News 1st Look: Sonia Gandhi leaves India for medical tests (AP)

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sonia Gandhi leaves India for medical tests (AP)

Sonia Gandhi leaves India for medical tests (AP)
Clinton defends US mission in Afghanistan (AP)
Clinton defends US role in Afghanistan (AP)
French court rules genocide law unconstitutional (AP)
Myanmar relaxes grip on media, vows end to censors (AP)
Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable (AP)
Vietnam jails official who put porn on gov't site (AP)
China says at least 12 killed in Xinjiang riot (AP)
Italy, India dispute on marines arrests unresolved (AP)
NATO urges focus on Afghan stability after Koran burnings (Reuters)
Documents: India blocked Kashmir trials of troops (AP)
Gunmen shoot dead 16 Shiites from bus in Pakistan (AP)
Philippine religious sect holds massive rally (AP)
Indian gov't clarifies it accepts gay sex is legal (AP)
Plant chief: Fukushima Dai-ichi still vulnerable (AP)
Thai Red Shirt jailed for insulting monarchy (AP)
Blast at China chemical plant kills 13, injures 43 (AP)
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Sonia Gandhi leaves India for medical tests (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:59 AM PST

AP - A news report says Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi has left India temporarily to undergo medical tests.

Clinton defends US mission in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:41 AM PST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday defended the U.S. mission in Afghanistan as a week of deadly anti-American protests and the killing of two U.S. service members pushed Democrats to challenge President Barack Obama's policy.

Clinton defends US role in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:29 AM PST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is defending the U.S. mission in Afghanistan after a week of anti-American violence and the killing of U.S. military advisers.

French court rules genocide law unconstitutional (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:31 AM PST

AP - France's Constitutional Council ruled Tuesday that a French law concerning the mass killings of Armenians a century ago violates the country's constitution.

Myanmar relaxes grip on media, vows end to censors (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:07 AM PST

AP - It was a newspaper article that just months ago, Myanmar's draconian state censors never would have approved.

Plant chief: Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:56 AM PST

AP - Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima power plant remains fragile nearly a year after it suffered multiple meltdowns, its chief said Tuesday, with makeshift equipment — some mended with tape — keeping crucial systems running.

Vietnam jails official who put porn on gov't site (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:49 AM PST

AP - A court in Vietnam has sentenced an official to two years in prison after he posted pornographic photos on a provincial government website.

China says at least 12 killed in Xinjiang riot (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:48 AM PST

AP - At least 12 people were killed in riots Tuesday near the Chinese city of Kashgar in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media reported.

Italy, India dispute on marines arrests unresolved (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:35 AM PST

AP - Italy's and India's foreign ministers failed Tuesday to resolve a dispute over the arrests of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen 10 days ago.

NATO urges focus on Afghan stability after Koran burnings (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST

Reuters - NATO must remain focused on fostering stability in Afghanistan despite the protests and violence that have gripped the country following the burning of copies of the Koran on a NATO military base, the alliance's head said on Tuesday.

Documents: India blocked Kashmir trials of troops (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST

AP - India has rejected every request over two decades to prosecute Indian soldiers in civilian court in Kashmir for alleged rights abuses including murder and rape, according to documents given Tuesday to the Associated Press.

Gunmen shoot dead 16 Shiites from bus in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 05:39 AM PST

AP - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stopped a convoy of buses in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, ordered selected passengers to get off and then killed 16 of them in a grisly sectarian attack, police and a lawmaker said.

Philippine religious sect holds massive rally (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:28 AM PST

AP - Hundreds of thousands of members of the Philippine Christian sect Iglesia ni Cristo, or Church of Christ, have gathered in a massive rally in Manila that organizers say was "purely religious" and not political.

Indian gov't clarifies it accepts gay sex is legal (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:23 AM PST

AP - The Indian government Tuesday clarified to the Supreme Court that it accepts a recent ruling legalizing gay sex in the country.

Plant chief: Fukushima Dai-ichi still vulnerable (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST

AP - Nearly a year after it suffered multiple meltdowns, the tsunami-hit Japanese nuclear plant is in shambles, barely running on a patchwork of makeshift equipment.

Thai Red Shirt jailed for insulting monarchy (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 02:07 AM PST

AP - A Thai court has sentenced a member of the Red Shirt political movement to 7 1/2 years imprisonment for remarks judged to have insulted the country's monarchy.

Blast at China chemical plant kills 13, injures 43 (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:43 PM PST

AP - An explosion at a chemical plant in northern China has killed at least 13 people and injured 43.

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Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:27 PM PST

AP - Police say gunmen have killed 18 people traveling on a bus in northwestern Pakistan.