Saturday, June 30, 2012

Jade and gold at heart of Myanmar civil war

Jade and gold at heart of Myanmar civil war


Jade and gold at heart of Myanmar civil war

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Myanmar's Kachin province, between India and China, is rich in resourcesPoring over pictures of bullet-riddled bodies and charred villages, peace mediators say Myanmar's far north is writhing in the grip of a "resource war" with no end in sight.


Zheng, Nishikori's Wimbledon dreams end

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:29 AM PDT

China's Zheng Jie plays a forehand shotZheng Jie put up an "unbelievable" fight against Serena Williams, the four-time Wimbledon champion admitted, but was just edged out in a final set thriller on Saturday.


Cancellara powers into Tour de France yellow jersey

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:26 AM PDT

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara celebrates after winning the 6.4 km individual time-trial and prologue in LiegeOlympic champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the race-opening prologue of the Tour de France here Saturday to claim the first leader's yellow jersey of the 99th edition.


HK reporter asks about Tiananmen, upsets Hu visit

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 09:10 AM PDT

A Hong Kong reporter briefly threw Chinese President Hu Jintao's tightly scripted visit to the semiautonomous city off course Saturday by asking about the 1989 military crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square.

New Pakistan PM defends Zardari immunity

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Asif Ali Zardari and his late wife, ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, are suspected of using Swiss accounts to launder $12 mnPakistan's new prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf defended Saturday President Asif Ali Zardari's immunity, saying it would end the day after he leaves office.


Chinese leader's visit sparks HK protests

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:48 AM PDT

Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong comes as discontent toward Beijing surges to a new highPolice fired choking volleys of pepper spray against protesters denouncing President Hu Jintao Saturday as he visited unruly Hong Kong to mark the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.


US asks Sri Lanka to stop 'harassing' media

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:42 AM PDT

Sri Lanka police shut the Lanka Mirror and Lanka X News yesterdayThe United States Saturday joined rights groups in demanding that Sri Lanka stop "harassing" media organisations, a day after police shut down opposition news websites and arrested nine employees.


Pakistan in charge of Test as S. Lanka gamble misfires

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:31 AM PDT

Mohammad Hafeez celebrates after scoring his fifth Test centuryMohammad Hafeez roared back to form with a career-best 172 not out as Pakistan made Sri Lanka pay for a failed gamble in the second Test in Colombo on Saturday.


Bomb kills 2 Afghan policemen outside bank

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 05:47 AM PDT

Afghan officials say a bomb has killed two policemen outside a bank in an eastern city.

Four Afghan children die as ordnance explodes

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:31 PM PDT

The children aged between six and ten found "unexploded ordnance" in Pajwayi district of volatile Kandahar provinceFour children have been killed and one wounded in southern Afghanistan when unexploded weaponry they were playing with blew up, an official said Saturday.


Indian bowler Sudhindra gets life ban for spot-fixing

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:24 PM PDT

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay JagdaleIndia's uncapped fast bowler T. P. Sudhindra has been handed a life ban for spot-fixing in a local match, the country's cricket chiefs announced on Saturday.


13 Philippine communist rebels killed in clashes

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:07 PM PDT

Tips off from local people enabled troops to fight two groups of NPA rebels todayPhilippine soldiers killed 13 communist guerrilla rebels in two separate clashes on Saturday, in what military officials described as one of the biggest victories over the insurgents in years.


Pakistan rejects Butt's innocence claims

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Salman Butt is considering an appeal against a five-year ban imposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC)Pakistan cricket chief Zaka Ashraf Saturday rejected spot-fixing convict Salman Butt's claims of innocence, saying the former captain was just expressing his personal views.


China official in Bo scandal quits parliament

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Wang Lijun fled to a US consulate in February reportedly in fear of his lifeA top official at the centre of the biggest political scandal in China in decades has resigned from his parliamentary post, state press said Saturday.


Strong quake jolts western China; at least 34 hurt

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:51 AM PDT

A strong earthquake jolted China's far-western frontier early Saturday, shaking buildings and cutting off electricity in the remote mountainous area and injuring at least 34 people.

India's monsoon seen picking up in July

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:46 AM PDT

Good monsoon rains are forecast across India in July and AugustIndia's crucial monsoon rains should pick up in July after a slow start over vast swathes of the country, which has threatened crops from rice to sugar, forecasters said.


Japan economy 'faces same risks as Europe'

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 04:16 AM PDT

Japan could become just "a Far Eastern state without vigour, where many old people live," says its premierJapan faces the same risks that plague financially-embattled European states, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda warned Saturday, days after he pushed through a divisive tax bill to chip away at the country's mountainous debt.


S. Korea to open controversial new mini-capital

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 03:35 AM PDT

King Sejong is revered for having developed Korea's alphabetAfter a decade of wrangling, South Korea is set to inaugurate a new mini-capital seen by supporters as a developmental triumph and by critics as a classic pork-barrel project.


Pyongyang parades fake missiles and smuggled Mercedes: UN

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 11:36 PM PDT

UN resolutions have not made North Korea halt its banned activitiesNorth Korea may have put fake versions of a new missile on display at a major military parade this year, UN sanctions experts said in a report.


Suu Kyi returns to Myanmar after European tour

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi will now prepare for the re-opening of Myanmar's fledgling parliament in Naypyidaw on WednesdayHundreds of cheering supporters welcomed democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi back to Myanmar after her triumphant five-nation European tour.


Suu Kyi returns from triumphant European tour

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:16 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 26, 2012 file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and French President Francois Hollande walk in the Elysee Palace garden in Paris. The Myanmar opposition leader's triumphant two-week tour of Europe, her first return in 24 years, triggered an outpouring of nostalgia that put a softer, more personable face on the woman known for her steely defiance and stoicism. (AP Photo/Bertrand Langlois, Pool, File)Cheering crowds welcomed Aung San Suu Kyi home Saturday from her triumphant tour of Europe, where she won enthusiastic support for her role in Myanmar's democratic transition and was celebrated like a head of state.


Shallow 6.3-magnitude quake hits northwest China

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 08:06 PM PDT

Xinjiang is a vast region with a population of around 20 million, of whom some nine million are UighursA strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled China's northwestern Xinjiang region on Saturday, injuring at least 17 people according to state media.


Strong quake jolts western China; at least 17 hurt

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:14 PM PDT

A strong earthquake jolted China's far-western frontier early Saturday, shaking buildings and cutting off electricity in the remote mountainous area and injuring at least 17 people.

WikiLeaks founder Assange faced tough choice: lawyer

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:09 PM PDT

Julian Assange faces questioning in Sweden over sexual assault allegationsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faced a "difficult choice" in defying a British police order for extradition to Sweden, one of his lawyers said Friday.


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