Witness: Rescuers shout for survivors of Turkish quake (Reuters)

Witness: Rescuers shout for survivors of Turkish quake (Reuters)
7.2 quake in Turkey kills 85, collapses buildings (AP)
Strong earthquake hits Turkey, up to 1,000 feared killed (Reuters)
Israel offers aid to Turkey after earthquake (Reuters)
Karzai: Afghan backs Pakistan if US attacks it (AP)
Aussie coast fears rogue shark may have killed 3 (AP)
Thailand says capital flood threat may ease soon (AP)
More than 50 dead at hospital in quake struck Van (Reuters)
Pakistan forces Indian helicopter to land (AP)
Pakistan releases Indian helicopter that crossed border (Reuters)
US, Filipino marines hold drill near disputed area (AP)
Police arrest 2 drivers in Chinese girl's death (AP)
Mother of late Pakistani PM Bhutto dies in Dubai (AP)
Panetta praises China on Taiwan arms reaction (AP)
Costly Iraq war may mark shift in US approach (AP)
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Tibetan monk's suicide try seen in leaked video (AP)
Death toll rises to 31 in India bridge collapse (AP)
Australian police name Texas man shark victim (AP)
285 Indian girls shed 'unwanted' names (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Survivors of an earthquake in southeast Turkey cried out in grief and terror for those buried under the rubble on Sunday, while others clambered over collapsed buildings searching for signs of life.

7.2 quake in Turkey kills 85, collapses buildings (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT

AP - A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing at least 85 people and sparking widespread panic as it collapsed dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete.

Strong earthquake hits Turkey, up to 1,000 feared killed (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Reuters - As many as 1,000 people were feared killed on Sunday when a powerful earthquake struck southeast Turkey, destroying dozens of buildings and trapping some victims alive under the debris.

Israel offers aid to Turkey after earthquake (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:06 AM PDT

Reuters - Israel offered aid to its former strategic ally Turkey and their presidents spoke by telephone on Sunday after a powerful earthquake struck southeast Turkey.

Karzai: Afghan backs Pakistan if US attacks it (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:39 AM PDT

AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad, drawing a sharp rebuke Sunday from Afghan lawmakers who claimed the country's top officials were adopting hypocritical positions.

Aussie coast fears rogue shark may have killed 3 (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 08:46 AM PDT

AP - The sudden death of an American diver in the jaws of a great white shark off Australia's southwest coast has raised the specter of a rogue man-eater preying on a renowned aquatic playground and killing three men in two months.

Thailand says capital flood threat may ease soon (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 08:21 AM PDT

AP - The threat that floodwaters will inundate Thailand's capital could ease by early November as record-high levels in the river carrying torrents of water downstream from the country's north begin to decline, authorities said Sunday.

More than 50 dead at hospital in quake struck Van (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 08:19 AM PDT

Reuters - There were bodies of more than 50 people in a hospital in Ercis, the town near the city of Van that was near the epicentre of a poweful earthquake that struck southeast Turkey Sunday, Cihan news agency reported.

Pakistan forces Indian helicopter to land (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:31 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan forced an Indian military helicopter to land Sunday for violating its airspace near the disputed border with Kashmir and briefly took its four-member crew into custody, Pakistani military officials said.

Pakistan releases Indian helicopter that crossed border (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan released an Indian army helicopter just hours after it strayed across the tense border between the two countries on Sunday, officials said, underscoring a desire by the old rivals to avoid any crisis as they try to improve ties.

US, Filipino marines hold drill near disputed area (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:03 AM PDT

AP - More than 200 U.S. and Filipino marines staged an amphibious assault on a beach in a combat drill Sunday near a South China Sea shoal disputed by China and the Philippines.

Police arrest 2 drivers in Chinese girl's death (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 06:57 AM PDT

AP - Police formally arrested two drivers suspected of running over a toddler who died a week after she was struck on a busy market street in southern China and was ignored by passers-by, newspapers reported Sunday.

Mother of late Pakistani PM Bhutto dies in Dubai (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 06:17 AM PDT

AP - Begum Nusrat Bhutto, whose husband and daughter both served as prime ministers of Pakistan and a political force herself, died Sunday in Dubai after a long illness, a spokesman for the family's political party said. She was 82.

Panetta praises China on Taiwan arms reaction (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:41 AM PDT

AP - In unusual praise for China, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that Beijing deserved credit for its relatively mild response to Washington's announcement last month of a $5.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan.

Costly Iraq war may mark shift in US approach (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:36 AM PDT

AP - In the final days of the U.S. war in Iraq, the outlook for America's military entanglements is markedly different from the confusing, convulsive first days.

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Posted: 23 Oct 2011 03:06 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan says Indian helicopter forced to land for violating airspace, crew taken into custody.

Tibetan monk's suicide try seen in leaked video (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 02:24 AM PDT

AP - A teenage Tibetan monk lies partially clothed on the street, his lower legs smoking from setting himself on fire, in a video leaked out of China by exiles who say it was one of several self-immolations in protest of Chinese rule over the region.