Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/731 Asia News en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:45 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/731 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/philippines_emergency_landing ap/20080725/philippines_emergency_landing AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:48:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/philippines_emergency_landing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.cedf6ecae0b5445a82b32783c08b27a0.philippines_emergency_landing_xbm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=R4eRWPuXTldA4RkO_N7XEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the Media Affairs Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Qantas pilot Capt. John Francis Bartels looks at the right wing damaged fuselage of Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 after it made an emergency landing Friday July 25, 2008 in Manila, Philippines. The plane en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday and airport authorities discovered a big hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage near the right wing. (AP Photo/Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Edwin Loobrera, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Qantas jumbo jet carrying 345 passengers made an emergency landing Friday with a gaping hole in its fuselage after a mysterious "explosive decompression," officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/philippines_emergency_landing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.cedf6ecae0b5445a82b32783c08b27a0.philippines_emergency_landing_xbm101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=R4eRWPuXTldA4RkO_N7XEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the Media Affairs Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Qantas pilot Capt. John Francis Bartels looks at the right wing damaged fuselage of Qantas Airways Boeing 747-400 after it made an emergency landing Friday July 25, 2008 in Manila, Philippines. The plane en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday and airport authorities discovered a big hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage near the right wing. (AP Photo/Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Edwin Loobrera, HO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacks afp/20080725/indiaattacks AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:40:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb81.250708143952.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IgR1FJAIzyiecg.z1cqUOA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Police officers and forensic experts are seen at the site of a bomb blast in Bangalore. India's high-technology capital was rocked by a string of seven bomb blasts with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - India's high-technology capital Bangalore was rocked by a string of seven bomb blasts Friday with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb81.250708143952.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IgR1FJAIzyiecg.z1cqUOA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Police officers and forensic experts are seen at the site of a bomb blast in Bangalore. India's high-technology capital was rocked by a string of seven bomb blasts with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said.(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20080725/afghanistanunrest AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:30:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb71.250708142346.photo00.photo.default-512x373.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=zOr_TRIImB_zL9rm5.hNPg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="US soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard in Ghazni province in 2007. Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while a British soldier was killed in a separate clash, officials said.(AFP/File/Mohammad Yaqubi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while a British soldier was killed in a separate clash, officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb71.250708142346.photo00.photo.default-512x373.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=zOr_TRIImB_zL9rm5.hNPg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="US soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard in Ghazni province in 2007. Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while a British soldier was killed in a separate clash, officials said.(AFP/File/Mohammad Yaqubi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_asia_afp/japanquaketoll afp/20080725/japanquaketoll AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:05:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_asia_afp/japanquaketoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb63.250708140441.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=XRHvyDzJ1LcmMj9uqsLf6Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A shop owner surveys the damage to his property in Hirono town in Iwate prefecture on July 24. The number of people injured in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan has reached 200, according to the government.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The number of people injured in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan reached 200 Friday, according to the government.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_asia_afp/japanquaketoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb63.250708140441.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=XRHvyDzJ1LcmMj9uqsLf6Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A shop owner surveys the damage to his property in Hirono town in Iwate prefecture on July 24. The number of people injured in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan has reached 200, according to the government.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/nepaltibetchinarightsprotest afp/20080725/nepaltibetchinarightsprotest AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:53:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/nepaltibetchinarightsprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb57.250708135250.photo00.photo.default-512x308.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=NxsccTzbzhEx9P5m6UutvA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Nepalese authorities detained around 100 Tibetan protesters in the capital Kathmandu for demonstrating outside a Chinese embassy building, police said.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nepalese authorities detained around 100 Tibetan protesters in the capital Kathmandu for demonstrating outside a Chinese embassy building, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/nepaltibetchinarightsprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb57.250708135250.photo00.photo.default-512x308.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=NxsccTzbzhEx9P5m6UutvA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nepalese authorities detained around 100 Tibetan protesters in the capital Kathmandu for demonstrating outside a Chinese embassy building, police said.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chntickets afp/20080725/oly2008chntickets AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:41:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chntickets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb45.250708134024.photo00.photo.default-512x332.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=orauK0wqOcGlpSc2aGwPHA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A man with his Olympic tickets in Beijing. Violence broke out among the more than 50,000 people who queued to grab the last batch of Olympic tickets on sale in Beijing, as police struggled to control the frustrated fans.(AFP/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Police struggled on Friday to control surging crowds of more than 50,000 people desperate to grab the last Olympic tickets in Beijing, as a Hong Kong journalist trying to cover the chaos was detained.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_asia_afp/oly2008chntickets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb45.250708134024.photo00.photo.default-512x332.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=orauK0wqOcGlpSc2aGwPHA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man with his Olympic tickets in Beijing. Violence broke out among the more than 50,000 people who queued to grab the last batch of Olympic tickets on sale in Beijing, as police struggled to control the frustrated fans.(AFP/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_afp/philippinesaustraliaairqantasincident afp/20080725/philippinesaustraliaairqantasincident AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:38:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_afp/philippinesaustraliaairqantasincident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb42.250708133236.photo00.photo.default-512x483.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=ABGT8bkHBTmaiIxOUW9bcA--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="The scheduled route of a Qantas flight from London to Melbourne, forced to make an emergency landing in Manila after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a "gaping hole" in its fuselage.(AFP Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Qantas Boeing 747 flying to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after a dramatic mid-air rupture that punched a "gaping hole" in its fuselage, officials and passengers said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_afp/philippinesaustraliaairqantasincident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb42.250708133236.photo00.photo.default-512x483.jpg?x=130&y=122&q=85&sig=ABGT8bkHBTmaiIxOUW9bcA--" align="left" height="122" width="130" alt="photo" title="The scheduled route of a Qantas flight from London to Melbourne, forced to make an emergency landing in Manila after a dramatic mid-air rupture that left a "gaping hole" in its fuselage.(AFP Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/nepalpoliticsmaoists afp/20080725/nepalpoliticsmaoists AFP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:37:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/nepalpoliticsmaoists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb41.250708133656.photo00.photo.default-429x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=2mORD97rF0bjHzy.Jj16RQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Nepal's new president Ram Baran Yadav (left) is congratulated by Maoist second man Baburam Bhattarai after the swearing-in ceremony in Kathmandu on July 23. Nepal's Maoists have offered to reverse a decision to boycott forming a government in a compromise that could steer the newly republican country out of a new political crisis.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nepal's Maoists on Friday offered to reverse a decision to boycott forming a government in a compromise that could steer the newly republican country out of a new political crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/wl_sthasia_afp/nepalpoliticsmaoists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.ncb41.250708133656.photo00.photo.default-429x512.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=2mORD97rF0bjHzy.Jj16RQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="Nepal's new president Ram Baran Yadav (left) is congratulated by Maoist second man Baburam Bhattarai after the swearing-in ceremony in Kathmandu on July 23. Nepal's Maoists have offered to reverse a decision to boycott forming a government in a compromise that could steer the newly republican country out of a new political crisis.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_olympic_tickets ap/20080725/oly_china_olympic_tickets AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:34:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_olympic_tickets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.944f737b1b3a412ea3e10c3ab765e5e7.china_olympic_tickets_xrb101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=.TdVuz8MtnURitYKC_0DcQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A man shows off his 2008 Beijing Olympics tickets to synchronized swimming, Friday, July 25, 2008, in Beijing, China. Thousands of people waited overnight and some waited since Wednesday for a chance to buy tickets for next months Summer Games. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0" /></a>AP - Stampeding fans swarmed — and in some cases scuffled — in an attempt to reach sales windows Friday to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_olympic_tickets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.944f737b1b3a412ea3e10c3ab765e5e7.china_olympic_tickets_xrb101.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=.TdVuz8MtnURitYKC_0DcQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man shows off his 2008 Beijing Olympics tickets to synchronized swimming, Friday, July 25, 2008, in Beijing, China. Thousands of people waited overnight and some waited since Wednesday for a chance to buy tickets for next months Summer Games. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/wr_nm/india_politicians_dc nm/20080725/india_politicians_dc Reuters Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:32:01 GMT Reuters - Thousands of users on YouTube, the popular video-sharing website, are toasting two young Indian politicians, one of them seen as a potential prime minister, after they spoke eloquently in a parliamentary debate last week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/us_china_olympic_showdown ap/20080725/us_china_olympic_showdown AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:19:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/us_china_olympic_showdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.f50ed1f63b9b45c88edc6cfa9c9eb1f4.us_china_olympic_showdown_wx107.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=SPD.p_UJxRoYoEHij8FCog--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Democracy activists and Falun Gong practitioners demonstrate near the Washington Monument in Washington in support of people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party Friday, July 18, 2008. The Olympic games begin in Beijing on Aug. 8. But already the competition between anti-China activists and Chinese authorities to sway public opinion in the United States is heating up — transforming the run-up to the global sports gathering into a public relations marathon where China's national pride is pitted against claims that Beijing abuses its citizens and unquestioningly supports nefarious governments. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - In an air-conditioned room in the Chinese Embassy, a vice minister from Beijing chastises Americans for their "very limited" understanding of violent anti-government protests in Tibet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/us_china_olympic_showdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.f50ed1f63b9b45c88edc6cfa9c9eb1f4.us_china_olympic_showdown_wx107.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=SPD.p_UJxRoYoEHij8FCog--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democracy activists and Falun Gong practitioners demonstrate near the Washington Monument in Washington in support of people who have quit the Chinese Communist Party Friday, July 18, 2008. The Olympic games begin in Beijing on Aug. 8. But already the competition between anti-China activists and Chinese authorities to sway public opinion in the United States is heating up — transforming the run-up to the global sports gathering into a public relations marathon where China's national pride is pitted against claims that Beijing abuses its citizens and unquestioningly supports nefarious governments. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/india_explosions ap/20080725/india_explosions AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:55:29 GMT AP - A series of synchronized small bombs shook India's high-tech hub Friday, killing one person and wounding at least six others, police said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_torch ap/20080725/china_earthquake_torch AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:41:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_torch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.449f98885eac4605b680b23492fd75b9.china_moving_on_ny515.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dOepCY4i5WxOBRrYxW9tMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Olympic torch realy t-shirt is displayed at a sidewalk shop near an earthquake damaged building, Friday, July 18, 2008, in Dujiangyan, China. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that tore across Sichuan province in May left nearly 70,000 dead, another 18,000 missing and more than 5 million homeless. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chinese state media say 22 rescuers who helped victims of May's devastating earthquake have been chosen as torchbearers for the Olympic torch.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_torch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.449f98885eac4605b680b23492fd75b9.china_moving_on_ny515.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dOepCY4i5WxOBRrYxW9tMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Olympic torch realy t-shirt is displayed at a sidewalk shop near an earthquake damaged building, Friday, July 18, 2008, in Dujiangyan, China. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that tore across Sichuan province in May left nearly 70,000 dead, another 18,000 missing and more than 5 million homeless. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence ap/20080725/afghan_violence AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:06:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.a9445cae2c1e425685381cdde5d32520.afghanistan__kab104.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=bIcyhtYwXGnjJtJcd0mExg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="The NATO’s Secretary General, left, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gestures during a joint press conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)" border="0" /></a>AP - A NATO soldier was killed and two were wounded during a clash with militants in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, the military alliance said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.a9445cae2c1e425685381cdde5d32520.afghanistan__kab104.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=bIcyhtYwXGnjJtJcd0mExg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="The NATO’s Secretary General, left, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gestures during a joint press conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war ap/20080725/sri_lanka_civil_war AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:50:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.nca53.250708103844.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=rvv4dISGvIO9Gca2vzJ9Jg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="A Sri Lankan soldier stops a vehicle in the capital of Colombo. Heavy ground battles across Sri Lanka's north claimed the lives of 59 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers, the defence ministry said Friday.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sri Lankan troops fought off an attack early Friday by Tamil rebels trying to recapture lost territory, as violence in the northern battle zone killed 42 rebels and three soldiers, the military said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/sri_lanka_civil_war"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080725/capt.cps.nca53.250708103844.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=rvv4dISGvIO9Gca2vzJ9Jg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Sri Lankan soldier stops a vehicle in the capital of Colombo. Heavy ground battles across Sri Lanka's north claimed the lives of 59 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers, the defence ministry said Friday.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/oly_philippines_gold_incentive ap/20080725/oly_philippines_gold_incentive AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:21:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/oly_philippines_gold_incentive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.630a3e943a5c4c84b806f616e19c471d.china_olympics_team_xin101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=7J4Yb0xvA.EODSv.N_WQOg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's basketball player Yao Ming, wearing red jacket at right, clenches his fist as he recites a pledge to 'play with honor' together with other members of the Chinese Olympic delegation in Beijing Friday, July 25, 2008. China unveiled its largest team of 639 athletes Friday for the Beijing Olympics, a squad many expect will dislodge the United States from the top of the medal table. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhao Peng)" border="0" /></a>AP - An official says the Philippine government and the private sector are offering $220,000 to any athlete who brings home the country's first-ever Olympic gold medal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/oly_philippines_gold_incentive"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.630a3e943a5c4c84b806f616e19c471d.china_olympics_team_xin101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=7J4Yb0xvA.EODSv.N_WQOg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's basketball player Yao Ming, wearing red jacket at right, clenches his fist as he recites a pledge to 'play with honor' together with other members of the Chinese Olympic delegation in Beijing Friday, July 25, 2008. China unveiled its largest team of 639 athletes Friday for the Beijing Olympics, a squad many expect will dislodge the United States from the top of the medal table. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhao Peng)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/koreas_tension ap/20080725/koreas_tension AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:14:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/koreas_tension"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.930f97491d5b4ecca200cbed591a9fb0.south_korea_koreas_tension_ljm104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=AHa3tl_s3xtOx0dkp2r.wA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A South Korean government official hangs a picture of Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea before a press conference led by South Koreas's fact-finding commission chief at government house in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 25, 2008. South Korea said Friday it cannot determine whether the shooting death of a southern tourist in North Korea was accidental. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0" /></a>AP - South Korea said Friday it cannot determine whether the shooting death of a South Korean tourist at a resort in North Korea was accidental.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/koreas_tension"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080725/capt.930f97491d5b4ecca200cbed591a9fb0.south_korea_koreas_tension_ljm104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=AHa3tl_s3xtOx0dkp2r.wA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A South Korean government official hangs a picture of Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea before a press conference led by South Koreas's fact-finding commission chief at government house in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 25, 2008. South Korea said Friday it cannot determine whether the shooting death of a southern tourist in North Korea was accidental. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/nuclear_iran ap/20080725/nuclear_iran AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:38:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/nuclear_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080724/i/ra1777096714.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=9XmVvgFYhM4C3L5hhjmfgQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's atomic energy organisation briefs the media after talks with IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (not pictured) in Vienna July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer" border="0" /></a>AP - A senior envoy said Friday that Iran wants to expand its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but said the IAEA should not be cast as a "U.N. watchdog" looking for signs of secret nuclear weapons programs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/nuclear_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080724/i/ra1777096714.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=9XmVvgFYhM4C3L5hhjmfgQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's atomic energy organisation briefs the media after talks with IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (not pictured) in Vienna July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/cambodia_temple_dispute ap/20080725/cambodia_temple_dispute AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:12:41 GMT AP - Cambodia will pursue U.N. intervention to avoid a military confrontation with Thailand if talks between the two countries fail to produce a breakthrough, the Cambodian foreign minister said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_militants ap/20080725/pakistan_militants AP Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:40:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_militants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbq51.230708191722.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=moTlIbexeX2wwVkcEQ5bog--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Pakistani army soldiers stand guard on a mountain near Matta, in Swat valley in February 2008. The Pakistani army Wednesday wound up an operation in a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border after clearing the area of Taliban forces, the military said.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police say militants have blown up a girls school and 10 shops in northwestern Pakistan. There were no casualties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_militants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080723/capt.cps.nbq51.230708191722.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=moTlIbexeX2wwVkcEQ5bog--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani army soldiers stand guard on a mountain near Matta, in Swat valley in February 2008. The Pakistani army Wednesday wound up an operation in a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border after clearing the area of Taliban forces, the military said.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)