Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Indian PM appeals to protester to end his fast (AP)

Indian PM appeals to protester to end his fast (AP)

Indian PM appeals to protester to end his fast (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:58 AM PDT

Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare sport the Indian tricolor in different forms as they lend their support to Hazare on the eighth day of his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The government called Tuesday for India's political parties to reach consensus on drafting anti-corruption legislation, as an activist leading anti-graft protests entered the second week of his hunger strike. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - India's prime minister appealed to an anti-corruption activist Tuesday to end his weeklong hunger strike, offering to ask Parliament to debate a tougher version of proposed reform legislation.

Philippines' Aquino: No apology for hostage deaths (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:23 AM PDT

CHANGES SLUG - A Buddhist monk, right foreground, performs the rites to mark the first anniversary of the last year's botched bus hostage rescue at Manila's Rizal Park Tuesday Aug.23, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. Eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the botched hostage rescue when a dismissed policeman took them hostage exactly a year ago Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - The Philippine president expressed "deep regret" Tuesday for the deaths of eight Hong Kong hostages in a botched police rescue last year but rejected the families' call for a formal apology.

Afghanistan fights population growth with birth control (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:15 AM PDT

A worker from Medicins Du Monde clinic holds a condom as he gives information to drug addicts in Kabul February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - The Afghan government is trying to curb a booming population by promoting birth control but such efforts have been met with caution from aid groups and opposition from Islamic scholars.

"Biden set" a hit at Beijing restaurant (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:08 AM PDT

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden arrives with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (not pictured) at a China-US Business Dialogue in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/PoolReuters - Black bean sauce noodles and other delicacies served at one Beijing eatery are being snapped up by customers eager to order the dishes eaten by Vice President Joe Biden on a recent visit, a meal dubbed "noodle diplomacy."

School-lunch vote tests SKoreans on welfare state (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:03 AM PDT

Oh Se-hoon, left, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, shakes hands with his supporter during a campaign for free lunches for students in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The mayor of Seoul is asking voters to reject a free school lunch program in a referendum Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011 that has become a test of how far a resurgent South Korea should go in developing a welfare state. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - Seoul's mayor is asking voters to reject free lunches for all elementary and middle school students in a referendum Wednesday that has become a test of how far a resurgent South Korea should go in developing a welfare state.

Don't count U.S., Japan out, Biden tells the world (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden visited Japan's quake-hit northeast on Tuesday and said the country would recover from the disaster just as the United States would overcome its debt crisis, warning doubters not to count the two countries out.

APNewsBreak: Global Fund lifts China grant freeze (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:57 AM PDT

AP - A high-profile global health fund that has come under pressure to clean up corruption has ended its dispute with China and will resume hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for programs to fight AIDS and other diseases, thereby removing a source of embarrassment for Beijing.

Japan likely to replace unpopular PM Kan next week (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:48 AM PDT

Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks as he officially announces his candidacy for Japan's ruling Democratic Party presidential race in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Japan will have a successor to unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan early next week, a Cabinet minister said earlier in the day. Maehara, who resigned just before the March earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis over an illegal political donation, is favorite to succeed Kan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - A former foreign minister announced his candidacy to lead Japan on Tuesday just hours after unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he would be out of the picture by early next week.

India's leaders try harder to douse graft protests (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Supporters of veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare shout slogans as they wave Indian national flags on the seventh day of Hazare's fast at Ramlila grounds in New Delhi August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India's government Tuesday stepped up efforts to end national anti-corruption protests led by an ailing 74-year-old social activist as he entered a second week of fasting.

China rail firm boss, blamed for crash, dies of heart attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:47 AM PDT

People pay tribute in front of a wreath in Hong Kong during a ceremony to remember the victims of the Wenzhou train accident, July 31,2011. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuReuters - The head of a Chinese railways technology firm blamed for faulty signaling gear that caused a high-speed rail crash last month died of a heart attack while the company was being inspected, Chinese media said Tuesday.

Thai government lays out policies to boost economy (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:09 AM PDT

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivers the government's policy speech at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thailand's new prime minister said Tuesday that during its first 12 months in office her government will concentrate on promoting economic stability and reconciliation after years of political polarization.

Ex-Thai PM defends contentious trip to Japan (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra smiles during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Fugitive Thaksin defended his controversial visit to disaster-stricken Japan, saying he wants to support the country that helped his own people recover from a massive tsunami in 2004. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)AP - Fugitive former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra defended his controversial visit to Japan on Tuesday, saying he wants to support the disaster-stricken country that helped his own people recover from a massive tsunami in 2004.

Biden lauds Japan's resolve in tsunami zone visit (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:31 AM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, with a child survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at a temporary housing complex for tsunami victims in Natori, one of the hardest quake stricken city, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised the resolve of the Japanese people in their efforts to recover from the tsunami and reaffirmed the two countries' alliance as vital for regional peace and prosperity.

Muslim rebels reject Philippine peace proposal (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Philippine peace talks negotiator Marvic Leonen, left, speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The chief Philippine negotiator in peace talks with Muslim rebels say the guerrillas have rejected a government proposal for autonomy in the country's south but will continue talks.(AP Photo)AP - The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group rejected a government proposal for autonomy in the country's south as inadequate but said Tuesday they will continue talks.

Suspected insurgents kill 2 in Thailand's south (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:12 AM PDT

AP - Police say suspected Islamist insurgents have killed two soldiers and wounded 14 other people in two separate attacks in Thailand's violence-plagued south.

Rights group asks India to probe Kashmir graves (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 03:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2009 file photo, Kashmiri villagers walk past a graveyard containing unidentified dead at Bimyar, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Srinagar, India. Hundreds of unmarked graves hold more than 2,000 bullet-riddled bodies that police in Kashmir claimed were those of militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan territory, according to an Indian government inquiry. The report, completed in July 2011 and obtained Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 by the Associated Press, follows a three-year investigation into alleged abuses by the army, paramilitary and police. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)AP - An international human rights group is urging India to allow an impartial investigation of hundreds of unmarked graves in Indian-administered Kashmir after a government report confirmed they contain more than 2,000 bullet-riddled bodies, including hundreds of local residents.

Philippines, Vietnam get warships in China spat (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:59 AM PDT

AP - The Philippines and Vietnam each received warships Tuesday to beef up their navies as they face tensions with China over disputed islands, raising the prospect of a deepening arms race in the South China Sea.

Fire at ceramics factory in China kills 15 people (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:45 AM PDT

AP - A fire at a ceramics factory in southern China has killed 15 people and seriously injured another.

Strike grinds Pakistan's biggest city to a halt (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:34 AM PDT

People sit next to their family member killed in target killing in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday, Aug 22, 2011. A senior government official says gunmen have killed four people in Pakistan's largest city, taking the death toll in Karachi to 18 in two days. (AP Photo / Shakil Adil)AP - Pakistan's largest city ground to a halt Tuesday, with most residents staying off the streets after a political party called a strike to protest the deaths of at least 96 people killed in Karachi in the past week.

Indonesian mayor seeks to ban church construction (AP)

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:31 AM PDT

AP - A mayor is trying to ban Christian churches on streets with Islamic names, the latest attempt to block construction of a new parish in the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
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