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Taliban deny their leader sent letter to Obama
(AP)
 AP - The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah Omar had written to President Barack Obama last July.
02/04/2012 - 04:28 AM
Afghan officials try to open Kabul airport
(AP)
 AP - Afghan officials say they are hopeful that the country's largest airport will reopen after being closed due to heavy snowfall.
02/04/2012 - 04:27 AM
UN: Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record high
(AP)
 AP - Last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians with 3,021 killed, a rise of 8 percent from the year before as insurgents ratcheted up violence with roadside bombs and suicide attacks, the United Nations said Saturday.
02/04/2012 - 04:18 AM
State election has big implications for all India
(AP)
AP - One of India's most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large portraits flanking the stage. A gated semicircle keeps tens of thousands of supporters 20 yards (meters) away.
02/04/2012 - 04:06 AM
Civilian deaths in Afghan war up for fifth straight year: U.N.
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than 3,000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011, the fifth year in a row the number has risen, the United Nations said on Saturday in a report likely to revive tension between the Afghan government and its Western backers.
02/04/2012 - 03:13 AM
Pakistan PM to discuss Afghanistan reconciliation in Qatar
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Qatar next week to talk with officials from the Gulf Arab state on the Afghan reconciliation process, a senior government official said on Saturday.
02/04/2012 - 02:20 AM
Pakistan PM to visit Qatar to talk Afghan peace
(AP)
 AP - Pakistan's prime minister will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban when he travels next week to Qatar to meet the Gulf state's leaders, a government spokesman said Saturday.
02/04/2012 - 01:40 AM
Sudan rebels "seeking way" to hand over abducted Chinese
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sudanese rebels said they are looking for ways to hand over 29 Chinese workers held in the border state of South Kordofan, Chinese state media said, as Sudan's government confirmed the death of one worker in a firefight.
02/04/2012 - 12:09 AM
Most Japanese towns undecided on nuclear stress tests: survey
(Reuters)
Reuters - Three Japanese towns would be willing to restart their nuclear reactors if they pass government stress tests, two were against the idea but most were undecided, a newspaper survey suggested Saturday.
02/03/2012 - 11:38 PM
Canadian PM to visit China next week
(AP)
AP - Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas.
02/03/2012 - 07:16 PM
Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life in prison
(AP)
 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.
02/03/2012 - 10:44 AM
More leaks found at crippled Japan nuclear plant
(AP)
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.
02/03/2012 - 10:20 AM
Filipino troops still searching for terrorist
(AP)
 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.
02/03/2012 - 09:10 AM
Gas blast kills 11 coal miners in southwest China
(AP)
AP - State media say an explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China has killed 11 miners and injured six.
02/03/2012 - 08:46 AM
Philippines: No ransom demand yet for 2 Europeans
(AP)
 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.
02/03/2012 - 08:43 AM
Nepal's ex-rebel fighters begin leaving camps
(AP)
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.
02/03/2012 - 07:59 AM
More than 110 missing from Papua New Guinea ferry
(AP)
 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.
02/03/2012 - 07:34 AM
Old land mine kills 8 Cambodian farmers
(AP)
AP - Eight farmers have died after their tractor ran over an anti-tank mine left over from Cambodia's 1980s civil war.
02/03/2012 - 07:24 AM
Chinese lawyer barred from meeting with Merkel
(AP)
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.
02/03/2012 - 05:23 AM
Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley
(AP)
 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.
02/03/2012 - 04:31 AM
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