AP Exclusive: NKoreans skeptical of US nuke deal (AP)

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• AP Exclusive: NKoreans skeptical of US nuke deal (AP)
• Pakistan's ruling party makes gains in Senate (AP)
• Pictures capture Japan's heartbreak after tsunami (AP)
• Suicide bomber hits Pakistan militant base; 23 die (AP)
• Everest climber warns of flood risks in Himalayas (AP)
• Afghan clerics call on US to turn over prisons (AP)
• Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners (Reuters)
• Insight:Japan's post-tsunami test: making a rebuilding boom last (Reuters)
• China to unveil military budget after U.S. Asia "pivot" (Reuters)
• 13 killed in northern China fire, arson suspected (AP)
• Two-thirds of China's cities fail on air standards (AP)
• Australian PM names new FM, axes rival's supporter (AP)
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• US troops tread carefully amid Korea tensions (AP)
• Thai police net 4 million methamphetamine pills (AP)
• Some recent floods from glacial lakes in Nepal (AP)
• Leadership drama brews as China lawmakers meet (AP)
• Indonesian teacher crashes car into students (AP)
• Oil near $108 after Saudi explosion report denied (AP)
• NKorea threatens SKorea with 'sacred war' (AP)

AP Exclusive: NKoreans skeptical of US nuke deal (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PST AP - A nuclear deal with the United States may have raised hopes that tensions on the Korean peninsula could ease soon, but rare interviews Friday by The Associated Press with Pyongyang residents suggest deep cynicism of U.S. intentions.

Pakistan's ruling party makes gains in Senate (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:20 AM PST AP - Pakistan's ruling party made gains in the country's upper house of parliament in legislative elections on Friday, a boost for beleaguered President Asif Ali Zardari in his long-running conflict with the country's top court and its military.

Pictures capture Japan's heartbreak after tsunami (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:39 AM PST AP - It has been nearly one year since a monstrous earthquake triggered a tsunami that roared across Japan's coast on March 11, 2011, transforming once-pristine and thriving towns into waterlogged wastelands and sparking the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter-century.

Suicide bomber hits Pakistan militant base; 23 die (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 07:18 AM PST AP - A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 23 of its supporters in an outbreak of factional fighting, an official said.

Everest climber warns of flood risks in Himalayas (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:55 AM PST AP - Before Apa became a legendary Sherpa mountaineer, he was a humble Himalayan potato farmer who worked his fields in the Everest foothills until, without warning, raging floodwaters swallowed his farm.

Afghan clerics call on US to turn over prisons (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:54 AM PST AP - A council of Afghanistan's top religious leaders on Friday called on the U.S. to end night searches and hand over its prisons, saying that if Afghans had been in charge, Muslim holy books from a detention center library would never have been burned at an American base.

Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:54 AM PST Reuters - Senior Afghan clerics said on Friday the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month was an "evil act" that must be punished, a demand that could deepen widespread public anger over the incident.

Insight:Japan's post-tsunami test: making a rebuilding boom last (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:40 AM PST Reuters - Shigeo Osugi walks around concrete foundations where his coastal town restaurant "Migoto" stood before a towering tsunami washed it away last year.

China to unveil military budget after U.S. Asia "pivot" (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 06:19 AM PST Reuters - China is likely to unveil its military spending for 2012 on the weekend, flagging the direction that Beijing will take after President Barack Obama launched a new "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across Asia.

13 killed in northern China fire, arson suspected (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 05:45 AM PST AP - Chinese state media say 13 people have been killed and one injured in a fire in northern China described as a suspected arson attack.

Two-thirds of China's cities fail on air standards (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:43 AM PST AP - Two-thirds of China's cities currently fail to meet stricter air quality standards that the government wants to phase in over four years to combat notoriously smoggy skies, a senior Chinese environmental official said Friday.

Australian PM names new FM, axes rival's supporter (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:22 AM PST AP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard named a retired politician her foreign minister Friday in place of Kevin Rudd, who tried to oust her during a chaotic, short-lived rebellion in the ruling Labor Party.

(AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:50 AM PST AP - Pakistani official: Suicide bomber kills 23 in an attack on rival militant group's base.

US troops tread carefully amid Korea tensions (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:34 AM PST AP - Lt. Col. Edward Taylor stands behind a wall of sandbags overlooking the North Korean landscape and a bank of trees along the most fortified border in the world. The trees obstruct the view, he explains. They need to come down.

Thai police net 4 million methamphetamine pills (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:53 AM PST AP - Thai police said they confiscated more than 4 million methamphetamine tablets Friday in northern Thailand in one of the largest such seizures in the country in recent years.

Some recent floods from glacial lakes in Nepal (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:13 AM PST AP - Some major floods unleashed in Nepal when mountain lakes fed by melting glaciers burst their banks:

Leadership drama brews as China lawmakers meet (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:13 AM PST AP - China's political elite gather for their most public meetings of the year with an uncomfortable scandal tainting a leading politician and roiling the ruling Communist Party's plans for a smooth transition to a new leadership.

Indonesian teacher crashes car into students (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:56 AM PST AP - Police in western Indonesia say they are questioning a teacher after she accidentally crashed her car into students, injuring more than a dozen, including 15 kindergartners.

Oil near $108 after Saudi explosion report denied (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:22 AM PST AP - Oil prices fell slightly to near $108 a barrel Friday in Asia after Saudi Arabia denied an Iranian media report of an explosion at a Saudi pipeline.

NKorea threatens SKorea with 'sacred war' (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:37 PM PST AP - North Korea's military is threatening a "merciless sacred war" against South Korea just days after Pyongyang struck a nuclear disarmament-for-aid deal with the United States.

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