Monday, January 2, 2012

Al-Qaida, Taliban seek Pakistani militants' help (AP)

Al-Qaida, Taliban seek Pakistani militants' help (AP)

Al-Qaida, Taliban seek Pakistani militants' help (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:36 AM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, new Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, left, is seen with his comrade Waliur Rehman during his meeting with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters held recent meetings with Pakistani militants to ask them to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, militant commanders said Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)AP - Prominent al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, militant commanders said Monday.

Iranian border guards still in Pakistani custody (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST

AP - Pakistani authorities have yet to decide what to do with three Iranian border guards who they say crossed into southwestern Pakistan while chasing after smugglers and killed one them, a government official said Monday.

South Korea's Lee calls on North to end nuclear activities (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:17 AM PST

Reuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on North Korea's new leader to seize the opportunity and return to dialogue, saying he was prepared to offer help to revive the North's shattered economy if it suspends nuclear activities.

Analysis: Asia's double-edged currency sword (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:14 AM PST

Reuters - The roller-coaster ride for Asian currencies, which saw only the yen and yuan post significant gains for the year against the U.S. dollar, is set to continue in 2012.

NATO hopes for reopening of Pakistan supply route (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 06:02 AM PST

French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet, center, speaks with French soldiers, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), during his visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. France's defense minister on Sunday backed U.S. efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban, even as NATO reported the death of another service member that brought last year's toll to 544 troops killed in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - NATO hopes for a quick reopening of blocked supply routes through Pakistan because the 5-week closure is damaging the economies of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, an alliance officer said Monday.

Myanmar reduces sentences for many prisoners (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:32 AM PST

AP - Myanmar's government announced Monday that it is reducing the sentences of many prisoners, but stopped short of declaring an amnesty that had been expected by many people.

India complains to Beijing over treatment of diplomat (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:13 AM PST

Reuters - China has agreed to look into a complaint by India's foreign ministry that a diplomat was prevented from treating his severe diabetes and collapsed while offering consular assistance to two Indian citizens on trial in China's Yiwu city.

Tortured Afghan girl to go to India for treatment (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 05:02 AM PST

This photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 shows Sahar Gul, a 15-year-old Afghan wife, being carried in a wheelchair to a hospital in Baghlan, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said police will arrest members of a family accused of torturing and illegally detaining their son's teenage wife Gul for the past six months while trying to force her into a life of crime. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)AP - A 15-year-old Afghan girl severely tortured for months by her in-laws in an attempt to force her into prostitution will be sent to India for medical treatment, an Afghan official said Monday.

South Korea says 'new era' possible for Koreas (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:55 AM PST

People watch a TV screen reporting about North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. South Korea's president opened the door Monday to possible nuclear talks with North Korea and warned the neighboring country to avoid any provocations, saying the Korean peninsula is at a crucial turning point.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea's president urged rival North Korea on Monday to use the transition of leadership after Kim Jong Il's death to usher in a new era of peace on the tense Korean peninsula, even as he warned the North against any provocations.

Indian police arrest 2 men for sacrificing child (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 04:20 AM PST

AP - Two men have been arrested in central India for allegedly killing a 7-year-old girl and cutting out her liver in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest, police said Monday.

Indian troops fire on Kashmir protesters, 1 killed (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 03:09 AM PST

AP - Police say troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir have opened fire on hundreds of villagers who were protesting against frequent power cuts, killing one person and injuring two others.

World stock markets quietly usher in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 01:40 AM PST

In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 photo, Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrate in Zuccotti Park in New York, standing on barricades they removed from around the park. The demonstrators had been evicted from the Park in November. Dozens of protesters were arrested as they tore down the barricades surrounding the park just before midnight on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)AP - European stock markets headed higher in early trading Monday, while South Korea's benchmark Kospi closed flat following the New Year's holiday weekend.

Crowd fights Chinese police at mosque demolition (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:51 PM PST

AP - A crowd of Muslims fought with police who demolished a mosque in China's northwest, a police employee and a human rights group said Monday.

Indian TV grows edgy — without the edge (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST

FILE - In this March 15, 2007 file photo, Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, hugs and kisses Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during an event for HIV-AIDS awareness in New Delhi, India. An arrest warrant was issued for Gere after he kissed the cheek of Shetty. In an effort to attract younger viewers without offending the older ones, Indian TV is now showing some of America's edgiest shows, but cutting out the edge. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)AP - Would the sex, drugs and rock-n-roll fueled TV show "Californication" be worth watching without the sex, drugs and rock-n- roll? What about serial killer series "Dexter" without the gore?

1 dead, 739 injured in Philippine New Year revelry (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:04 PM PST

AP - Philippine health officials say a boy has died from massive injuries from a firecracker explosion in the first known death from violent New Year's revelries that also injured 739 others.

Fiji regime says it will ease emergency controls (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

AP - Fiji's military government will move Saturday to lift a state of emergency it imposed in 2009, as the country prepares to open consultation on a new constitution, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said in a New Year's message.
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