Monday, November 21, 2011

China records 300 million registered microblog users (Reuters)

China records 300 million registered microblog users (Reuters)

China records 300 million registered microblog users (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:57 AM PST

Reuters - China has more than 300 million registered microbloggers, state media said Monday, one of its fastest growing groups of internet users that the government has vowed to control.

Global economic outlook grim, China tells U.S. trade (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:48 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan warned on Monday the global economy is in a grim state and the visiting U.S. commerce secretary said China would spend $1.7 trillion on strategic sectors as Beijing seeks to bolster waning growth.

China, U.S. grapple with tensions at trade talks (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:05 AM PST

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson smiles during a dinner at the Shangri-La in Honolulu, Hawaii November 10, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Chinese and U.S. officials started meeting on Sunday to grapple with trade disputes that have strained ties between the world's two biggest economies, carrying forward concerns exchanged between leaders at back-to-back Asian summits in the past week.

U.S. says giving, not selling, F-16s to Indonesia (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:44 AM PST

Reuters - The United States is giving, not selling, two dozen second-hand F-16 fighter planes to Indonesia to strengthen security ties with an "important U.S. partner," the Defense Department said on Monday,

Sri Lankan opposition attacked inside Parliament (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:39 AM PST

Sri Lanka's ruling party lawmakers, left, scuffle with opposition lawmakers, right, during a budget speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Opposition lawmakers walked out after the attack. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured.(AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena)AP - Lawmakers from Sri Lanka's ruling party attacked opposition members who were protesting inside Parliament on Monday as President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented next year's budget.

Armenia promises retailation for Azeri killings (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST

AP - Armenia says it will retaliate for the weekend killings of two ethnic Armenian soldiers by Azeri snipers who fired into a disputed breakaway enclave.

Top Khmer Rouge leaders' trial opens in Cambodia (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:25 AM PST

In this photo released by Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, listens during a trial for former Khmer Rouge top leaders, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. The three top Khmer Rouge leaders, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary, accused of orchestrating Cambodia's 'killing fields' went on trial Monday before a U.N.-backed tribunal more than three decades after some of the 20th century's worst atrocities. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Cambodians were bluntly reminded of their tragic history Monday as the trial began of three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating the "killing fields" in the late 1970s.

Myanmar hails 2 white elephants as signs of peace (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:01 AM PST

AP - Myanmar's government warmly welcomed two rare white elephants, traditional symbols of power and prosperity, and linked their appearances to the country's improving foreign relations.

Most populous Indian state seeks to split into 4 (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:55 AM PST

AP - Lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, voted Monday to support a call for it to be split into four smaller states.

Pakistani Taliban, government hold initial talks (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:20 AM PST

Troops of Pakistani para military force stand guard during a crack down operation against suspect militants, criminals and suspected target killers in the country's biggest city of Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Nov 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Government intermediaries have held talks with the Pakistani Taliban in recent months, exploring ways to jump-start peace negotiations, intelligence officials and a senior militant commander said.

Afghans: Pakistan OKs assassination investigators (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:15 AM PST

An Afghan boy walks with his dog in Naderkhan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 21 , 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)AP - Pakistani officials have agreed to let an Afghan commission investigating the assassination of a former president travel to Pakistan as part of their inquiry, Afghan officials said Monday.

Indian eunuchs mourn 15 killed in fire at ceremony (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:51 AM PST

Indian eunuchs sit at the scene of a fire at a fairground in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. The blaze, which killed more than a dozen people, happened during a gathering of thousands of eunuchs at a prayer ceremony and feast held once every five years at a fairground in the Nandnagary neighborhood of east Delhi. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - An isolated and shunned community of castrated men, transvestites and transsexuals mourned Monday for 15 comrades killed when a fire blazed through a makeshift tent where they had gathered to honor deceased friends.

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Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:16 AM PST

AP - Spokesman: Gunmen ambush a paramilitary convoy in southwestern Pakistan, killing 14 soldiers.

After rough presidency, Arroyo fights to stay free (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:14 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov.8, 2011 file photo, former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, wearing a head and neck brace, poses following an interview with a local reoporter at her residence in suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Philippine officials say it's business as usual in the country and there is no army unrest despite the dramatic arrest of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and a looming legal battle. (AP Photo/Manila Standard Today) PHILIPPINES OUT, MANDATORY CREDITAP - With a sense of entitlement and a life of privilege familiar to a scion of the political elite, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo successfully weathered coup attempts and corruption scandals during her nine years in power.

Ex-Philippine leader to stay detained in hospital (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:06 AM PST

Lawyer Jose Flaminiano, one of the counsel for former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo answers to media in front of the court house Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in suburban Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. The court session was reset after former President Arroyo was allowed to be detained temporarily in a swank hospital suite while her lawyers launched a legal battle to seek her release by aiming to have her indictment on election fraud declared illegal. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A Philippine court on Monday allowed former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to be detained temporarily in an upscale hospital suite on electoral fraud charges while her lawyers battle to get her released.

Philip Morris sues Australia over new tobacco law (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PST

AP - Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action against Australia's government on Monday less than an hour after Parliament passed legislation banning all logos from cigarette packages.

Oil near $97 after China leader negative on growth (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PST

OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem el-Badri (R) poses with Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), at the IEA conference in Riyadh November 20, 2011. The global oil market looks balanced, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi indicated on Sunday, while the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said stubbornly high oil prices could harm economic growth. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)AP - Oil prices fell to near $97 a barrel Monday in Asia after a Chinese leader predicted the world's current economic malaise will be long lasting.

Islanders live in fear a year after NKorean attack (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:11 AM PST

In this photo taken Oct. 20, 2011, resident Jeong Soon-seon,79, shows the part of wreckage of a shell fired by North Korea on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. People on the island said that, even as rage over the North's surprise attack dims, they still live in fear of another volley of shells from their unpredictable neighbor just 7 miles (11 kilometers) north across some of the Yellow Sea's richest crabbing waters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Pungent boxes of crabs piled at the dock for export confirm the revival of ancient daily routines a year after North Korean artillery turned this tiny island's downtown into an inferno. Under the surface, deep scars remain.

Bomb attack wounds 9 in southern Thailand (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST

AP - Police say a remote-controlled bomb has exploded in violence-plagued southern Thailand, wounding nine people, including three monks.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to run in parliamentary polls (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2011 09:29 PM PST

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi delivers her speech during an event marking the 91st National Day at her National League for Democracy headquarters Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011 in Yangon, Myanmar. The NLD decided Friday to rejoin politics and register for future elections, signaling its confidence in recent reforms by the military-aligned government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections, a decision that was expected after her party decided last week to rejoin mainstream politics in long-isolated Myanmar.
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