Saturday, November 19, 2011

Afghan assembly endorses talks with US on troops (AP)

Afghan assembly endorses talks with US on troops (AP)

Afghan assembly endorses talks with US on troops (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 10:43 AM PST

An Afghan woman delegate, center, speaks for her committee members on the third day of loya jirga or grand council in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke Wednesday on the opening day of the meeting where the elders are discussing negotiations under way for a U.S.-Afghan agreement to govern the presence of U.S. troops after 2014, when most international forces are to have left or moved into support roles. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - President Hamid Karzai received a resounding endorsement Saturday from a traditional national assembly to negotiate a security agreement that could keep a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan past 2014, when most international forces are to have left. The size of the force is subject to negotiations but a future deal could keep thousands of American troops here for years.

Filipino police fingerprint arrested ex-leader (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:28 AM PST

Senior Superintendent Joel Coronel of the Natonal Capital Region Police Office, center, shows a copy of the warrant of arrest served to former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her hospital bed, during a press conference outside the hospital Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 in suburban Taguig City, east of Manila, Philippines. Arroyo was arrested in her hospital room on electoral fraud charges Friday in a high-profile tug of war set off by her attempts to leave the country ostensibly for medical treatment. At left is Senior Superintendent James Bucayo of the Southern Police District. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - Police fingerprinted and photographed former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on her hospital bed Saturday over electoral fraud charges her lawyer says were brought with "indecent haste."

China says will "strengthen" yuan's trading flexibility (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 07:28 AM PST

Reuters - China will make the yuan more flexible in either direction and recent reforms to make the currency more market-oriented have begun to achieve some results, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday.

China rebuffs U.S., Asia pressure in sea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:49 AM PST

Reuters - China pushed back on Saturday against a week of U.S. pressure to resolve a rancorous dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea, a crucial, mineral-rich commercial shipping lane at the heart of growing tensions among Asian leaders.

Asia needs further steps amid euro zone crisis: Japan PM (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 06:26 AM PST

Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Asia needs to consider further steps to avoid a financial crisis as the euro zone's debt problems could spill into the region.

Emboldened by Obama, Myanmar maps out reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:57 AM PST

Reuters - Myanmar vowed on Saturday to address concerns raised by U.S. President Barack Obama, outlining far-reaching plans to make peace with ethnic rebels, gradually release all political prisoners and relax controls on freedom of expression.

Nepal ex-rebels decide future after 5 yrs in camps (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:37 AM PST

ADDS YEAR - A former Maoist rebel carries her child and gathers along with other combatants for an integration program at Shaktikhor Cantonment in Chitwan, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) southwest of Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Government monitors in Nepal began interviewing 19,000 former communist rebel fighters Saturday in the camps they have lived in for five years. The interviews are to determine who will join the national army and who will return home with cash to start new lives. The former Maoist fighters have lived in seven camps spread across Nepal since ending their bloody revolt in 2006. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)AP - Nepal's political parties long stumbled over what to do with 19,000 disarmed Maoist fighters who have lived five years in monitored camps surrounded by barbed wire. On Saturday, the ex-rebels began telling what future they wanted: joining the army or leaving the camps with cash to begin new lives.

US official: China constructive on disputed waters (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:31 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - China signaled a gradual evolution toward resolving quarrels with its Asian neighbors over disputed waters of the South China Sea, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday, describing the development as an encouraging step forward in easing tensions over the busiest trade route in the world.

Man with US passport blows himself up in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:28 AM PST

Marvel, a folk Rajhistani singer, performs during a street concert on the Sindh Culture Day in Karachi November 19, 2011. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY)AP - A suspected militant who blew himself up in southern Pakistan during a raid by security forces was carrying a U.S. and a Pakistani passport, authorities said Saturday.

China's Wen tells Obama exchange rate reforms successful (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:18 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday that China will strengthen the flexibility of the yuan's exchange rate, and that it had already achieved notable success in exchange rate reform, state media reported.

Analysis: Obama gets little pushback on Asia trip (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:12 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama walks as he attends the East Asia Summit at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Saturday Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - An assertive President Barack Obama got much of what he wanted during his Asia-Pacific trip because the results didn't depend on negotiating with the world.

Obama cites jobs payoff from Asia trip (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 05:12 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama looks after attending the East Asia Summit at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Saturday Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - After a nine-day trip through Asia in which he showed command on the world stage, President Barack Obama is headed back to debt-deadlocked Washington, where he'll confront fresh reminders of the limits of his power at home.

Nurse charged over Sydney nursing home fire deaths (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 04:13 AM PST

AP - A nurse who said he rescued patients from a fire at a nursing home was charged with murder Saturday in the blaze that killed five of them and critically injured 13 others.

Key issues discussed at East Asian summit (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011 01:57 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday became the first U.S. leader to attend an East Asia summit, where leaders from 18 nations discussed territorial disputes in the South China Sea, democratic reforms in military-dominated Myanmar, mitigating natural disasters, currency, trade and other issues.

Pakistani envoy to US flying home over memo crisis (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 10:23 PM PST

AP - Pakistan's envoy to the United States says he is flying home to answer allegations he wrote an explosive memo that asked for Washington's help in reining in the Pakistani military.

Year later, New Zealand mine still holds 29 bodies (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 08:00 PM PST

AP - As New Zealanders mark the anniversary of a coal mine explosion that killed 29 men, the victims are right where they were one year ago Saturday: entombed in a methane-filled chamber that officials say is still too dangerous to enter.

(AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:43 PM PST

AP - Police charge 35-year-old nurse with murder over Sydney nursing home fire that killed 4.
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