Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

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• Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles
• China dismisses top provincial official after corruption probe
• VIDEO: Stars give sell-out Sandy concert
• Kugan's negligence suit postponed to Monday
• Can an app really build better neighborhoods?
• New China ethics debate after child's road death
• Time magazine picks iPhone 5 as top gadget of 2012
• 68 vying for 20 DAP Central Exco posts
• Morocco's 'liquid gold' enriches Berber women
• New strategic thinking vis-a-vis Asia for Obama's second term
• Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles
• South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs
• Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles
• Clinton to testify on Benghazi report on December 20
• VIDEO: Antarctic 'lost world' to be explored
• VIDEO: Eurozone bank union deal agreed
• Shouldn't they keep the promise?
• Japan scrambles fighters for China plane
• At 850, Notre Dame Cathedral needs daily upkeep
• VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:15 AM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan protested to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

China dismisses top provincial official after corruption probe Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:43 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China has dismissed a top official in the southwestern province of Sichuan after putting him under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations", the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

VIDEO: Stars give sell-out Sandy concert Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:45 PM PST Some of the world's biggest music stars have performed at a concert in New York to raise money for victims of super-storm Sandy.

Kugan's negligence suit postponed to Monday Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:50 PM PST The High Court here today postponed the negligence suit which was filed by N.Indra, the mother of A. Kugan, who died in police custody. read more

Can an app really build better neighborhoods? Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:30 PM PST A new social networking app is designed to help people build stronger local communities and become better neighbors. read more This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

New China ethics debate after child's road death Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:28 PM PST A video of a child being crushed by a minibus and ignored by passers-by has ignited a new bout of soul-searching in China with web users asking Thursday whether ethics are slipping amid rapid change. read more

Time magazine picks iPhone 5 as top gadget of 2012 Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:28 PM PST Time magazine has chosen the iPhone 5 as the tech gadget of the year, praising its seamless fusion of hardware, software and services and claiming that the Apple smartphone still has no competition. read more This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

68 vying for 20 DAP Central Exco posts Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:22 PM PST DAP's 16th Triennial National Congress in Penang this weekend will see 68 candidates vying for the 20 Central Executive Committee (CEC) posts, with some of them family related. read more

Morocco's 'liquid gold' enriches Berber women Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:21 PM PST In a poor but fertile corner of southern Morocco, illiterate Berber women are tapping the surge in global demand for argan oil, a "miracle" product they grind from a special nut, that is helping to lift them out of poverty. read more This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

New strategic thinking vis-a-vis Asia for Obama's second term Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:23 PM PST With President Barack Obama having secured a second term, his administration has what a group of experts call a unique opportunity to develop a new strategic thinking vis-a-vis Asia, integrating South Asia into a long-term Asia strategy following the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014. read more

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:14 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan protested to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:54 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced on Thursday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60 billion) jobs package in a bid to close the gap six days before the election.

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:46 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan made an official protest to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo.

Clinton to testify on Benghazi report on December 20 Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:35 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on December 20 before the House of Representatives and Senate foreign affairs committees on a report on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, the committees said on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Antarctic 'lost world' to be explored Posted: 12 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST A British research team in Antarctica has launched a long-awaited project to hunt for life in a lake hidden beneath the ice-sheet.

VIDEO: Eurozone bank union deal agreed Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST European finance ministers have reached agreement on a eurozone banking union ahead of an EU summit in Brussels.

Shouldn't they keep the promise? Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:46 PM PST His remarks have immediately triggered a question: Isn't there a commitment to ship out all rare earth waste? Why are they shipping out byproducts now instead of waste? read more

Japan scrambles fighters for China plane Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:36 PM PST Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. read more

At 850, Notre Dame Cathedral needs daily upkeep Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:35 PM PST (France-AFP) - Notre Dame has a colourful history that includes surviving the French Revolution and two World Wars. Now at 850 years-old, a dedicated team keep it in top condition - cleaning the building and keeping it safe for the millions of visitors who walk through its doors every year. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012. read more This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST BBC Panorama meets a former Wall Street investment banker sleeping rough in a park in Croydon.

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For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test

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• For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test
• Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles
• South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs
• South Korea: NKorea's satellite orbiting normally
• Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles
• South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs
• VIDEO: Antarctic 'lost world' to be explored
• VIDEO: Eurozone bank union deal agreed
• EU ministers clinch deal on bank supervision
• Bangladesh opposition protests turn violent
• VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park
• VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park
• NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket
• VIDEO: Flower power border divides US and Canada
• VIDEO: A reader's guide to paranoia
• Outrage over Argentina sex slavery acquittals
• VIDEO: A reader's guide to paranoia
• NKorea hails launch despite risk of consequences
• For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test
• VIDEO: Deported McAfee lands back in US

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:10 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rattled the world on Wednesday by putting a satellite into orbit using the kind of technology that appears to demonstrate it can develop a missile capable of hitting the United States. Its next step will likely be a nuclear test, which would be the third conducted by the reclusive and unpredictable state. Its 2009 test came on May 25, a month after a rocket launch. For the North and its absolute ruler Kim Jong-un, the costs of the rocket program and its allied nuclear weapons efforts - estimated by South Korea's government at $2.8-$3. ...

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:14 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan protested to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. The incident prompted Japan's military to scramble eight F-15 fighter jets, the Defense Ministry said. Japanese officials later said the Chinese aircraft had left the area. Sino-Japanese relations took a tumble in September after Japan bought the tiny islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from a private Japanese owner. ...

South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:56 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced on Thursday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60 billion) jobs package in a bid to close the gap six days before the election. South Korea bans the publication of opinion polls from Thursday and Moon, the left-wing opposition challenger to conservative Park Geun-hye, was 1.5-3.5 percentage points behind, compared with a gap of up to 7.5 points a week ago. ...

South Korea: NKorea's satellite orbiting normally Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:22 PM PST South Korea says that a satellite North Korea launched aboard a long-range rocket is orbiting the Earth normally but it's unknown whether it is functioning properly.

Japan protests after Chinese plane flies over disputed isles Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:53 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan made an official protest to China on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo.

South Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap, pledges jobs Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:56 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced on Thursday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60 billion) jobs package in a bid to close the gap six days before the election.

VIDEO: Antarctic 'lost world' to be explored Posted: 12 Dec 2012 03:36 PM PST A British research team in Antarctica has launched a long-awaited project to hunt for life in a lake hidden beneath the ice-sheet.

VIDEO: Eurozone bank union deal agreed Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST European finance ministers have reached agreement on a eurozone banking union ahead of an EU summit in Brussels.

EU ministers clinch deal on bank supervision Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST European Central Bank granted authority to police euro zone's major banks and intervene when small lenders have trouble.

Bangladesh opposition protests turn violent Posted: 12 Dec 2012 10:21 PM PST Opposition protesters, fearing election rigging, demand restoration of caretaker government before polls.

VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST BBC Panorama meets a former Wall Street investment banker sleeping rough in a park in Croydon.

VIDEO: Banker sleeping rough in park Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST BBC Panorama meets a former Wall Street investment banker sleeping rough in a park in Croydon.

NKorea policy in Seoul to soften despite rocket Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:53 PM PST It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him.

VIDEO: Flower power border divides US and Canada Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:14 PM PST Concerns over smuggling and illegal immigration have led to increased security in a community split down the middle by the US-Canada border.

VIDEO: A reader's guide to paranoia Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:43 PM PST The Encyclopedia Paranoiaca is a compendium of household items, activities and illnesses that could seriously ruin your day - or your health.

Outrage over Argentina sex slavery acquittals Posted: 12 Dec 2012 09:42 PM PST Angry protesters hold demonstrations across country after Tucuman court acquits 13 accused of trafficking women.

VIDEO: A reader's guide to paranoia Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:43 PM PST The Encyclopedia Paranoiaca is a compendium of household items, activities and illnesses that could seriously ruin your day - or your health.

NKorea hails launch despite risk of consequences Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:01 PM PST North Korea, though struggling to feed its people, is now one of the few countries to have successfully launched a satellite into space from its own soil. But leaders in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo immediately pushed for consequences over a rocket launch widely seen as a test that takes the country one step closer to being capable of lobbing nuclear bombs over the Pacific.

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:11 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rattled the world on Wednesday by putting a satellite into orbit using the kind of technology that appears to demonstrate it can develop a missile capable of hitting the United States.

VIDEO: Deported McAfee lands back in US Posted: 12 Dec 2012 08:09 PM PST The software tycoon John McAfee has arrived in the United States after being deported by Guatemala.

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Russian lawmakers name retaliatory bill for Dima Yakovlev, the Virginia toddler who died in car

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• Russian lawmakers name retaliatory bill for Dima Yakovlev, the Virginia toddler who died in car
• On the trail of chemical weapons
• U.S.: American citizen being held in North Korea
• Four Libyan policemen wounded in blast
• Man charged with Robinson threat
• Guatemala deporting McAfee to US
• Cocaine found in breast implants
• Testimony on CIA’s treatment of 9/11 suspects at Guantanamo to remain secret
• North Korean state TV gets a little carried away in rocket-launch coverage
• VP: Chavez faces 'complex and difficult' recovery
• Inside Syria's underground TV
• Intel chief sentenced for Srebrenica massacre
• Modern Family star's court battle
• A Cooking Blog Yields a Franchise and a Husband
• Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to investigate spy attack
• Ukraine opposition blocks parliament from voting on Azarov
• VIDEO: Elephant tusks seized in Malaysia
• Real-time satellite tracker shows precise location of North Korea's new satellite
• Obamacare everywhere: U.N. votes in favor of universal health coverage
• Syria 'fires Scud-type missiles'

Russian lawmakers name retaliatory bill for Dima Yakovlev, the Virginia toddler who died in car Posted: 12 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST MOSCOW — The leaders of Russia's lower house of parliament have been working on a bill in retaliation for the Magnitsky Act, passed last week by the U.S. Senate, and on Tuesday they said they planned to name their legislation after an adopted Russian baby who died in an overheated car in Herndon, Va., in 2008. Read full article >>

On the trail of chemical weapons Posted: 12 Dec 2012 06:56 AM PST In a CNN exclusive, Arwa Damon embarks on a winding, dangerous drive to get as close as possible to a plant reputed to be one of Syria's largest chemical weapons factories.

U.S.: American citizen being held in North Korea Posted: 12 Dec 2012 07:05 AM PST An American citizen has been detained in North Korea for more than a month, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Four Libyan policemen wounded in blast Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:57 PM PST BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in front of a police station in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, wounding four officers, the force said.

Man charged with Robinson threat Posted: 12 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST A 34-year-old man is charged with threatening to kill Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson.

Guatemala deporting McAfee to US Posted: 12 Dec 2012 01:31 PM PST Software tycoon John McAfee, wanted for questioning in Belize in connection with the murder of a neighbour, is being deported to the US from Guatemala.

Cocaine found in breast implants Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:38 PM PST A woman is arrested at Barcelona airport off a flight from Colombia with more than a kilo of cocaine concealed in her breast implants.

Testimony on CIA’s treatment of 9/11 suspects at Guantanamo to remain secret Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST A military judge has ruled that any testimony about the CIA's treatment of Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will remain secret during their death penalty trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Read full article >>

North Korean state TV gets a little carried away in rocket-launch coverage Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST How excited is North Korean's official news agency about the country's first-ever successful launch of a satellite into orbit? I don't understand Korean, but the sheer elation in this KCNA report is impossible to miss. The TV host's initial announcement is followed with 30 seconds of swelling music over footage of a mountain sunrise. Then there's more exuberance from the host, who speaks shouts, really in near sing-song. North Korea-watcher Martyn Williams says this video aired at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, local time. Read full article >>

VP: Chavez faces 'complex and difficult' recovery Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:41 PM PST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez faces a "complex and difficult" recovery after surgery for cancer, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday on national television.

Inside Syria's underground TV Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST Amid the chaos of flying bullets, roaming checkpoints guarded by gunmen, and the constant threat of a street battle erupting around the corner at any moment, a new underground television channel has become must-see TV for residents of Aleppo, Syria.

Intel chief sentenced for Srebrenica massacre Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST Nearly two decades after the Srebrenica massacre left thousands of Muslim boys and men dead, a former Bosnian Serb intelligence chief was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in their slaughter.

Modern Family star's court battle Posted: 12 Dec 2012 04:41 AM PST The family of Modern Family star Ariel Winter is fighting for custody of the 14-year-old actress.

A Cooking Blog Yields a Franchise and a Husband Posted: 12 Dec 2012 12:35 PM PST Deb Perelman's small kitchen in Manhattan has yielded a hit blog and a best-selling book, "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook."

Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to investigate spy attack Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:54 AM PST ANKARA (Reuters) - Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to jointly investigate an assassination attempt last week on Afghanistan's spy chief that has heightened tension between the countries after Kabul said the raid was planned in Pakistan.

Ukraine opposition blocks parliament from voting on Azarov Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:49 AM PST KIEV (Reuters) - Protests from a re-energized Ukrainian opposition at a boisterous opening session of a new parliament on Wednesday pushed back the key vote to endorse Mykola Azarov for a new term as prime minister.

VIDEO: Elephant tusks seized in Malaysia Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:50 AM PST Selangor customs department in Malaysia say they have sized 24 tonnes of elephant tusks, worth around $20 million.

Real-time satellite tracker shows precise location of North Korea's new satellite Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST North Korea's first-ever successful launch of a satellite into Earth's orbit accomplished two things for Pyongyang: It demonstrated to the world that the country is that much closer to building a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile, and it showed off the government's strength, for the benefit of North Korean citizens. But there's another, incidental effect of the launch: It's deposited a North Korean satellite into the atmosphere. Read full article >>

Obamacare everywhere: U.N. votes in favor of universal health coverage Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST The United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a draft resolution supporting universal health coverage, signaling the importance of universal healthcare to the international development agenda. The resolution, which is backed by the United States, encourages governments to come up with systems that avoid direct payments at the point of delivery, include a way to prepay for financial contributions toward health care and a mechanism to pool risks among the population in order to avoid catastrophic expenses. Essentially, this amounts to a system where health insurance is either attainable and affordable for all, or the federal government picks up the tab for health care costs. Read full article >>

Syria 'fires Scud-type missiles' Posted: 12 Dec 2012 11:45 AM PST Forces loyal to the Syrian government have fired "Scud-type missiles" at rebels, media quote US officials as saying.

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