Friday, November 2, 2012

Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on a bus at a small fuel station in southwest Pakistan on Friday, igniting a massive blaze and leaving 18 dead, a Pakistani official said.

Elephant in South Korean zoo imitates human speech

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Koshik, a 22-year-old Asian elephant, puts his trunk in his mouth to modulate sound next to his chief trainer Kim Jong-gab at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Koshik uses his trunk to pick up not only food but also human vocabulary. He can reproduce five Korean words by tucking his trunk inside his mouth to modulate sound. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary.

Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:01 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, photo, Pakistanis comfort each others after learning the death of a relative, who was killed in a fire at a garment factory, in Karachi, Pakistan. At the only morgue in Pakistan's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's history, wrapped in white plastic body bags waiting for DNA tests to determine who they are and where they belong. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)At the only morgue in Pakistan's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's history, wrapped in white plastic body bags waiting for DNA tests to determine who they are.

Fishing thwarts Antarctic marine sanctuary idea

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 06:43 AM PDT

The countries that regulate fishing in the Antarctic were unable this week to agree on creating a giant marine sanctuary there.

4 Afghan police killed in insider attack

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:09 AM PDT

Four Afghan police officers were shot dead Friday in southern Helmand province in an insider attack by their colleagues, officials said.

Japan protests another US troop-related incident

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 02:11 AM PDT

An apartment where authorities say a 24-year-old U.S. airman is suspected of entering and punching a young boy, stands at Chatan, on the island of Okinawa, southern Japan Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Japan's government is lodging a formal complaint with U.S. officials over reports of another incident involving misbehavior by U.S. troops on the island despite a new curfew imposed after two Navy sailors were arrested for allegedly raping a local woman. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAA U.S. airman is suspected of assaulting a young boy Friday on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, authorities said. The incident comes just two weeks after a curfew was imposed on all 52,000 U.S. troops in Japan after the arrest of two Navy sailors for allegedly raping a local woman.

S. Korean candidate in late dictator dad's shadow

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 01:40 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 photo, South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, left, tries to lay flowers in front of Chun Tae-il's statue as Kim Jung-woo, right, a leader of the Ssangyong Motor labor union, blocks her, in Seoul, South Korea. Chun's 1970 labor protest suicide is seen as an expression of dissent against the rule of Park's father, the late president and longtime dictator Park Chung-hee. She attempts to become the country's first female president and keep the government in conservative hands in the Dec. 19 election. (AP Photo/Newsis/Suh Jae-hoon) KOREA OUTCarrying a bouquet of flowers, South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye stepped forward to honor one of the martyrs in her country's long struggle for democracy. A protester threw himself at her feet.

China compensates man wrongly jailed for 11 years

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:20 PM PDT

A Chinese man who served 11 years of a life sentence for a wrongful conviction of check fraud was awarded a record state compensation of 825,000 yuan ($131,000) this week.

Huge N. Korea hotel begun in 1980s might open soon

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 1, 2012 file photo, the sun is reflected from the top of the 105-story Ryugyong Hotel, which remains under construction, in Pyongyang, North Korea. International hotel operator Kempinski AG said Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 it will manage the pyramid-shaped hotel that is expected to open next year with shops, offices, ball rooms and restaurants and 150 rooms. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)The 105-story, pyramid-shaped hotel that has stood over North Korea's capital city like a mountain for more than 20 years just might be on the verge of opening for the first time.
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