Monday, February 27, 2012

Pakistan school strives to beat the Taliban trap (AP)

Pakistan school strives to beat the Taliban trap (AP)

Pakistan school strives to beat the Taliban trap (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:30 AM PST

AP - The boy was 2 when his mother dumped him on the streets, 4 when he spent his first night in a tiny prison cell, being sexually assaulted by an older inmate. Prostitution for money and shelter followed, then hashish, and glue-sniffing.

India state gov't pushes microfinance prosecutions (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:27 AM PST

AP - The government of India's Andhra Pradesh state said Monday it would push prosecutors to move ahead with 76 criminal cases against employees of Indian lenders it believes were involved with driving overindebted borrowers to suicide.

9 Afghans killed in blast outside NATO base (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:32 AM PST

Supporters of Majlis-e-Ulema Pakistan, a religious group burn the U.S flag during an anti-American rally in Lahore February 27, 2012. About 60 protesters gathered to protest and condemn the burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan on February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a NATO base and airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, triggering a blast that killed nine Afghans, officials said. The Taliban claimed the attack was revenge for U.S. troops burning copies of the Quran.

Sri Lankans protest proposed UN rights resolution (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:50 AM PST

AP - Thousands of people joined government-backed protests across Sri Lanka on Monday against a proposed U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on alleged rights abuses during the country's civil war.

Crack in China's firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:36 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world's most populous country.

World Bank: China needs reform to support growth (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:21 AM PST

AP - China needs a new economic strategy after three decades of rapid growth and must reduce the dominance of state companies and promote free markets to achieve its goal of becoming a high-income society, the World Bank and Chinese researchers said Monday.

Court restores full sentence for Indonesian cleric (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:13 AM PST

AP - Indonesia's highest court on Monday reinstated the 15-year jail sentence for a radical Islamic cleric who set up a terror training camp in western Indonesia, a court spokesman said.

China investigating hepatitis C outbreak in south (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:41 AM PST

AP - China says it is sending medical experts to investigate an outbreak of hepatitis C among more than 200 people in the southern province of Guangdong.

Millions of Indian workers to strike on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:13 AM PST

Reuters - Millions of workers of all political hues will go on strike across India on Tuesday to express their anger at soaring prices and to back demands for improved rights for employees, trade unions and political activists said.

Bomb in front of Nepal oil importer office kills 3 (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:12 AM PST

AP - A bomb exploded in front of the headquarters of Nepal's monopoly oil importer Monday, killing three people and injuring five in the capital's first major attack in four years, police said. The government increased security in response.

Prayers mark 10th anniversary of riots in India (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:09 AM PST

AP - Hundreds of survivors of deadly religious riots gathered in western India on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of the country's worst sectarian violence in recent years, as rights activists accused the local government of delaying justice.

Osama bin Laden's Pakistan home is no more (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:23 AM PST

Supporters of Majlis-e-Ulema Pakistan, a religious group burn the U.S flag during an anti-American rally in Lahore February 27, 2012. About 60 protesters gathered to protest and condemn the burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan on February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men.

Bangladeshi journalists protest colleagues' murder (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:56 AM PST

AP - Hundreds of Bangladeshi journalists have held a one-hour work stoppage to demand justice for colleagues who were killed earlier this month.

Australian PM knocks out rival, but not discontent (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:55 AM PST

AP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard may have survived a challenge from within her own party, but the dissent that forced Monday's vote isn't going away.

Cambodia bans roasting whole cows in public (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:07 AM PST

AP - Cambodia's prime minister has banned spit-roasting cows in front of restaurants, calling it too cruel a sight.

China rejects US criticism over blocked Syria plan (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:26 AM PST

AP - China said Monday that the world should not impose any solution in Syria's conflict and rejected U.S. comment that Beijing was "despicable" for opposing U.N. action aimed at stopping the Middle Eastern country's bloodshed.

Oil slips below $109 after 14 pct gain in Feb. (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, anti-Syrian regime activist Khaled Abu-Salah stands in front of flames and black smoke from a bombed oil pipeline, in Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syrian troops intensively shelled rebel-held neighborhoods in the restive central city of Homs, on Friday and killed at least five people, activists said. Britain and France urged the opposition to unite and said it needs more international support to resist the deadly government crackdown. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTOAP - Oil prices fell below $109 a barrel Monday in Asia after a 14 percent gain this month that was driven by signs of an improving U.S. economy and fears of an Iran supply cut.

Brother of jailed Chinese lawyer seeks information (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

AP - The brother of imprisoned rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is petitioning China's Justice Ministry for information on his condition and the right to visit him.

Myanmar: preliminary peace deal with Mon rebels (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:24 PM PST

AP - Myanmar's state media say the central government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with a rebel group belonging to the Mon ethnic minority.

Thai police question 3 more Iranians in bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:17 PM PST

AP - Thai investigators questioned three more Iranian citizens Monday for possible links to an alleged bomb plot that was discovered in Bangkok on Valentine's Day.
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