Saturday, 14 May 2011

5/14 CNN.com - Asia

     
    CNN.com - Asia    
   
Pakistan's parliament condemns U.S. raid
May 13, 2011 at 11:11 PM
 
Pakistan's parliament threatened Saturday to cut off access to a facility used by NATO forces to ferry troops into Afghanistan, signaling a growing rift that began when U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on a Pakistani compound.
   
   
Unreleased Osama message 'puzzling'
May 13, 2011 at 4:48 PM
 
An unreleased audio message from Osama bin Laden, produced in late April, days before his death, in which he talks in support of the so-called "Arab Spring," was seized at the compound during the U.S. raid, according to a U.S. official.
   
   
Lawsuit filed over bin Laden death photos
May 13, 2011 at 3:28 PM
 
A conservative legal watchdog group has filed the first lawsuit seeking public release of video and photographs of the U.S. military raid and aftermath that left al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden dead.
   
   
Communists defeated in Indian state elections
May 13, 2011 at 2:12 PM
 
Election results in four major Indian states Friday marked a momentous comeback for the country's ruling Congress-led coalition, although it was undercut in one state by backlash against a graft-tainted coalition member.
   
   
Afghan policeman opens fire, kills 2 service members
May 13, 2011 at 6:35 AM
 
Two international service members were killed in a shootout at an Afghan police compound, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Friday.
   
   
Suspected drone strike in Pakistan; 4 dead
May 13, 2011 at 5:46 AM
 
Four suspected militants were killed in Pakistan on Friday in a suspected U.S. drone strike, intelligence officials told CNN.
   
   
Japan establishes compensation plan for nuclear disaster
May 13, 2011 at 5:34 AM
 
The Japanese government announced a compensation plan for the victims affected by the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Friday.
   
   
China: Bank fire, blast injure more than 40
May 13, 2011 at 12:32 AM
 
A disgruntled former employee threw an ignited bottle of gasoline in a rural bank in northwestern China Friday morning, injuring more than 40 people, local officials said.
   
   
U.S. interviews 'hostile' bin Laden widows
May 12, 2011 at 9:18 PM
 
Three of Osama bin Laden's wives have been interrogated by U.S. intelligence officers under the supervision of Pakistani's intelligence service, according to sources in both governments.
   
   
Officials: Bin Laden 'complacent' in Pakistan
May 12, 2011 at 9:12 PM
 
U.S.officials say several key indicators bolster their initial impression that Osama bin Laden had a support network in Pakistan that resulted in him staying in one location for the last several years, feeling comfortable he would not get caught.
   
   
Deadly blasts target Pakistani military
May 12, 2011 at 9:07 PM
 
Twin explosions targeting recruits at a military training facility in northwest Pakistan killed at least 70 people and injured 30 others, police said.
   
   
Two small bombs explode at Seoul railway, bus stations
May 12, 2011 at 9:07 PM
 
Investigators believe a single person is responsible for planting two small bombs at Seoul's main railway station and bus terminal, South Korean officials said.
   
   
Microcredit Nobel laureate steps down from Bangladeshi bank
May 12, 2011 at 5:18 PM
 
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has resigned as managing director of the bank he founded in Bangladesh a week after the country's supreme court rejected his appeal to keep his post.
   
   
Faulty gauge may be Japan plant culprit
May 12, 2011 at 3:29 AM
 
A low water level in a reactor building at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan may have exposed fuel rods and caused them to melt, the owner of the facility said Thursday.
   
   
Bin Laden relatives want probe and proof of death
May 12, 2011 at 3:16 AM
 
Relatives of Osama bin Laden want proof that the terrorist leader is dead and are calling for an investigation into how he was killed, according to Jean Sasson, an author who helped one of bin Laden's sons write a memoir.
   
   
Officials: Strike kills three in Pakistan
May 12, 2011 at 2:41 AM
 
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three people Thursday in Pakistan's tribal region, intelligence officials said.
   
   
Official: Bin Laden, terrorists wrote
May 11, 2011 at 10:18 PM
 
Data and documents taken from the compound show that messages from Osama bin Laden did make it out to other members of al Qaeda, a U.S. official tells CNN. BIN LADEN'S WRITINGS |
   
   
U.S. lawmakers see bin Laden photos
May 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM
 
More members of the U.S. Congress are seeing something cleared for only a select group of Americans: Photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse.
   
   
Japan nuclear crisis under review
May 11, 2011 at 9:29 PM
 
Japan's government and the owner of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are reviewing efforts to wind down the two-month crisis as thousands of nearby residents await word regarding planned evacuations.
   
   
Chinese conjoined twins fight for survival
May 11, 2011 at 7:54 PM
 
Conjoined twin girls -- each with a fully developed skull, but sharing one body -- have been born in China, according to their father, who said the babies are suffering from a host of health problems.
   
   
Nepalese man climbs Everest for 21st time
May 11, 2011 at 3:48 AM
 
A 52-year-old Nepalese man reached the top of Mount Everest for the 21st time on Wednesday, breaking a record he set last year for the number of ascents of the world's tallest peak, a tourism official ministry said.
   
   
U.S. was prepared to fight Pakistani forces, officials say
May 11, 2011 at 1:25 AM
 
The Obama Administration had "very detailed contingency plans" for military action against Pakistani forces if they had tried to stop the U.S. attack on Osama bin Laden's compound, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the plan.
   
   
Geithner hails 'progress' in China talks
May 10, 2011 at 8:24 PM
 
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Japan's Prime Minister to give up salary
May 10, 2011 at 9:00 AM
 
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that he will give up his salary until the nuclear crisis in the country is over.
   
   
Chinese writer barred from overseas travel
May 10, 2011 at 6:28 AM
 
The dissident writer who was to talk about China's powerless and voiceless at the Sydney Writer's Festival in Australia next week won't be there.
   
   
Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan
May 10, 2011 at 6:23 AM
 
A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three alleged militants in Pakistan's tribal region Tuesday, intelligence officials in Pakistan said.
   
     
 
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