Netanyahu heads to U.S. for peace summit

Netanyahu heads to U.S. for peace summit

Netanyahu heads to U.S. for peace summit

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Tuesday for peace talks with the Palestinians, leaving up in the air the question of future Jewish settlement construction once a partial freeze ends.


Indonesia jails businessman over bid to bribe agency

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian businessman who played a leading role in a plot to undermine the graft eradication agency in one of Asia's most corrupt countries was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison.


Thai govt takes step towards ending Map Ta Phut row

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a list of industrial activities deemed harmful to the environment, a step towards ending a dispute that has frozen the activities of scores of plants at a huge industrial estate.


Grenade explodes near Thai state TV channel

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A grenade exploded in a compound for a Thai state-run television channel in Bangkok on Tuesday although no injuries were reported, police said.


Taiwan to deploy cruise missiles: lawmaker

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:01 AM PDT

TAIPEI, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Taiwan plans to deploy its own cruise missiles by the end of this year, a lawmaker and military pundit said Tuesday, reflecting continued tension with China despite warming ties.

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Philippines' Aquino says Malaysia to remain peace broker

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:57 AM PDT

MANILA, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday that Malaysia would be kept as the main broker in peace talks with Muslim separatist rebels.

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Indonesia jails businessman over bid to bribe agency

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:21 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Aug 31 — An Indonesian businessman who played a leading role in a plot to undermine the graft eradication agency in one of Asia's most corrupt countries was sentenced today to four years in prison. Indonesia is attracting growing interest from foreign investors, but bribery is seen as a top political risk and a factor hampering growth in ...


Grenade explodes near Thai state TV channel

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT

BANGKOK, Aug 31 — A grenade exploded in a compound for a Thai state-run television channel in Bangkok on Tuesday although no injuries were reported, police said. A loud explosion was heard from the Viphavadi-Rangsit road, a main highway into the capital close to one of the city's largest military bases, police said, citing witnesses. — Reuters ...


Suspected grenade explodes at Thai TV centre: govt

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:38 AM PDT

BANGKOK, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - A device believed to be a grenade exploded outside Thailand's national broadcasting headquarters in Bangkok on Tuesday, a government spokesman said.

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Singapore population tops five million, 36 pct foreigners

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:37 AM PDT

SINGAPORE, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Singapore's population crossed five million this year and more than a third of the total are foreigners, the statistics department said Tuesday.

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S.Korea to sell huge surplus rice stocks

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:35 AM PDT

SEOUL, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - South Korea will sell off some 500,000 tons of surplus rice stored in state silos, officials said Tuesday, despite growing pressure from welfare groups to resume food aid to North Korea.

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200 flights cancelled as typhoon nears southern Japan

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:34 AM PDT

TOKYO, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Japan cancelled more than 200 flights and many ferry services to its southern islands Tuesday as a typhoon churned in before likely heading toward the Korean peninsula this week.

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Indian Kashmir protests after 11-year-old killed

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:33 AM PDT

SRINAGAR, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Residents in Indian Kashmir defied a curfew on Tuesday to hold angry demonstrations after an 11-year-old boy was killed and a relative of a top separatist seriously injured in police fire.

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'Microphone' bomb kills four Cambodians: police

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:32 AM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - A drunk Cambodian man accidentally detonated an old grenade that he was using as a pretend microphone, killing himself and three other men and wounding three women, police said Tuesday.

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Floodwaters sweep towards two more Pakistan towns

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:31 AM PDT

THATTA, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Floodwaters swept towards two small southern Pakistani towns Tuesday as authorities managed to finally plug a breach in defences across the Indus river at nearby Thatta city.

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Philippines urges media restraint after hostage chaos

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

MANILA, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - The Philippines on Tuesday urged the media to show more restraint in covering crisis situations amid concerns live broadcasts fuelled tensions in a hijack standoff that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.

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India's economy grew 8.8 percent in June quarter: data

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:29 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - India's economy grew 8.8% on-year in the first quarter, the strongest performance in more than two years, powered by robust manufacturing growth, official data showed Tuesday.

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NZ government steps in after lender's collapse

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:24 AM PDT

WELLINGTON, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - New Zealand launched a near-1.8 billion dollar (1.26 billion US) bailout Tuesday after one of the country's largest non-bank lenders collapsed with massive debts.

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Thai cabinet takes step to ending Map Ta Phut row

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:20 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a list of industrial activities deemed harmful to the environment and public health, a step towards ending a long-running dispute at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate.


Australia’s Gillard warns of political gridlock

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:56 PM PDT

CANBERRA, Aug 31 — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today claimed her Labor Party was best placed to run a stable minority government after the election dead heat, warning of political gridlock if a consensus is not found. Gillard also said she was not in favour of calling a fresh election to resolve the impasse thrown up after neither of ...


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