Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/asia world Asia News en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:47:42 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/asia http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_india_tibet ap/20120214/as_india_tibet AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:47:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_india_tibet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.12f13c462f414c42b4e8eeae5e81fb25-12f13c462f414c42b4e8eeae5e81fb25-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=H9LVsW0BjsceC9b7QahB7g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The head of Tibet's exile government says China has sealed off troubled Tibetan areas ahead of a sweeping crackdown, warning that upcoming New Year's celebrations appear poised to bring even more bloodshed to the Himalayan region. A series of festivals around the Feb. 22 Tibetan New Year, as well as the March 10 anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising, are very likely to bring Tibetans into the streets, Lobsang Sangay says in a Tuesday interview. (AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia)" border="0" /></a>AP - Upcoming Tibetan New Year's celebrations appear poised to bring more bloodshed to the troubled Himalayan region, the head of Tibet's exile government said Tuesday, warning that China has sealed off the regions ahead of a crackdown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_india_tibet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.12f13c462f414c42b4e8eeae5e81fb25-12f13c462f414c42b4e8eeae5e81fb25-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=H9LVsW0BjsceC9b7QahB7g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The head of Tibet's exile government says China has sealed off troubled Tibetan areas ahead of a sweeping crackdown, warning that upcoming New Year's celebrations appear poised to bring even more bloodshed to the Himalayan region. A series of festivals around the Feb. 22 Tibetan New Year, as well as the March 10 anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising, are very likely to bring Tibetans into the streets, Lobsang Sangay says in a Tuesday interview. (AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_china ap/20120214/us_us_china AP politics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.26ee46eff9ac4d23a01ad4a60c7ddf20-26ee46eff9ac4d23a01ad4a60c7ddf20-0.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=YbkV2sS27eGdZmZsAzqAJw--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Tuesday, Feb., 14, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama assured Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Tuesday that the United States welcomes Beijing's rise in the world, offering a warm welcome despite sharp policy differences over Syria, Iran and economic issues.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.26ee46eff9ac4d23a01ad4a60c7ddf20-26ee46eff9ac4d23a01ad4a60c7ddf20-0.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=YbkV2sS27eGdZmZsAzqAJw--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Tuesday, Feb., 14, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (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/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_usa_china nm/20120214/us_usa_china Reuters topstories Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:37:16 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play fair in international trade and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_venerating_kim ap/20120214/as_nkorea_venerating_kim AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:57:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_venerating_kim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.8917bf011006495ab3addc874fcd0fe2-8917bf011006495ab3addc874fcd0fe2-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=C1_hSYfrL1r4A_1twSJ9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="North Koreans leave the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang after watching the unveiling of a new bronze statue depicting the late leader Kim Jong Il and his father Kim Il Sung on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. As North Koreans prepare for what would have been the 70th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il this week, the country's state media have gone to great lengths to build up the man who led the nation for 17 years until his death in December. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Coat flying open, reins in hand, Kim Jong Il is depicted astride a galloping horse in a larger-than-life statue unveiled Tuesday as part of birthday celebrations for the late North Korean leader.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_venerating_kim"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.8917bf011006495ab3addc874fcd0fe2-8917bf011006495ab3addc874fcd0fe2-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=C1_hSYfrL1r4A_1twSJ9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="North Koreans leave the grounds of the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang after watching the unveiling of a new bronze statue depicting the late leader Kim Jong Il and his father Kim Il Sung on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. As North Koreans prepare for what would have been the 70th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il this week, the country's state media have gone to great lengths to build up the man who led the nation for 17 years until his death in December. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_eu_summary_box ap/20120214/as_china_eu_summary_box AP business Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:43:09 GMT AP - CHINA APPEAL: European Union leaders urged China to open its markets, join in persuading Iran to negotiate over its nuclear program and help end bloodshed in Syria, as they held a summit delayed by Europe's debt crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_turkey ap/20120214/ml_israel_turkey AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:35:49 GMT AP - Israel's Defense Ministry says a humanitarian assistance team it sent to Turkey this week received a warm greeting, despite a deepening rift between the countries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/israel_attacks ap/20120214/israel_attacks AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:16:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/israel_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8OqmcNhU8PsbJ6nimtWO6Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Iranian man fleeing wounded from an explosion at a rented Bangkok house lobbed a grenade at police that rebounded and blew off one of his legs Tuesday in a series of blasts Israel said were an attempted terrorist attack by Iran.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/israel_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8OqmcNhU8PsbJ6nimtWO6Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/as_indonesia_angry_birds ap/20120214/as_indonesia_angry_birds AP technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:37:20 GMT AP - Angry Birds has joined Facebook. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_maldives_museum_attack ap/20120214/as_maldives_museum_attack AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:31:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_maldives_museum_attack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.91d0bfa07f5644bc82d79a8840e02fa6-91d0bfa07f5644bc82d79a8840e02fa6-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=OFSPn4O0itWpaaKka9Lt6Q--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Ismail Ashraf, assistant curator points at a 12th century pre-Islamic artifact at the Maldives national museum in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The museum is reopening without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago. The mob of apparent Muslim extremists attacked the museum during the Maldives' unfolding political crisis. The country has seen weeks of protests and last week the president stepped down. He later said he was forced to resign at gunpoint. .(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_maldives_museum_attack"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.91d0bfa07f5644bc82d79a8840e02fa6-91d0bfa07f5644bc82d79a8840e02fa6-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=OFSPn4O0itWpaaKka9Lt6Q--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ismail Ashraf, assistant curator points at a 12th century pre-Islamic artifact at the Maldives national museum in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The museum is reopening without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religious extremists smashed images from the pre-Islamic era of this Indian Ocean archipelago. The mob of apparent Muslim extremists attacked the museum during the Maldives' unfolding political crisis. The country has seen weeks of protests and last week the president stepped down. He later said he was forced to resign at gunpoint. .(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_assertive_court ap/20120214/as_pakistan_assertive_court AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:10:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_assertive_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.3adf21124b924b8e824bcf4b28575907-3adf21124b924b8e824bcf4b28575907-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5asYjyx_wjUXpFYfpboB.A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives at Supreme Court for a hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Judges were set to charge Gilani with contempt for defying their orders to reopen an old corruption case against his political ally President Asif Ali Zardari. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0" /></a>AP - A newly assertive Supreme Court is taking on the Pakistani government and army in a series of high-profile cases, signaling a power shift in a country vital to U.S. efforts to fight Islamist militants and negotiate peace in Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_assertive_court"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.3adf21124b924b8e824bcf4b28575907-3adf21124b924b8e824bcf4b28575907-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5asYjyx_wjUXpFYfpboB.A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives at Supreme Court for a hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Judges were set to charge Gilani with contempt for defying their orders to reopen an old corruption case against his political ally President Asif Ali Zardari. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20120214/as_pakistan AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:49:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.a0d0bed4987142c7a726fdcc5afed676-a0d0bed4987142c7a726fdcc5afed676-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=RJGNs9OghjwRSmuvnYEoIA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Pakistani men cross a bridge over a canal filled with garbage in the old town of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistan announced Tuesday that it has temporarily allowed NATO to ship perishable food to its troops in Afghanistan, a sign of thawing tensions following American airstrikes last year that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.a0d0bed4987142c7a726fdcc5afed676-a0d0bed4987142c7a726fdcc5afed676-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=RJGNs9OghjwRSmuvnYEoIA--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani men cross a bridge over a canal filled with garbage in the old town of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_explosion ap/20120214/as_thailand_explosion AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:52:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8OqmcNhU8PsbJ6nimtWO6Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Iranian man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians Tuesday after an earlier blast shook his house in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. The explosions came a day after an Israeli diplomatic car was bombed in India &mdash; an attack Israel blamed on Iran.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8OqmcNhU8PsbJ6nimtWO6Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_apnewsalert ap/20120214/as_apnewsalert AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:35:32 GMT AP - Pakistani defense minister says NATO temporarily allowed to ship food to Afghanistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_maldives_politics ap/20120214/as_maldives_politics AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:16:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_maldives_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.3216583627ce4b719405a48bfb25a184-3216583627ce4b719405a48bfb25a184-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=gllBvSOL56nqD86Nv39ZjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed gestures during a rally in Male, Maldives, Monday, Feb 13, 2012. Speaking to his supporters, Nasheed called Maldivians to civil disobedience if the new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan does not resign for early election.(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities in the Maldives on Tuesday asked former President Mohamed Nasheed to make a police statement on his controversial order to the military to arrest a top judge, a move that ended in his ouster from power last week. They say Nasheed has refused.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_maldives_politics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.3216583627ce4b719405a48bfb25a184-3216583627ce4b719405a48bfb25a184-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=gllBvSOL56nqD86Nv39ZjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed gestures during a rally in Male, Maldives, Monday, Feb 13, 2012. Speaking to his supporters, Nasheed called Maldivians to civil disobedience if the new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan does not resign for early election.(AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet ap/20120214/as_china_tibet AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:38:46 GMT AP - A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in western China and was beaten by security forces as they put out the flames, a rights group said, marking the latest in a series of dramatic protests against China's handling of its vast Tibetan areas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_us_medical_fraud ap/20120214/as_philippines_us_medical_fraud AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:37:41 GMT AP - Philippine government agents have arrested a doctor accused of defrauding a California health care program of more than $3 million. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_nuclear ap/20120214/as_japan_nuclear AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:06:33 GMT AP - The Japanese government official who outlined the worst-case scenario for the unfolding nuclear disaster last March is defending how his study, warning that millions of people may need to evacuate, was kept secret. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_new_activists ap/20120214/as_myanmar_new_activists AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:46:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_new_activists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.4054177ac98049cdb61b710304dec80f-4054177ac98049cdb61b710304dec80f-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=khrf0my80xLIge4EgREq_A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Jan. 28, 2012, a banner advertising the Dawei Deep Sea Port project is hung on a gate at the site the project, in Nabule township in Dawei, about 615 kilometers (380 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar. Local environmental activists in January successfully lobbied for the government to halt construction of a 4,000 megawatt coal plant which was to be part of the project. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)" border="0" /></a>AP - When 200 activists in green T-Shirts marched along a pristine Myanmar beach to protest plans for a coal plant, they expected a long, tough struggle against the powers that be. But then, something bizarre happened.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_new_activists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.4054177ac98049cdb61b710304dec80f-4054177ac98049cdb61b710304dec80f-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=khrf0my80xLIge4EgREq_A--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Jan. 28, 2012, a banner advertising the Dawei Deep Sea Port project is hung on a gate at the site the project, in Nabule township in Dawei, about 615 kilometers (380 miles) south of Yangon, Myanmar. Local environmental activists in January successfully lobbied for the government to halt construction of a 4,000 megawatt coal plant which was to be part of the project. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_china_syria ap/20120214/as_china_syria AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:06:12 GMT AP - China, which vetoed a U.N. resolution on Syria, said Tuesday that its envoy held talks with the head of the Arab League. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_family_reunions ap/20120214/as_koreas_family_reunions AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:19:39 GMT AP - South Korea is offering to hold Red Cross talks with North Korea on reuniting families separated by the Korean War.