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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:52 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:04:52 -0500 30 As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led inc http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203243118 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:50:02 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203243118 India put Australia into bat in the opening match of the Commonwealth Bank Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Sunday. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203242470 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:02 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203242470 China Saturday voiced its regret that Russia's proposal on a Syria draft resolution was not taken into account by the other members of the UN Security Council. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203239904 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:20:02 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203239904 A man in southwest China has been detained for allegedly drowning his two-year-old stepdaughter in a washing machine to collect life insurance payouts. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203231176 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:20:03 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203231176 German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday concluded her three-day visit to China. It was her fifth official visit to the country, Global Times reports. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203231159 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203231159 Virat Kohli will be the highest-ranked batsman in the ODI tri-series that starts Sunday with a clash between India and Australia in Melbourne. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227364 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:09 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227364 China is paying an increasing price for environmental and ecological damage brought about by rapid economic development, a report has claimed. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227352 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:08 -0500 ANI http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227352 Temperatures in most parts of China will drop by up to 14 degrees Celsius in the next three days, further intensifying the cold front sweeping the country, the meteorological authority said Saturday. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227346 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:06 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227346 A coal mine gas explosion left 13 people dead in southwest China, authorities said Saturday. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227344 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:02 -0500 IANS http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203227344 A majority of the 2012 London souvenirs, including Union Jack-emblazoned tea cups, tea towels, crystal ware and fluffy toys are produced by workers abroad, mainly China. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203224595 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:26 -0500 ANI http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203224595 Chinese authorities have admitted to cutting off mobile phone and internet connections in areas where Tibetans were shot dead last month. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203220987 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:06 -0500 ANI http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203220987 A man from Taiwan was found dead after playing a computer game for 23 hours at an internet cafe. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203220972 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:01 -0500 ANI http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203220972 Australia is working on finding the best blend of players for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203224592 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:01 -0500 ANI http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/203224592 Demonstrators have stormed Syrian embassies in Europe, the Middle East and Australia after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons to ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242152&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:34 -0500 Ya Libnan http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242152&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING -; Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that has already been the scene of ethnic violence this ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242145&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:27 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242145&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Participants in the January 14-15 anti-nuclear conference in Tokyo. Photo by John Tutty. Five anti-nuclear activists travelled from Australia to attend the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242022&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:49 -0500 Green Left Online http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242022&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 As the one-year anniversary of the devastating March 11, 2011, Japanese earthquake approaches, and debris from the ensuing tsunami moves closer to the West Coast, a group of Oregon agencies, ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242200&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:19 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242200&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Kandahar, in the heart of the Taliban's spiritual homeland, is Afghanistan's bustling southern metropolis. The city has witnessed brutality and bloodshed over the years, but a recent lull ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242198&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:57 -0500 BBC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242198&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 oil companies in the country operate oil and gas fields at full output, state news agency Telam said on Saturday, a day after the government cut $461 million in annual tax breaks for big fuel firms ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242201&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:03:45 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203242201&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 China has withdrawn support for foreign investment in auto manufacturing under new rules that took effect on Monday, as it seeks to encourage the domestic industry in the world's largest car ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240006&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:16:06 -0500 Daily Nation http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240006&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 The United Nations Security Council has failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan for ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240306&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:11:30 -0500 Independent.ie http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240306&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Photo taken on Oct. 26, 2010 shows the carriage of the newly developed CRH380A high-speed train on the departure ceremony of the newly operated high speed railway from Hangzhou to Shanghai in ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240140&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:44 -0500 Global Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240140&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Russia and China on Saturday joined hands in vetoing an Arab-European draft resolution which backs an Arab League plan to promote a regime change in Syria. It was the second time since October 2011 ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240340&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:31 -0500 Global Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240340&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Barack Obama , did not stop at that. Backed by applause, he went on to sharply criticize Chinese Navy's "aggressive behaviour" in international waters, especially in the South China ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240333&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:57:41 -0500 Times Of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240333&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he hopes trade volume between China and Germany exceeds $200 billion this year. Wen's remarks came while talking with visiting German ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240339&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:50:34 -0500 UPI http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240339&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- China’s economy may be headed for a "rough landing," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240003&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:50:18 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240003&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Scores, possibly hundreds, of people are estimated to have been killed in Syria when President Assad's forces shelled homes in the opposition stronghold of Homs. The attack came on the eve of ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240338&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:48:09 -0500 The Independent http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240338&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key has been bustled into a car after a welcome onto the Te Tii Marae traditional meeting place in the Bay of Islands turned ugly on ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240336&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:02 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240336&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 The 38-year-old Megaupload founder, who was again denied bail on Friday, will fight to get back millions of dollars seized in worldwide raids late last month.Papers have been filed in the Auckland ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240337&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:42:58 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240337&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 A new Japanese model? Hiroshi Mikitani, chief executive of up-and-coming e-retailer Rakuten, believes Japan's big industrial firms 'cannot keep doing what they have been doing.' ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240288&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:12 -0500 The Guardian http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240288&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Siquijor is one of more than 7,000 islands in the Philippines - it has tropical sun, white sand and an azure sea, but it is also famous for witchcraft. How do you go about looking for a witch? It ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203239905&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:33:23 -0500 BBC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203239905&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Afghanistan . The unusual message kicked off a debate within the administration about whether it was truly authored by Omar - and its meaning for US efforts to forge a negotiated end to ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240328&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:40 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240328&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Geophysical Research Letters journal reported. The three-year-long research found that the surface of Mars had been dry for such a long time that ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240329&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:22 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240329&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Persian Gulf have been in the works for weeks. State media said that ground forces began maneuvers in southern Iran, but it was not immediately clear whether it was part of the planned naval ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240331&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:08 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240331&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 SEATTLE - This is the University of Washington's new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students from ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240263&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:54:37 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240263&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 UN, February 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Irritation close to hysteria was a response from some members of the UN Security Council to firm and principle position of Russia and China, which blocked the ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238863&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:37 -0500 Itar Tass http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238863&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 WASHINGTON - The United States' plan to wind down its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected relies on shifting responsibility to Special Operations forces that hunt insurgent ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240335&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:10:05 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203240335&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238861&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:47 -0500 BusinessWeek http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238861&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 China have been removed from their jobs in the wake of a toxic heavy metal spill that fouled drinking water supplies for tens of millions of people, the state news media reported ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238636&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:23 -0500 New York Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238636&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Vitaly Churkin justified the veto by saying the proposed resolution "sent an unbalanced signal to the Syrian parties". His Chinese counterpart Li Baodong said pushing through such "a ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238857&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:23:03 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238857&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) with the epicenter located 204 kilometers south of the town of Port Hardy on the island, and about 350 ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238859&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:22:38 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238859&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238869&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:11 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238869&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 PARIS, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Four French troops were shot dead by a man dressed as an Afghan soldier in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, French media RFI reported. "A man wearing Afghan army ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238870&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:09 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238870&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian prosecutors on Friday appealed against a high court verdict to acquit opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy. The criminal registrar confirmed that the ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238871&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:08 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238871&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 COLOMBO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's police are getting tough on traffic offenders as road accident death toll of children continued to climb, an official said here Friday. Police ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238872&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:07 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238872&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japan's government on Friday decided that it would extend tours of duty for its Self-Defense Forces who are in Haiti and Golan Heights on United Nations-led peace ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238873&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:05 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238873&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japan will hold a memorial ceremony on March 11 this year to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which devastated northeastern Japan, said Chief ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238874&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:04 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238874&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW DELHI, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Dense fog continued to play havoc for the third day in a row this week on Friday in the Indian capital, disrupting air and train services this morning even as the city ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238876&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:03 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238876&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 PHNOM PENH, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia, as ASEAN chair, on Friday sent letters to the five nuclear powerful countries, asking them to sign the protocol on the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238875&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:01 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238875&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BAMAKO, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Clashes between Mali government forces and rebels in the north of the country have killed 47, the military said Thursday. Fires breaking out Wednesday in Aguelhok and ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238877&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:16:00 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238877&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 By Feng Yingqiu YANGON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The two-day peace talks between Myanmar's central government and the Kachin ethnic armed group -- Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), which ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238878&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:58 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238878&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 YANGON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar and India have vowed to ensure everlasting border stability, friendship and bilateral cooperation between the two countries, official media reported Friday. It ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238879&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:57 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238879&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea allowed a civic group to visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) next week to deliver flour aid, the government said Friday. Some 180 tons ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238880&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:56 -0500 SINA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203238880&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 US Senator John McCain speaks in Beijing on April 9, 2009, where he was joined by Senators Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar for a press conference at the US Embassy during the China stop of the ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203237207&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:08:32 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203237207&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 We are big fans of the Turkish market around here, but it says something when the world's second-biggest economy, growing at a rate of nearly 9% a year, is trading at the same valuation. ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203237230&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:45 -0500 Nasdaq http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203237230&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Occupy DC in McPherson Square, three blocks from the White House, shouted words of anger, but otherwise put up no resistance as the National Park Service swooped down at dawn on the scruffy ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203237217&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:23:27 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203237217&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 TAIPEI -- Taiwan share prices continued momentum to close above the 7,700-point mark Saturday as investors hailed a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report released Friday morning (U.S. time), which ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203235500&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:15 -0500 The China Post http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203235500&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING--German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed regret Saturday that Chinese police blocked a human rights lawyer from meeting her and said the Communist government should have the confidence to ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203235502&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:15 -0500 The China Post http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=203235502&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53