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Archive: News / World / Asia (18 Stories)

Japanese woman, 114, named world's oldest woman

02/27/2013 1:15am
A 114-year-old Japanese woman, the daughter of a kimono maker, has been recognized as the world's oldest woman.

121 Rohingya found adrift off Indonesia's Aceh

02/27/2013 1:15am
A wooden boat carrying 121 hungry, weak Rohingya has been found adrift off Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh.

Rights group urges probe into Thai activist death

02/27/2013 1:16am
An international human-rights group on Wednesday urged Thailand to investigate the slaying of an environmentalist who exposed the dumping of toxic waste, and demanded that it do more to protect activists.

Vietnam journalist critical of party boss fired

02/27/2013 1:42am
Vietnam's government has asked its citizens to debate planned revisions to the country's constitution. But when journalist Nguyen Dac Kien weighed in on his blog, he quickly discovered the limits of its willingness for discussion. His state-run paper fired him the next day.

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee resettled to Turkey

02/27/2013 2:56am
One of six Chinese nationals held by the U.S. at its Guantanamo Bay prison and released to Palau in 2009 has resettled in Turkey, the tiny island republic's former president confirmed Wednesday.

Iran: Nuclear negotiations end on positive note

02/27/2013 4:54am
Negotiations with world powers over how to curb Iran's nuclear program have reached a "turning point" for the better after nearly breaking down last year, the Islamic republic's top official at diplomatic talks said Wednesday at the close of two days of delicate discussions aimed at preventing Tehran from building an atomic arsenal.

Reports: China carrier permanent base is Qingdao

02/27/2013 6:48am
China's first aircraft carrier has docked at its new permanent base in the northern port of Qingdao, where it will be responsible for operations in waters surrounding Japan and the Korean Peninsula, media reports said Wednesday.

Fire at illegal market In India kills at least 19

02/27/2013 7:10am
A fire broke out at an illegal six-story plastics market in the Indian city of Kolkata early Wednesday, killing at least 19 people, police said.

Australian Muslim activists lose free speech case

02/27/2013 7:59am
Australia's highest court on Wednesday narrowly rejected the case of two Muslim activists who argued they had a constitutional free-speech right to send offensive letters to families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Afghans worry about international aid vacuum

02/27/2013 11:16am
Afghan street children are packed into classrooms, raising their hands to answer math questions and bending their heads over art projects as part of a program funded by the European Union.

Tweets allow peek at life in NKorea in real time

02/27/2013 2:54pm
"Hello world from comms center in (hash)Pyongyang."

Cyclone weakens after crossing Australian coast

02/27/2013 3:46pm
A major storm has missed Australia's major iron ore port and crossed a sparsely populated stretch of the west coast.

China arrests 5 Tibetans for 'inciting' immolation

02/27/2013 7:37pm
Chinese police arrested five Tibetans, mostly Buddhist monks, whom they allege worked at the behest of foreign forces to persuade three people to set themselves on fire in anti-Beijing protests.

Thailand, Muslim militants agree to peace talks

02/27/2013 7:56pm
Thai authorities and Muslim militant leaders based in neighboring Malaysia agreed Thursday to hold talks to help ease nearly a decade of unrest in southern Thailand.

Court: Anti-whaling protesters are 'pirates'

02/27/2013 9:01pm
Their supporters call them heroes. The Japanese government calls them terrorists.

Strong quake rattles Pacific's Vanuatu; no damage

02/27/2013 9:15pm
A strong earthquake has shaken the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu without causing major damage.

Tibetans want release of protester's body in Nepal

02/27/2013 11:01pm
Nepalese officials say the body of a Tibetan man who set himself on fire to protest China's rule over Tibet can only be released to the man's family. Members of the Tibetan community have been asking authorities to hand over the body for a proper funeral.

Terrorized ethnic group to form force in Pakistan

02/27/2013 11:49pm
Inside the ruins of a market demolished by a powerful bomb, four tiny white candles _dwarfed by the scale of the destruction _ flickered gently in the freezing rain as dazed Shiite Muslim Hazaras wept for the nearly 90 people killed in the blast.
 
   
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