Fear of Serena shock drives on Li Na

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• Fear of Serena shock drives on Li Na
• Swedish king voices support for peace between Koreas
• India cabinet approves new 'transparent' telecom policy
• New Zealand reach Sultan Azlan Shah final
• Afghan civilian deaths still too high: UN
• Nepal Supreme Court judge killed, 2 people wounded
• Democratic reform irreversible in China: Chen
• Suu Kyi presses for migrants' rights in Thailand
• India jolted by weak growth data
• Russian jet's data recorder found in Indonesia
• Pakistan economy grows 3.7%, tax collection soars
• Russian jet's flight recorder found in Indonesia
• Prospect of Thaksin return heats up Thai politics
• Indian guru blames rupee symbol for currency woes
• Few believed still jailed 23 years after Tiananmen
• Indians in nationwide strike over fuel prices
• Nepal Supreme Court judge shot dead
• Groups say Tibetan woman sets herself on fire
• China 'detains hundreds' in Tibet capital
• Get the camera, here comes Aung San Suu Kyi
• Bali bombmaker pleads for leniency
• Suicide car bomber kills 5 police in Afghanistan
• China spy cloud 'threatens Japan minister'
• Suicide attack, explosion kill 7 Afghan police

Fear of Serena shock drives on Li Na Posted: 31 May 2012 10:33 AM PDT Defending champion Li Na admitted that she feared falling into the same French Open abyss that had swallowed Serena Williams before easing into the third round on Thursday.

Swedish king voices support for peace between Koreas Posted: 31 May 2012 10:32 AM PDT Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf on Thursday pledged his country's continued support to help maintain peace between North and South Korea, through its membership of a truce monitoring body.

India cabinet approves new 'transparent' telecom policy Posted: 31 May 2012 10:26 AM PDT India's cabinet on Thursday cleared a new telecommunications policy aimed at introducing greater transparency after a corruption scandal over mobile phone licences rocked the government.

New Zealand reach Sultan Azlan Shah final Posted: 31 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT New Zealand on Thursday booked their first ever appearance in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup with a crushing 4-1 win over hosts Malaysia, while India defeated rivals Pakistan 2-1.

Afghan civilian deaths still too high: UN Posted: 31 May 2012 10:03 AM PDT The number of civilians killed in the Afghan war is still unacceptably high, despite a 21 percent drop in the first four months of this year, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said Thursday.

Nepal Supreme Court judge killed, 2 people wounded Posted: 31 May 2012 09:54 AM PDT Motorcycle-riding assailants shot and killed a Supreme Court judge under investigation for allegedly taking bribes as he headed to work in the Nepalese capital Thursday, police said.

Democratic reform irreversible in China: Chen Posted: 31 May 2012 09:18 AM PDT Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist whose flight to the US embassy in Beijing sparked a major diplomatic incident, said Thursday that democratic change in China is slow, but irreversible.

Suu Kyi presses for migrants' rights in Thailand Posted: 31 May 2012 09:02 AM PDT Long a fighter against oppression inside Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has used her first foreign trip in 24 years to fight for her countrymen suffering abroad — millions of economic migrants unable to work at home but vulnerable to exploitation elsewhere.

India jolted by weak growth data Posted: 31 May 2012 08:36 AM PDT India's economy grew just 5.3 percent in January-March, its slowest pace in almost a decade, data showed Thursday, as a global slowdown, high interest rates and political deadlock take their toll.

Russian jet's data recorder found in Indonesia Posted: 31 May 2012 08:09 AM PDT Villagers have found the flight data recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into an Indonesian volcano three weeks ago and killed 45 people, officials said Thursday. The data it contains could help explain what caused the crash.

Pakistan economy grows 3.7%, tax collection soars Posted: 31 May 2012 06:59 AM PDT Pakistan's economy grew by 3.7 percent in the current fiscal year with tax collection up an "unprecedented" 25 percent, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Thursday.

Russian jet's flight recorder found in Indonesia Posted: 31 May 2012 06:58 AM PDT Villagers have found the flight data recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into an Indonesian volcano three weeks ago and killed 45 people, officials said Thursday. The device could help explain what caused the crash.

Prospect of Thaksin return heats up Thai politics Posted: 31 May 2012 06:54 AM PDT Thailand's politics heated up Wednesday over a bill that could herald the return of divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, while his former top lieutenants prepared to re-enter the political arena after a five-year ban.

Indian guru blames rupee symbol for currency woes Posted: 31 May 2012 06:44 AM PDT Businessmen may blame global troubles or inept governance, but a Hindu guru has an alternative theory for the historic weakness of India's rupee: the newly adopted symbol for the currency is inauspicious.

Few believed still jailed 23 years after Tiananmen Posted: 31 May 2012 06:30 AM PDT Twenty-three years after China's sweeping crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy demonstrations, fewer than a dozen people remain in prison, among them elderly and likely mentally ill prisoners, a rights group said Thursday.

Indians in nationwide strike over fuel prices Posted: 31 May 2012 06:28 AM PDT A nation-wide strike against rising petrol prices in India closed shops and disrupted public transport on Thursday, with the under-fire government facing new dissent over its economic management.

Nepal Supreme Court judge shot dead Posted: 31 May 2012 06:19 AM PDT Gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a Nepalese Supreme Court judge on Thursday in the capital Kathmandu, sparking fears of lawlessness amid a political vacuum in the Himalayan country.

Groups say Tibetan woman sets herself on fire Posted: 31 May 2012 05:17 AM PDT A mother of three is the latest Tibetan to self-immolate to protest Chinese rule, reports said Thursday, while authorities have rounded up hundreds of people after two men set themselves alight in front of Tibet's main temple.

China 'detains hundreds' in Tibet capital Posted: 31 May 2012 03:50 AM PDT Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital, a US-based broadcaster said, as a young mother became the latest Tibetan to self-immolate.

Get the camera, here comes Aung San Suu Kyi Posted: 31 May 2012 03:48 AM PDT Aung San Suu Kyi was the star attraction at Thursday's opening of the World Economic Forum, where the Myanmar opposition leader signed autographs and smiled politely for pictures with delegates from around the world.

Bali bombmaker pleads for leniency Posted: 31 May 2012 02:42 AM PDT Umar Patek, accused of playing a key role in the Bali bombings, insisted Thursday the attacks that killed 202 people were "against my conscience" and begged for a light sentence.

Suicide car bomber kills 5 police in Afghanistan Posted: 31 May 2012 01:44 AM PDT A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing five policemen, a government official said.

China spy cloud 'threatens Japan minister' Posted: 31 May 2012 01:34 AM PDT A spy scandal involving a Chinese diplomat working at the embassy in Tokyo looks set to cost a Japanese cabinet minister his job, a report said Thursday.

Suicide attack, explosion kill 7 Afghan police Posted: 31 May 2012 12:49 AM PDT A suicide car bomb attack and a separate blast at a checkpost in Afghanistan killed at least seven policemen on Thursday, officials said.

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