Asia News and Headlines
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Air pollution in Beijing goes off the index
By LOUISE WATT, Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — People refused to venture outdoors and buildings disappeared... more »
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Pakistan, India seek to ease tension over Kashmir
SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press, By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and AIJAZ HUSSAIN, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Despite the worst bout of violence in years along the... more »
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Myanmar helicopter crashes in northern battle zone
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Kachin ethnic rebels battling Myanmar's army in the... more »
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Landslide in hilly southern China kills 46 people
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities have pulled out the bodies of all 46 people,... more »
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Tibetan sets self on fire, dies to protest China
BEIJING (AP) — An overseas rights group says a Tibetan man has died after... more »
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Pakistani Shiites refuse to bury 50 bomb victims
By ABDUL SATTAR, Associated Press
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in... more »
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Chinese painter portrays Tibet self-immolators
By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press
Liu wants to paint a portrait of each of the hundred-or-so Tibetans who have... more »
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Police official says 30 die in Nepal bus accident
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A police official says a bus veered off a mountain... more »
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Landslide in hilly south China kills 46
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese authorities have pulled out all 46 bodies that... more »
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Pakistani Shiites protest after attack kills 86
ABDUL SATTAR, Associated Press, By ABDUL SATTAR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Shiite Muslims hit by a twin bombing that killed 86... more »
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Sri Lanka's lawmakers impeach chief judge
By KRISHAN FRANCIS, Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Parliament voted overwhelmingly on... more »
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3 US men, SKorean among 7 dead in Philippine fire
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire swept through a hotel in a Philippine... more »
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Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120
By ABDUL SATTAR, Associated Press
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a... more »
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Sri Lankan Parliament votes to impeach chief justice, deepening standoff with judiciary
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan Parliament votes to impeach chief... more »
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China scrambles fighters to tail Japanese planes
BEIJING (AP) — China says it dispatched two fighter jets to tail Japanese... more »
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Suspect in Indian rape case appeared on TV show
NEW DELHI (AP) — A suspect in the fatal gang rape of a woman on a moving... more »
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IAEA chief: Prospect of Iran nuke probe uncertain
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday that he is... more »
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700 Rohingya in Thailand to be deported to Myanmar
Police and government officials found 307 Rohingya asylum seekers during a... more »
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Pakistan protests clashes with India in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has summoned India's top diplomat in the country... more »
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Censorship row shows China's tight grip on media
DIDI TANG, Associated Press, By DIDI TANG and GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press
For three days, hundreds of supporters gathered in front of the newspaper... more »
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Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote
By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press
[...] Pakistani media and political figures have closely followed his every... more »
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2 soldiers killed by road bomb in Thailand's south
SONGKHLA, Thailand (AP) — Police say suspected insurgents have detonated a... more »
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Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan
ABDUL SATTAR, Associated Press, By ABDUL SATTAR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press
Pakistan's minority Shiite Muslims have increasingly been targeted by radical... more »
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Snake clings to plane wing on Australian flight
Stunned Qantas Airways passengers watched out their windows as a large python... more »
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Pakistani soldier killed by Indian gunfire
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Indian troops fired across the disputed Kashmir border and... more »
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Nationalist Kyrgyz leader accused of coup bid
By LEILA SARALAYEVA, Associated Press
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Supporters of a firebrand nationalist leader... more »
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Philippines asks Japan for help amid China dispute
By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines sought patrol ships and... more »
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Thai government ordered to clean up polluted creek
By THANYARAT DOKSONE, Associated Press
Over the past 15 years, toxic waste from a lead mine and treatment factory... more »
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Lawyer: Police beat New Delhi gang rape suspects
By TIM SULLIVAN, Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police badly beat the five suspects arrested in the brutal... more »
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Indonesia convicts former beauty queen of graft
The guilty verdict Thursday against Angelina Sondakh is the latest blow to... more »
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Africa
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Updated 2:15 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
French commando killed in Somalia hostage raid
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press, By JAMEY KEATEN and ABDI GULED, Associated Press
Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels
Somali pirates free 3 Syrian hostages
Kenya president rejects lavish pay for legislators
Red Cross: 200 dead from violence in Kenya's south
Zimbabwe tribal healers' leader Chavunduka dies
Canada
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Updated 9:05 pm, Friday, January 11, 2013
Aboriginal chiefs, Canada PM meet amid protests
By CHARMAINE NORONHA, Associated Press
Accused in Quebec election shooting in court
Locals say shifting sea ice frees trapped whales
Miss Congeniality pleads guilty in Canada riots
Canadian who sheltered Americans in Iran dies
Local goes global in Canada land rights campaign
Elections
Europe
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Updated 4:42 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
AP Interview: Dane's life as a spy inside al-Qaida
By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press
29 Belfast cops hurt in Catholic-Protestant clash
Arsonists target home of gov't spokesman's brother
Italy consul in Benghazi fired on, not injured
More money, time needed to remove Concordia wreck
Large protest for return of Basque prisoners
Latin America/Caribbean
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Updated 6:13 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Haiti quietly marks quake's 3rd anniversary
By TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press
Armed vigilante groups policing 2 Mexican towns
Mothers in breastfeed protest at Costa Rica mall
Chavez opponents to challenge Venezuela ruling
Brazil: Indigenous squatters resist eviction
Rights groups condemn crackdown on Venezuela TV
Middle East
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Updated 9:59 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Palestinian protesters evicted from West Bank site
By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press
Egypt's Mubarak questioned over alleged gifts
Gunmen shoot birdshot at Egypt protesters; 15 hurt
Influential Israeli Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in hospital
Syrian army advances in strategic Damascus suburb
Official: Syrian troops capture much of Daraya
U.S. News
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Updated 9:57 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Californians deal with freezing temps, snow
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press
Ex-postal workers' union head Sombrotto dies at 89
Eugene Patterson, 89, voice on civil rights, dies
Brooklyn resident wins Miss America crown
PHOTOS: Miss America winners, yesterday and today
Officer shoots suspect in San Diego movie theater
Weird
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Updated 9:49 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Fla. 'python challenge' draws about 800 hunters
By JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press
World's oldest woman dies at 115
Wis. woman accused of faking injury for free ride
Passenger has baby aboard flight to Armenia
Obama won't support building 'Death Star'
Bill targets airborne 'drones' that spy on hunters
- White House Responds to Petition to Build a Death Star
- PHOTOS: Miss America winners, yesterday and today
- Officer shoots suspect in San Diego movie theater
- Expect legs: Sunday is a ‘No Pants’ day in Seattle
- New York couple looking for nanny asks insane questions: “How often do you wash your hair”
- Icy weather expected to linger in Seattle, Puget Sound
- Five things to watch: No. 5 Seattle Seahawks at No. 1 Atlanta Falcons
- Gun buyback program annouced in Seattle/King County
- Thousands line up for flu shots as epidemic spreads
- Woman discovers man was living in her crawl space
- Republican: Akin 'partly right' on rape comment
- Brooklyn resident wins Miss America crown
- Stunting disabled children's growth is 'morally permissible,' group says
- White House Responds to Petition to Build a Death Star
- Paychecks interrupted for home care workers in Pa.
- White House Responds to Petition to Build a Death Star
- Eugene Patterson, 89, voice on civil rights, dies
- Hostess to sell Wonder bread to maker of Tastykake
- What makes Packers special?
- Seattle Police: Fremont peeper back at it
- Officer shoots suspect in San Diego movie theater
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