Monday, December 31, 2012

North Korea cracks down on knowledge smugglers

North Korea cracks down on knowledge smugglers

North Korea cracks down on knowledge smugglers

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:32 AM PST

HUNCHUN, China (AP) — The warning came from Kim Jong Un, the North Korean ruler who sees his isolated nation, just across the border from this busy Chinese trading town, as under siege. The attack, he said, must be stopped.

Myanmar fetes 2013 with first public countdown

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:08 AM PST

Preparations are underway for the country's first ever public New Year's countdown celebration, at Myoma grounds in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Myanmar will ring in the new year with its first public countdown and a grand fireworks display Monday night in a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar rang in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display, a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country.

Pakistan releases 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan released eight members of the Afghan Taliban from prison on Monday, including the former justice minister under the Taliban, in a bid to boost the peace process in neighboring Afghanistan, the government said.

Pakistan releases 4 Afghan Taliban prisoners

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 08:49 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani official says the country has released more members of the Afghan Taliban in a bid to boost the peace process in neighboring Afghanistan.

India rape sets off debate over women's rights

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 07:27 AM PST

Indian schoolgirls form numbers representing the year 2013 during a prayer ceremony in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. The country remained in mourning Monday, two days after the 23-year-old physiotherapy student died from her internal wounds in a Singapore hospital. Floral writing at the center reads "Condolence to Damini," a symbolic name given to the victim. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)NEW DELHI (AP) — India's army and navy canceled New Year's celebrations on Monday out of respect for a New Delhi student whose gang-rape and murder has set off an impassioned debate about what the nation needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

Asian nations giving enthusiastic welcome to 2013

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 10:09 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — Sydney's skyline erupted with tons of exploding fireworks in the first major celebration of 2013, extravagant displays lit up Hong Kong and Beijing, and increasingly democratic Myanmar joined the party for the first time in almost five decades.

Afghans: Next force transition starts in 2 months

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 05:26 AM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The next phase of transferring security from NATO to Afghan control will begin in two months and aim to cover nearly 90 percent of the country's population, the Kabul government announced Monday.

Pakistan: 9 militants shot dead, dumped on road

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 05:09 AM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials say they have found the bodies of nine militants dumped in the North Waziristan tribal region.

Myanmar to fete 2013 with first public countdown

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 02:29 AM PST

Workers prepare to set up a stage as preparations are underway for the country's first ever public New Year's countdown celebration, at Myoma grounds in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar will ring in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display in a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country.

Indian gang rape victim's body cremated privately

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:22 PM PST

Indians hold a candle light vigil to salute the undying spirit of a rape victim and to mourn her death in New Delhi, India , Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated Sunday amid an outpouring of anger and grief by millions across the country demanding greater protection for women from sexual violence. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)NEW DELHI (AP) — A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated privately as millions of grieving, angry residents demanded greater protection for women from sexual violence.

Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:51 PM PST

Pakistani tribal policeman Amanullah Khan, receives treatment at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Twenty-one tribal policemen who were shot dead were found by officials shortly after midnight Sunday in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after being notified by one policeman who escaped, said Naveed Akbar Khan, a top political official in the area. Another policeman was found seriously wounded, said Khan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said.

US family pleas for couple missing in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 03:21 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by James Coleman, Caitlan Coleman, right, sits with her husband, Josh. Caitlan Coleman's family has broken months of silence over her mysterious disappearance. According to her family, Coleman, an ailing, pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband, was due to deliver in January and needed urgent medical attention for a liver ailment that required regular checkups. The family is making public appeals for the couple's safe return. The Colemans have asked that Josh be identified by his first name only to protect his privacy. (AP Photo)KABUL (AP) — The family of an ailing, pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband has broken months of silence over the mysterious case, making public appeals for the couple's safe return.
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