Second robot to aid in mine rescue

Second robot to aid in mine rescue

Second robot to aid in mine rescue

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST

A second robot has arrived at the site of a mine of New Zealand where an explosion Friday trapped 29 workers underground, police said.

North Korea artillery fire hits South island

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:22 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said.

SKorea: NKorea fires artillery onto island (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:18 PM PST

Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North Korea policy, has told reporters in Tokyo that Washington was reaching out to Russia to put further pressure on the hardline communist state.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AP - South Korea said Tuesday that it returned fire after North Korea fired artillery onto a South Korean island and into the sea near the countries' disputed western border.

Focus shifts to China as North Korea tensions escalate (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:46 PM PST

Reuters - China's tight bond with North Korea faced mounting pressure with the arrival on Tuesday of a U.S. envoy as Washington urges Beijing to use its influence over Pyongyang to curb its nuclear weapons ambitions.


Israeli scholar takes ancient Talmud to the masses (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:06 PM PST

AP - The perpetually sleep-deprived scholar sits slouched in a large chair, a pipe to his lips, his long white beard curled into knots, strands of hair poking out from beneath his black skullcap. Lacking a rabbi's traditional booming voice, he speaks so softly one often has to lean in closer to hear his insights.


Focus shifts to China as North Korea tensions escalate

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:46 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's tight bond with North Korea faced mounting pressure with the arrival on Tuesday of a U.S. envoy as Washington urges Beijing to use its influence over Pyongyang to curb its nuclear weapons ambitions.

India PM to face Supreme Court questions over telecoms scam

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:35 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister will face questions in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over his handling of an alleged telecoms scam as parliament remains paralyzed over demands by the opposition for a full probe.

India PM to face Supreme Court questions over telecoms scam (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:35 PM PST

Reuters - India's prime minister will face questions in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over his handling of an alleged telecoms scam as parliament remains paralyzed over demands by the opposition for a full probe.


Asia stocks fall amid widening Europe debt woes (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:53 PM PST

Traders gather around the General Motors trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonAP - Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday as investors fretted Ireland's debt crisis will spread to other financially weak European countries.

Jailed Chinese activist drops appeal, seeks parole (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:28 PM PST

AP - A Chinese father-turned-activist imprisoned for protesting a tainted milk scandal is seeking medical parole, state media said Tuesday, in what might be a deal with authorities hoping to tamp public anger over his harsh sentence.


Suu Kyi reunited with her son

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:37 PM PST

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader meets her youngest son for the first time in nearly 10 years.


Negotiator for Taliban was an impostor, Afghan officials say

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:12 PM PST

KABUL - A man purporting to be one of the Taliban's most senior commanders convinced both Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the NATO officials who flew him to Afghanistan's capital for meetings, but two senior Afghan officials now believe the man was a lowly shopkeeper from the Pakistani city of...


Jailed China milk campaigner seeks medical parole (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:48 PM PST

A woman carries her baby in a child hospital in Beijing. A Chinese father jailed after leading a campaign for victims of a tainted milk scandal has missed an appeal deadline but has applied for medical parole, state-run media has said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - A Chinese father jailed after campaigning for victims of a tainted milk scandal missed an appeal deadline but has applied for medical parole, state-run media said Tuesday.

NZ mine rescue suffers new setback, hopes fade (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 06:54 PM PST

Reuters - Attempts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine suffered a new setback on Tuesday after a robot sent into the main shaft broke down, as hopes faded that any of the miners have survived.


Seaweed prices a warning to China's leaders

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:30 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese pensioner Wang Li endured two chilly hours on a pre-dawn bus to Beijing's biggest wholesale food market to stock up on dried seaweed, one more food hit by inflation rippling across the country.

Suu Kyi, Son Reunited After 10 Years

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:33 PM PST

Aung San Suu Kyi was reunited with a son she last saw a decade ago in an emotional moment 10 days after she was released from detention.


Luxury holiday lure for energy savers (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:04 PM PST

File photo of Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, who has said that people who take out loans to insulate their houses will be rewarded by being entered into competitions to win luxury holidays(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - People who take out loans to insulate their houses will be rewarded by being entered into competitions to win luxury holidays, the energy and climate change secretary said Tuesday.

Robot snag dims hopes for trapped N.Zealand miners (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:05 PM PST

Family and friends of the 29 trapped coal miners caught underground after an explosion in the mine comfort one another near the New Zealand town of Greymouth on November 23, 2010. Hopes are fading for the miners, as angry relatives expressed frustration at the stalled rescue operation now in its fifth day.(AFP/William West)AFP - Hopes were fading Tuesday for 29 men missing after a New Zealand mine explosion, as angry relatives expressed frustration at the stalled rescue operation now in its fifth day.

Press accepts need to fund Ireland rescue (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 07:11 PM PST

A protester waves an Irish flag outside the Irish Prime Ministers office in Dublin, Ireland, on November 21, 2010. Britain's press Tuesday grudgingly accepted the necessity of its government's proposed multi-billion-pound loan to Ireland, despite only recently having taken severe steps to reduce its own debt.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - The press Tuesday grudgingly accepted the necessity of its government's proposed multi-billion-pound loan to Ireland, despite only recently having taken severe steps to reduce its own debt.

Myanmar democracy leader reunited with son (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:30 PM PST

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes her son Kim Aris, at Yangon International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi, recently released from detention, was reunited with her son for the first time in 10 years after the country's ruling junta granted him a visa. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was reunited Tuesday with a son she last saw a decade ago, in an emotional moment at the Yangon airport 10 days after she was released from detention.
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