U.S. drone "kills five Taliban commanders" in Pakistan (Reuters)

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• U.S. drone "kills five Taliban commanders" in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Tax dispute sparks east China street protests (Reuters)
• Communications with Pakistan still inconsistent (AP)
• Man pulled out alive 4 days after Turkey quake (Reuters)
• Turkish man freed from quake debris 4 days later (AP)
• US drone strikes kill key commander in Pakistan (AP)
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• Insurgents attack US-run base in Afghanistan (AP)
• Insurgents attack two foreign bases in Afghan south (Reuters)
• Nintendo's losses grow, slashes forecast (AP)
• Archaeologists discover rare statues at Angkor Wat (AP)
• Hundreds protest over tax dispute in eastern China (AP)
• Pentagon chief doubts N. Korea will give up nukes (AP)
• Taiwan compensates for innocent airman's execution (AP)
• Indonesia says it reduced cleric's term due to age (AP)
• Oil jumps to above $92 after Europe debt plan (AP)
• Experts challenge China's 1-child population claim (AP)
• China touts its legal system as protecting rights (AP)
• Asian stocks rise on hopes for EU debt fix (AP)
• Panetta to assure South Koreans of US support (AP)

U.S. drone "kills five Taliban commanders" in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT Reuters - A U.S. drone strike on Thursday killed five commanders of a powerful Pakistani Taliban faction that attacks Western forces in Afghanistan, one of the group's leaders told Reuters.

Tax dispute sparks east China street protests (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:09 AM PDT Reuters - More than a thousand people flooded the streets of a town in eastern China's Zhejiang province Thursday night, smashing cars and facing riot police as they extended earlier protests sparked by a dispute between tax officials and a store owner.

Communications with Pakistan still inconsistent (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT AP - Cross-border radio communications with Pakistan's military collapsed after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May and are still not consistent or up to what the U.S. would like to see, a top U.S. general said Thursday.

Man pulled out alive 4 days after Turkey quake (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:52 AM PDT Reuters - Rescue workers pulled a man from the rubble alive on Thursday, more than four days after a huge quake killed at least 534 in Turkey, while homeless survivors fearing death from cold begged for aid and some accused the government of a slow response.

Turkish man freed from quake debris 4 days later (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:32 AM PDT AP - Rescuers on Thursday pulled a young man alive from the rubble of a collapsed building four days after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Turkey, killing 534 people and leaving thousands of survivors homeless as rain and snow brought on more hardship.

US drone strikes kill key commander in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:21 AM PDT AP - Two American drone strikes hours apart destroyed a hideout in Taliban strongholds in Pakistan's rugged tribal regions Thursday and a vehicle with a number of fighters inside. A close ally of one of the area's top militant commanders and 10 others were killed, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

(AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:37 AM PDT AP - Pakistani intelligence officials say US missile attack kills 6 militants near Afghan border

Insurgents attack US-run base in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:17 AM PDT AP - Insurgents attacked a U.S.-run civilian and military base with rocket-propelled grenades and guns in a brazen early afternoon assault in the southern city of Kandahar, a traditional Taliban stronghold, Afghan officials said Thursday. Two attackers were killed.

Insurgents attack two foreign bases in Afghan south (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - Taliban insurgents armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, as well as a suicide car bomber, attacked two bases used by foreign troops in southern Afghanistan Thursday, the U.S. embassy and NATO-led coalition officials said.

Nintendo's losses grow, slashes forecast (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:35 AM PDT AP - Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday its net loss grew to 70.3 billion yen ($925 million) for the six months through September, battered by the strong yen and weak software sales.

Archaeologists discover rare statues at Angkor Wat (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:02 AM PDT AP - Archaeologists at Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat temple complex say they have unearthed the largest Buddhist statues there in eight decades.

Hundreds protest over tax dispute in eastern China (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:25 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of migrant small business owners in an eastern Chinese town have protested over a tax dispute in the latest social unrest resulting from increasing economic pressure.

Pentagon chief doubts N. Korea will give up nukes (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:24 AM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he is skeptical that diplomacy will push North Korea to give up its nuclear program, and he raised the prospect of the North's stance leading to "escalation and confrontation."

Taiwan compensates for innocent airman's execution (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:51 AM PDT AP - Taiwan's defense ministry says it will pay $4.4 million to relatives of an airman wrongly executed in 1997 after a court martial convicted him of murdering a 5-year-old girl.

Indonesia says it reduced cleric's term due to age (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:03 AM PDT AP - An Indonesian court says it slashed radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir's prison sentence in part because of his advanced age.

Oil jumps to above $92 after Europe debt plan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:25 AM PDT AP - Oil prices jumped to above $92 a barrel Thursday in Asia after European leaders agreed on a plan to reduce Greece's debt burden.

Experts challenge China's 1-child population claim (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:25 AM PDT AP - A Chinese claim that without its government's severe family planning limits world population would have hit the 7-billion mark years earlier is drawing fire from demographers who call it baseless and unscientific.

China touts its legal system as protecting rights (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:28 PM PDT AP - Chinese lawmakers on Thursday touted the country's legal system as the best way to protect the rights of citizens, despite the widespread detention and intimidation of political critics that is fueling a small but growing movement for greater civil liberties.

Asian stocks rise on hopes for EU debt fix (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 07:39 PM PDT AP - Asian stock markets rose Thursday, with investors feeling bold enough to wade into risky assets after European leaders reached an agreement on a plan to reduce Greece's massive debts.

Panetta to assure South Koreans of US support (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 07:12 PM PDT AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, on the final leg of a weeklong Asia tour, is holding a series of meetings with South Korean leaders to offer assurances of American support in the face of North Korean threats.

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