AP Interview: Tibetan exile warns of crackdown (AP)

AP Interview: Tibetan exile warns of crackdown (AP)
Obama: Strong US-China ties help rest of the world (AP)
Obama greets China's Xi with friendly words, firm stance (Reuters)
New statue depicts late NKorea leader on horseback (AP)
Summary Box: EU asks China help on Iran, Syria (AP)
Israeli relief delegation welcomed in Turkey (AP)
Bangkok blast wounds Iranian attacker, 4 others (AP)
Angry Birds join Facebook, hope for 800M likes (AP)
Maldives museum reopens minus smashed Hindu images (AP)
Court activism sign of power shift in Pakistan (AP)
Pakistan allows NATO to ship food to Afghanistan (AP)
Bangkok blasts wound Iranian attacker, 4 others (AP)
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Maldives police seek to question ex-leader (AP)
Another Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China (AP)
Philippines arrests doctor in $3M US fraud case (AP)
Japan official faults nuke design, defends secrecy (AP)
Myanmar activists warily test new right to protest (AP)
China says envoy met Arab League head over Syria (AP)
SKorea offers talks with NKorea on family reunions (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:47 AM PST

AP - Upcoming Tibetan New Year's celebrations appear poised to bring more bloodshed to the troubled Himalayan region, the head of Tibet's exile government said Tuesday, warning that China has sealed off the regions ahead of a crackdown.

Obama: Strong US-China ties help rest of the world (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:28 AM PST

AP - China's heir apparent leader is defending his county's widely criticized human rights record but acknowledging there is room for improvement.

Obama greets China's Xi with friendly words, firm stance (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play fair in international trade and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record.

New statue depicts late NKorea leader on horseback (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST

AP - Coat flying open, reins in hand, Kim Jong Il is depicted astride a galloping horse in a larger-than-life statue unveiled Tuesday as part of birthday celebrations for the late North Korean leader.

Summary Box: EU asks China help on Iran, Syria (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:43 AM PST

AP - CHINA APPEAL: European Union leaders urged China to open its markets, join in persuading Iran to negotiate over its nuclear program and help end bloodshed in Syria, as they held a summit delayed by Europe's debt crisis.

Israeli relief delegation welcomed in Turkey (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:35 AM PST

AP - Israel's Defense Ministry says a humanitarian assistance team it sent to Turkey this week received a warm greeting, despite a deepening rift between the countries.

Bangkok blast wounds Iranian attacker, 4 others (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:16 AM PST

AP - An Iranian man fleeing wounded from an explosion at a rented Bangkok house lobbed a grenade at police that rebounded and blew off one of his legs Tuesday in a series of blasts Israel said were an attempted terrorist attack by Iran.

Angry Birds join Facebook, hope for 800M likes (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST

AP - Angry Birds has joined Facebook.

Maldives museum reopens minus smashed Hindu images (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:31 AM PST

AP - The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago.

Court activism sign of power shift in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:10 AM PST

AP - A newly assertive Supreme Court is taking on the Pakistani government and army in a series of high-profile cases, signaling a power shift in a country vital to U.S. efforts to fight Islamist militants and negotiate peace in Afghanistan.

Pakistan allows NATO to ship food to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:49 AM PST

AP - Pakistan announced Tuesday that it has temporarily allowed NATO to ship perishable food to its troops in Afghanistan, a sign of thawing tensions following American airstrikes last year that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Bangkok blasts wound Iranian attacker, 4 others (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:52 AM PST

AP - An Iranian man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians Tuesday after an earlier blast shook his house in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. The explosions came a day after an Israeli diplomatic car was bombed in India — an attack Israel blamed on Iran.

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Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:35 AM PST

AP - Pakistani defense minister says NATO temporarily allowed to ship food to Afghanistan.

Maldives police seek to question ex-leader (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:16 AM PST

AP - Authorities in the Maldives on Tuesday asked former President Mohamed Nasheed to make a police statement on his controversial order to the military to arrest a top judge, a move that ended in his ouster from power last week. They say Nasheed has refused.

Another Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:38 AM PST

AP - A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in western China and was beaten by security forces as they put out the flames, a rights group said, marking the latest in a series of dramatic protests against China's handling of its vast Tibetan areas.

Philippines arrests doctor in $3M US fraud case (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:37 AM PST

AP - Philippine government agents have arrested a doctor accused of defrauding a California health care program of more than $3 million.

Japan official faults nuke design, defends secrecy (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:06 AM PST

AP - The Japanese government official who outlined the worst-case scenario for the unfolding nuclear disaster last March is defending how his study, warning that millions of people may need to evacuate, was kept secret.

Myanmar activists warily test new right to protest (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:46 AM PST

AP - When 200 activists in green T-Shirts marched along a pristine Myanmar beach to protest plans for a coal plant, they expected a long, tough struggle against the powers that be. But then, something bizarre happened.