Wednesday, February 29, 2012

SKorea welcomes NKorea's nuclear agreement with US (AP)

SKorea welcomes NKorea's nuclear agreement with US (AP)

SKorea welcomes NKorea's nuclear agreement with US (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:29 AM PST

AP - South Korea is welcoming North Korea's agreement with the United States to suspend uranium enrichment and put a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests.

A look at North Korea's relations and tensions (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST

AP - The United States and North Korea are in first nuclear talks since the death of Kim Jong II. Here's a timeline of some key developments of the north-south tensions in Korean history:

U.S. ready to finalize food aid offer to North Korea: official (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST

North Koreans pay tribute at a statue of the late North Korean founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang January 1, 2012 in this picture released by KCNA on Sunday. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - The United States will announce on Wednesday that it is ready to meet with North Korea to finalize the details of a food aid package, a key confidence building measure amid ongoing discussion of Pyongyang's nuclear program, a U.S. official said.

Summary Box: Japan may cancel F-35 fighter order (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:56 AM PST

AP - GETTING FLAK: Japan may cancel plans to buy dozens of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S. if prices rise or deliveries are delayed, its defense minister said Wednesday.

Cold War-famed U-2 spy planes keep watch on NKorea (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:45 AM PST

AP - As a sleek black U-2 roared back from a mission, Pontiac muscle cars zoomed along the runway to help it touch down using a low-tech method dating back more than half a century to when this Cold War-era aircraft was cutting-edge.

North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium, IAEA inspections (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) visits a unit under the Command of the Korean People's Army 4th Corps stationed in the southwestern sector of North Korea, in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA in Pyongyang February 26, 2012. KCNA said Kim inspected the 1st and 4th Battalions under the KPA Unit 403 stationed in the forefront area. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - North Korea agreed on Wednesday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow checks by nuclear inspectors, in an apparent policy shift that paves the way for resuming long-stalled disarmament talks.

U.S. lawmakers agree on bill to fight China subsidies (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:19 AM PST

Reuters - Senior U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday they hope to move quickly on a bipartisan bill to preserve the Commerce Department's ability to impose duties on subsidized goods from China, which has been placed in jeopardy by a court ruling.

Australia urged to apologize for forced adoptions (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 08:11 AM PST

AP - A Senate inquiry on Wednesday called for the Australian government to apologize and compensate thousands of unwed mothers who were forced to give up their babies for adoption in the mid-20th century.

Anti-nuclear Japanese farmer visits South Africa (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST

AP - A farmer evacuated from her home near a Japanese nuclear power plant visited Soweto Wednesday to talk to impoverished South Africans about how the poor are worst hit by catastrophes like the one triggered by an earthquake in her homeland.

Taiwan seeks merger with restructured Elpida (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:20 AM PST

AP - Taiwan's government said Wednesday it would continue to push for the consolidation of the island's memory chip makers with Elpida Memory Inc., two days after the Japanese chipmaker filed for bankruptcy.

Probe of Afghan Quran burning nearing completion (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:42 AM PST

Students shout slogans during an anti-U.S rally in Peshawar February 29, 2012. About 60 protesters gathered to condemn the February 21 burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan. The placard written in Urdu reads: AP - A joint investigation by NATO and Afghan officials into the burning of copies of the Quran that triggered riots and more than 30 deaths is nearly complete, and preliminary findings could be released within days, Western officials said Wednesday.

Indian police arrest 2 suspected terrorists (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:22 AM PST

AP - India's home minister says police have arrested two men connected to the terror group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.

Taiwanese officer accused of spying for China (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:54 AM PST

AP - Taiwan's defense ministry said Wednesday that an air force officer has been detained on suspicion of passing military secrets to China, the latest case involving the transmission of classified information from the democratic island to the communist mainland.

12 people killed in clash in restive western China (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST

AP - China on Wednesday accused terrorists in a Muslim Uighur region of attacking civilians, but an exiled Uighur group said the violence that killed 12 people mainly targeted armed Chinese personnel.

China urges assistance for Syria to spur diplomacy (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:25 AM PST

AP - China is urging world powers to provide humanitarian assistance to Syria, as Beijing tries to bolster diplomacy while continuing to oppose any armed intervention into the conflict.

27,000 Filipino policemen don't have official guns (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST

AP - More than 27,000 Philippine police officers — about a fifth of the national force — do not have government-issued guns, prompting many of them to rely on their own guns to battle criminals and insurgents, officials said Wednesday.

Scientists reconstruct extinct giant penguin (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:08 PM PST

AP - It has taken 26 million years, but scientists say getting the first glimpse at what a long-extinct giant penguin looked like was worth the wait.

Myanmar election body rejects challenge to Suu Kyi (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

AP - Myanmar's election commission has rejected a challenge to the parliamentary candidacy of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and confirmed her place on the ballot.

Nigerian pirates rob cargo ship, kidnap 2 crew (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:48 PM PST

African Union commission chairman Jean Ping attends a press conference following the Somalia Conference at Lancaster House in London February 23, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sanctions against anyone blocking reforms intended to end Somalia's AP - Armed pirates robbed a cargo ship at anchor in a Nigerian port and kidnapped at least two crew members in the latest of several attacks off Africa's west coast, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday.

2 officers in New Zealand ship crash plead guilty (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:18 PM PST

AP - The captain and the navigating officer of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to mishandling the vessel and altering ship documents.
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