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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 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:49 -0400 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:49 -0400 30 The Australian government has set aside an extra A$2.2 million (US$ 2 million) to fund the judicial inquiry into the way official agencies handled the terrorism case against Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358921 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:01 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358921 Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) Rescuers are racing against time to reach and search for survivors a day after the strongest quake to hit China in more than three decades jolted the south-western province of Sichuan. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358865 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:34 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358865 Japan's government is assembling relief supplies as it awaits a request from China to dispatch rescue teams to earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, media reports said Tuesday. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358832 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:19 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358832 Chengdu (China), May 13 (Xinhua) A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, around 3.10 p.m. Tuesday following Monday's devastating quake that has killed around 10,000 people. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358737 Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:10 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358737 Chengdu (China), May 13 (Xinhua) At least 37 tourists have been killed and about 15 British tourists were reported missing following the earthquake in China's Sichuan province, emergency management office said Tuesday. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358705 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:31 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358705 Australia has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world, with only 65 deaths being reported over a three-year period from 2003 to 2005. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358697 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:20 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358697 Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 13 : The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358940 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:10 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358940 New Delhi, May 13 : At least 1300 rescuers have reached China's quake-ravaged Sichaun province, where the death toll is said to have risen to 11, 921. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358910 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:29 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358910 Dharamsala, May 13 : Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, has said that he expects formal talks between his envoys and their Chinese counterparts to resume next month. http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358729 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:01:04 -0400 Asia Pacific News.Net http://www.asiapacificnews.net/story/358729 Washington -- The United States will send China an initial $500,000 toward disaster relief efforts following a massive earthquake and stands ready to send additional aid as needed. President Bush ma... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795833&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:53 -0400 U.S. State Department http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795833&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Rescuers try to help a stranded student out of the debris at Wudu Primary School at Hanwang town in Mianzhu city, Sichuan Province, 13 May 2008 (photo released by Xinhua news agency) http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795825&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:15 -0400 VOA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795825&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Troops surrounded Zhang's school, keeping frantic relatives back from rescuers working to free people from the rubble of the three-storey building. "My child, my child!" cried one woman, grabbing a... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795806&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:44 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795806&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 The U.S. Justice Department says a Taiwanese-American man has pleaded guilty to spying for the Chinese government. The department says Tai Shen Kuo, 58, admitted in a Virginia court near Washington t... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795829&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:24 -0400 VOA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795829&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is discussing ways in which the United States might help get food aid to North Korea, the White House said Tuesday. Spokeswoman Dana Peri... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795835&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:31 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795835&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 SHANGHAI, China -- The earthquake that ripped through central China's Sichuan province, killing thousands, crumpling roads and factories and disrupting power and communication, will be only a transito... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795817&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:37 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795817&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, relief soldiers carry out the wounded in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, T... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795800&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:55 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795800&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Korean demilitarized zone is one of the most forbidding places on earth. North Korean artillery positions stare across the border at South Korean and U.S. forces. The potential exists at any given... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795828&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:21 -0400 VOA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795828&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 JUYUAN, China (AP) - Experts say some buildings in China, like the high school that collapsed with hundreds of students inside, aren't made to handle earthquakes like the one that struck yesterday. E... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795818&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:32:52 -0400 WLOX http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795818&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Five more viral deaths confirmed in China; epidemic said to wane BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Five more Chinese children have died of hand-foot-mouth disease... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795820&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:02 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795820&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING: The full scale of Monday's earthquake began to emerge even as rescuers managed to get to the epicentre of the quake and other uncovered areas in southwest Sichuan province. Official source... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795796&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795796&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen born in Taiwan pleaded guilty on Tuesday to passing national defense secrets to China for about $50,000, the Justice Department said. http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795831&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:56 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795831&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 SHANGHAI, China - The earthquake that ripped through China's Sichuan province, killing more than 12,000 people, crumpling roads and factories and disrupting power and communication, will be only a tra... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795798&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:45:54 -0400 C News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795798&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 CHENGDU, China -- All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, moun... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795811&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:29:09 -0400 The News Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795811&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 WASHINGTON: Any expectations that a John McCain presidency will mean a seamless transition in US-India ties with a revival of the Bush-driven civilian nuclear deal will have to be tempered by a tou... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795823&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:27:47 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795823&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 A slight modification in South Korean telecom rules has finally allowed RIM to offer its BlackBerry phones to users there. Now, after an agreement with SK Telecom, BlackBerrys can be sold on the South... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795827&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:15:10 -0400 Beta News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795827&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 GENEVA — China must address a widening gap between its rich and poor if Beijing wants a "harmonious society," the World Trade Organization will report in a trade review of the Asian nation, acco... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795836&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:47:41 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795836&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Beijing organisers are facing pressure to alter or suspend the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled next month to enter parts of the country ravaged by an earthquake.Wending its way through the sou... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791394&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:08:01 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791394&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it was prepared to accept international aid in the form of money and material for victims of the earthquake. But the time was not opportune to allow relief teams from... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795805&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:30:15 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795805&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 12:00 CDT At least 1,000 students buried in China county worst hit by quake BEICHUAN, Sichuan, May 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 1,000 students and teachers were dead or mi... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791370&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:09:21 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791370&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 China stage intricate courtship musicals at frequencies far beyond the range of human hearing, according to a new study. A team of Chinese and American scientists found that the frogs communicate t... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795807&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:41:22 -0400 National Geographic News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795807&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities Tuesday, unleashing a desperate nationwide relief effort. http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795830&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:42:21 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14795830&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japanese scientists say they have successfully tested a super fast broadband internet connection via satellite with speeds capable of reaching 1.2 gigabits per second. The speed is a record for satel... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791390&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:29:48 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791390&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 The ground shifted Monday in China. Preliminary reports from the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck central China indicate nearly 9,000 people are dead. The figure is almost sure to rise, perhaps to... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791374&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:11:19 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791374&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 A senior South Korean envoy is travelling to China to prepare for the imminent resumption of multinational talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs. South Korea's President also sa... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791399&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:07:54 -0400 VOA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791399&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING -- More than 80 giant pandas at China's most famous panda park, the Wolong center, were safe and well following a huge earthquake that struck the area, state press said Tuesday. A total of 86 ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791392&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:28 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791392&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 ISLAMABAD: In a setback to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan's Interior Ministry has recommended that his capital punishment should not be commuted to life imprisonment contending ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14797034&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:39 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14797034&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Wildlife experts were worried today over the fate of a leading panda preserve close to the heart of the Chinese earthquake.The Wolong National Nature Reserve and panda breeding centre is the only plac... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791388&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:57:20 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791388&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 TOKYO – Five Japanese company officials were arrested Tuesday for alleged fraud in a widening scandal over a government project to remove chemical weapons abandoned in China at the end of World ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791367&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791367&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Five bombs ripped through crowded parts of an ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 100 others, police said. The explosions in Jaipur took place in markets... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791834&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:42:27 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791834&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 KATHMANDU: Nepal Police on Tuesday arrested at least 250 Tibetan exiles including a woman while they were protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy here. The arrest comes a day after Chinese A... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14792640&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14792640&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 LONDON: Ever wonder just how much money women carry around in their bags? Well, as it turns the figure is a whopping 27 billion pounds for British women. http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14792637&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:39 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14792637&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Alice Kreit/NPR Rescue workers in central China were trying to clear rubble from schools and flattened homes Tuesday as they searched for survivors from the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791396&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:23:43 -0400 NPR http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791396&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 May 13, 2008 · Rebecca Stormer of has been teaching English in China near where the earth quake hit. Another aftershock struck during the recording of this conversation earlier this morning. Sh... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791386&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:23:42 -0400 NPR http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791386&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Anatomy Asia-Pacific Congress on Anatomy titled 'Viewpoint on Modern World Anatomy' will begin at Razi Conference Center in Iran University of Medical Sciences on Friday. The congress on anatomy is ai... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791365&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:44 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791365&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 ANKARA - Turkish Red Crescent sent an assistance team to China on Tuesday which was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake yesterday. Turkish Red Crescent Directorate General stated that the team, which ha... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791405&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:07:28 -0400 Turkish Press http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791405&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 MOSCOW, May 13 (Itar-Tass) -- A plane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry will fly to China on Tuesday to deliver humanitarian aid to quake-stricken areas, a ministry source told Itar-Tass. http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791398&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:46:07 -0400 Itar Tass http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14791398&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 The United Nations has called for an air or sea corridor to be opened to channel large amounts of aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. The UN's humanitarian agency said there was a risk of ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14792518&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:45 -0400 BBC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14792518&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 WORLD powers have rallied around China with pledges of help to cope with its earthquake disaster as the death toll approached 12,000 today amid rescue efforts. "The thoughts and prayers of the ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787486&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:03:16 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787486&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 CHENGDU, China (AP) - China's official news agency is reporting that the powerful earthquake that has caused devastation in central China has killed nearly 10,000 people. And many remain trapped in m... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787450&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:38 -0400 WLOX http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787450&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Pope Benedict XVI has decreed a plenary indulgence for Catholics in Hong Kong diocese who join a novena to pray to Our Lady, Help of Christians or special prayers for the Church in China. Diocesan ... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787470&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:31:55 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787470&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 A group representing the steel industry has accused the company constructing Melbourne's EastLink freeway of using imported products that do not meet VicRoads standards. The $2.5 billion motorway bet... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787453&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:42:57 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787453&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Relations A meeting on Iran-China cultural relations will be held at the head office of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) in Tehran on May 14. According to ICRO public relations, the m... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787484&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:24:09 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787484&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Taipei - A Taiwan couple who were happily married for 66 years died on the same day, becoming the envy of friends and neighbours who thought it was the perfect ending to an ideal marriage, reports sai... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787483&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:34:13 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787483&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING -- No foreign casualties have so far been reported in the powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Sichuan province, killing more than 11,000 people, China said Tuesday. "Up to now, we hav... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787466&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:23:04 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787466&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 May 13, 2008, 15:15 China's most devastating earthquake in three decades killed more than 12 000 people with the toll likely to soar after state media said today nearly 19 000 were buried under rubbl... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787464&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:59:12 -0400 SABC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787464&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 In the Heights a new musical about Latino families in working-class New York that features rap, hip-hop, and salsa music. The revival of Pacific drew 11 nominations, while http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787459&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:13:16 -0400 Newser http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787459&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 VIENNA, Austria -- Oil prices dropped below $124 a barrel on profit-taking Tuesday after hitting another trading record in the previous session. Monday's mark of $126.40 a barrel was the sixth trading... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787468&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:44:26 -0400 The Detroit News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787468&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 MIANZHU, China -- Rescuers scrambling over the twisted metal and concrete of this devastated Chinese city said Tuesday they can still hear voices from the rubble more than 24 hours after it was hit by... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787477&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:23:10 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787477&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 DETROIT : Nissan Motor plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. The commitment is the first b... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787465&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:55 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787465&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 QUEZON City, Philippines -- Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the popular BlackBerry handheld devices, was mum about plans for its newly launched BlackBerry Bold for the Asia Pacific region, in parti... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787413&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:22:49 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787413&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Roads in the worst-hit areas were ripped up by the earthquake, leaving survivors with little outside help. Around 50,000 soldiers have been deployed. Some are already at the disaster scenes but the bu... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787458&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:17:10 -0400 Euro News http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787458&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party chief Asif Ali Zardari has convened a meeting of his party's parliamentarians and legislators on Wednesday to take stock of the political situation after the PML-... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14788629&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14788629&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 ISLAMABAD: All the nine PML-N ministers on Tuesday quit the six-week-old Pakistan government over the issue of restoration of deposed judges, pushing the country into a fresh phase of political unc... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14788630&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:43 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14788630&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 HARARE: Levels of post-election violence in Zimbabwe are escalating in urban and rural areas and could reach crisis proportions, the United Nations' senior representative in the country said on Tue... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14788626&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:05:41 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14788626&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese shoppers continued to spend at record levels in April, a sign that stronger domestic demand may be able to offset a slowdown in exports. Retail sales rose at an annual rate of 22% last mont... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787467&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:58 -0400 BBC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787467&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japanese carmaker Nissan has warned that its earnings could fall by 30% in the year ending March 2009. Nissan blamed consumer blues in the sluggish US economy for its troubles. A stronger yen, w... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787502&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:53 -0400 BBC http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787502&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Beijing to introduce tougher building codes in vulnerable areas. The catastrophe that hit the southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, showed that these measures weren't tough enough.  Shaking bui... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787443&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:03:27 -0400 MSN Slate http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787443&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Brussels - China has welcomed humanitarian help offered by the European Union in assisting Chinese authorities cope with the consequences of its devastating earthquake, officials in Brussels said Tues... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787473&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:10:30 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787473&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 San Francisco .Because of the distance, it's unlikely many Chinatown residents felt an immediate familial impact from the temblor, but the San Francisco community would still rally to support its peop... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787461&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:09:58 -0400 San Francisco Examiner http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787461&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 TOKYO — Japan's powerful lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to allow the country's space programs to be used for national defense, the latest move by Tokyo to give more freedom to the tight... http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787462&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:03:43 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.asiapacificnews.net/?rid=14787462&cat=4a8b544d0e80ba53