Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/731 world Asia News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:06:52 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/731 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia ap/20091107/us_obama_asia AP politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:06:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.6b7d8636a68947679842654fe8ad967e.health_care_overhaul_obama_whre103.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=895nNcSaF22cXCPvLyPUxA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, after he met with the House Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_asia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.6b7d8636a68947679842654fe8ad967e.health_care_overhaul_obama_whre103.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=895nNcSaF22cXCPvLyPUxA--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, after he met with the House Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest afp/20091107/afghanistanunrest AFP topstories Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:04:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest, the defence ministry said Saturday, signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257585850820-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kCHoDOvjqM518NC_ty4jgw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Afghan army medic soldier looks out from an ambulance in Kabul. Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest of the country, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitarydemonstration afp/20091107/japanusdiplomacymilitarydemonstration AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:47:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitarydemonstration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257626723047-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iAvZROnd_RXV5zt0kUKgBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People stage a rally against a US military base on Japan's Okinawa island, in Kadena in November 5. Thousands of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Thousands of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/japanusdiplomacymilitarydemonstration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257626723047-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iAvZROnd_RXV5zt0kUKgBQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People stage a rally against a US military base on Japan's Okinawa island, in Kadena in November 5. Thousands of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/germanybusinesssocialcompanygrameenyunus afp/20091107/germanybusinesssocialcompanygrameenyunus AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:18:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/germanybusinesssocialcompanygrameenyunus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257624050452-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_IzpLTXnojb_j2.A.Y8ioQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="2006 Nobel Peace Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus gives a speech before the plenary Session of the 4th European Developpment Days meeting in Stockholm in October 2009. Yunus brought ideas for creating micro "social businesses" from Bangladesh to Germany, with backing from several of the world's leading corporations.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus brought ideas for creating micro "social businesses" from Bangladesh to Europe Saturday with support from several of the world's leading corporations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/germanybusinesssocialcompanygrameenyunus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257624050452-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_IzpLTXnojb_j2.A.Y8ioQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="2006 Nobel Peace Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus gives a speech before the plenary Session of the 4th European Developpment Days meeting in Stockholm in October 2009. Yunus brought ideas for creating micro "social businesses" from Bangladesh to Germany, with backing from several of the world's leading corporations.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuwalnzl afp/20091107/rugbyuwalnzl AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:42:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuwalnzl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257621635767-1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=EHVj0WHt.44lKDwqexNhQw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Wales full back James Hook (R) is tackled by New Zealand's Adam Thomson during their international rugby union match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.(AFP/Andrew Yates)" border="0" /></a>AFP - New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_uk_afp/rugbyuwalnzl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257621635767-1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=EHVj0WHt.44lKDwqexNhQw--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="Wales full back James Hook (R) is tackled by New Zealand's Adam Thomson during their international rugby union match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. New Zealand extended their crushing rugby dominance of Wales with a hard-fought 19-12 win here on Saturday to stretch their winning streak to 21 games dating back 56 years.(AFP/Andrew Yates)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence ap/20091107/as_afghan_violence AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.9ab1385974e944c0905f732412ee3ff0.afghanistan__ans105.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=IuHDajsA5_hGbG0y1ayYgw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Afghan children run as a NATO helicopter takes off with a container in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. More than 25 ISAF and Afghan National Security Force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 6, 2009 in Western Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. (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/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary afp/20091107/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257604979979-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JM5O8clN.uzP7cVOGo97yQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Pakistani Army paramedic gives treatment to a young internally displaced boy at a field hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan's military says it has killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops press a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/Mohammad Kashif)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Pakistan's military said Saturday it had killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops pressed a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257604979979-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=JM5O8clN.uzP7cVOGo97yQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Pakistani Army paramedic gives treatment to a young internally displaced boy at a field hospital in Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan's military says it has killed 12 Taliban militants as government troops press a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/Mohammad Kashif)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa ap/20091107/ml_china_africa AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1a0d655003d3446aa6b94ba85bbd4b96.mideast_egypt_china_xan101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=CC5z5Iq73JjVqbNAJdCTIg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1a0d655003d3446aa6b94ba85bbd4b96.mideast_egypt_china_xan101.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=CC5z5Iq73JjVqbNAJdCTIg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/sp_wl_afp/rugbyuengaus afp/20091107/rugbyuengaus AFP sports Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:10:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/sp_wl_afp/rugbyuengaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257617305984-1-0.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=F4Db6wgZX5.H88NnmjQZbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="Duncan Bell of England (L) is tackled by Stephen Moore of Australia during their Investec Challenge Series International Rugby match at Twickenham Stadium in south-west London. Australia won the game 18-9.(AFP/Ian Kington)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia completed the first leg of a possible grand slam after a strong second-half performance saw them beat England 18-9 at Twickenham here on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/sp_wl_afp/rugbyuengaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257617305984-1-0.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=F4Db6wgZX5.H88NnmjQZbQ--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="photo" title="Duncan Bell of England (L) is tackled by Stephen Moore of Australia during their Investec Challenge Series International Rugby match at Twickenham Stadium in south-west London. Australia won the game 18-9.(AFP/Ian Kington)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/srilankafrancediplomacyunrestrights afp/20091107/srilankafrancediplomacyunrestrights AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:02:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/srilankafrancediplomacyunrestrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257607958093-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=YEjQZubKlu7muVdCBau0PA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Sri Lankan refugees displaced during the final stages of the fighting, prepare to climb aboard state-buses, which will take them to their native homes in the island's northern district of Mannar in October 2009. A top French envoy has asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A top French envoy on Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/srilankafrancediplomacyunrestrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257607958093-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=YEjQZubKlu7muVdCBau0PA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sri Lankan refugees displaced during the final stages of the fighting, prepare to climb aboard state-buses, which will take them to their native homes in the island's northern district of Mannar in October 2009. A top French envoy has asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools ap/20091107/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:35:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.90eedcfa3df3430798cb68268b35f578.pakistan_improving_the_schools_ny301.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jCz_K5AXrrsIE2_LNeSNcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave their school after classes in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_improving_the_schools"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.90eedcfa3df3430798cb68268b35f578.pakistan_improving_the_schools_ny301.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jCz_K5AXrrsIE2_LNeSNcg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, children leave their school after classes in Qutbal, Pakistan. Pakistan is seeing a surge in private schools, a trend some find hopeful in a country where the government education system is decrepit and the other alternative is the madrasas, religious schools which offer little education beyond memorizing the Quran and are seen as one source of Islamic militancy. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20091107/as_afghanistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:18:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.7223a7b84aae40eda5b030f99a7464fe.aptopix_afghanistan_xdg108.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=X8dHVvvnit.zfIqnrVIlpA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. flag flies half-mast, in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army post in central Texas, at an outpost for soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (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/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey ap/20091107/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:47:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0" /></a>AP - On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming &mdash; as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_us_unlikely_odyssey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a9ee91fa6c254f6aadf25e9eb4191da2.vietnam_us_unlikely_odyessay_xcs101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wStuH9tXReHkHtY0wgYeAA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S.Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen in front of his ship USS Lassen, off the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on ap/20091107/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:36:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r1460779806.jpg?x=130&y=129&q=85&sig=ymGjNx471qXvTOozvmAwOA--" align="left" height="129" width="130" alt="A model takes to the catwalk with a creation by Pakistani designer Zahid Khan labeled Kuki Concepts during Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi November 7, 2009. The four day long event, which was rescheduled twice due to security concerns, features over 30 Pakistani designers, organizers said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN FASHION)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders &mdash; and tattoos &mdash; exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_fashion_goes_on"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r1460779806.jpg?x=130&y=129&q=85&sig=ymGjNx471qXvTOozvmAwOA--" align="left" height="129" width="130" alt="photo" title="A model takes to the catwalk with a creation by Pakistani designer Zahid Khan labeled Kuki Concepts during Fashion Pakistan Week in Karachi November 7, 2009. The four day long event, which was rescheduled twice due to security concerns, features over 30 Pakistani designers, organizers said. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN FASHION)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_un ap/20091107/as_afghanistan_un AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:51 GMT AP - The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20091107/as_pakistan AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:01:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e9c00e630498431aba957a270af7cf2d.pakistan_isl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oXSe3aDi0fCQjooNQ51eeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e9c00e630498431aba957a270af7cf2d.pakistan_isl101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oXSe3aDi0fCQjooNQ51eeg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in the area where unknown gunmen opened fire on vehicle of army officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_obama ap/20091107/as_asean_obama AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.21f758c494074a3e8039a9807caaee16.philippines_asean_us_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=DKXlub98oD4qtsQNGC5NHg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_asean_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.21f758c494074a3e8039a9807caaee16.philippines_asean_us_xbm102.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=DKXlub98oD4qtsQNGC5NHg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_thaksin_s_revenge ap/20091107/as_thailand_thaksin_s_revenge AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:30:41 GMT AP - Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts &mdash; and humiliating the government from a distance. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_as/as_india_china ap/20091106/as_india_china AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:38:54 GMT AP - This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India &mdash; two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and political power in the region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_as/as_india_bus_plunge ap/20091106/as_india_bus_plunge AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:14 GMT AP - A crowded bus plunged down a steep mountain gorge in northern India on Friday, killing 32 people, a local official said.