Monday, September 3, 2012

Tokyo dispatches team to islands

Tokyo dispatches team to islands


Tokyo dispatches team to islands

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:23 AM PDT

Tokyo's governor dispatched a team Sunday to survey a set of islands in the East China Sea to which both Japan and China lay claim.

Elite Western schools head east

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:41 AM PDT

Asia's affluent middle classes have long been eager to enroll their kids in the West's elite schools but now they no longer need to travel as far to do so.

Syrian's duty: Record the dying

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:25 AM PDT

For the past 18 months, a Syrian activist has documented nearly every death in his hometown: more than 400 victims, including his older brother.

Why Egypt's Morsy went to China

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:21 AM PDT

President Mohammed Morsy, by virtue of being in the post so briefly, is to a degree making his foreign policy as he goes. Beijing and Tehran have been his first big forays and he is already making waves.

Opinion: A global crisis in 2013

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:40 AM PDT

David Frum says the drought is driving up world food prices and history suggests that is likely to produce unrest within poor nations

Giant earthworm found

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:31 AM PDT

A 20-inch long earthworm was found in the gutter of a residential house in southwest China.

Why Egypt's Morsy went to China

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:21 AM PDT

President Mohammed Morsy, by virtue of being in the post so briefly, is to a degree making his foreign policy as he goes. Beijing and Tehran have been his first big forays and he is already making waves.

Documenting Syria's horrors

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:51 AM PDT

For the past 18 months, a Syrian activist has documented nearly every death in his hometown: more than 400 victims, including his older brother.

U.S. halts training of Afghan police

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:50 AM PDT

U.S. Special Operations forces have suspended the training of some Afghan Local Police recruits while it double-checks the background of the current police force, following a rise in attacks against NATO troops by their Afghan counterparts, an official said Sunday.

Egypt lifts ban on veiled TV anchors

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:06 AM PDT

Fatma Nabil made history Sunday as she became the first veiled woman to read the news on Egyptian state television.

Suicide attack targets U.S. Consulate car in Pakistan

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:47 AM PDT

An explosives-filled car slammed into a U.S. Consulate vehicle in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing two Pakistanis and wounding two U.S. consular staff, authorities said.

Church founder Moon dies in South Korea

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:51 AM PDT

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass weddings -- died early Monday in South Korea, the church said.

Yemen official: U.S. drone 'mistake' kills 13 civilians

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:09 AM PDT

A U.S. drone strike targeting al Qaeda suspects in Yemen killed 13 civilians, including three women, three security officials in the restive Middle Eastern country said.

Egypt lifts ban on veiled TV anchors

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:18 AM PDT

Fatma Nabil made history Sunday as she became the first veiled woman to read the news on Egyptian state television.

Red Bull heir charged in Thai police officer's death

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:34 PM PDT

The grandson of the creator of Red Bull energy drink allegedly crashed his Ferrari into a Thai police officer, killing him, and then fled the scene, Bangkok police said Monday.

U.S. temporarily halts training of Afghan police

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:49 AM PDT

U.S. Special Operations forces have suspended the training of some Afghan Local Police recruits while it double-checks the background of the current police force, following a rise in attacks against NATO troops by their Afghan counterparts, an official said Sunday.

Pistorius sorry for outburst

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:19 AM PDT

South African "Blade runner" Oscar Pistorius has apologized for the timing of his complaints about the length of his rivals' prosthetic limbs after his shock loss in the 200-meter sprint at the Paralympic Games in London.

Police injured in N. Ireland clashes

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:33 AM PDT

Dozens of police officers were injured overnight trying to keep Catholics and Protestants apart in troubled Belfast, Northern Ireland, police said Monday.

Ex-Murdoch executive in court

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

Rebekah Brooks, a former top executive at media baron Rupert Murdoch's News International publishing company, is due in court Monday, accused of phone hacking and corruption.

Assange predicts end of standoff

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:53 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange -- holed up inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London -- predicts that his situation will be resolved within a year.

Ethiopia bids farewell to Zenawi

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:36 AM PDT

Ethiopia bid farewell to its prime minister Meles Zenawi on Sunday in the nation's first state funeral in more than 80 years.

Tutu criticizes Blair, Bush for Iraq

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:37 AM PDT

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Sunday that Tony Blair and George W. Bush should be "made to answer" at the International Criminal Court for their actions around the Iraq war.

Mali Islamists take over town

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:23 AM PDT

Islamist rebels in Mali have taken over a town in the middle of the country, a rebel leader and a resident said Saturday.

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