Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange fire along border

Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange fire along border

Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange fire along border

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:51 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - One Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said on Thursday. A Pakistani military source said the shooting lasted for more than two hours and was sparked by an attack on a Pakistani checkpost. (Reporting by Sheree Sardar in ISLAMABAD and Hamid Shalizi in KABUL)

Six killed in Thai south days after rebel demands rejected

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:37 PM PDT

Thai security personnel inspect a grocer's shop where six people were shot dead by suspected Muslim militants in the southern province of PattaniBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead six people, including a three-year-old boy, in a convenience store in southern Thailand, police said, just two days after peace talks in Malaysia aimed at ending the violence ended in deadlock. The attack took place on Wednesday when four gunmen on motorcycles pulled up at the store in Pattani province, just 500 meters from a military checkpoint. Five of the victims were Buddhists and one Muslim. "The attackers sprayed the shop with bullets before going in to finish off their victims. ...

Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange fire along border

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:51 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - One Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late on Wednesday, officials from both countries said on Thursday.

Six killed in Thai south days after rebel demands rejected

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:37 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead six people, including a three-year-old boy, in a convenience store in southern Thailand, police said, just two days after peace talks in Malaysia aimed at ending the violence ended in deadlock.

South Korea pledges $272 million in loans for Kaesong companies

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:01 PM PDT

South Korean security guard directs traffic as a vehicle transporting employees working at KIC inside North Korean border, passes through gate at South's CIQ in PajuSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has offered 300 billion won ($272.41 million) million in special loans to companies affected by Pyongyang's decision last month to close a jointly run industrial zone in North Korea, a government official said on Thursday. A government taskforce will provide the assistance from May 6 in the form of loans with interest rates of 2 percent. More than 120 South Korean businesses have invested in the border complex at Kaesong. ...

Indian spy prisoner Sarabjit Singh dies after jail attack

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:21 PM PDT

Pakistani security officials escort a car transporting family members of Sarabjit Singh in LahoreISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Sarabjit Singh, a prisoner convicted of spying for India, has died after being wounded by fellow inmates in a Pakistani jail, hospital sources reported. Singh was arrested in Pakistan in 1991 and sentenced to death for spying and carrying out four bomb blasts that killed 14 people. His family says he is innocent. "He has succumbed to his wounds," said a hospital source. Four years ago, Pakistan's then-president Pervez Musharraf stayed the execution after appeals for clemency from India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...

Indian spy prisoner Sarabjit Singh dies after jail attack

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:21 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Sarabjit Singh, a prisoner convicted of spying for India, has died after being wounded by fellow inmates in a Pakistani jail, hospital sources reported.

Chinese incursion leaves India on verge of crisis

Posted: 01 May 2013 09:41 PM PDT

Indian supporters of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) or All India Student Council hold placards and shouts slogans against the alleged incursion by Chinese troops into Indian territory, during a protest in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. India said around 50 Chinese troops crossed the de facto border between the countries and went 19 kilometers (12 miles) into Indian territory on April 15 and are camping in tents in Ladakh in the eastern part of Indian-administered Kashmir. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)NEW DELHI (AP) — The platoon of Chinese soldiers slipped across the boundary into India in the middle of the night, according to Indian officials. They were ferried across the bitterly cold moonscape in Chinese army vehicles, then got out to traverse a dry creek bed with a helicopter hovering overhead for protection.

South Korea pledges $272 million in loans for Kaesong companies

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:01 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has offered 300 billion won ($272.41 million) million in special loans to companies affected by Pyongyang's decision last month to close a jointly run industrial zone in North Korea, a government official said on Thursday.

How 'Planet Ocean' Is Both A Watch And Environmentalism Movie

Posted: 01 May 2013 09:06 PM PDT

GoodPlanet, in partnership with Omega Watches, has just released a new free-to-distribute film about ocean environmentalism called Planet Ocean. When I was a child, environmentalism was becoming a mainstream concept, and this was before "eco" and "green" were hot marketing terms. In that pre-carbon offset as investment world, the point of mass environmentalism through media was mostly public awareness. Meaning that the point was to tell people that we had some serious issues with our environment. Today the efforts of environmentalists has been mostly successful. People around the world know that the planet is in danger and ideally what should be done about it. Now experts struggle with implementing phase two - the effort to help the environment and influencing change.

North Korea sentences American on charges he tried to topple government

Posted: 01 May 2013 09:15 PM PDT

SEOUL — North Korea on Thursday sentenced a detained American to 15 years of "compulsory labor," punishment for what Pyongyang describes as an attempt to overthrow its government.

In a brief statement released by its state-run news agency, the North said the sentence for Kenneth Bae, a tour operator from Washington state, had been handed down by its Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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North Korea sentences American to 15 years' labor

Posted: 01 May 2013 08:59 PM PDT

In this March 20, 2013 photo, a North Korean flag hangs inside the interior of Pyongyang's Supreme Court. North Korea says it will soon deliver a verdict in the case of detained American Kenneth Bae it accuses of trying to overthrow the government, further complicating already fraught relations between Pyongyang and Washington. The announcement about Bae comes in the middle of a lull after weeks of war threats and other provocative acts by North Korea against the U.S. and South Korea. Bae, identified in North Korean state media by his Korean name, Pae Jun Ho, is a tour operator of Korean descent who was arrested after arriving with a tour on Nov. 3 in Rason, a special economic zone bordering China and Russia. (AP Photo)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of labor for crimes against the state, the North's state media said Thursday, a development that further complicates already strained ties between Pyongyang and Washington.

Oregon Health Experiment Shows That Having Health Insurance Is Different Than Being Healthy

Posted: 01 May 2013 09:04 PM PDT

A new study out of Oregon tries to answer an old question, and comes up with the same answer. Is having health insurance the same as having good health?

Clubby London Trading Scene Fostered Rate-Fixing Scandal

Posted: 01 May 2013 09:09 PM PDT

The Libor-manipulation probes are highlighting how favor-trading between brokers and traders escalated from expense-account meals and nighttime carousing to more legally questionable activities.

Indian Prisoner Dies in Pakistan

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:31 PM PDT

A convicted Indian spy who was on Pakistan's death row died from a head injury after two inmates attacked him with a brick, Pakistan state TV said early Thursday.

Another Gauge Shows Weakness in China

Posted: 01 May 2013 10:17 PM PDT

A leading indicator of China's manufacturing strength dropped in April, adding to signs of weakness in the world's second-largest economy.

Scrutiny Falls on Nigeria Military

Posted: 01 May 2013 08:13 PM PDT

Nigeria's president vowed to hold to account any soldier involved in what many officials and residents are describing as a civilian massacre that left as many as 228 people dead in a remote Nigerian town.

The High Cost of Keeping Time Warner in Czech

Posted: 01 May 2013 04:35 PM PDT

Time Warner has quietly poured a small fortune into Eastern European television. But it doesn't have much to show for it.

NKorea sentences American to 15 years labor

Posted: 01 May 2013 08:34 PM PDT

In this March 20, 2013 photo, a North Korean flag hangs inside the interior of Pyongyang's Supreme Court. North Korea says it will soon deliver a verdict in the case of detained American Kenneth Bae it accuses of trying to overthrow the government, further complicating already fraught relations between Pyongyang and Washington. The announcement about Bae comes in the middle of a lull after weeks of war threats and other provocative acts by North Korea against the U.S. and South Korea. Bae, identified in North Korean state media by his Korean name, Pae Jun Ho, is a tour operator of Korean descent who was arrested after arriving with a tour on Nov. 3 in Rason, a special economic zone bordering China and Russia. (AP Photo)SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced Thursday.

Study reveals cannibalism in first US colony

Posted: 01 May 2013 08:39 PM PDT

Bones of girl known to researchers as 'Jane' offer direct proof of cannibalism at English colony in Virginia.

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