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Asian nations giving enthusiastic welcome to 2013

YoopyaDec 31, 20120

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiscal cliff? Recession? Not in Asia, where the first countries to see 2013 dawn will enthusiastically welcome the new year. Increasingly

Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

NEW DELHI (AP) — Shocked Indians on Saturday were mourning the death of a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New

Indian gang rape victim dies; New Delhi braces for protests

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

(Reuters) – A woman whose gang rape sparked protests and a national debate about violence against women in India died of her injuries on Saturday,

Hopes for Syria breakthrough faint as U.N. envoy visits Russia

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

(Reuters) – The international mediator seeking to end the 21-month-old conflict in Syria met Russia’s foreign minister in Moscow on Saturday after talks in Damascus but expectations

Analysis: U.N. confronts failure of diplomacy in Syria

YoopyaDec 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Attempts by the United Nations to end the bloody 21-month-old Syrian conflict through diplomacy have been a resounding failure and there is little

Sweater knit by Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sells for $49K

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A hand-knit woolen sweater made by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has sold at an auction in Myanmar for $49,000.

Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American

YoopyaDec 27, 20120

(Reuters) – The Afghan policewoman suspected of killing a U.S. contractor at police headquarters in Kabul suffered from mental illness and was driven to suicidal

China opens world’s longest high-speed rail route

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

China has officially opened the world’s longest high-speed rail route, linking the capital Beijing with the southern commercial hub of Guangzhou. The first bullet train

Kazakhstan military plane crash kills 27 near Shymkent

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

A military plane carrying senior Kazakh security officials has crashed in the south of the country, killing all those on board. Officials said 27 people

Yen falls, Nikkei surges as Japan gets a new government

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

(Reuters) – The yen fell to a 20-month low against the dollar on Wednesday, buoying the benchmark Nikkei stock average to nine-month highs, as Japan swore in