Yahoo! News: Asia News
3 Feb 2012 at 1:40pm
 AP - Islamist militants attacked a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border Friday, killing seven paramilitary soldiers and abducting four, a government official and a Taliban spokesman said.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:38pm
Reuters - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:30am
Reuters - Detroit automakers are urging President Barack Obama to reject Japan's bid to join talks on a regional free trade agreement, the head of an automotive group representing GM, Ford and Chrysler said on Thursday.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:02am
 AP - For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.
3 Feb 2012 at 9:44am
 AP - A U.N.-backed tribunal's Supreme Court lengthened the sentence for the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to life imprisonment on Friday because of his "shocking and heinous" crimes against the Cambodian people.
3 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
AP - Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stable.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:10am
 AP - A day after proclaiming the death of a top regional terrorist suspect in a U.S.-backed airstrike, the Philippine military acknowledged Friday that his remains still have not been found.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:46am
AP - State media say an explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China has killed 11 miners and injured six.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:43am
 AP - Police said Friday that local thugs, not al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, were likely to have abducted two European tourists this week in the southern Philippines.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:59am
AP - Nepal's former communist rebel fighters began leaving the camps they have called home for five years on Friday after receiving government checks as part of a plan to integrate them into society.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:34am
 AP - More than 110 people were missing Friday after a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea's east coast, and rescuers feared many had been trapped inside.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:24am
AP - Eight farmers have died after their tractor ran over an anti-tank mine left over from Cambodia's 1980s civil war.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:23am
AP - A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer said Friday that Beijing police prevented him from meeting with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a sign of continuing heavy restrictions on the country's beleaguered rights advocates.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:32am
 AP - World stock markets were mostly lower Friday ahead of a U.S. jobs report that is a key gauge of how robust the world's No. 1 economy is.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:16am
 AP - Oil prices hovered above $96 a barrel Friday in Asia as traders awaited a key jobs report for evidence about the strength of the U.S. economy.
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msnbc.com: Asia-Pacific
2 Feb 2012 at 7:35pm
A math teacher turned prison chief who oversaw a torture center under Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime will spend the rest of his life in prison, after a war crimes court rejected his appeal to overturn his conviction on charges of crimes against humanity.
2 Feb 2012 at 7:35pm
3 Feb 2012 at 8:00am
Just short of four years ago, NBC News tried to cover an outbreak of violence in a Tibetan community in remote western Sichuan Province.
2 Feb 2012 at 1:07pm
Amnesty International has called for the release of a South Korean activist accused of breaking security laws by re-tweeting messages from the North Korean government.
3 Feb 2012 at 2:19pm
2 Feb 2012 at 12:03pm
The rebellious Chinese village of Wukan is taking baby steps toward open and transparent elections for the first time ever.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:02am
The Philippine military said it killed three most-wanted leaders of the al-Qaida-linked terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah at dawn Thursday.
2 Feb 2012 at 1:18pm
Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:32pm
Rescuers have plucked more than 200 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said.
31 Jan 2012 at 10:54pm
Behind the Wall: The reaction in China to a New York Times report on poor working conditions at an Apple factory may be muted because of the enormous demand for those jobs.
31 Jan 2012 at 5:54pm
Police in Tasmania, Australia, are investigating whether personal watercraft riders broke any laws when they raced through a pod of dolphins near Hobart.
31 Jan 2012 at 7:12pm
It's a world record-high $328,000 for a Dutch pigeon, according to an international auction house.
31 Jan 2012 at 3:01am
A senior official in Chinese-ruled Tibet has ordered heightened security in Buddhist monasteries as the government tries to prevent protests from spreading.
msnbc.com: South & Central Asia
3 Feb 2012 at 7:57pm
A 49-year-old brigadier general died of apparently natural causes in Afghanistan, the Army said Friday, the highest-ranking soldier to die during the war.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:33pm
The Army on Friday dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment.
2 Feb 2012 at 2:03pm
The White House is pushing back on the notion that a decision has been made about changing the timeline on an end to the United States' combat role in Afghanistan.
2 Feb 2012 at 4:37am
Pakistan's Supreme Court decided Thursday to charge the country's prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, with contempt for his failure to reopen an old corruption case against the president.
1 Feb 2012 at 5:46pm
U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan aim to end their combat role next year and switch to training and advising Afghan forces through 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.
1 Feb 2012 at 5:35pm
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. military hopes to end its formal combat mission in Afghanistan next year, but that doesn't mean Americans won't see combat there.
1 Feb 2012 at 2:27pm
NATO and Pakistan leaders were scrambling to downplay a leaked report Wednesday featuring testimony by Taliban detainees who claim they're winning Afghan war.
1 Feb 2012 at 3:45am
U.S. defense officials are to tell Congress Wednesday that supposedly friendly Afghanistan security forces have attacked U.S. and coalition troops 45 times since May 2007.
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3 Feb 2012 at 1:29pm
BANGKOK - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by a Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity
3 Feb 2012 at 3:30am
An Indian-origin-Australian actor has claimed that Australia is more forward-thinking than the UK when it comes to portraying ethnic minorities in soaps.
3 Feb 2012 at 10:30am
MANILA, Philippines - After acquiring 70-percent stake in geothermal projects for Chile and Peru, Lopez-controlled firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has indicated plans of expanding further ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:44am
Canadian authorities said they approved an application from an energy company for a license to export liquefied natural gas to Asian markets. Canada's National Energy Board said it backed ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:39am
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3 Feb 2012 at 9:39am
(Reuters' expanded Asia Oil Swaps Forward Curve coverage includes the East-West component. For more information: ) SINGAPORE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Asia fuel oil market fell for a sixth ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:38am
(Reuters) - Allergan Inc, maker of wrinkle treatment Botox, eye drops and obesity treatments, said it will rely less on the United States for revenue in coming years as its products gain wider ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:34am
Such accidents are usually caused by a failure to ventilate methane gas from the shaft. China's mines suffer frequent explosions, floods and cave-ins, although miner fatalities have fallen ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:34am
The head of the Cambodian Mines Action Center, Heng Ratana, says two others were seriously injured Friday when the mine exploded as the farmers traveled to a cassava field in Banteay Meanchey ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:32am
NEW DELHI - The Indian government’s recent announcement that it taps nearly 300 new phones every day has sparked a debate about privacy in a country that traditionally views such concerns as ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:23am
The foreign currency futures open little changed ahead of the vital NFP report after showing a mild bearish tone since Thursday. Following this pause, they should attempt another upmove early next ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:09am
Troops are still searching for the body of a wanted militant reported killed in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman says. The military said on Thursday that it had killed senior Jemaah ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:09am
Thousands of former Maoist fighters in Nepal have begun demobilising, five years after they ended their armed revolt. More than 7,000 fighters, confined to camps since 2007, are receiving money to ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:09am
joined Pedro de la Rosa at HRT, completing their line-up for the 2012 Formula 1 season. The Spanish team announced the appointment on Friday, giving the 35-year-old a second year with the ...
3 Feb 2012 at 9:09am
Indian PM Manmohan Singh says his government has moved "substantially forward" in tackling corruption but still has a "long way" to go. In a speech in Delhi, Mr Singh said he ...
Asia Pacific News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com
3 Feb 2012 at 5:15pm
"Rainbow" papayas recently went on sale in Japan.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:59pm
TOKYO - Japan's Panasonic Friday predicted staggering annual loss of $10.2 billion, joining rivals Sony and Sharp who have also forecast combined losses of $6 billion.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:50am
China has distributed 20.7 billion yuan (about $3.3 billion) to over 87 million needy people across the country as part of a welfare program, the government said Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 9:20am
India's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni commended his side for an exceptional fielding effort in the second Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:50am
China will conduct naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean later this month, the defence ministry said Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:20am
Over 8,300 people suffered from food poisoning in 2011 in China, of which 137 died, the health ministry said.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:20am
Efforts to cleanup industrial effluents from a major river in south China will take a month, authorities said Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:40am
India finally tasted success in Australia winning the second and last Twenty20 international by eight wickets with their outstanding outcricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:40am
Sixteen million women in China are married to homosexual men, an expert claimed.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:30am
Apple has opened online sales of its latest iPhone 4S in China but has not specified any delivery date to its customer, a media report said Friday.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:50am
China will further open up its economy and maintain a "balanced and sustainable economic growth" in the near future, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:40am
China Friday vowed to further tighten its food safety measures.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:40am
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will be given the number 11 shirt if he joins the Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua after his contract with Chelsea expires at the end of the season, according to the
3 Feb 2012 at 5:50am
Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:30am
Australian cricketers fear that some of the state boards may block the much needed reforms in Cricket Australia (CA).
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BBC News - Asia
3 Feb 2012 at 12:52am
Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court rejects an appeal by Khmer Rouge jailer Duch and increases his sentence to life imprisonment.
3 Feb 2012 at 9:03pm
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss the future of Canada's oil products.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:19pm
George Esper, who reported on the fall of Saigon for the Associated Press during the last days of the Vietnam war, dies at the age of 79.
3 Feb 2012 at 8:57am
Thousands of former Maoist fighters in Nepal begin the process of demobilisation, five years after they ended their armed revolt.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:07pm
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:11am
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:53am
England's batsmen again fail to support their bowlers as 16 wickets fall on day one of the third Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:28am
Troops in the Philippines are still searching for the body of top militant Marwan who was reported killed on Thursday, a military spokesman says.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:13am
The search continues for more than 100 people still missing after a ferry sank off Papua New Guinea, amid fears they were trapped inside.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:48am
Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.
2 Feb 2012 at 10:49pm
Pakistan fails to send a team of officials to India to investigate the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Indian officials say.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:54am
The Chinese government keeps a tight control on the publishing and importation of books, especially those on what it deems sensitive subjects. But in Taiwan, the trade in Chinese language books is thriving.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:24pm
At the age of 14, Gun Chaikittiwatana is already playing some of the hardest pieces ever written for classical piano.
1 Feb 2012 at 9:50pm
A ferry has sunk off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea with around 300 people on board.
2 Feb 2012 at 9:59am
Pakistan's Supreme Court is to charge Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani with contempt for failing to reopen corruption cases against the president.
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