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3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India
Police say three bombs have exploded in India's restive northeast killing five people and wounding more than 25 others. (Associated Press Writer, 2:01 a.m.)
Report: Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 228
Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island. (AP, 1:51 a.m.)
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 -- the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years. (Associated Press Writer, 1:51 a.m.)
Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence
Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives. (Associated Press Writer, 12:11 a.m.)
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors. (Associated Press Writer, 1:22 a.m.)
US suspects could face life sentences
Italy PERUGIA - Prosecutors asked an Italian court yesterday to hand down life sentences to a US student and her former boyfriend for their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of a young British woman during a drug-fueled sex game. Prosecutors said Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito should be convicted of murder and sexual violence for the 2007 slaying of ... (Associated Press, 1:13 a.m.)
Newspaper gives voice to India’s lowest caste
BANDA, India - The pen, it’s sometimes said, is mightier than the sword. For these women, it’s also a ticket to respect. (Los Angeles Times, 11/21/09)
Afghan militias sprout up to fight Taliban
ACHIN, Afghanistan - American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban. (New York Times, 11/21/09)
Pakistani president’s tenure appears increasingly fragile
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Asif Ali Zardari, who entered office 14 months ago on a wave of post-dictatorship good will and sympathy for his slain wife, Benazir Bhutto, faces growing public anger and disillusionment over his presidency. Some critics are urging him to step down, and others predict he will be forced from office within months. (Washington Post, 11/21/09)
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack
The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)
Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence
Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)
Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital
A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said. (Associated Press Writers, 11/21/09)
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)
Afghan police are weak link in security force
Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. (Associated Press Writer, 11/21/09)