Pakistan rejects US self-defense claim on strikes (AP)

Pakistan rejects US self-defense claim on strikes (AP)
France votes on genocide law, faces Turkish reprisals (Reuters)
Chinese fire on Tibetan protest, 1 dead: advocacy group (Reuters)
Groups: Police fire on Tibetans, at least 1 dead (AP)
Lively NKorean capital celebrates Lunar New Year (AP)
French Senate eyes genocide bill; Turkey bristles (AP)
Brothers reunited in Japan after 6 decades apart (AP)
Pakistan rejects U.S. report on NATO attack (Reuters)
EU agrees to ease Myanmar sanctions (AP)
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Memo scandal witness refuses to travel to Pakistan (AP)
US group granted Kyrgyz adoption services permit (AP)
Police arrest 2, identify suspect in Mumbai blasts (AP)
India: Pakistan won't get access to Mumbai gunman (AP)
Fireworks, feasts to celebrate Year of Dragon (AP)
Pakistan: Bad heart drugs suspected in 25 deaths (AP)
Sri Lanka donates eyes to the world (AP)
Plane crashes in New Zealand, killing 2 aboard (AP)
New Zealand authorities shut down 'Occupy' camps (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:40 AM PST

AP - Pakistan's army on Monday formally rejected a U.S. claim that American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops last year were justified as self-defense, a stance that could complicate efforts to repair the troubled but vital relationship between the two countries.

France votes on genocide law, faces Turkish reprisals (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST

Reuters - French senators vote later Monday on a bill to make it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide, raising the prospect of a major diplomatic rift between two NATO allies.

Chinese fire on Tibetan protest, 1 dead: advocacy group (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:56 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese troops fired on thousands of Tibetans protesting in southwestern Sichuan province Monday, killing at least one and wounding more, two overseas advocacy groups said.

Groups: Police fire on Tibetans, at least 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:19 AM PST

AP - Overseas Tibetan activist groups said security forces fired on Tibetan protesters in southwest China on Monday, killing at least one and injuring others.

Lively NKorean capital celebrates Lunar New Year (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST

AP - North Koreans bundled against the freezing cold paid respects again to late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's main plaza Monday and celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday with colorful flowers and children's games.

French Senate eyes genocide bill; Turkey bristles (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:17 AM PST

AP - Turkey threatened more sanctions for France if the Senate in Paris votes later Monday to make it a crime to deny the 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks constitutes a genocide.

Brothers reunited in Japan after 6 decades apart (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:13 AM PST

AP - They no longer speak the same language, but two brothers separated nearly 60 years each think the other hasn't changed a bit.

Pakistan rejects U.S. report on NATO attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 06:02 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's military Monday rejected U.S. findings on a November 26 NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, reducing the chances of a resolution of the dispute and an improvement in ties which are at their lowest in years.

EU agrees to ease Myanmar sanctions (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:47 AM PST

AP - The European Union is rewarding Myanmar's moves toward political reform by easing some sanctions against the regime.

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Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:34 AM PST

AP - Pakistan formally rejects US claim that strikes that killed Pakistani troops were self-defense.

Memo scandal witness refuses to travel to Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:48 AM PST

AP - The chief witness in a secret memo scandal that threatens to bring down the Pakistani president will not travel to the country to testify, claiming the government has set a trap to prevent him from leaving, his lawyer said Monday.

US group granted Kyrgyz adoption services permit (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:37 AM PST

AP - The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan is allowing foreign adoptions to resume, issuing the first permit to a U.S.-based Christian organization.

Police arrest 2, identify suspect in Mumbai blasts (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:16 AM PST

AP - Mumbai police have arrested two men involved in triple bomb blasts that hit India's financial hub six months ago, a top investigator said Monday.

India: Pakistan won't get access to Mumbai gunman (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:54 AM PST

AP - A Pakistani commission investigating the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai will visit in early February, but will not be allowed to interrogate the lone surviving gunman, Indian officials said Monday.

Fireworks, feasts to celebrate Year of Dragon (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST

AP - Millions of ethnic Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese across Asia are ringing in the new Year of the Dragon with fireworks, feasting and family reunions.

Pakistan: Bad heart drugs suspected in 25 deaths (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:21 PM PST

AP - A government health official says bad drugs are suspected of killing at least 25 heart patients over the last month in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Sri Lanka donates eyes to the world (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

AP - At 10:25 a.m., a dark brown eye was removed from a man whose lids had closed for the last time. Five hours later, the orb was staring up at the ceiling from a stainless steel tray in an operating room with two blind patients — both waiting to give it a second life.