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  • Pakistani fishermen hold political rally _ at sea

    KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Wearing life jackets and bobbing on the gentle waves of the Arabian Sea, supporters of a candidate in Pakistan's upcoming nationwide election held a waterborne rally to highlight the challenges faced by their embattled fishing community. (   05/04/2013 2:30 AM )

  • Final push made ahead of tight Malaysia vote

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian politicians are making a final push on the last day of campaigning as an independent survey showed Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling coalition running neck and neck with the opposition alliance ahead of Sunday's general elections. (   05/04/2013 2:26 AM )

  • Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'

    DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying Friday that he didn't think it was ''really serious'' hours after the 500th body was pulled from the debris. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith spoke as the government cracked down on those it blamed for the disaster in the Dhaka suburb of Savar. It suspended Savar's mayor and arrested an engineer who had called for the building's evacuation last week, but was also accused of helping the owner add three illegal floors to the eight-story structure. The building owner was arrested earlier. The government appears to be attempting to fend off accusations that it is in part to blame for the tragedy because of weak oversight of the building's construction.(   05/04/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish. (   05/03/2013 10:36 PM )

  • Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The death toll in the factory-building collapse in Bangladesh rose to more than 530 on Saturday, a day after the country's finance minister downplayed the impact of the disaster on the garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious." (   05/03/2013 10:28 PM )

  • Kazakh man linked to Boston suspect 'normal teen'

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- Former teachers of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings described him on Friday as an easygoing teenager who distinguished himself mainly by his failing grades in math and science. (   05/03/2013 8:03 PM )

  • US military plane carrying 3 crashes in Kyrgyzstan

    CHALDOVAR, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- An American military refueling plane carrying three crew members crashed Friday in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Central Asian nation where the U.S. operates an air base key to the war in Afghanistan. (   05/03/2013 5:24 PM )

  • Rat meat sold as lamb in latest China food scandal

    BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country's latest food safety scandal. (   05/03/2013 2:25 PM )

  • Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

    ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases -- the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the brutal assault on civilians in Mumbai -- shocking a country reeling from Taliban attacks as it prepares for nationwide elections. (   05/03/2013 12:49 PM )

  • Last South Koreans leave factory in North Korea

    PAJU, South Korea (AP) -- The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. (   05/03/2013 12:38 PM )

  • Myanmar rains, gold mine collapse kill 11

    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Heavy rains in eastern Myanmar killed at least 11 people, including several who died when a gold mine collapsed, officials said Friday. (   05/03/2013 9:14 AM )

  • Pakistani prisoner attacked in Indian Kashmir

    SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- A Pakistani prisoner in India was in a coma Friday after being beaten by another inmate, officials said, a day after a convicted Indian spy died after being bludgeoned with a brick by fellow inmates at a Pakistani prison. (   05/03/2013 8:31 AM )

  • Officials: house collapse in China crushes 7

    BEIJING (AP) -- A two-story house in central China collapsed Friday morning while being lifted off its foundation, crushing seven people to death and injuring 21 others, local officials said. (   05/03/2013 8:21 AM )

  • China indicts official in sex tape with corruption

    BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese prosecutors have filed corruption charges against a former city official at the center of a sex tape scandal in which developers allegedly hired women to sleep with officials then extort money or favors from them. (   05/03/2013 7:38 AM )

  • Tokyo protesters say no to amending constitution

    TOKYO (AP) -- Hundreds of Japanese, young and old, gathered in downtown Tokyo in a peaceful protest Friday against calls by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to amend the country's pacifist constitution and give the government more power to abridge civil liberties. (   05/03/2013 5:44 AM )

  • Indonesia says 2 arrested for Myanmar Embassy plot

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Hours after Indonesia announced it had foiled an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, hundreds of hard-line Muslims gathered outside the mission Friday calling for jihad in that country to fight against persecution of their Islamic brothers. (   05/03/2013 5:34 AM )

  • China could hold Israel-Palestinian talks if asked

    BEIJING (AP) -- The Chinese government says it is willing to set up a meeting between the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president when the two leaders visit Beijing next week, if the sides expressed interest in doing so. (   05/03/2013 4:56 AM )

  • Film collection marks 100 years of Indian cinema

    NEW DELHI (AP) -- Four top Indian filmmakers have come together to make "Bombay Talkies," a short-film collection that hits theaters Friday to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema. (   05/03/2013 4:29 AM )

  • China emerging as new force in drone warfare

    BEIJING (AP) -- Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of Myanmar. (   05/03/2013 4:05 AM )

  • Giant rubber duck makes splash in Hong Kong harbor

    HONG KONG (AP) -- A six-story-high rubber duck is making a big splash in Hong Kong. (   05/03/2013 3:53 AM )

  • Police say death toll in Bangladesh building collapse has surpassed 500

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Police say death toll in Bangladesh building collapse has surpassed 500. (   05/03/2013 2:17 AM )

  • Bangladeshi police arrest engineer they say consulted on building construction; toll now 487

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladeshi police arrest engineer they say consulted on building construction; toll now 487. (   05/03/2013 12:56 AM )

  • Police: Lead prosecutor in case involving Pakistan's former military ruler shot to death

    ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Police: Lead prosecutor in case involving Pakistan's former military ruler shot to death. (   05/03/2013 12:01 AM )

  • Report: Poisoned yogurt kills 2 Chinese children

    BEIJING -- Chinese state media say two girls have died after eating poisoned yogurt placed outside their kindergarten at the direction of the head of a rival school. The Xinhua News Agency said police believe the poisoning was motivated by competition for students between the schools. It said the woman confessed that she injected the yogurt with rat poison and asked a man to place it with notebooks on the road to the rival kindergarten in Pingshan county in Hebei province. Xinhua said Thursday that the girls' grandmother found the books and yogurt and took them home on April 24. The children suffered convulsions after drinking the yogurt and died later. Xinhua said police detained the woman and the man.(   05/03/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Australia plans to buy 12 EA-18G Growler aircraft

    CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia said Friday it would buy 12 Boeing EA-18G Growler advanced electronic warfare technology aircraft because it can't risk delivery delays in their replacement, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. (   05/02/2013 11:36 PM )

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