Monday, December 26, 2011

Kim Jong Il's heir meets with SKorean delegation (AP)

Kim Jong Il's heir meets with SKorean delegation (AP)

Kim Jong Il's heir meets with SKorean delegation (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:20 AM PST

Members of the South Korean mourners group including Chairwoman of Hyundai Group Hyun Jeong-eun, center, pay their respects over the body of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)AP - North Korea's next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media revealed a new title that gives Kim Jong Un authority over political matters.

Pakistan PM denies reports govt wants to sack army, intel chiefs (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:34 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday denied domestic media reports he was planning to sack the powerful army and intelligence chiefs, saying the military supported democracy.

Former South Korean first lady heads North for condolences (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:26 AM PST

Former first lady Lee Hee-ho (L), the widow of late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, and Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun are escorted by officials as they leave for Pyongyang in order to pay their respects over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death, at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, December 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - The widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, the author of a now-jettisoned engagement policy with North Korea, crossed the fortified land border between the two sides on Monday to pay her respects to deceased dictator Kim Jong-il.

Analysis: China investment wave unlikely to swamp EU (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:17 AM PST

Reuters - The sign in a boutique selling glass hand-crafted on the Venetian island of Murano betrays an uncertain grasp of English. But the owner is very sure who is to blame for the tough times confronting the 700-year-old local glassmaking industry.

Afghanistan cabinet OKs oil deal with China's CNPC (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:08 AM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan's cabinet cleared the way for the war-torn state to sign a deal with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) for the development of oil blocks in the Amu Darya basin, the Afghan president's office said on Monday.

Israeli lawmakers weigh recognizing Armenian genocide (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:02 AM PST

Reuters - Israeli lawmakers debated on Monday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide but were warned by the Foreign Ministry about further damage to frayed relations with Turkey.

Exclusive: Afghanistan sets ground rules for Taliban talks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 06:21 AM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan will accept a Taliban liaison office in Qatar to start peace talks but no foreign power can get involved in the process without its consent, the government's peace council said, as efforts gather pace to find a solution to the decade-long war.

Deadly riots challenge Kazakhstan stability (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, a Kazakh riot police officer , left, instructs others before their patrol in center of Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan . Switch on the evening news on state television in Kazakhstan and it almost always opens with an item somehow testifying to the nation's stability and economic prowess. So the shock was palpable when a recent edition began with President Nursultan Nazarbayev announcing a state of emergency in a town rocked by deadly clashes between demonstrators and police. (AP Photo/Lada.kz)AP - Switch on Kazakhstan state television's evening news and it almost always opens with an item testifying to the nation's stability and economic prowess. So it was a shock when a recent edition began with the president announcing a state of emergency in a town rocked by deadly clashes between demonstrators and police.

Turkey, Azerbaijan sign pipeline deal (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:52 AM PST

AP - Turkey and Azerbaijan on Monday signed an agreement to establish a consortium that would build a pipeline to transport 16 billion cubic meters (565 billion cubic feet) per year of Azeri gas to Turkey and Europe.

Japanese designer of arty kitchenware Yanagi dies (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 05:22 AM PST

This photo taken in 2002 shows Sori Yanagi, a pioneer of Japan's industrial design. Yanagi, whose stools and kitchen pots brought the simplicity and purity of Japanese design into the everyday, has died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, his Yanagi Design Office said Monday. He was 96. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Sori Yanagi, whose designs for stools and kitchen pots brought the simplicity and purity of Japanese decor into the everyday, has died. He was 96.

Detained ex-Filipino leader wants home on New Year (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:46 AM PST

AP - Arrested ex-Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has asked a court to allow her to welcome the new year in her upscale residence after spending Christmas in detention.

Afghans: No foreign meddling in any Taliban talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:11 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announces a new new home financing package for Illinois veterans in military families at a news conference in Chicago. As younger military veterans stream back into Illinois from Iraq and Afghanistan, Illinois faces a challenge as it tries to make them more of a priority in a time of desperately tight budgets. The state has been increasing the amount it spends on veterans services in recent years. But the bulk of that money is spent on older veterans while many younger soldiers and National Guard troops are returning to a difficult economy looking for help with jobs and training. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green,File)AP - An Afghan government body seeking a negotiated peace deal with the Taliban insisted Monday it would not tolerate foreign interference in any talks.

China activist given 10 years' jail for subversion (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:09 AM PST

AP - A Chinese court sentenced a veteran dissident who organized a pro-democracy activist network to 10 years' imprisonment Monday for inciting subversion, his wife said, the second heavy punishment for a dissident in recent days.

China dairy producer says it destroys tainted milk (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 02:25 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo, workers squeeze melamine-tainted milk into a drainage ditch leading to the sewage treatment plant at a Mengniu Dairy factory in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province. Mengniu, China's biggest milk producer, said it has destroyed a batch of milk after it was discovered to have excessive levels of a cancer-causing toxin, in another safety scare for the country's dairy industry. Mengniu said in a statement seen on its website Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, that the problem was discovered before the milk tainted with high levels of aflatoxin was sold to the public. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUTAP - China's biggest milk producer destroyed a batch found to have excessive levels of a cancer-causing toxin, in another safety scare for the country's dairy industry.

Japan probe finds nuclear disaster response failed (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 12:46 AM PST

AP - A Japanese government report has found that the response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and filled with errors.

Icebreaker reaches stricken Russian fishing vessel (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 09:56 PM PST

AP - A South Korean polar research ship on Monday reached a leaking Russian fishing vessel that has been stuck in the frigid waters off Antarctica for the past 10 days, New Zealand officials said.

Pakistani police kill 2 militants in standoff (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 09:51 PM PST

A boy looks up while waiting for customers to buy his radish on a push cart at a sidewalk in Quetta December 26, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)AP - A police officer says his force killed two suspected Pakistani Taliban militants in a successful 24-hour standoff to retrieve three kidnapped government workers.

More bodies found far away from Philippine floods (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 09:48 PM PST

A Philippine army medic wearing a Santa hat prepares to examine a baby during a medical mission for flash flood victims at an evacuation center in Cagayan de Oro city, southern Philippines on Christmas day Sunday Dec. 25, 2011. Thousands of residents continue to be housed in evacuation centers after flash floods brought about by tropical storm Washi, that washed away their homes and killed more than a thousand people. The government disaster agency NDRRMC said more than a thousand others remain missing. (AP Photo/Froilan Gallardo)AP - Fishermen joined Philippine navy sailors, police and firefighters in an ever wider search for bodies from entire villages swept away in one of the country's worst flash floods. More bodies have washed ashore, pushing the death toll to more than 1,200, an official said Monday.

Indian outcast millionaire mulls caste, riches (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 09:00 PM PST

AP - As far back as he can remember, people told Hari Kishan Pippal that he was unclean, with a filthiness that had tainted his family for centuries. Teachers forced him to sit apart from other students. Employers sometimes didn't bother to pay him.

Japan's PM reaches out to China on North Korea (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2011 06:06 PM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, right, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspect a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Noda arrived in Beijing on Sunday for talks focused on North Korea and promoting stability in the closed country after the death of Kim Jong Il. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda wrapped up a trip to Beijing on Monday where he sought China's cooperation in promoting stability in North Korea after the death of its longtime leader Kim Jong Il.
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