Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties
Sebastian Abbot, Associated Press |
posted 16 minutes ago
China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan on Wednesday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers in glowing terms.
Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber
Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press |
posted 26 minutes ago
An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, was back on the mountain Wednesday to make another attempt at the title.
Japan approves joining int'l child abduction pact
Malcolm Foster, Associated Press |
posted 37 minutes ago
Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse.
Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Kay Johnson and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press |
posted 50 minutes ago
Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women.
Oil below $96 before crude stocks report, Fed
Pamela Sampson, Associated Press |
posted 58 minutes ago
The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors waited for a report on U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.
World stocks mixed ahead of Fed chief testimony
Pamela Sampson, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 3:33am
World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, hours before Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is to deliver remarks before Congress on the state of the U.S. economy.
Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts
Jim Gomez, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 3:31am
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.
6 kids among 7 injured in south China attack
Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 3:31am
A mentally ill man attacked six primary school students and a woman with a cleaver in the latest of a string of attacks on Chinese schoolchildren, authorities said Wednesday.
All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room
Jefrey Pattirajawane, Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 3:21am
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.
Japan watchdog: Nuke plant sits atop active fault
Associated Press |
posted May 22nd - 2:08am
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.
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