Rescuers working off the coast of Indonesia have pulled 45 people to safety after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank. Australia’s maritime safety agency says three of the survivors rescued Thursday have serious injuries, but are in stable condition. An Australian Navy patrol boat is working with several merchant vessels to search for 105 other […]
45 Rescued, 105 Missing After Asylum Boat Sinks Off Indonesia
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
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Chinese Scholars Upset with Dictionary for Including English Phrases
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
A group of scholars in China is calling for the removal of English words from a respected Chinese dictionary, saying their presence is harming the purity of the Chinese language. China’s Xinhua news agency says the scholars have signed a petition arguing that the latest edition of the Modern Chinese Dictionary violates Chinese law by […]
22 Rescued, 128 Missing After Asylum Boat Sinks Off Indonesia
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
An Australian Navy patrol boat has rescued 16 people and a merchant vessel pulled six others to safety after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank in the waters off Indonesia. Rescuers are still looking for another 128 people who were on board the boat Wednesday when someone made a distress call to Australian authorities and […]
Coal Mine Blast Kills 19 in China
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
A gas explosion at a coal mine in southern China has killed at least 19 miners. Officials say more than 100 miners have been rescued after the blast late Wednesday in Sichuan province. State media reported another 28 people were still trapped underground Thursday as rescue operations continued. Police were questioning the mine’s owner. Nearly […]
Clinton Heads for Talks in Asia, as China Protests
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads Thursday to the South Pacific for the start of an Asian tour expected to focus on China’s growing influence in the region. Clinton will begin her six-nation trip in the remote Cook Islands, where she will become the first ever U.S. secretary of state to attend the annual […]
Six Rescued, 140 Missing After Asylum Boat Sinks Off Indonesia
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
Rescuers have safely pulled six people from the waters off Indonesia, but are still searching for many more after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank. A merchant ship rescued the six survivors early Thursday, about 75 kilometers southwest of Java, after they had spent almost a day in the water. Indonesian ships, along with an […]
US Waives Visa Restrictions For Burma’s Leader
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has waived visa restrictions for Burma’s president, Thein Sein, to allow him to visit the United States during next month’s United Nations General Assembly in New York. President Obama Wednesday ordered an exception in a visa ban to let Thein Sein travel freely during the U.N. General Assembly. Otherwise, Thein Sein […]
Japan, North Korea Meet for First Time in 4 Years
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
Japan and North Korea have held their first talks in four years, in an effort to overcome decades of tension and mistrust. Officials from the two countries met Wednesday at the Japanese embassy in Beijing. The two sides do not have formal diplomatic relations. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reports the talks focused mainly on […]
Japan, North Korea Meet for First Time in 4 Years
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Japan and North Korea have held their first talks in four years, in an effort to overcome decades of tension and mistrust. Officials from the two countries met Wednesday at the Japanese embassy in Beijing. The two sides do not have formal diplomatic relations. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reports the talks primarily focused on […]
GOP Outlines Tough Stance on China
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
The Republican party has adopted a platform that is strongly critical of China, even as Chinese state media slammed the party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, for having what it termed a “Cold War mentality.” The Republican platform, approved Tuesday at the party’s national convention in Tampa, promises to get tough on China for the alleged […]
