Suicide car bomb kills at least 15 in Karachi (Reuters)

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• Suicide car bomb kills at least 15 in Karachi (Reuters)
• Japan to send troops to remote isle over China fears: media (AFP)
• Car bomb hits police in Karachi, kills 18 (AFP)
• Myanmar's pro-junta party wins Parliament majority (AP)
• Liu's prize 'one of the most important': Nobel Committee (AFP)
• Currency disputes dominate G20 summit (AFP)
• In Asia, Obama's runs into the limits of his power (AP)
• Native American tribes seek trade ties with Turkey (AP)
• Bomb rocks Pakistan's largest city killing 15 (AP)
• India's Power Grid issue oversubscribed nearly 10 times (AFP)
• Flights resume to Indonesia as volcano spews ash (AP)
• China's monitoring of activists surges post-Nobel (AP)
• Philippine lawmakers to push family planning bill (AP)
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• Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split (AP)
• Audio recording reveals fraud in Afghan election (AP)
• Pakistan briefly detains US man at airport (AP)
• China AIDS group says it is forced to shut down (AP)
• Regulator: Oil fire may have caused A380 problem (AP)
• 19 Chinese return home after Somali pirate ordeal (AP)

Suicide car bomb kills at least 15 in Karachi (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:47 AM PST Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and 100 injured in a suspected Taliban suicide car bomb attack on Thursday at a security compound in Pakistan's largest city Karachi where militants are held, officials said.

Japan to send troops to remote isle over China fears: media (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PST AFP - Tokyo will send around 100 soldiers to a remote Japanese island in the East China Sea, a report said Thursday, amid growing anxiety over China's naval activities.

Car bomb hits police in Karachi, kills 18 (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:33 AM PST AFP - Militants armed with guns and a truck bomb demolished a police department used to detain terror suspects in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi on Thursday, killing 18 people and wounding 130 others.

Myanmar's pro-junta party wins Parliament majority (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:27 AM PST AP - Myanmar's pro-junta political party secured a majority of seats in both houses of Parliament, the latest official results from the country's first election in 20 years showed.

Liu's prize 'one of the most important': Nobel Committee (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:22 AM PST AFP - This year's peace prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo could go down in history as "one of the most important" ever awarded, the Nobel Committee's influential secretary said Thursday.

Currency disputes dominate G20 summit (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:12 AM PST AFP - The world's 20 biggest rich and emerging powers were locked late Thursday in anguished talks on fixing distortions that threaten global growth, as their leaders kicked off a fractious summit.

In Asia, Obama's runs into the limits of his power (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:10 AM PST AP - Humbled by elections at home, President Barack Obama on Thursday endured a sobering test of his power abroad as well, unable to close a trade deal with South Korea and thrown on the defensive about America's approach to global economic worries.

Native American tribes seek trade ties with Turkey (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:52 AM PST AP - Native American tribal leaders and businessmen seeking trade ties with Turkish companies have offered them tax incentives to operate in their territories in the United States, the organizer of the trip said Thursday.

Bomb rocks Pakistan's largest city killing 15 (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:41 AM PST AP - Militants attacked a police compound in the heart of Pakistan's largest city on Thursday with a hail of gunfire and a massive car bomb, leveling the building and killing at least 15 people, authorities and witnesses said.

India's Power Grid issue oversubscribed nearly 10 times (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:23 AM PST AFP - Indian state-run Power Grid's sale of shares aimed at raising up to 1.7 billion dollars was oversubscribed nearly 10 times by Thursday, a day before the offer closes.

Flights resume to Indonesia as volcano spews ash (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:35 AM PST AP - A deadly Indonesian volcano spit out towering clouds of ash, but clear skies over the distant capital let international airlines resume flights Thursday.

China's monitoring of activists surges post-Nobel (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:23 AM PST AP - Dissident writer Yu Jie and his wife are prisoners in their apartment. Blocked by security agents outside their building, the couple have been living on deliveries of takeout food and groceries for nearly a month and voraciously reading books to stave off boredom.

Philippine lawmakers to push family planning bill (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:20 AM PST AP - A group of Philippine lawmakers said Thursday it will try to pass a family planning bill with backing from the country's new president despite strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church.

(AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 07:35 AM PST AP - Pakistani TV reports a large explosion in the center of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city.

Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 07:05 AM PST AP - A strong sense of pessimism shrouded the start of an economic summit of rich and emerging economies Thursday, with President Barack Obama and fellow world leaders arriving in Seoul sharply divided over currency and trade policies.

Audio recording reveals fraud in Afghan election (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 06:57 AM PST AP - The Afghan election commission said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into allegations that a top government official pressured an election worker to rig the results of the parliamentary ballot in western Afghanistan.

Pakistan briefly detains US man at airport (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:58 AM PST AP - Pakistani authorities briefly detained an American man at an airport in the country's east on Thursday for carrying 30 rounds of ammunition in his luggage, officials said.

China AIDS group says it is forced to shut down (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:34 AM PST AP - A group founded by well-known imprisoned Chinese activist Hu Jia to work with AIDS patients and orphans said Thursday it is closing down after increasing pressure from tax authorities.

Regulator: Oil fire may have caused A380 problem (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:18 AM PST AP - Europe's air safety regulator said Thursday an oil fire may have caused an engine turbine failure on a Qantas superjumbo, and issued an emergency order requiring airlines to re-examine that type of Rolls-Royce engine and ground any planes with suspicious leaks.

19 Chinese return home after Somali pirate ordeal (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:51 PM PST AP - A group of 17 Chinese sailors returned home safely after being held hostage more than four months by Somali pirates who gave them only one meal of boiled potatoes per day, newspapers reported Thursday.

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