Taiwan star returns after suffering serious burns in China (AFP)

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• Taiwan star returns after suffering serious burns in China (AFP)
• Geithner in China for talks amid currency tensions (AP)
• Afghan gameshow brings relief, and a chance of cash (Reuters)
• Thai capital prepares for floods as waters rise (AFP)
• Zhang, Feng put China top at gymnastics worlds (AFP)
• 8 enemy deaths, 46 shootings: War by the numbers (AP)
• Geithner in China for talks on economic ties (AFP)
• Pakistan resists US push to expand terror fight (AP)
• Pirates seize 2 ships off Kenya (AP)
• Afghanistan offers possible loophole for security firms (AFP)
• Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security (AP)
• Hundreds rally in Kyrgyzstan against security boss (AP)
• Rain drenches China as Megi weakens to depression (AP)
• Sherpa guides missing in avalanche on Nepal peak (AP)
• Indian cram school town redraws lines of success (AP)

Taiwan star returns after suffering serious burns in China (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT AFP - A member of Taiwan's popular pop group S.H.E was flown back to Taiwan Sunday after sustaining serious burns in an accident while shooting a TV drama series in China at the weekend.

Geithner in China for talks amid currency tensions (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:13 AM PDT AP - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner held hastily arranged talks Sunday with a top Chinese finance official amid currency tensions after a weekend pledge by finance leaders to rebalance the global economy.

Afghan gameshow brings relief, and a chance of cash (Reuters) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - His country might be at war, but Afghan gameshow host Rahim Mirzad reckons his daily helping of fun and laughs is just the relief his audience needs -- and the chance to become a millionaire doesn't hurt.

Thai capital prepares for floods as waters rise (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:52 AM PDT AFP - Bangkok braced for rising waters encroaching on the city on Sunday as the death toll from two weeks of nationwide flooding rose to 38, emergency officials said.

Zhang, Feng put China top at gymnastics worlds (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT AFP - Zhang Chenglong and Feng Zhe added to China's gold-medal tally by claiming two more titles on the final day of the world gymnastics championships here on Sunday.

8 enemy deaths, 46 shootings: War by the numbers (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:44 AM PDT AP - In the first two months of a seven-month tour, U.S. Marine Cpl. Chuck Martin has been in 16 firefights.

Geithner in China for talks on economic ties (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:43 AM PDT AFP - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner held talks with his Chinese counterpart Sunday on economic ties amid tensions over China's currency, which Washington believes is undervalued.

Pakistan resists US push to expand terror fight (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT AP - Pakistan's foreign minister said Sunday that his country will deal with a key Taliban sanctuary along the Afghan border on its own timeline despite increasing U.S. pressure to move swiftly to help turn around the war in Afghanistan.

Pirates seize 2 ships off Kenya (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:10 AM PDT AP - Somali pirates seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya on Sunday — the second commercial vessel to be captured in the region in as many days, officials said.

Afghanistan offers possible loophole for security firms (AFP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:54 AM PDT AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday signalled his willingness to backtrack on a blanket ban on all private security firms, asking the foreign community for a list of projects needing protection.

Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:21 AM PDT AP - The Afghan president asked Sunday for a list of national aid projects that need protection by private security guards, potentially signaling his wish to reach a compromise over the status of security companies in Afghanistan and safeguard foreign aid projects worth billions of dollars.

Hundreds rally in Kyrgyzstan against security boss (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:03 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of people rallied Sunday in this Central Asian capital in support of a top Kyrgyz politician who claims he was wounded in an attack linked to contested election results.

Rain drenches China as Megi weakens to depression (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:33 AM PDT AP - Torrential rains drenched China's southeastern coast as once-powerful Typhoon Megi weakened to a tropical depression Sunday and more than 300,000 evacuees waited to return to their battered homes.

Sherpa guides missing in avalanche on Nepal peak (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2010 02:13 AM PDT AP - A veteran Sherpa guide who has scaled Mount Everest 19 times and another Nepalese guide are missing after an avalanche hit them while they were climbing a smaller Himalayan peak, his agent said Sunday.

Indian cram school town redraws lines of success (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT AP - The teenage boy, with his gentle smile and scraggle of whiskers, stands in the fading light of the day and talks about the college entrance exam that he is certain will change his life.

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