All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room
Jefrey Pattirajawane, Associated Press |
posted 35 minutes ago
Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the last of 28 miners killed last week when an underground room of a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine collapsed, the operator of the U.S.-owned facility said.
Chinese premier begins 2-day visit to Pakistan
Associated Press |
posted 40 minutes ago
Pakistan says it shares "identical views" on foreign policy with China, whose premier is beginning a two-day visit to Islamabad in the latest sign of the tight relationship between the two Asian powers.
Japan watchdog: Nuke plant sits atop active fault
Associated Press |
posted 47 minutes ago
Japan's nuclear watchdog has endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the plant's restart virtually impossible.
6 kids among 7 injured in south China knife attack
Associated Press |
posted 57 minutes ago
Authorities in southern China say a mentally ill man stabbed six primary school students and an adult in the latest of several attacks on Chinese schoolchildren.
Japan approves joining int'l child abduction pact
Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 1:46am
Japan's parliament has approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse.
Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Kay Johnson, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 1:40am
Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic.
Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere
Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 1:38am
A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world's third-largest economy. It's not such good news for entrepreneurs like Thamonwan Thawornthaweewong, whose Angry Bird fish balls, squid rings and other products now cost more to sell in Japan.
Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber
Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 1:36am
An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit of Mount Everest five years ago is back on the mountain to make another attempt at the title.
Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts
Jim Gomez, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 1:18am
Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their fishing haven last year.
Pakistani cricket star politician leaves hospital
Munir Ahmed, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 12:10am
Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan left the hospital Wednesday, more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event, a spokesman said.
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