Sunday, April 29, 2012

Philippine botched mission officers to face trial

Philippine botched mission officers to face trial

Philippine botched mission officers to face trial

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Philippine soldiers aboard an armored personnel carrier in Mindanao in 2010The Philippine military said Sunday it would put four senior special forces officers on trial over a botched mission against Muslim insurgents that left 19 commandos dead and almost scuppered peace talks.

Korean Shon stuns Lee to bag title

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Wan Ho Shon of Korea reacts after defeating Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong WeiUnseeded South Korean Wan Ho Shon capped his superb run in the India Open badminton tournament with an upset win over top-seeded Malaysian Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles final on Sunday.

Disbelief in village over China activist's daring escape

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Plainclothes security monitor the entrance to Dongshigu village in Shandong provinceAs the daring escape from house arrest of Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng makes world headlines, locals in his village expressed disbelief that "the blind man" could flee the intense security surrounding him.

China rejects Philippine request for mediation in sea row

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Philippine and US marines aboard a rubber boat speed towards the beach of Tagcauayan during a military exerciseChina said Sunday it had rejected a proposal by the Philippines for international mediation to resolve their maritime dispute in the South China Sea.

UN leader in latest top level Myanmar visit

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves as he arrives at the Naypyidaw International airportUN chief Ban Ki-moon made his first trip to Myanmar under a new reformist regime on Sunday to encourage further progress amid a flurry of top-level visitors to the former pariah state.

Captive British aid worker killed in Pakistan

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Pakistani security officials stand next to covered body of British Red Cross worker Khalil Rasjed Dale at the site in Quetta, Pakistan on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The body of a British Red Cross worker held captive in Pakistan since January was found in an orchard Sunday, his throat slit and a note attached to his body saying he was killed because no ransom was paid, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)The body of a British Red Cross worker held captive in Pakistan since January was found in an orchard Sunday, his throat slit and a note attached to his body saying he was killed because no ransom was paid, police said.

China activists lifted by blind lawyer's escape

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FILE- This file image made from video posted to YouTube April 27, 2012 by by overseas Chinese news site Boxun.com, shows blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell arrived early Sunday, April 29 in Beijing on a hastily arranged trip as problems from the escape of a blind legal activist to possible new arms sales to Taiwan threaten to derail fragile U.S.-China co-operation. His trip comes after activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest in his rural village (AP Photo/Boxun.com, File)The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats is buoying China's embattled dissident community even as the government lashes out, detaining those who helped him and squelching mention of his name on the Internet.

Afghan vote law change planned 'to fight fraud'

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Afghanistan's 2009 presidential election and the parliamentary vote in 2010 were both hit by widespread fraudAfghanistan's election commission has drafted proposed changes to the country's election law in a bid to prevent fraud in future parliamentary votes, an official said Sunday.

US drone 'kills three militants' in Pakistan

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A US drone today fired two missiles targeting a militant compound in Miranshah in Pakistan's North WaziristanThree militants were killed and two others wounded in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday, security officials said.

7 killed as bus crashes on way to Tokyo Disneyland

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The wreckage of a destroyed bus is left on a highway in Fujioka, Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo Sunday, April 29, 2012. Police say the bus carrying dozens of holiday makers crashed on the highway while heading for Tokyo Disneyland, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEA bus carrying dozens of vacationers to Tokyo Disneyland has crashed on a highway, killing seven passengers.

Bombs hit Bangladesh capital amid strike

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Around 10,000 policemen are deployed in Dhaka today after bombs explode ahead of a strikeNine small bombs exploded in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday, police said, after an opposition supporter was shot dead in clashes ahead of a fourth nationwide strike in eight days.

Malaysia police free all 471 vote reform activists

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Street protests are rare in MalaysiaMalaysian police on Sunday said all 471 people arrested during a demonstration for free and fair elections, including a senior opposition lawmaker, have been freed.

Kidnapped British aid worker killed in Pakistan

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A Pakistani employee of the ICRC is seen next to the vehicle of Khalil Dale in Quetta on January 5A kidnapped British aid worker has been found dead in Quetta, Pakistan, nearly four months after his abduction in January, the Red Cross announced on Sunday.

US missiles kill 2 in NW Pakistan

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Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan has killed two militants.

Kidnapped British aid worker killed in Pakistan

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Sixty-year-old staff member Khalil Rasjed Dale was murdered, the Red Cross saidA kidnapped British aid worker has been found dead in Quetta, Pakistan, nearly four months after his abduction in January, the Red Cross announced on Sunday.

20 dead in India as buses crash head on

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Two buses rammed into each other today on a busy road near Gorakhpur, north east of Lucknow, say policeA head-on collision between two buses killed 20 passengers and injured at least 18 others in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police said.

5-year-old Indian boy leaves Bangladesh jail

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Ariful Sheikhhas been reunited with his parents in India's West Bengal state after a year in a Bangladesh jailA five-year-old Indian boy left a jail in Bangladesh on Sunday after being incarcerated for more than a year since he was picked up by police on the border along with his grandparents.

Pakistan car bomb kills two, injures five

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Explosive was planted underneath a car in the Jamrud area,in the Khyber tribal regionA remote-controlled car bomb in a troubled Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Sunday killed two people and wounded five others, officials said.

British Red Cross worker killed in Pakistan

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The body of a British Red Cross worker who had been held captive in Pakistan since January was found dumped in an orchard Sunday with a note attached to it saying he was killed because a ransom hadn't been paid to his captors, police said.

Red Cross says British worker killed in Pakistan

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The Red Cross says a British national working for the organization has been killed by his captors in southwestern Pakistan.

Indian parents protest 'B is for Bomb' books

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Angry parents are demanding to know why their kids are being taught about bombs and knives at nursery schools in a northern Indian state.

US diplomat in Beijing as activist custody unknown

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The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, Kurt Campbell, front, arrives at a hotel in Beijing, China, in the early morning of Sunday, April 29, 2012. Campbell arrived in China apparently to deal with the case of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng who escaped house arrest in his Chinese village and is reportedly under the protection of American officials. Fellow activists say Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer who exposed forced abortions and sterilizations as part of China's one-child policy, fled house arrest a week ago and has sought protection at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A senior U.S. diplomat arrived in China on a hurried mission Sunday as new problems — from possible U.S. arms sales to Taiwan to the custody of a blind dissident — threaten to complicate relations with Beijing ahead of high-level talks.

Fighting season - for animals - peaks in Afghanistan

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At dawn on Friday mornings in Kabul's central park, hundreds of people converge with cages full of fighting birdsSpring marks the start of the "fighting season" for humans involved in Afghanistan's decade-long war -- but for birds, dogs, camels and even kites it reaches its peak.

Huge rally raises question on Malaysia poll timing

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Protesters encounter Malaysian police, not in photo, during a rally to demand for electoral reforms in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 28, 2012. At least 25,000 demonstrators had swamped Malaysia's largest city in one of the Southeast Asian nation's biggest street rallies in the past decade. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)A massive street rally demanding electoral reforms in Malaysia raised questions Sunday about whether the long-ruling coalition government will delay calling elections in the face of such a strong show of force by the opposition.

Two rebels, soldier killed in Philippine clashes

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File illustration photo shows New People's Army rebels in the southern Philippine island of MindanaoTwo communist rebels and a soldier have been killed in separate clashes as insurgents stepped up their attacks in the Philippines, military officials said Sunday.
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