Seven Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike

Seven Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike

Seven Afghan civilians said killed in NATO airstrike

Posted: 27 May 2012 12:13 AM PDT

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven members of an Afghan family, including a woman and six young children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities said on Sunday.

Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline

Posted: 26 May 2012 11:19 PM PDT

KATHMANDU, May 27 — Nepal stood on the brink of fresh political turmoil today as wrangling over the young Himalayan republic's first federal constitution ground towards a midnight deadline.  A new constitution is widely seen as crucial to helping end the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war in 2006 and ...

The Low Thia Khiang Effect

Posted: 26 May 2012 07:40 PM PDT

SINGAPORE, May 27  —  As one 52-year-old Hougang resident put it, summing up the sentiment behind the Workers' Party's win last night: "Low Thia Khiang takes care of us very well. As long as he's around, the trunk is there. Upgrading or not, it makes no difference to us anymore. We've adapted to life here already."It was what many saw as an ...

India seeks stronger Myanmar ties as PM visits

Posted: 26 May 2012 07:27 PM PDT

SITTWE, Myanmar, May 27 — In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete.  Their embrace is fraternal — Myanmar's giant neighbour India is funding the new port in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State — but also strategic.  The ...

India PM seeks to heal bad blood on Myanmar visit

Posted: 26 May 2012 10:32 PM PDT

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete.

Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline

Posted: 26 May 2012 10:21 PM PDT

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal stood on the brink of fresh political turmoil on Sunday as wrangling over the young Himalayan republic's first federal constitution ground towards a midnight deadline.

China detains official for rapes after online uproar

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:25 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in central China detained a former Communist Party official on suspicion of raping underage girls, state media said on Sunday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power.

Sam Chong, first Malaysia-born billionaire in Australia

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Mining magnate Sam Chong has become Australia's first Malaysia-born billionaire as revealed by the latest Business Review Weekly (BRW) Richest 200 list.

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Official arrested for allegedly raping over 10 girls in China

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:04 PM PDT

An official in central China's Henan province has been detained after allegedly raping over 10 underage girls, local authorities said Sunday.

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Browser wars flare in mobile space

Posted: 26 May 2012 09:00 PM PDT

The browser wars are heating up again, but this time the fight is for dominance of the mobile Internet.

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Facebook deflates any thought of new tech bubble

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:59 PM PDT

The horrendous stock market debut for Facebook suggests investors are not ready to jump in and create another tech bubble despite big expectations for social media, analysts say.

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Storm threatens big US beach weekend

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:58 PM PDT

The southeastern US coast braced Saturday for the arrival of a subtropical storm that threatened Memorial Day holiday plans for hordes of beachgoers.

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Four dead in Japan tunnel explosion

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:57 PM PDT

Four Japanese construction workers were confirmed dead Sunday after being recovered from inside a mountain tunnel where they had been trapped since an explosion on Thursday, an official said.

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Love, mobsters and a exorcism battle for Cannes gold

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Tales of true love, mobsters and an exorcism gone wrong lead the pack of 22 world cinema contenders racing for the Cannes festival's Palme d'Or top prize to be awarded on Sunday.

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Armenia 'hate attacks' expose anti-gay hatred

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:55 PM PDT

The acrid stench of burnt plastic still hangs in the air at the devastated basement bar, its walls blackened and fixtures melted by intense heat after the fire-bombers staged their nocturnal raid.

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Myanmar's health system on life support

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:53 PM PDT

Starved of funds and medicine during decades of military rule, doctors at a clinic in Yangon offer their usual advice to one of Myanmar's newest HIV patients -- come back when you're sicker.

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New media deployed in battle to preserve history

Posted: 26 May 2012 08:47 PM PDT

It started with an inflatable pig. Jeffrey Shaw has always been fascinated by interactivity, having in the 1960s created art he hoped would narrow the gap between viewer and image.

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India seeks stronger Myanmar ties as PM visits

Posted: 26 May 2012 06:09 PM PDT

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete.

Over 92 killed in Syria attack, 32 of them children - U.N.

Posted: 26 May 2012 03:54 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising.

Mali Tuaregs, Islamist rebels agree to merge, create new state

Posted: 26 May 2012 03:50 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's Tuareg rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine Islamist militants have agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.

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