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Women give birth trapped in rubble

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Apr. 27 (News Report) - Bangladeshi authorities have arrested several people, including two factory owners, after at least 370 people died in a building collapse near the capital this week. Hundreds remain missing.

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South Korea proposes Kaesong talks with North

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Apr. 25 (News Report) - Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk warned of "grave measures" if the North did not agree to the talks. Pyongyang blocked South Korean access to the site and pulled out its 53,000 workers earlier this month.

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Building collapses in Bangladesh

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Apr. 24 (News Report) - An eight-storey building collapses in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, leaving at least three people dead and more feared trapped, officials say.

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Huge 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits near Iran-Pakistan border

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Jason Burke, Saeed Kamali Dehghan - Apr. 16 (News Report) - Tremors were felt across the Gulf region, across Pakistan and well into north-west India on Tuesday, when the quake struck at 10.44am GMT. The US Geological Survey said it had measured the earthquake at magnitude 7.8 and gave its location at 50 miles east-south-east of the town of Khash, in Iran. It is the biggest earthquake to strike Iran for 40 years. Though the area is largely desert and mountains, there are several major cities, including Zahedan, only 125 miles away, which has more than half a million inhabitants. One Iranian told The Guardian that the small town of Hiduj, which had a population of around 1,000 according ...

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Contrasting Views on North Korea Underscore Sensitivities and Lack of Evidence

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt - Apr. 13 (News Analysis) - A sudden round of finger-pointing highlighted the sensitivity surrounding intelligence estimates in the wake of failures leading up to the Iraq war, and some subsequent missteps involving North Korea.

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North Korea May Have Nuclear Missile Capability, U.S. Agency Says

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Thom Shanker, David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt - Apr. 12 (News Analysis) - A report by the Pentagon’s intelligence arm concluded North Korea has learned to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be carried by missile. Whether other agencies agree is unclear.

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Wary of Events in China, Foreign Investors Head to Cambodia

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By KEITH BRADSHER - Apr. 09 (News Analysis) - Foreign companies are flocking to Cambodia as a way to limit their overwhelming reliance on factories in China.

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History lesson: China’s reluctance to pressure North Korea

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Apr. 09 (News Analysis) - Note: From time to time, The Fact Checker writes an analytical look at politics or diplomacy, rather than a traditional “fact check,” based on his experience in covering Washington and diplomacy. This is one of those columns. Read full article >>

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China bird flu virus found in more markets in Shanghai

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Adam Jourda - Apr. 06 (News Report) - Chinese authorities have found traces of a new bird flu virus that has killed six people in more areas in Shanghai, state media reported, after authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds at a large poultry market in the city. State-run Xinhua news agency said samples of the H7N9 virus were found at two markets selling agricultural products in the Minhang district of Shanghai, a city of 23 million people that is China's financial hub.

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'PROVOCATIVE' THREAT:North Korea Clears Military To Attack US With Nukes

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Fox News - Apr. 04 (News Report) - South Korea says North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast after an unnamed spokesman for the North Korean army warned the U.S. Wednesday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using "smaller, lighter and d

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HEATED RHETORIC: North Korea Enters 'State Of War' With South Korea

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Fox News - Mar. 30 (News) - SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Saturday it had entered "a state of war" with South Korea in its latest threat aimed at the United States and its ally after two American B-2 bombers flew a training mission in the region. "From this time on, the Nor

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Bribery Allegations Surfaced Against WSJ in China

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Devlin Barett, Evan Perez - Mar. 17 (News Analysis) - The Justice Department last year opened an investigation into allegations that employees at The Wall Street Journal bribed Chinese officials for information. A search by the Journal's parent company found no evidence to support the claim.

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After Long Isolation, Myanmar Now Has Suitors

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

All Things Considered - Feb. 23 (News Report) - Myanmar's contacts with the world are now expanding rapidly. President Obama's visit last November was a sign of that shift. And China is building major oil and gas pipelines that link the two countries.

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Come on, India! Show us that freedom can outdo tyranny | Timothy Garton Ash

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Timothy Garton Ash - Jan. 31 (Comment) - How can such poverty, corruption and inequality endure in the world's largest, most diverse democracy? Why is the world's largest democracy apparently doing worse than the world's largest dictatorship? Hold on to that word "apparently", since there is precious little comfort in all the comparative indicators on the current performances of India and China. Yet anyone who cares for freedom must want this free country to do better. On growth, inflation, output per capita, unemployment, budget deficit, corruption – almost every indicator believed in by Davos Man – India is doing worse than China. The great catch-up predicted a few years ago has just not happened. On per capita GDP, for instance, India limps along at $3,851 against China's $9,146. According to official figures for 2011, India's unemployment was more than double China's. Transparency International's index measuring the perception of corruption ranks China a poor (joint) 80th in the world, but India comes in (joint) 94th. And so it ...

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Burma learns to protest - against China

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Jan. 24 (News Analysis) - Burma learns to protest - and China feels the heat

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Will China-Japan-US Tensions Sink the Global Economy?

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mother Jones - By Michael Klare - Jan. 23 (Opinion) - Don't look now, but conditions are deteriorating in the western Pacific. Things are turning ugly, with consequences that could prove deadly and spell catastrophe for the global economy.

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Burma ceasefire 'holds' in rebel-held Kachin areas

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Jonathan Head - Jan. 19 (News) - A ceasefire announced by the Burmese military fighting rebels in Kachin state appears to be holding, the BBC's Jonathan Head reports from the area.

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Pakistan's court order to arrest the prime minister unsettles nation

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Jan. 16 (News Report) - The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Ashraf, sparking rumors of a conspiracy against the country's democracy.

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Dim Hopes for a Free Press in China

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Xiao Shu - Jan. 15 (Opinion) - Investigative reporting and opinion commentary are the two high grounds of Chinese journalism, and the Communist Party has cracked down on both.

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Bashir Ahmad Bilour, Taliban Opponent, Is Buried in Pakistan

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By SALMAN MASOOD - Dec. 24 (News Report) - Bashir Ahman Bilour, a minister in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province who was killed in a suicide bombing, was buried in Peshawar.

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South Korea warns that North Korea has developed rockets that can reach the US mainland

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Fox News - By David Piper - Dec. 23 () - “Based on our analysis and simulation, the missile is capable of flying more than 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) with a warhead of 500-600 kilograms,” a defense ministry official told reporters.

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Video: Philippines typhoon survivors sort through wreckage

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Dec. 10 (News) - With more than 600 dead and hundreds still missing, the death toll from Typhoon Bopha continues to rise as survivors seek food, water and shelter.

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Wal-Mart distances itself from fire in Bangladesh

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Farid Hossain, Julhas Alam - Nov. 27 () - The garment factory in Bangladesh where a weekend fire killed at least 112 people had been making clothes for Wal-Mart without the giant U.S. retailer's knowledge, Wal-Mart said Monday. ...

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Deaths in Bangladesh factory blaze

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Nov. 25 (News Report) - A deadly blaze has swept through a clothes factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100, police and witnesses said.

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Obama hails new face of Myanmar

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

globaltimes.cn - By Hao Zhou - Nov. 20 (News Report) - US President Barack Obama had high praise for Myanmar's democratic reform during the first visit by an American president to the country, while also announcing the resumption of a US aid program worth $170 million.

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