Tibetan exile groups say China is arranging for the government-appointed Panchen Lama to visit a troubled monastery in western Gansu province despite resistance from local monks. The groups say flyers have been distributed at the Labrang monastery saying the lama is not welcome. The monastery in Gannan prefecture was the scene of deadly protests against […]
Panchen Lama’s Planned Visit Stirs Unrest at Troubled Monastery
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
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Arizona Appeals Immigration Law to US Supreme Court
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
The governor of of Arizona has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that blocked key provisions of the state’s immigration enforcement law. Governor Jan Brewer appealed to the nation’s highest court Wednesday after a lower court barred certain provisions of the law she signed last year. Those include requiring police to check […]
Asian Stocks Claw Back From from Opening Bell Panic
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
Asian markets endured another up and down trading day Thursday, as investors dealt with more bad news about the struggling global economy. Japan’s main Nikkei index opened nearly two percent below Wednesday’s close, but recovered to end the day down by more than half of one percent. Indexes in South Korea and Australia also rebounded […]
Verbal Sparring Between Koreas Follows Artillery Exchange
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
North and South Korea traded verbal volleys Thursday, a day after an artillery exchange in waters near their Yellow Sea border caused tensions to spike. North Korea, in a statement released on its official news agency, flatly denied South Korean charges that it fired off a handful of artillery shells, sparking Wednesday’s exchange. It said […]
At Least 5 Dead in Twin Bombings in Northwest Pakistan
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 2:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a female suicide bomber has killed herself and another woman near a police check post in the northwest city of Peshawar. Officials say the woman threw a grenade at police before detonating her explosives-laden vest, just meters away from where a roadside bomb attack killed four police officers and a child just […]
Japan’s Nikkei Reverses to Negative Territory
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets closed lower Thursday, while the U.S. dollar is lower against the Japanese yen. Tokyo’s Nikkei index dropped more than one-half of one percent to finish at 8,982. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 76.59 yen, a loss of just over one-quarter of a yen from Wednesday. The Taipei market finished at […]
Organizers Vow ‘Unique’ Opening for World University Games in Shenzhen
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
Organizers of the 26th World University Games say they are taking a new approach for Friday’s opening ceremonies. Officials in China’s southern industrial hub of Shenzhen are under pressure to come up with something to match the spectacular opening of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. But Jiang Haoyang, the chief director of the Shenzhen ceremonies, […]
Malaysian PM Issues Warning After Student Attack in London
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
Malaysia’s prime minister is urging caution on his countrymen living in London following the worldwide notoriety of a video showing the robbery of a Malaysian student during this week’s British riots. The video shows 20-year-old Asyraf Haziq Rosli sitting dazed and bloodied after being attacked on a London street. A group of young men approaches […]
Malaysian PM Issues Warning After Student Attack in London
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 1:51 am (UTC-5)
Malaysia’s prime minister is urging caution on his countrymen living in London following the worldwide notoriety of a video showing the robbery of a Malaysian student during this week’s British riots. The video shows 20-year-old Asyraf Haziq Rosli sitting dazed and bloodied after being attacked on a London street. A group of young men approaches […]
Chinese Media Downplay Military Value of Aircraft Carrier
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
China’s state media are playing down the military threat posed by the country’s new aircraft carrier, suggesting it may be 15 to 20 years before China has a combat-ready carrier. In the lead article on its website Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency quotes a Russian military analyst saying the refitted Ukrainian carrier which is […]
