China sounds alarm on global economy at APEC summit

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• China sounds alarm on global economy at APEC summit
• Suicide bomber kills four near NATO headquarter in Kabul
• Bombardment, blasts rock Syrian capital
• Rescuers focus on remote areas as China quake toll at 80
• Clinton sees Congress moving on Russia trade measure
• Landslides, floods kill 29 in Vietnam: media
• Canada closes embassy in Iran, to expel Iranian diplomats
• Family feud one theory in French Alps murder probe
• Mexico detains man accused in "Fast and Furious" gun-running killing
• China steps up earthquake rescue efforts; 80 dead
• Nuke talk questions await Iranian president at UN
• Pacific Rim leaders vow freer trade to buoy growth
• FARC upbeat on peace talks despite differences
• Tweets of false shootouts cause panic in Mexico
• US declares Haqqani network a terrorist body
• A glance at the Pakistan-based Haqqani network
• Wary US looks to calm rising tensions in Asia
• Australian PM, at APEC, learns of father's death
• 5 dead as bombs strike Syrian capital of Damascus

China sounds alarm on global economy at APEC summit Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - China sounded the alarm about the state of the global economy on Saturday and urged countries gathering at an Asia-Pacific summit to protect themselves by forging deeper regional economic ties. Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country would play a role in helping deepen cooperation between the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) by rebalancing its economy to improve the chances of a global economic recovery. ...

Suicide bomber kills four near NATO headquarter in Kabul Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:53 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the heavily barricaded NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, killing four civilians, NATO and local officials said. The bomber, who was riding an explosives-laden motorcycle, blew himself up near the entrance of Camp Eggers, a NATO spokeswoman said, referring to a sprawling base that is home to 2,500 coalition trainers. At least four civilians were killed and two more wounded, Kabul Police Chief Ayoub Salangi told Reuters. (Reporting by Amie Ferris-Rotman, Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati)

Bombardment, blasts rock Syrian capital Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:13 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded a crowded Palestinian refugee district in Damascus on Friday, killing at least 10 people according to residents, while other parts of the city were rocked by apparent rebel bomb attacks. The main focus of the fighting is now in the economic center, Aleppo, but rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad continue to attack government forces and buildings in the capital. ...

Rescuers focus on remote areas as China quake toll at 80 Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:24 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Rescuers in southwestern China tried on Saturday to reach remote communities rocked by back-to-back earthquakes that killed at least 80 people and damaged tens of thousands of buildings, the official Xinhua news agency said. Friday's shallow 5.6 magnitude quakes struck an impoverished, mountainous part of the country with poor infrastructure and telecommunications and the death toll could rise as news trickles out of cut-off areas, it said. Most of the victims were from Yiliang county in Yunnan province, near the epicenter. ...

Clinton sees Congress moving on Russia trade measure Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:33 PM PDT VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress may move this month to upgrade trade relations with Russia, a key part of the Obama administration's effort to bolster sometimes strained ties with Moscow and open the Russian market to more U.S. companies, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday. Clinton, addressing the Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) meeting in Vladivostok, said the Obama administration was working closely with Congress on lifting the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, Cold War-era legislation which has blocked normal trade privileges for Russia. ...

Landslides, floods kill 29 in Vietnam: media Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:42 PM PDT HANOI (Reuters) - Landslides and floods in Vietnam have killed at least 29 people in recent days as heavy rain soaks northern and central areas, state media and the government said on Saturday. More rain was forecast to strike the flood-hit Nghe An province and authorities were getting people out of dangerous areas, the government said. In one incident, 16 people were killed in landslides while they were going to tin mine on Friday in the mountainous northern province of Yen Bai. Another person died in hospital, the Defence Ministry-run People's Army newspaper said. ...

Canada closes embassy in Iran, to expel Iranian diplomats Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:08 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has suspended diplomatic relations with Iran, closing its embassy in Tehran and giving all Iranian diplomats in Canada five days to leave the country, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Friday, calling Iran the biggest threat to global security. Baird, in Russia for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, said Canada's actions were not linked to growing speculation that Israel might launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. "Unequivocally, we have no information about a military strike on Iran," a spokesman quoted Baird as telling reporters. ...

Family feud one theory in French Alps murder probe Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:05 PM PDT CHEVALINE, France (Reuters) - Police investigating a gruesome family murder in the French Alps are looking at several theories, including that the British man shot dead in his car with his wife and another woman was involved in a financial feud with his brother. As forensics experts performed autopsies on the four victims, who include a local cyclist who was passing at the time of the attack, a team of French investigators landed in Britain. ...

Mexico detains man accused in "Fast and Furious" gun-running killing Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:30 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police detained a man accused of fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent almost two years ago in Arizona in a botched U.S. operation to track guns smuggled across the border, the government said Friday. Federal police detained Jesus Leonel Sanchez Meza on Thursday in Sonora state, which borders Arizona, where agent Brian Terry was shot dead in December 2010, the Public Security Ministry said. The Mexican Attorney General's Office plans to extradite Sanchez Meza to the United States, the ministry said in a statement. ...

China steps up earthquake rescue efforts; 80 dead Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:49 PM PDT Authorities poured aid into a remote mountainous area of southwestern China and rescue workers with sniffer dogs searched for survivors Saturday after twin earthquakes killed at least 80 people.

Nuke talk questions await Iranian president at UN Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:20 PM PDT As Iran's president crafts his talking points for his annual trip to New York, one message is likely to remain near the top: Tehran has not closed the door on nuclear dialogue and is ready to resume negotiations with world powers.

Pacific Rim leaders vow freer trade to buoy growth Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:30 PM PDT China will ensure steady and robust growth by boosting domestic demand and rebalancing its economy to help counter the obstacles hindering a global recovery, President Hu Jintao pledged Saturday to Asia-Pacific leaders gathered for a regional summit.

FARC upbeat on peace talks despite differences Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:03 PM PDT After nearly five decades of violent struggle and failed attempts at detente, there is plenty of mistrust and bad blood between Colombia's government and the country's largest leftist guerrilla army.

Tweets of false shootouts cause panic in Mexico Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:25 PM PDT Mothers rushed to pull their kids out of school, shopkeepers slammed down their metal gates, and bus drivers radioed one another about streets to avoid after false rumors of shootouts and gunmen traveling in a caravan in a Mexico City suburb began circulating on social networks.

US declares Haqqani network a terrorist body Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT The Obama administration declared Friday that the Pakistan-based Haqqani network of militants is a terrorist body despite misgivings about how the largely symbolic act could further stall planned Afghan peace talks or put yet another chill on the United States' already fragile counterterrorism alliance with Islamabad.

A glance at the Pakistan-based Haqqani network Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:58 PM PDT Some questions and answers about the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and the potential impact of the Obama administration's decision to designate it a foreign terrorist organization:

Wary US looks to calm rising tensions in Asia Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:41 PM PDT Alarmed by a rise in nationalist sentiment around the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration is looking for Russia to play a greater role in the region as it seeks to quell growing maritime tensions.

Australian PM, at APEC, learns of father's death Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:49 AM PDT Prime Minister Julia Gillard's father died Saturday while the Australian leader was in Vladivostok for an APEC summit.

5 dead as bombs strike Syrian capital of Damascus Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:07 AM PDT Two booby-trapped vehicles exploded within hours of each other Friday in Syria's once-impregnable capital of Damascus, killing at least five police officers as rebels increasingly target President Bashar Assad's seat of power.

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