Sunday, October 28, 2012

UN says 22,000 displaced in Myanmar unrest

UN says 22,000 displaced in Myanmar unrest

UN says 22,000 displaced in Myanmar unrest

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Muslim refugees gather at Thechaung camp refugee camp upon arrival in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Boats carrying some of those fleeing arrived outside the state capital, Sittwe. They trudged to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place already home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Victims of Myanmar's latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country's western coast Sunday, with a top U.N. official saying the unrest has forced more than 22,000 people from their homes.

Chinese officials bow to protests against factory

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 07:10 AM PDT

A Chinese police officer stands behind his folks confronting residents who gathered outside the government office in Zhejiang province's Ningbo city, during a protest against the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Thousands of people in the eastern Chinese city clashed with police Saturday while protesting the plan that they say would spew pollution and damage public health, townspeople said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)After a weekend of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented Sunday and agreed that a petrochemical factory would not be expanded, only to see the protesters refuse to halt their demonstration.

India's Cabinet rejigged, but no place for Rahul

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi attends the swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled his Cabinet on Sunday in a bid to overhaul his government's image ahead of state and national elections over the next 18 months. Gandhi, a scion of the India's politically powerful Nehru-Gandhi family, is the son and grandson of two prime ministers. He is presumed to be a prime minister-in-waiting, but so far he has held no government positions.(AP Photo) INDIA OUTA major reshuffle of India's Cabinet on Sunday left one question dangling: Where was Rahul Gandhi?

Tensions mount as police grab protesters in China

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:14 AM PDT

In this Oct. 27, 2012 photo, a man takes a picture of a police vehicle damaged by protesters who rallied against the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Thousands of people in the eastern Chinese city clashed with police during a protest over the proposed expansion of the factory that they fear would spew pollution and damage public health, townspeople say. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAThousands of protesters marched through an eastern Chinese city on Sunday, shouting for fellow citizens to join them in demanding that the government halt the expansion of a petrochemical factory because of pollution fears.

4 killed in shrine bombing in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:03 AM PDT

A powerful bomb went off outside the shrine of a Sunni Muslim saint in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least four people, police said.

2 killed in shrine bombing in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 02:42 AM PDT

Police say a bomb has exploded outside the shrine of a Sunni Muslim saint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least two people.

Outspoken China officers a challenge to the party

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:52 PM PDT

China's government has demanded talks with Japan in their latest dust-up over a set of tiny islands, but a high-ranking Chinese military officer has suggested drastically more belligerent responses.

Protests over chemical factory resume in China

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 10:16 PM PDT

Protesters march with a banner which reads "Project PX get out of Ningbo, Ningbo people stand up" in Zhejiang province's Ningbo city, protesting the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Thousands of people in the eastern Chinese city clashed with police Saturday while protesting the proposed expansion of the factory that they say would spew pollution and damage public health, townspeople said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Protests resumed Sunday in an eastern Chinese city where thousands of residents had clashed with police a day earlier while demonstrating against the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory over pollution fears.

New Pakistan outreach could aid Afghan peace deal

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 08:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2012 file photo, Pakistani Taliban patrol in their stronghold of Shawal in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan. Pakistan has stepped up outreach to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the war-torn country.The target of the diplomatic push has mainly been non-Pashtun political leaders who have been at odds with Pakistan for years because of the country's historical support for the Afghan Taliban, a Pashtun movement. (AP Photo/ Ishtiaq Mahsud, File)Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the neighboring country.
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