Monday, January 30, 2012

Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl (AP)

Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl (AP)

Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, an Afghan woman, center, peeks inside a hospital while she and others wait for an employee to let them enter, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in Afghanistan in the past few months including a 15-year-old tortured and forced into prostitution by in-laws and a female rape victim who was imprisoned for adultery. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)AP - An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday.

Starbucks, Tata to open 50 Indian stores this year (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 08:09 AM PST

John Culver, president of Starbucks China and Asia Pacific, attends a press conference in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Starbucks said it will open its first outlet in India by September, through a 50-50 joint venture with Tata Global Beverages. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Starbucks aims to open 50 outlets in India by year's end, through a 50-50 joint venture with Tata Global Beverages, the companies said Monday.

Philippine blast kills rebel, wounds 11 civilians (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 07:14 AM PST

AP - The Philippine military says an accidental grenade blast killed a communist rebel and wounded 11 civilians, including seven children.

Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060 (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:56 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, a kimono-clad elderly woman walks across a street in Tokyo. Japan's rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by 2060 and seniors will account for 40 percent of people, placing a greater burden on the shrinking work force population to support the social security and tax systems. The population estimate released Monday, Jan. 30 by the Health and Welfare Ministry paints a grim future. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)AP - Japan's population of 128 million will shrink by one-third and seniors will account for 40 percent of people by 2060, placing a greater burden on a smaller working-age population to support the social security and tax systems.

French judge to probe killings in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:24 AM PST

Afghan president Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, following a news conference at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)AP - A magistrate will investigate whether France's military is to blame for not ensuring the safety of 10 French troops killed in an Taliban ambush on an Afghan mountaintop in 2008, officials said Monday.

Analysis: Fed-watching gives Asian central banks cause to pause (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:09 AM PST

Reuters - Asia's central bankers have yet another reason to hesitate now that the U.S. Federal Reserve looks likely to keep interest rates low for longer.

Sudan: Army frees some abducted Chinese workers (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday. (AP Photo/Pete Muller, File)AP - The Sudanese army has freed 14 Chinese road construction workers, part of a group reportedly abducted by militants in a remote region in the country's south, officials said Monday.

Ex-Pakistani envoy to US wins court victory (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan 9, 2012 file photo, Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani arrives to appear before a judicial commission in the secret memo case at the high court in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. said Monday, Jan 30, 2012 that a travel ban imposed on him during the investigation of a controversial memo sent to Washington has been lifted.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)AP - Pakistan's top court Monday lifted a travel ban imposed on the country's former ambassador to the U.S. during an investigation into a memo sent to Washington that had enraged the army, in a sign that a scandal that once looked capable of bringing down the government may be losing steam.

Japan population seen falling 30 percent by 2060 (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:24 AM PST

Reuters - Japan's population is expected to fall by 30 percent to below 90 million by 2060, with two out of every five people 65 or older, a government agency said on Monday, underlining the financial burden looming over the fast-aging society.

Afghanistan to press Pakistan for access to Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:17 AM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan will press Pakistan for access to Taliban leaders during a one-day visit to Kabul by Pakistan's foreign minister, with Afghan officials hoping to ease cross-border strains and lay the ground for peace negotiations with the insurgents.

China boosts police presence in restless Xinjiang (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011 file photo, security officers patrol on a street during the China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, that 8,000 police will be recruited so every village in Xinjiang has at least one officer on patrol. (AP Photo/File) CHINA OUTAP - Thousands of additional police officers are being dispatched to combat religious extremism and other security concerns in China's volatile, heavily Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media reported Monday.

NKorea's young leader gets rock star treatment (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 03:49 AM PST

In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Jan. 25, 2012, North Korean new leader Kim Jong Un greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of Chinese New Year. Young Kim gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops, just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs. He seems to want to bond. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONAP - North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.

State assembly elections held in northern India (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:51 AM PST

Indian voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station near the India-Pakistan border for the Punjab State Assembly elections in the village Bachiwind, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. More than 20 million people in two northern states went to the polls in key elections expected to reflect on the popularity of India's ruling Congress party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Two states in northern India with 20 million voters are choosing state assemblies in elections testing the popularity of the national government's ruling Congress party.

Asia stocks fall as US economic growth falls short (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:46 PM PST

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 30, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP - Asian stock markets fell Monday, with slower-than-expected growth in the U.S. and uncertainty about a tentative deal to resolve Greece's debt crisis weighing on investor sentiment.

Oil near $99 in Asia on Greece debt concern (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:34 PM PST

This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 aerial photo shows the Haisla First Nation's Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, Canada, foreground left, along the Douglas Channel. Rio Tinto Alcan's smelter is at right. Thwarted in his hopes of getting a new pipeline to carry oil into the U.S., Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is backing an alternative option: Asia. But in pushing for a pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Pacific, he'll face the same environmental objections that blocked the U.S. option. Nowhere is the fear more evident than in this picture-perfect village that sits across from the proposed tanker terminal and is worried about oil spills. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)AP - Oil fell to nearly $99 a barrel Monday in Asia amid fresh concerns that the eurozone may refuse to grant Greece a fresh bailout.

Australia reviews timetable for buying 12 F-35s (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2012 08:07 PM PST

AP - Australia is reviewing its timetable for buying 12 of the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighters between 2015 and 2017 after the Unites States announced a rethink of its own purchase schedule for the futuristic warplanes.
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