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Disney, Google eye stake in China bus media firm
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters.
02/08/2010 - 09:55 PM
China plans online gambling crackdown
(Reuters)
Reuters - China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website.
02/08/2010 - 09:34 PM
Military death toll in Afghan war passes Falklands
(AFP)
 AFP - London vowed to stand firm in Afghanistan after the death toll passed the number killed in the 1982 Falklands war -- amid warnings of a new surge in casualties as a new offensive is launched.
02/08/2010 - 09:11 PM
Report: NKorea's Kim reiterates disarmament pledge
(AP)
 AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reiterated his country's pledge to achieve a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula when he met a senior Chinese envoy, Beijing's official news agency reported Tuesday.
02/08/2010 - 08:47 PM
North Korea's Kim makes denuclearization pledge
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pledged to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula in a meeting with a senior envoy from China, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday from Pyongyang.
02/08/2010 - 08:44 PM
Olympics chief Rogge defends return of disgraced Lee
(AFP)
 AFP - Jacques Rogge defended the controversial reinstatement of former Samsung chief Lee Kun-Hee to the IOC, saying his amnesty by the Korean president on tax evasion charges meant he was cleared of wrongdoing.
02/08/2010 - 08:13 PM
Toyota faces fresh questions over recall response
(AFP)
 AFP - Toyota's handling of dangerous defects in its cars came under fresh scrutiny Monday as the group was reported to be planning a global recall of 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem.
02/08/2010 - 06:51 PM
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate arrested
(AFP)
 AFP - The defeated candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential vote, former army chief Sarath Fonseka, was arrested Monday hours after vowing to give evidence before any war crimes tribunal.
02/08/2010 - 05:14 PM
Britain hits grim milestone before major attack
(AP)
 AP - Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — breaking the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.
02/08/2010 - 04:55 PM
N.Korea accuses S.Korea of plot amid push for nuclear talks
(AFP)
 AFP - Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament talks.
02/08/2010 - 04:31 PM
Sri Lankan opposition leader arrested for sedition
(AP)
 AP - Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled from his office by military police Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army.
02/08/2010 - 01:45 PM
NATO says Afghans to play big role in offensive
(AP)
 AP - Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.
02/08/2010 - 01:36 PM
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
(AP)
 AP - Couples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that leaders had planned to simply seal it off and rebuild elsewhere.
02/08/2010 - 01:34 PM
Pakistan: Militants targeting Americans arrested
(AP)
 AP - Authorities arrested six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way Monday to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans in Pakistan's cultural capital, said police.
02/08/2010 - 12:02 PM
Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7
(AP)
AP - A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported.
02/08/2010 - 11:59 AM
Body found in landing gear of NY-to-Tokyo flight
(AP)
AP - A body was found inside a wheel well of a Delta Air Lines plane after it landed in Tokyo from New York, and Japanese authorities Monday were trying to identify the man.
02/08/2010 - 10:21 AM
17 soldiers dead, 53 rescued in Kashmir avalanche
(AP)
 AP - A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.
02/08/2010 - 10:17 AM
Bomb hits truck carrying Thai soldiers; 7 wounded
(AP)
 AP - Police say suspected insurgents detonated a bomb as two truckloads of soldiers passed, wounding seven troops in Thailand's restive south.
02/08/2010 - 08:15 AM
China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
(AP)
 AP - China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed.
02/08/2010 - 06:47 AM
Thailand tightens security ahead of Thaksin ruling
(AP)
 AP - Thailand has started deploying about 20,000 security forces to brace for protests ahead of a widely anticipated court ruling on the $2.2 billion fortune of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a spokesman said Monday.
02/08/2010 - 05:51 AM
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