Asia remembers day ocean unleashed its fury (AFP)

Asia remembers day ocean unleashed its fury (AFP)
Tendulkar to miss Bangladesh tri-series (AFP)
Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers
South Korea's Lee visits UAE; nuclear deal eyed
Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank - medics
Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers
Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank
Riot on Christmas rocks Suriname border town
Eurostar hits back over 'safety' lapse claims (AFP)
10 dead, 2 injured in northern Malaysia bus crash (AP)
UK paper names slain protester 'person of the year'
Divers to search Philippine wreck to find missing (AFP)
China raises 2008 economic growth estimate; narrows gap with Japan
Taliban releases video of prisoner Bowe Bergdahl
Ship fire kills nine off Venezuela - state media
U.S. says al Qaeda linked Nigerian tries to blow up plane
Eurostar denies safety lapses over train breakdowns (AFP)
10 killed in Malaysia bus crash: police (AFP)
Romania marks sombre anniversary
Romania marks sombre anniversary

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:46 PM PST

AFP - People across Asia paused Saturday to remember the day five years ago when an undersea earthquake unleashed a devastating wave that killed more than 220,000 people.

Tendulkar to miss Bangladesh tri-series (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

AFP - World batting record holder Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of next month's limited-overs tri-series in Bangladesh, the Indian cricket board said on Saturday.

Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

PATONG, Thailand (Reuters) - Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of history's worst natural disasters.

South Korea's Lee visits UAE; nuclear deal eyed

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visits the United Arab Emirates on Saturday in a push to win one of the world's biggest nuclear power plant contracts.

Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank - medics

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:17 PM PST

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement on Saturday in the West Bank city of Nablus, medical officials and sources with the group said.

Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayers

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:59 PM PST

Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:13 PM PST

Riot on Christmas rocks Suriname border town

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:52 PM PST

PARAMARIBO (Reuters) - Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in violence which wounded 13 people, a government minister said.

Eurostar hits back over 'safety' lapse claims (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:25 PM PST

AFP - Eurostar rejected Saturday claims it breached safety rules when evacuating passengers from cross-Channel trains that broke down last weekend, as a row erupted with Eurotunnel over the controversy.

10 dead, 2 injured in northern Malaysia bus crash (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:53 PM PST

AP - A bus skidded off a highway and crashed into a barrier in northern Malaysia early Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring two others.

UK paper names slain protester 'person of the year'

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 06:04 PM PST

LONDON -A British newspaper on Saturday named an Iranian woman shot dead during protests against her country's disputed June elections as its "person of the year".

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:50 PM PST

AFP - Divers in the Philippines were to attempt to reach the wreck of a sunken passenger boat Saturday while rescuers kept up their search for 23 people still missing after the accident, officials said.

China raises 2008 economic growth estimate; narrows gap with Japan

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST

China raised its 2008 growth estimate to 9.6 percent from 9 percent and said this year's quarterly figures will increase, narrowing the gap with Japan, the world's second-biggest economy.

Taliban releases video of prisoner Bowe Bergdahl

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST

KABUL -- The Taliban on Friday issued a video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan this summer. The U.S. military condemned the tape as propaganda and said the decision to release it on Christmas was cruel.

Ship fire kills nine off Venezuela - state media

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:02 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Nine sailors were killed and five were burned in a Christmas Day blaze aboard a Greek freighter in waters off a Venezuelan Caribbean island, the official Venezuelan news agency ABN reported on Friday.

U.S. says al Qaeda linked Nigerian tries to blow up plane

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:02 PM PST

DETROIT (Reuters) - A Nigerian man linked to al Qaeda tried to set off an explosive device aboard a U.S. passenger plane as it approached Detroit on Friday, but was overpowered by passengers and crew and the aircraft landed safely, officials said.

Eurostar denies safety lapses over train breakdowns (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 07:28 PM PST

AFP - Eurostar rejected claims it breached safety rules when evacuating passengers from cross-Channel trains that broke down last weekend, as a row erupted with Eurotunnel over the controversy.