A Pakistani official says his country will release more Afghan Taliban detainees in order to boost the peace process in Afghanistan. During a trip to the United Arab Emirates, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said the remaining detainees will be released “subsequently.” He did not give a timetable. Last month, Pakistan released eight Afghan Taliban […]
Pakistan to Release More Afghan Taliban Detainees
Posted January 19th, 2013 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
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Burma Seeks Help to Promote Long-Term Development
Posted January 19th, 2013 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
Burma’s leader has urged international donor nations to help in the development of the country’s battered economy and in improving the living standards of its impoverished population. Speaking Saturday at the first Development and Cooperation Forum in the administrative capital of Naypyitaw, President Thein Sein told delegates that Burma would fulfill those goals more successfully […]
Experts Blame Faulty Battery For Dreamliner Woes
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Aviation safety and battery experts say it is likely that fires on two Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes were caused by overcharging lithium ion batteries. An All Nippon Airways Dreamliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan Wednesday after its pilots smelled something burning in the cockpit. An investigator said Friday that the battery’s […]
US, China Agree on UN Resolution For North Korea
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United States and China have reached a tentative agreement on a draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemning North Korea for its December rocket launch. U.N. diplomats said Friday that the resolution would not impose new sanctions against Pyongyang, but would call for expanding the existing ones. U.N. envoys say a draft was expected […]
US Warns Against Unilateral Moves In Japan-China Island Dispute
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States opposes any unilateral actions on the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Speaking at a joint conference with the visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Clinton called on Japan and China to resolve their territorial dispute peacefully. But she also indirectly warned China against […]
Burma to End Offensive Against Kachin Rebels
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Burma says it will end its offensive against ethnic minority rebels in the northern state of Kachin, in light of growing international criticism. The government’s information ministry on Friday announced a halt to military operations in the area. The move comes as fighting between Kachin rebels and Burmese forces has moved closer to rebel headquarters […]
China Reveals Economic Gap Between Rich and Poor
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
China has released statistics on the income gap between rich and poor after keeping the figures secret since 2000. Ma Jiantang, chief of the National Bureau of Statistics, told a news conference Friday that figures from 2003 to the present showed “the income gap was rather big.” The NBS used the “Gini coefficient” – a […]
China Breaks Decline in Economic Growth
Posted January 18th, 2013 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
Chinese officials say the country’s economic growth rose to 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, ending seven straight quarters of slowing down. The National Bureau of Statistics Friday said the growth rate for the period October through December was up from 7.4 percent the previous quarter. It said this brought the growth rate […]
Pakistani Terrorist Sentenced in Chicago
Posted January 17th, 2013 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for helping a terrorist group plot an attack on a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The defense says Rana was unwittingly lured into the plot by his lifelong friend, David Coleman Headley, an American of Pakistani origin who […]
India Rape Case Fast-Tracked
Posted January 17th, 2013 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
In India, the case against five men accused of gang-raping a woman who died of her injuries has been sent to a special fast-track court. A magistrate in New Delhi announced Thursday that the first hearing in the case will be January 21st. A sixth suspect is under 18 and will be tried separately in […]
