Strong quake rocks New Zealand's Christchurch

Strong quake rocks New Zealand's Christchurch

Strong quake rocks New Zealand's Christchurch

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:50 PM PST

An earthquake measuring 5.8 strikes the city, closing airport and sending residents fleeing from buildings.


Pakistani army rejects US report on airstrikes (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:05 PM PST

AP - The Pakistani army on Friday rejected a U.S. investigation that concluded mistakes on both sides led to American airstrikes last month that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and severely damaged the already strained relationship between the two countries.


Watchful sides on Korean DMZ

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:10 PM PST

A North Korean soldier lifts his binoculars, watching us watching him.

N. Korea welcomes South's delegations

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:52 PM PST

North Korea will admit delegations from the South that wish to visit Pyongyang to express their condolences following the death of the leader Kim Jong Il, according to a statement posted on a government website run by the North.

VIDEO: Angelina Jolie's debut as director

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:14 PM PST

One of Hollywood's top stars, Angelina Jolie, is an Oscar winning actress, a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency, and now she's gone behind the camera to shoot a feature film.


Pakistan rejects US probe into border deaths

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:05 PM PST

The military says US findings on deadly border strike that left two dozen Pakistani soldiers dead is "short on facts".


China plans further cut to railway spending (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:18 PM PST

AP - China's government announced another cut in railway construction spending Friday amid concern about the debts of the world's biggest rail network and the safety of its showcase bullet trains.


Shootings in Mexico's Veracruz kill 16

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:54 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed by an armed gang on Thursday in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where drug-related violence flared this autumn, before five of the gunmen were shot dead by security forces.

Pakistan leaders near showdown with army: newspapers (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:42 PM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's powerful military and civilian leaders are headed for a showdown over a memo that accused the country's generals of plotting a coup, newspaper editorials predicted on Friday.


China sentences rights activist to 9 years' jail (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:56 PM PST

AP - A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a veteran democracy activist to nine years' imprisonment for inciting subversion, in what appears to be the most severe punishment handed down in a crackdown on dissent this year.


Vacation Is Good for Business

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:39 PM PST

In 1926, Henry Ford, one of the most powerful capitalists of his day, announced that workers in Company factories would begin a 40-hour-per-week, Monday through Friday work week. Better yet, they would work these decreased hours with no pay cut. ?We have,? he said, ?decided upon and at once put into effect through all the ...


Hong Kong Finds Another Case of Bird Flu

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:41 PM PST

The Hong Kong government said a dead bird found in New Territories tested positive for the H5N1 avian flu virus, the second case in a week.


Pakistan leaders near showdown with army: newspapers

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:44 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful military and civilian leaders are headed for a showdown over a memo that accused the country's generals of plotting a coup, newspaper editorials predicted on Friday.

France leads world as gloomiest over economy: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:35 PM PST

Reuters - France leads the world as the "most pessimistic" country in terms of the economic outlook, with the lowest recorded score in more than 30 years, according to a global poll published on Friday.


Pentagon: US concedes mistakes in Pakistani deaths (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:23 PM PST

AP - After 10 years of war in Afghanistan, a persistent lack of trust between the U.S. and Pakistan still complicates operations along the critical Afghanistan border and was a key factor in the errant American airstrikes late last month that killed 24 Pakistani troops.


Riot police fire teargas to disperse protesters in China

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:03 PM PST

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese riot police fired teargas to disperse a throng of protesters in a small town in southern China on Friday, the fourth day of demonstrations against the construction of a power station.

Past Haunts Tally of Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:50 PM PST

The struggle to understand the health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown carries an eerie echo from Japan's past: It relies on imperfect science dating from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


Violence Jolts Iraqi Capital

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:45 PM PST

At least 15 bombings left dozens of people dead across Baghdad as sectarian conflict threatened Iraq just days after U.S. troops departed.


U.S. intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:01 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies warned that security gains in Iraq could degenerate into sectarian violence after a troop pullout that some officials say left the United States with little leverage in a country it occupied for nearly nine years.


Egypt activists call mass rally against army rule

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:22 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian activists have called a mass rally in Cairo on Friday against the army's handling of protests that killed 17 people and drew international criticism of the ruling generals.
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