Sunday, March 4, 2012

Tibet group says mother of 4 sets self on fire (AP)

Tibet group says mother of 4 sets self on fire (AP)

Tibet group says mother of 4 sets self on fire (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 07:19 AM PST

AP - A mother of four has become the latest Tibetan to burn herself to death to protest government policies in Tibetan areas of China, an overseas activist group said Sunday.

North Korea's Kim visits DMZ, orders high alert (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 06:16 AM PST

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the heavily armed border with rival South Korea and ordered troops to be on high alert, state media reported Sunday, just days after Washington and Pyongyang agreed to a nuclear deal after years of deadlock.

Fresh from deal with U.S.,North Korea vows "sacred war" on South (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:55 AM PST

Soldiers take part in an anti-South Korea rally in Pyongyang in this still image taken from video broadcast by North Korean state TV on March 4, 2012. North Korea threatened Reuters - North Korea threatened "sacred war" against the South in a huge rally in the capital Sunday just days after the secretive state agreed with the United States to suspend its nuclear weapons tests and allow back international nuclear inspectors.

For some Afghans, suicide bombs best answer to Koran burnings (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:35 AM PST

Reuters - Matihullah, 24, had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. Then news spread that Western soldiers had burned many copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base in Afghanistan.

Economy, leadership change dominate China congress (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PST

AP - China's annual legislative session opens Monday amid a challenging leadership transition, economic fears and a day after the country announced a defense spending boost that reflects concern over a renewed U.S. focus on Beijing's Asia-Pacific backyard.

Death toll rises to 25 in China plant blast (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:16 AM PST

AP - A state news agency says the death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in northern China has risen to 25, with four missing and 46 others injured.

China boosts defense budget 11 percent after U.S. "pivot" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 02:36 AM PST

Reuters - China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defense budget since President Barack Obama launched a policy "pivot" to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific.

Japanese emperor goes home after heart surgery (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:56 AM PST

AP - Japan's 78-year-old emperor has left hospital after heart surgery.

Norwegian among 2 killed in Philippine plane crash (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:12 AM PST

AP - A small plane lashed by strong wind as it tried to land on a tourist island crashed into a coconut tree on Sunday, killing a Norwegian woman and a Filipino pilot, police said.

China lays out stance on Syria, rejects "interference" (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:49 PM PST

Reuters - China warned other powers on Sunday not to use humanitarian aid for Syria to "interfere" in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country, while urging unity in the U.N. Security Council after a split with Western powers over the crisis.

China to up defense spending by 11.2 pct in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:30 PM PST

AP - China said Sunday that it would boost its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases.

As Myanmar thaws, decades-old civil war festers on (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 09:00 PM PST

AP - The seasoned guerrilla officer surveys the battlefield from his do-or-die mountaintop defenses: to the front, visible through the haze, a town torched and brutalized by Myanmar government troops. To his rear, the stronghold of the country's most potent insurgency, one of several ethnic rebellions that erupted more than 60 years ago.

China offers plan on Syria but nixes intervention (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:36 PM PST

AP - China offered a proposal Sunday to end the violence in Syria, calling for an immediate cease-fire and talks by all parties but standing firm against any intervention by outside forces.
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