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  • Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital. (   05/23/2013 10:28 PM )

  • Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff

    TOKYO (AP) -- Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it. (   05/23/2013 2:29 PM )

  • Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now

    KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him. (   05/23/2013 1:03 PM )

  • Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. (   05/23/2013 12:41 PM )

  • Chinese media: North Korea envoy offers talks

    BEIJING (AP) -- A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said. (   05/23/2013 10:58 PM )

  • Taliban rickshaw bomb kills 13 in Pakistan

    QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police said. (   05/23/2013 9:40 AM )

  • Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud. (   05/23/2013 9:12 AM )

  • Japan gyrations underline economy's vulnerability

    TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of stagnation. (   05/23/2013 7:26 AM )

  • US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

    SINGAPORE (AP) -- The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner's inquest, saying they had lost faith in the process. Their lawyer said they would push for a U.S. congressional investigation. (   05/23/2013 7:06 AM )

  • Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. (   05/23/2013 5:19 AM )

  • Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India

    LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property. (   05/23/2013 5:15 AM )

  • Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid. (   05/23/2013 4:47 AM )

  • Bangladesh: Owners' many failings led to collapse

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded. (   05/23/2013 3:55 AM )

  • Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken

    BANGKOK (AP) -- Asia shares slide, Nikkei down 7.3 percent, as Japan bond yields rise, China factories weaken. (   05/23/2013 2:38 AM )

  • Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Prosecutors in Malaysia are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old man who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her. (   05/23/2013 1:26 AM )

  • Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday. (   05/23/2013 1:19 AM )

  • Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

    QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian. (   05/23/2013 1:00 AM )

  • Police officer says car bomb kills 11 policemen, 1 civilian in southwest Pakistan

    QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Police officer says car bomb kills 11 policemen, 1 civilian in southwest Pakistan. (   05/23/2013 12:55 AM )

  • Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

    KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest -- although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. (   05/23/2013 12:51 AM )

  • Japan approves joining international child abduction pact

    TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse. The upper house of parliament voted unanimously to join the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction following passage by the more powerful lower house last month. Japan is the only Group of Seven nation that has not joined the convention, which has 89 signatories. The convention will likely take effect later this fiscal year, which ends March 2014, as other steps, including passage of an implementation bill, are needed first, said Tatsushi Nishioka, a Foreign Ministry official.(   05/23/2013 12:00 AM )

  • Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A government investigation says poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh. (   05/22/2013 11:53 PM )

  • Gov't probe faults construction materials, code violations for Bangladesh building collapse

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Gov't probe faults construction materials, code violations for Bangladesh building collapse. (   05/22/2013 11:51 PM )

  • Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

    KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest. (   05/22/2013 11:43 PM )

  • Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese climber becomes oldest man to summit Everest

    TOKYO (AP) -- Nepalese official says 80-year-old Japanese climber becomes oldest man to summit Everest. (   05/22/2013 11:32 PM )

  • Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Prosecutors say they are pursuing rape charges against a Malaysian who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old and then married her. (   05/22/2013 10:56 PM )

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