Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Excommunicated bishop joins in China ordination (AP)

Excommunicated bishop joins in China ordination (AP)

Excommunicated bishop joins in China ordination (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:12 AM PST

AP - An excommunicated bishop took part in an ordination ceremony in southwest China on Wednesday, an event likely to worsen relations between the Chinese state-controlled Catholic church and the Vatican, which had warned against his participation.

Summary Box: Twitter, mixi link up in Japan (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:06 AM PST

AP - TWEET SUCCESS: Twitter Inc. and Japan's biggest homegrown social networking site mixi Inc. joined forces Wednesday to strengthen their ground against a rapidly expanding Facebook.

Summary Box: Johnson Controls Shanghai Plant (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:52 AM PST

AP - BATTERY ASSAULT: U.S. battery maker Johnson Controls is at odds with Shanghai's environmental regulator over tests the company says show it was not responsible for severe lead poisoning cases in children discovered earlier this year.

NATO: Pakistan resumes some cooperation (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:20 AM PST

In this Nov. 26, 2011 photo released by Inter Services Public Relations department, a Pakistan army post reportedly targeted by NATO helicopters and resulting in the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers is seen in the Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand, along the Afghanistan border. Pakistan has withdrawn Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, from an international conference on stabilizing Afghanistan to protest the deadly attack by American forces on its troops, widening a fresh rupture in ties with a nominal ally that is endangering the U.S. plan for gradually ending the war. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations Department)AP - Pakistan resumed some cooperation with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan following NATO strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers by working with the coalition to prevent another cross-border incident from escalating, a spokesman said Wednesday.

NATO attack on Pakistani troops not deliberate: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:59 AM PST

Reuters - The top U.S. military officer on Wednesday strongly rejected accusations from Pakistan that NATO deliberately killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last weekend.

Fukushima residents tour German renewable village (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:38 AM PST

Photovoltaic modules and a windmill of the wind farm are pictured at the village of Feldheim near Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Residents of the radiation-stricken area around Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors of Fukushima are visiting Germany to learn how renewable energy could work in their homeland. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - A group of residents from the radiation-stricken area around Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactors and a Tokyo actor are visiting Germany to learn how renewable energy could work in their homeland.

Study shows deeper meltdown at Japan nuke reactor (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:14 AM PST

AP - Radioactive debris from melted fuel rods may have seeped deeper into the floor of a Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear reactor than previously thought, to within a foot from breaching the crucial steel barrier, a new simulation showed Wednesday.

Clinton causes barely a stir in Myanmar's curious capital (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:38 AM PST

Reuters - Myanmar's new capital, Naypyitaw, translates as "Abode of Kings," fitting for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to begin historic talks that could restore some luster to one of the world's most reclusive states.

China says HIV/AIDS cases are soaring (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:09 AM PST

Reuters - The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising.

China cuts bank reserves in policy shift to lift economy (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:08 AM PST

Reuters - China's central bank cut reserve requirements for commercial lenders on Wednesday for the first time in three years, a policy shift to ease credit strains and shore up an economy running at its weakest pace since 2009.

India police arrest 6 in connection with blasts (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:07 AM PST

AP - Indian authorities said Wednesday they had broken up a terror cell responsible for a series of bombings, including a deadly blast at a southern cafe popular with foreigners.

Fire in crowded Hong Kong neighborhood kills 9 (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 06:19 AM PST

A man stands on a rescue ladder after being rescued by firefighters on a roof top at the fire scene in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. At least nine people died from the fire that ripped through buildings in Mong Kok, a popular shopping destination, which is located in one of the most densely-populated areas in Kowloon, across the harbor from Hong Kong island, local authorities said. (AP Photo) HONG KONG OUTAP - Police say a fire that started at market stalls and spread to homes in a crowded Hong Kong neighborhood has killed 9 people and injured dozens.

Clinton tests reforms on historic visit to Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:27 AM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted by Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Myo Myint upon her arrival by her airplane in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Making a diplomatically risky trip to the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, Clinton said she wanted to see for herself whether new civilian leaders are truly ready to throw off 50 years of military dictatorship — a test that includes rare face-to-face meetings with former members of the junta whose brutal rule made a poor pariah state of one of the region's most resource-rich nations. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - Making a diplomatically risky trip to the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she wanted to see for herself whether new civilian leaders are truly ready to throw off 50 years of military dictatorship — a test that includes rare face-to-face meetings with former members of the junta whose brutal rule made a poor pariah state of one of the region's most resource-rich nations.

China military condemns US-Australia military pact (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:16 AM PST

AP - America's strengthened military pact with Australia is a figment of "Cold War thinking" that will destabilize the Asia-Pacific region, China's Defense Ministry said Wednesday, in Beijing's strongest criticism yet of a move widely seen as intended to counter China's rising assertiveness.

Survey: Afghans living longer, fewer infants die (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:27 AM PST

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, Afghan newly born babies are seen at the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans are living longer, fewer infants are dying and more women are surviving childbirth because health care has dramatically improved around the country in the past decade, according to a national survey released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghans are living longer, fewer infants are dying and more women are surviving childbirth because health care has dramatically improved around the country in the past decade, according to a national survey released Wednesday.

Clinton seeks greater openness from Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 03:47 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the Special Session on Gender at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she is looking forward to her historic trip to isolated Myanmar this week and will suggest specific reforms to the country's leadership to improve ties with the United States.

German woman dies in Thailand elephant accident (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:47 AM PST

AP - A 52-year-old German woman has died after falling off an elephant in southern Thailand.

Philippine police rescue 1,600 geckos in warehouse (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:44 AM PST

AP - An official says police have rescued more than 1,600 geckos in a southern Philippine warehouse they suspect would have been smuggled to Asian countries.

North Korea claims progress in uranium enrichment (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:35 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to the media from inside a car to leave the airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, after her arrival Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Clinton has arrived in Myanmar on a historic visit to the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation to test the new government's commitment to reform, including severing military and nuclear ties with North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - North Korea said Wednesday it is making rapid progress on work to enrich uranium and build a light-water nuclear power plant, increasing worries that the country is developing another way to make atomic weapons.

NATO service member dies in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 02:19 AM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 24, 2011, a dirt-and-gravel road runs through the village of Puzeh, Afgahnistan. In this dusty village in southern Afghanistan an elite team of U.S. Marines is trying to help Afghans set up a homegrown militia to withstand the Taliban insurgency. As the U.S. withdraws tens of thousands of troops from Afghanistan in coming months, it will fall to such special operations teams to build sufficient footings for stability in key areas of the country. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)AP - NATO says a roadside bomb has killed a service member with the international military coalition in southern Afghanistan.
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