Singapore to recount votes in president election (AP)

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• Singapore to recount votes in president election (AP)
• India anti-graft activist to end fast after government (Reuters)
• Indian activist agrees to end hunger strike (AP)
• India's anti-graft activist agrees to end hunger strike (Reuters)
• Car bomb in southern Afghan city kills 4 (AP)
• Militants from Afghanistan kill dozens in Pakistan (AP)
• Militants from Afghanistan attack Pakistani posts (Reuters)
• Typhoon-triggered landslides kill 6 in Philippines (AP)
• Rights activist sentenced to prison in Azerbaijan (AP)
• Nuclear power key topic in close Japan leader race (AP)
• Kim leaves China after Russia trip (AP)
• 5 killed in chemical explosion in South Korea (AP)
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• Ferry sinks in Indonesia, leaving at least 12 dead (AP)
• Magnitude-5.4 quake shakes Afghanistan (AP)

Singapore to recount votes in president election (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:03 AM PDT AP - Singapore will recount ballots cast in a presidential election because the top two candidates were within two percentage points, the election authority said early Sunday.

India anti-graft activist to end fast after government (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:47 AM PDT Reuters - A self-styled Gandhian activist whose campaign against corruption sparked some of India's biggest anti-government protests in decades will end a 13-day hunger strike Sunday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh caved in to his demands.

Indian activist agrees to end hunger strike (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 09:34 AM PDT AP - An Indian reform activist agreed Saturday to end an 11-day hunger strike after Parliament expressed nonbinding support for parts of his anti-graft plan, ending a drama that had deeply embarrassed a government plagued by corruption scandals.

India's anti-graft activist agrees to end hunger strike (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:59 AM PDT Reuters - A self-styled Gandhian activist, whose campaign against corruption united millions of Indians, agreed Saturday to end his 12-day hunger strike after the government agreed to his demands for tougher laws against rampant graft.

Car bomb in southern Afghan city kills 4 (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:14 AM PDT AP - A car bomb exploded outside a bank in a major southern Afghan city Saturday, killing four people, officials said.

Militants from Afghanistan kill dozens in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:12 AM PDT AP - Teams of Taliban fighters crossed the Afghan border Saturday and attacked security checkpoints in a previously peaceful region of northwestern Pakistan, killing more than two dozen soldiers and police, Pakistani officials said.

Militants from Afghanistan attack Pakistani posts (Reuters) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:30 AM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of militants from Afghanistan launched a pre-dawn cross-border raid on Pakistani paramilitary posts on Saturday, killing up to 36 people, government and security officials said.

Typhoon-triggered landslides kill 6 in Philippines (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:10 AM PDT AP - A slow-moving typhoon made landfall in the Philippines on Saturday, drenching most of the north and triggering landslides that killed five children and a man digging for gold, officials said.

Rights activist sentenced to prison in Azerbaijan (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:01 AM PDT AP - A lawyer says a human rights activist has been sentenced to three years in prison for interfering in parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

Nuclear power key topic in close Japan leader race (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:56 AM PDT AP - A former top diplomat vying to become the next prime minister proposed Saturday that Japan stop building new nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster and phase out atomic energy over 40 years.

Kim leaves China after Russia trip (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 02:38 AM PDT AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ended a short trip to northeastern China during which he renewed a push to restart talks on swapping aid for his country's nuclear disarmament.

5 killed in chemical explosion in South Korea (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:38 AM PDT AP - Authorities say five people were killed in an explosion during an experiment at a chemical company in southeastern South Korea.

(AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:36 AM PDT AP - Officials: Afghan militants cross border and attack checkpoints, killing 12 Pakistani troops.

Ferry sinks in Indonesia, leaving at least 12 dead (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:14 AM PDT AP - An overcrowded ferry sank off eastern Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, as search-and-rescue teams scoured the choppy waters.

Magnitude-5.4 quake shakes Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:11 PM PDT AP - A magnitude-5.4 earthquake rattled the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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