Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Double factory blazes in Pakistan kill 39

Double factory blazes in Pakistan kill 39

Double factory blazes in Pakistan kill 39

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:41 AM PDT

A Pakistani fireman tries to extinguish a factory fire on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed dozens of people, a Pakistani police officer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Factory blazes in two of Pakistan's major cities killed 39 people and injured dozens more on Tuesday, including some who leapt from the burning buildings to escape the flames.

Markets hopeful over German court ruling

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:12 AM PDT

A man checks stock prices on the electronic stock board of a securities firm as others walk by in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as investors sought safety ahead of critical events this week that will test Europe's willingness to unite in order to deal with a major debt crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Markets rallied Tuesday amid growing confidence that a top German court will rule favorably on Europe's bailout fund.

2nd deadly fire in Pakistan factory kills 11

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:06 AM PDT

A Pakistani fireman tries to extinguish a factory fire on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed dozens of people, a Pakistani police officer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)A Pakistani official says 11 people have been killed in the country's second deadly fire in one day.

Sri Lankan diamond saga: Swallowed gem was fake

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's diamond-swallowing saga took an unexpected turn Tuesday when police revealed the stone swallowed by a visitor at a gem exhibition was a fake and they are searching for the real stone valued at $13,000.

Shoe factory fire in Pakistan kills 25 people

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT

A Pakistani fireman tries to extinguish a factory fire on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in Lahore, Pakistan. A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed dozens of people, a Pakistani police officer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday killed 25 people when sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes, a Pakistani police officer said.

Base attack kills 3 Afghans, destroys NATO chopper

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:33 AM PDT

U.S. soldier, Rolando G. Rios, observes a moment of silence during a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 in the United States, at NATO camp Kaia in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)Afghan insurgents bombarded a U.S. base and destroyed a NATO helicopter, killing three Afghan intelligence employees, officials said Tuesday. There were also NATO personnel aboard and wounded, the coalition said without providing further details.

Shoe factory fire in Pakistan kills 21 people

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:02 AM PDT

A fire that broke out in a factory in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday after sparks from a generator hit chemicals used to make shoes killed 21 people, a Pakistani police officer said.

Factory fire in Pakistan kills 21 people

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:29 AM PDT

A Pakistani police officer says a fire that broke out at a shoe factory in an eastern city has killed 21 people.

A jail for China's elite: better food, beds, cells

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:15 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, satellite dishes are seen along the walls of Qincheng prison in Beijing, China. Tucked in the hills an hour's drive north of Beijing and hidden behind several guarded, unmarked gates, Qincheng Prison has for a half-century housed miscreants from the political elite: purged Communist Party rivals, corrupt politicians, newspaper editors critical of the government, leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement, Chairman Mao's power-hungry widow. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)China's privileged remain privileged even in prison.

Oil prices below $97 as traders await key events

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 photo gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil station in Needham, Mass. The price of oil fell slightly Monday after an unexpectedly weak economic report from China and warnings of a further slowdown. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Oil prices traded virtually flat below $97 a barrel Tuesday as traders awaited a raft of news in Europe and the U.S. over the rest of the week that could have a big bearing in financial markets.

3 Afghans killed, NATO chopper destroyed in attack

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:11 AM PDT

An attack on a U.S. military base killed three Afghan intelligence employees and destroyed a NATO helicopter, Afghan and coalition officials said Tuesday.

China sends patrol ships to islands held by Japan

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT

A Chinese man holds up a piece of paper with the words " Diaoyu island belongs to China, Japanese get out" as he protests with others outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Chinese government ships are patrolling near contested East China Sea islands in a show of anger after Tokyo moved to assert its control in the area. Beijing warned Monday that Japan would suffer unspecified consequences if Tokyo purchased the islands from private owners, as it formally did Tuesday.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A territorial flare-up between China and Japan intensified Tuesday as two Beijing-sent patrol ships arrived near disputed East China Sea islands in a show of anger over Tokyo's purchase of the largely barren outcroppings from their private owners.

Hong Kong's long-running Occupy camp cleared

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:26 AM PDT

Bailiffs carry a protester away from a public space underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Hong Kong's Occupy activists were locked in a standoff Tuesday with bailiffs trying to evict them from the site. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)One of the global Occupy movement's longest-running encampments came to a chaotic end Tuesday in Hong Kong as bailiffs cleared out anti-capitalist activists and their belongings from a site underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters.

Suicide bomber kills 5 in western Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:45 AM PDT

Afghan police say a suicide bomber has blown himself up in western Afghanistan, killing five civilians.

Oil hovers above $96 in Asia

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:44 AM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 photo gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil station in Needham, Mass. The price of oil fell slightly Monday after an unexpectedly weak economic report from China and warnings of a further slowdown. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Oil prices rose slightly Tuesday as expectations that the Federal Reserve would soon announce a plan to jumpstart the U.S. economy outweighed a downdraft caused by speculation that the Obama administration was preparing for a release of strategic oil reserves.

World stocks down ahead of key Fed, euro events

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:10 AM PDT

A man checks stock prices on the electronic stock board of a securities firm as others walk by in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as investors sought safety ahead of critical events this week that will test Europe's willingness to unite in order to deal with a major debt crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)World stock markets ran into resistance Tuesday as investors sought safety ahead of critical events this week that will test Europe's willingness to unite to deal with a major debt crisis.

3 Afghan security force members killed at Bagram

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:24 AM PDT

NATO says three members of the Afghan national security forces have been killed in an attack at Bagram Air Field, a sprawling U.S. base north of Kabul.

SKorea to make 3rd attempt to launch rocket on own

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:02 AM PDT

South Korea said Tuesday it will launch a rocket next month carrying an observation satellite, its third attempt to put a satellite fired from its own territory into orbit.

Bailiffs try to evict Hong Kong Occupy activists

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:46 AM PDT

Bailiffs carry a protester away from a public space underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Hong Kong's Occupy activists were locked in a standoff Tuesday with bailiffs trying to evict them from the site. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Hong Kong's Occupy activists were resisting eviction from their camp underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters Tuesday as bailiffs cleared away their belongings.

Asia stocks down as traders await key euro events

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:25 AM PDT

A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index that dropped 61.99 points to close at 8,807.38 for the day in Tokyo Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as investors sought safety ahead of critical events this week that will test Europe's willingness to unite in order to deal with a major debt crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as investors sought safety ahead of critical events this week that will test Europe's willingness to unite in order to deal with a major debt crisis.

S. Korea announces 3rd attempt to launch rocket

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:47 PM PDT

South Korea says it will launch a rocket next month carrying an observation satellite. The announcement comes five months after North Korea drew international condemnation for its own rocket launch.

Vietnam's economy loses its roar

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, a street vendor walks by the Trang Tien Plaza super mall which has been closed for a year for renovation in Hanoi, Vietnam. Once seen as an emerging Asian dynamo racing to catch up with its neighbors, Vietnam's economy is mired in malaise, dragged down by debt-hobbled banks, inefficient and corrupt state-owned enterprises and bouts of inflation. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)Four years ago, Le Van Tho borrowed $200,000 to build a new ceramic factory on rice fields bordering Hanoi. But with the economy slowing, orders have slumped this year and she recently laid off almost half her workers.
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