Thursday, August 23, 2012

China to give $4.7m in aid for Syrian refugees: Xinhua

China to give $4.7m in aid for Syrian refugees: Xinhua

China to give $4.7m in aid for Syrian refugees: Xinhua

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Syrian refugee children in JordanChina will give 30 million yuan ($4.7 million) in humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.

Taiwan develops soft rice for the elderly

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:38 AM PDT

Local farmers plant rice shoots in the fields of HsinwuTaiwanese researchers said Thursday they have developed a strain of rice that cooks particularly soft for elderly people to meet the needs of a rapidly greying society.

Warner braces for Pakistan spin challenge

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Australian opener David WarnerDashing Australian opener David Warner on Thursday said he and fellow batsmen were ready for Pakistan's spin challenge in their limited over series starting next week.

Stoner faces surgery, concedes championship

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Casey StonerWorld champion Casey Stoner will miss Sunday's Czech Grand Prix after heading home to Australia to undergo surgery on his broken ankle and admitted his title defence is virtually over.

Bangladesh increases control over Grameen

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:22 AM PDT

Grameen Bank employees form a human chain in front of their office in DhakaBangladesh has passed a law which allows the government greater power to anoint the successor to Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, in a move critics say weakens the famed micro-lender's independence.

Pakistan summons US diplomat to protest over drones

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT

A Pakistani protester protest in Multan against the US drone attacksPakistan summoned a US diplomat on Thursday to protest over drone strikes in its northwestern tribal area, which it called "unlawful", the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Rains kill 27 in western India

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Indian residents wade through floodwaters in Jawahar Nagar colony in JaipurHeavy rains over the past two days have killed at least 27 people and left thousands homeless in western Rajasthan state, officials said on Thursday.

India's weak atomic watchdog poses 'grave risks': auditor

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT

An activist demonstrates against the nuclearisation of India in New Delhi in 2011India's nuclear energy regulator is weak and lacks independence which poses "grave risks" to the country, the national auditor warned on Thursday in a report.

Thousands of Afghan refugees in limbo in Pakistan

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:57 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, Afghan refugee girl, laiba Hazrat, 5, sits on a bed next to her sleeping granfather, outside their home in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees are in limbo as Pakistan, increasingly frustrated with hosting the world's largest and longest-running refugee population, weighs whether to renew their refugee status by the end of this year. A large-scale return of the 1.7 million Afghan refugees currently living in Pakistan would be a massive problem for Afghanistan at a time when it's already struggling to maintain security in the face of an American troop withdrawal. But Pakistan increasingly seems to be angry at a refugee population that many feel has overstayed its welcome. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Abdul Karim walked for nearly 12 hours to cross the border into Pakistan and escape the warlords who were raining rockets on his neighborhood in the Afghan capital Kabul. That was nearly two decades ago, when he was a young teenager. Since then, he's gotten married and raised six children, all born in Pakistan.

Philippines pressed for Hong Kong hostage apology

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:50 AM PDT

Survivors and relatives of eight Hong Kong tourists who were killed in a 2010 Philippine bus hostage fiascoThe families of eight Hong Kong tourists who were killed in a Philippine hostage crisis renewed their demand for an apology from Manila on Thursday as they marked the tragedy's second anniversary.

Swansea hope to seal Ki deal on Friday

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Ki Sung-Yeung, pictured in 2009Swansea manager Michael Laudrup is confident of completing the club-record signing of South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-Yeung from Celtic on Friday.

Islamabad Christians afraid after blasphemy arrest

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:30 PM PDT

Pakistani residents gather outside the house of a Christian girl who was arrested on charges of blasphemyA week after a young Christian girl was arrested on blasphemy charges in a poor suburb of Islamabad, her fellow believers fear they may have celebrated their last service in the area.

Japan's Yamanaka, Igarashi to defend boxing titles

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Shinsuke Yamanaka (right) punches Cristian Esquivel of Mexico during their WBC bantamweight title fight in Tokyo in 2011Japan's World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka and flyweight champion Toshiyuki Igarashi will both defend their titles in November, organisers said on Thursday.

India warns Twitter over ethnic violence rumours

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:48 AM PDT

The government has blamed websites for spreading rumours that Muslims would attack migrants from the northeastIndia threatened to take action on Thursday against Twitter over content alleged to have inflamed ethnic tensions, as leaked documents revealed the government scrambling to censor online material.

Oil prices up on hopes for US central bank action

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:34 AM PDT

The price of oil is rising for a second day after signs that the Federal Reserve may take additional action to help the sluggish economic recovery in the U.S.

Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Many Tibetans in China accuse the government of enacting religious repression and eroding their cultureA Tibetan monk was beaten, tortured and imprisoned after his arrest in an area that has become a flashpoint for a wave of protests against Chinese rule, a press freedom group said on Thursday.

Pakistan blasphemy suspect 'denied meeting with lawyer'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Police arrested the girl, Rimsha, who reportedly has Down's Syndrome, in a low-income area of the capitalA lawyer for a young Pakistani Christian girl arrested on blasphemy charges in a poor suburb of Islamabad claimed Thursday he had been refused a meeting with her.

Philippine police arrest 350 in China phone scam

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:22 AM PDT

The arrested suspects included both men and women but they declined to answer most questions, said an investigatorPhilippine police said they arrested more than 350 people on Thursday over a major telephone scam that swindled people out of millions of dollars in Taiwan and mainland China.

Pakistan summons US diplomat to protest drones

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to protest recent drone strikes targeting militants in the country's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border.

Twitter 'agrees to block fake Indian PM accounts'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT

The real Manmohan SinghTwitter has agreed to remove six fake accounts which purport to be Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's following a request from the Indian government, the premier's spokesman said on Thursday.

Rat that doesn't gnaw discovered in Indonesia

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:24 AM PDT

This undated photo released by Museum Victoria shows a Paucidentomys vermidax, a new species of rat, that was found in the forests of southern Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, in 2011. The unique rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw is the only rodent out of more than 2,200 known species that does not have molars and instead has bicuspid upper incisors. (AP Photo/Museum Victoria, Kevin Rowe) NO SALESA unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia.

Pakistan: 26 die from heavy rains, flooding

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:19 AM PDT

Pakistani officials say heavy monsoon rains that triggered flooding in the country's north have caused at least 26 deaths.

India rights group urges ban on term 'honour killing'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:14 AM PDT

Women protest in Bangalore over violence against their gender last monthA government body in India that lobbies for women's rights called Thursday for the term "honour killing" to be dropped when referring to the murder of people accused of bringing shame on their family.

Pakistan barber has eyes, lips, tongue mutilated

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT

A barber shaves a customer in PakistanA barber in rural Pakistan was recovering in hospital after being horrifically mutilated over a relationship with a married woman from an influential local family, police said Thursday.
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