Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Plague of office-buying wears at China's image

Plague of office-buying wears at China's image

Plague of office-buying wears at China's image

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, retired employees of a government office have a light moment at an old hospital administration building in Xilinhot in northern China's Inner Mongolia. Buying and selling office is so rampant in China that it has eroded public trust in officialdom, undermining the ruling Communist Party's image as an institute that promotes the competent, not the connected. Even though Chinese leaders have vowed to eradicate the practice, it has showed no sign of abatement. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)In a small town in northern China's Inner Mongolia where sheep and cattle easily outnumber humans, Fan Chen paid a party boss three times an average urban resident's annual salary to become a local police chief.

Chinese think tank urges end to one-child policy

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:33 AM PDT

A Chinese woman plays with her grandchild at the Ritan Park in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. A government think tank says China should start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015. It remains unclear whether Chinese leaders are ready to take that step. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)A Chinese government think tank is urging the country's leaders to start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away with the unpopular policy.

Afghan presidential election set for April 2014

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:56 AM PDT

An Afghan girl looks over a ravine toward smoke rising from a brick factory chimney in Surkh Rod district, Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Presidential elections considered crucial to Afghanistan's security and stability will be held on schedule in April 2014, the country's election commission announced on Wednesday.

Dad says Australian extortionist almost succeeded

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 03:37 AM PDT

The father of a teenager who spent 10 hours in a Sydney mansion with a fake bomb chained around her neck revealed Wednesday he might not have called the police had he known it carried an extortion note.
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