel fire rises to 16 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:44 PM PST

AP - The death toll in a fire that swept through a budget hotel in the northern Philippines has risen to 16 after one of the survivors died in a hospital.

Random breath test yields 43 pounds of ecstasy (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 08:03 PM PST

AP - Police discovered 43 pounds (19.5 kilograms) of the illegal drug ecstasy during a search of a van after it was stopped to give the driver a random breath test.
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