Friday, September 7, 2012

Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:32 AM PDT

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, damaged cars are seen in Luozehe town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing dozens of people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Hongpeng) NO SALESA series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported.

Markets remain reassured by ECB bond-buying plan

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:20 AM PDT

Currency traders talk to each other near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Asian stock markets rallied Friday, boosted by strong advances on Wall Street and a highly anticipated plan to assist debt-riddled countries in the eurozone. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)A bond-buying plan from the European Central Bank continued to support stocks Friday but the dollar slid after worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data lifted expectations that the Federal Reserve will back another monetary stimulus.

Pakistani judge grants bail to Christian girl

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Tahir Naveed Chaudhry, left, the lawyer of a Christian girl accused of blasphemy, talks with other lawyers outside a court proceeding in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A Pakistani judge granted bail Friday to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam for burning pages of the religion's holy book. Rights activists welcomed the decision after calling for her release since she was arrested three weeks ago. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)In a rare move, a Pakistani judge granted bail of $10,500 Friday to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam by burning pages of the religion's holy book.

Indian foreign minister visits Pakistan amid thaw

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:07 AM PDT

CORRECTS BASHIR'S TITLE - Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir, right, receives Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Krishna arrived in Pakistan to discuss bilateral issues between India and Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)India's foreign minister landed in Pakistan for talks Friday, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between two countries that have fought three major wars against each other.

Quakes kill at least 50 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:59 AM PDT

In this photo provided by Xinhua News Agency, an injured villager is carried on a stretcher by rescuers following an earthquake in Luozehe Town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing dozens of people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Hongpeng) NO SALESA series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 50 people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted.

Oil rises to above $96 ahead of US jobs data

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:30 AM PDT

The price of oil rose above $96 a barrel Friday as traders remained confident that the European Central Bank's latest bond-buying plan will go a long way to resolving Europe's debt crisis, ahead of key U.S. jobs figures.

Quakes kill at least 43 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:10 AM PDT

Map shows the location of a series of earthquakes that hit rural southwestern China;A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 50 people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted.

HK fears classes are pro-China brainwashing

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:05 AM PDT

John Shum, filmmaker and veteran pro-democracy activist who helped Chinese students during the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, center, stages a hunger strike with other Hong Kong veteran activists outside the government headquarters during a protest urging the government to cancel a new additional course called "Moral and National Education" which is to be introduced into the school curriculum, starting from the new school year, in Hong Kong, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The writing on the headbands reads "Hunger Strike." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)The Hong Kong government calls it national education. But parents, teachers and pupils in the former British colony call it "brainwashing" and fear it's a ploy by Beijing authorities to indoctrinate the city's young into unquestioning support of China's Communist Party.

Oil rises to near $96 ahead of US jobs data

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:23 AM PDT

Oil prices rose to nearly $96 a barrel Friday in Asia, reversing earlier losses as traders awaited the release of a key U.S. jobs report.

Earthquakes kill at least 43 in southwest China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:20 AM PDT

A series of earthquakes jolted a mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, collapsing houses, triggering landslides and killing at least 43 people.

World stocks jump on Europe central bank debt plan

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:04 AM PDT

Currency traders talk to each other near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Asian stock markets rallied Friday, boosted by strong advances on Wall Street and a highly anticipated plan to assist debt-riddled countries in the eurozone. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)World stock markets surged Friday, boosted by a highly anticipated European plan to lower the borrowing costs of debt laden Spain and Italy.

DMZ wildlife on agenda at environmental forum

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:17 AM PDT

Efforts to preserve wildlife in the demilitarized zone that lies between heavily armed North and South Korea are on the agenda at a major environmental forum on South Korea's Jeju island.

Hillary Clinton catches Obama speech in Brunei

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:18 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks for the launch of the Brunei-U.S. English Language Enrichment Project for ASEAN at Universiti Brunei Daussalam in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)Half a world away from the Democratic National Convention, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delayed her departure from Brunei on Friday to watch President Barack Obama accept the party's nomination for a second term.

Oil prices fall to near $95 ahead of US jobs data

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT

Oil prices fell to near $95 a barrel Friday in Asia as the boost from Europe's latest move to control its debt crisis faded ahead of the release of a monthly U.S. jobs report.

Asia stocks rally on Europe central bank debt plan

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:20 PM PDT

Currency traders talk to each other near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Asian stock markets rallied Friday, boosted by strong advances on Wall Street and a highly anticipated plan to assist debt-riddled countries in the eurozone. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Asian stock markets surged Friday, boosted by a highly anticipated European plan to lower the borrowing costs of debt laden Spain and Italy.

Japan utility: No money to develop renewables

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:19 PM PDT

Tokyo Electric Power Co., President Naomi Hirose listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The head of Japan's utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant said his company has no money to develop alternative energy even as the government moves to reduce nuclear energy following the crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)The head of the Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant says last year's meltdowns sapped away money it might have used to switch to alternative energy, making it all the more important for the company to stick with nuclear.
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