Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Suu Kyi honoured in Paris near end of Europe tour

Suu Kyi honoured in Paris near end of Europe tour

Suu Kyi honoured in Paris near end of Europe tour

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:41 AM PDT

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi poses after receiving an honorary citizen awardMyanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, nearing the end of her triumphant Europe tour in France, accepted another award Wednesday as she became an honorary citizen of Paris.

Upbeat US economic figures help stocks advance

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:53 AM PDT

An investor reacts as she looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets edged up Wednesday as rising home prices in the U.S. eased jitters over the robustness of the world's No. 1 economy. (AP Photo)Upbeat U.S. economic figures helped stocks rise on Wednesday, though investors remained skeptical that European leaders would agree to any meaningful debt crisis solutions at their summit later this week.

Years catch up with Date-Krumm at Wimbledon

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:43 AM PDT

Japan's Kimiko Date-KrummKimiko Date-Krumm, comfortably the oldest player at Wimbledon at 41, crashed out in the first round on Wednesday vowing to do everything in her power to return next year.

Stosur slams talk of Australian crisis

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Australia's Samantha StosurSamantha Stosur insists there is no need to panic about the state of Australian tennis after her shock Wimbledon exit completed a woeful effort from her compatriots at the All England Club.

Landslides, floods kill 91 in southern Bangladesh

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Bangladeshi rescuers search for survivors and bodies following landslides on the outskirts of Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Rescuers said the slides caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 30 people in southern Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Anrup Titu)Landslides and floods caused by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 91 people in southern Bangladesh and many more were missing, the government said Wednesday.

Post-Nazi art therapy comes to Kabul

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:27 AM PDT

Much of the exhibition explores ideas of destruction, rebuilding and memoryAn art exhibition that began as an attempt to heal Germany after the horrors of Nazi rule and World War II is now being replicated in Afghanistan.

Record radiation levels detected at Fukushima reactor

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:59 AM PDT

A journalist checks the radiation level at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in February 2012TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Wednesday record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number 1, further hampering clean-up operations.

Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:39 AM PDT

The Taliban released a video Wednesday that they say shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan this week and beheaded.

Pakistani, US generals in border talks

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 08:26 AM PDT

US Marine General John Allen, pictured speaking to US lawmakers in MarchThe US commander in Afghanistan discussed border coordination with Pakistan's army chief on Wednesday as the Taliban released a video showing the remains of 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers.

India says Mumbai attacks suspect confirms Pakistan role

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:56 AM PDT

An Indian soldier aims his rifle towards the Taj Mahal hotel during the 2008 Mumbai attacksIndia's home minister on Wednesday said a key suspect in the 2008 Mumbai attacks had provided information confirming Pakistani "state support" for the deadly assault.

4 dead, 130 rescued from capsizing off Aussie isle

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:34 AM PDT

This June 27, 2012 photo released by Australian Maritime Safety Authority shows a boat carrying asylum seekers 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean hours before capsizing Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The boat capsized Wednesday and 123 people were rescued from the ocean, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority)Four people are believed to have died and 130 others were rescued after a crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized and sank Wednesday, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.

Stocks eke out gains ahead of EU summit

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 06:42 AM PDT

An investor reacts as she looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets edged up Wednesday as rising home prices in the U.S. eased jitters over the robustness of the world's No. 1 economy. (AP Photo)Stocks eked out modest gains Wednesday after a lackluster few days, though investors remained skeptical that European leaders would agree any meaningful debt crisis solutions at their summit later this week.

Kyrgyz Parliament votes to revise mine license

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 06:05 AM PDT

Kyrgyzstan's parliament backed a motion Wednesday to review the operating license of a company developing a major gold mine that accounts for 12 percent of the Central Asian nation's economy.

Heavy rains, landslides kill 56 in Bangladesh

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:46 PM PDT

Bangladeshi soldiers clear debris while searching for bodies after a landslide in ChittagongMore than 55 people have been killed in landslides in southeast Bangladesh after three days of rains that triggered flash floods and severed transport links, officials said Wednesday.

Asylum-seeker boat sinks en route to Australia

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:34 PM PDT

Photo taken by the MV Bison after arriving at the asylum-seeker boat before it capsizedRescuers plucked 130 people from the ocean Wednesday after an asylum-seeker boat sank en route to Australia, barely a week after another vessel went down in the same area, killing up to 90.

SKorea claims East Asia's oldest farming site

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:32 AM PDT

This May 25, 2012 photo released by South Korea's Cultural Heritage Administration shows the remains of an old farm house in Goseong, 150 kilometers (93.2 miles) east of Seoul, South Korea. Archaeologist Cho Mi-soon said Wednesday, June, 27, 2012, that South Korea's archaeological agency found the remains of a farming field from the Neolithic period on South Korea's east coast. The site may be up to 5,600 years old which is more than 2,000 years older than what is now the second-oldest known site, which also is in South Korea. The white lines drawn with paint on the ground indicate the outline of where the house once stood, according to Administration officials. (AP Photo/Cultural Heritage Administration)South Korea's archaeological agency says it has unearthed evidence of East Asia's oldest known farming site.

Cricket video technology bid 'quashed' by India

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Pakistan captain Salman Butt (left) signals for the Decision Review System to be used as Pakistan plays England in 2010World cricket chiefs Wednesday rejected a new move to make decision review technology compulsory and put off talks on wide-ranging reforms following opposition from powerful India.

Bombs, ambush killed 10 police in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:05 PM PDT

An Afghan policeman guards a checkpoint in KabulRoadside bombs and an ambush have killed at least 10 Afghan policemen over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.

1 dead, 130 rescued from capsizing off Aussie isle

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:02 AM PDT

This June 27, 2012 photo released by Australian Maritime Safety Authority shows a boat carrying asylum seekers 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean hours before capsizing Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The boat capsized Wednesday and 123 people were rescued from the ocean, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority)A crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized and sank Wednesday and 130 survivors and one body were recovered from the Indian Ocean, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.

1 dead, 125 rescued from capsizing off Aussie isle

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:09 AM PDT

This June 27, 2012 photo released by Australian Maritime Safety Authority shows a boat carrying asylum seekers 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean hours before capsizing Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The boat capsized Wednesday and 123 people were rescued from the ocean, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority)A crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized Wednesday and 125 survivors and one body were recovered from the Indian Ocean, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.

Landslides, floods kill 76 in southern Bangladesh

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:47 AM PDT

Bangladeshi rescuers search for survivors and bodies following landslides on the outskirts of Chittagong, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Rescuers said the slides caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 30 people in southern Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Anrup Titu)Landslides and floods caused by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 76 people in southern Bangladesh and rescuers were searching Wednesday for more missing, officials said.

Bangladesh's Hindu women fight for divorce rights

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Unlike Bangladeshi Muslims or Hindus in neighbouring India and Nepal, Bangladeshi Hindu women can't divorceUnlike her Muslim compatriots, Tarulata Rani is unable to inherit anything from her family, cannot divorce and cannot claim maintenance from her absent husband -- all because she is a Bangladeshi Hindu.

Markets remain subdued ahead of EU summit

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:22 AM PDT

An investor reacts as she looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets edged up Wednesday as rising home prices in the U.S. eased jitters over the robustness of the world's No. 1 economy. (AP Photo)Financial markets were subdued Wednesday as investors remained cautious over the prospect of any meaningful debt crisis breakthrough at a summit of European leaders later this week.

Apple launches iTunes Store in 12 new Asia markets

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Apple has launched its iTunes Store in 12 Asian markets, giving access to millions of songs and moviesApple launched its iTunes Store in 12 Asian markets on Wednesday, giving consumers access to millions of songs and movies, but regional giants China, India and Indonesia were not on the list.
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