Japan PM urges China to be 'responsible' (AFP)

Japan PM urges China to be 'responsible' (AFP)

Japan PM urges China to be 'responsible' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:17 PM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan answers a question during the Lower House's budget committee session at the National Diet in Tokyo, on September 30. Kan on Friday urged China to act as a AFP - Japan's prime minister on Friday urged China to act as a "responsible member of the international community" and voiced concern about Beijing's defence spending and maritime activities.

An Indian Court Tries to Impose Peace on a Sacred but Bloody Space (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Time.com - The site of the Babri mosque has been the focus of violent controversy for centuries. Now, a court has tried to impose an evenhanded solution. Will it hold?


Berlusconi Keeps Government Afloat -- for Now (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a vote of confidence on Wednesday. But instead of proving his popularity as a leader, it showed that without the support of a group of rebels, he likely can't lead at all


Monkey security for Delhi games

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:29 PM PDT

Delhi ropes in monkeys for Commonwealth Games security.


Pakistan farmers' livelihoods buried under flood mud

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:29 PM PDT

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Farmer Mohammad Ayaz and his family took refuge on nearby treetops and stayed there for three days when floods ripped through their village.

Japan seeks good China ties, frets over navy actions

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:22 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said good ties with China are vital but voiced concern about Beijing's military buildup and stepped-up regional maritime activities, as tensions linger between Asia's two top economies.

CEIBS MBA Grads Snapped Up By Employers This Year, Shanghai School Says

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:07 PM PDT

Fresh?graduates from the?school that came out at the top of Forbes China?s?latest survey of Ch


Holiday concerns in China over 'cyber superweapon' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:17 PM PDT

A power plant is seen in Pinghu, some 100 kms from Shanghai. The Stuxnet cyberworm could, technically, make factory boilers explode, destroy gas pipelines or even cause a nuclear plant to malfunction.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Computer hackers have warned that a week-long national holiday in China from Friday could leave the country vulnerable to further attack from a potentially lethal computer virus.

Nato lorries set ablaze in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:16 PM PDT

Attack on tankers carrying supplies to troops in Afghanistan follows deaths of Pakistani soldiers in Nato strikes.


EU finance ministers meet to settle bank taxes row (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Reuters - European Union finance ministers met on Friday in a fresh attempt to agree a common approach to taxing banks for the cost of crises although documents prepared by aides for the meeting showed agreement was unlikely.


World's oldest high-altitude settlements 'found in PNG' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:09 PM PDT

A sulphur contaminated stream is seen running near a volcano in Papua New Guinea. The world's oldest known high-altitude human settlements, dating back up to 49,000 years, have been found sealed in volcanic ash in Papua New Guinea mountains, according to archaeologists.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - The world's oldest known high-altitude human settlements, dating back up to 49,000 years, have been found sealed in volcanic ash in Papua New Guinea mountains, archaeologists said Friday.

Canada forms panel to probe oil sands pollution (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's environment minster has formed a scientific panel to examine whether Alberta's oil sands projects are polluting the Athabasca River as charged by an influential water ecologist.


Ahead in Brazil polls, Rousseff cruises in debate

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) - Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff on Thursday sailed through the last TV debate before Sunday's presidential election, bolstered by another poll showing her with just enough support to win in the first round.

Goodluck: No violence over presidential bid

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 07:56 PM PDT

Nigeria will not fall into violence over his decision to stand for elections next year, President Goodluck Jonathan said in an exclusive interview with CNN.

Militants set fire to NATO supply tankers in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:51 PM PDT

KARACHI (Reuters) - Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike.

UN revises DRC 'genocide' report

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:18 PM PDT

Document detailing attacks by Rwandan and Ugandan troops against civilians toned down.


Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:10 PM PDT

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand alongside trucks carrying NATO supplies at the border town of Chaman on Thursday. The Pentagon expressed hope that Pakistan would reopen a key supply route for US-led forces in Afghanistan, which Islamabad closed after NATO aircraft staged cross-border raids.(AFP/Asghar Achakzai)AP - Suspected militants in southern Pakistan set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said.

Japan PM warns on China as 3 freed Japanese return (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:08 PM PDT

One of three Japanese, center, who had been detained by Chinese military and released today, is escorted by company's officials upon arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai Thursday Sept. 30 2010. China on Thursday released three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone, as tensions over a maritime dispute began to unwind. (AP Photo)AP - Japan's prime minister has raised concerns about China's widening maritime activity across Asia, including waters near disputed islands where a ship collision ignited a bitter diplomatic feud.

Militants set fire to NATO supply tankers in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Suspected militants in Pakistan set fire to tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, a day after three soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike.


Thailand lifts emergency rule in three provinces

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 09:50 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand lifted a state of emergency in three provinces on Friday but kept the controversial security law in Bangkok and surrounding provinces where the government said the situation remained volatile.
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