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1 militant dead in shootout in central Pakistan
Police killed one suspected militant and seized a truckload of automatic weapons and explosives after a five-hour shootout early Saturday at a religious school in central Pakistan. (AP, 2:50 a.m.)
Scholar: NKorea interested in freeing US reporters
North Korea is "seriously interested" in releasing two convicted American journalists but first wants the United States to acknowledge what Pyongyang sees as their "hostile acts," a U.S.-based scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. (Associated Press Writer, 2:09 a.m.)
Australia presses China on detained Rio exec
Australia's trade minister pressed China on Saturday for more details about the detention of a Rio Tinto executive, but said he did not expect the case to affect bilateral trade ties. (Reuters, 2:20 a.m.)
Death toll from China's ethnic riots hits 184
China raised the death toll from riots in its Xinjiang region to 184, state media said Saturday, giving the first ethnic breakdown of the dead nearly a week after communal violence broke out in this far western city. (Associated Press Writers, 1:40 a.m.)
Australian shot dead at Freeport mine in Indonesia
An Australian working for U.S. mining giant Freeport in Indonesia's restive Papua province was shot and killed early Saturday, possibly by a sniper, police and company officials said. (Associated Press Writer, 1:40 a.m.)
Australian shot dead near Freeport Papua mine
An Australian worker has been shot dead near the massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province run by a unit of Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc, Papua's police chief said on Saturday. (Reuters, 1:40 a.m.)
China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184
China has raised the death toll from ethnic rioting in its far west to 184 and detailed for the first time the ethnicity of those killed, while tension lingered over the city at the center of the strife. (Reuters, 12:59 a.m.)
Australia concerned over Rio executive detention
Australia's trade minister, Simon Crean, said on Saturday he had expressed "strong concern" to the Shanghai city government regarding the detention of an executive working for Rio Tinto. (Reuters, 12:59 a.m.)
ALL BUSINESS: More toxic loans could haunt banks
Japan's economy was paralyzed for a decade as banks failed to deal with their troubled loans. That's why it's nothing short of stunning to discover some U.S. banks are doing the same thing now. (AP Business Writer, 12:10 a.m.)
400,000 flee homes after China quake
BEIJING - More than 400,000 people have left their homes after an earthquake rocked southwestern China, killing one person and destroying thousands of houses, state media said yesterday. (Associated Press, 1:22 a.m.)
Mulism Uighur riots claims 184 lives, mostly Han Chinese, China reports
URUMQI, China - Boisterous crowds turned up at mosques in riot-hit parts of this western Chinese city, ignoring orders canceling Friday prayers due to the ethnic violence that killed 184, and police quickly broke up a small protest nearby. (Associated Press, 12 a.m.)
Toll in India alcohol tragedy hits 112
AHMADABAD, India - Opposition leaders accused police of abetting bootlegging in western India, saying they were partly responsible for the recent deaths from illegally brewed poisonous liquor. The death toll rose to 112 yesterday. (Associated Press, 1:23 a.m.)
At least 20 die in Pakistan clashes
KHAR, Pakistan - Clashes between security forces and militants left at least 20 people dead in a region of northwest Pakistan that the army claimed to have cleared of insurgents earlier this year, government officials said yesterday. (Associated Press, 1:22 a.m.)
S. Korea links IP addresses in cyber attack to 5 nations
SEOUL - South Korea is learning more about the mysterious cyber attacks that targeted the country and its ally the United States, but the ultimate question of who the instigators are remained elusive. (Associated Press, 12 a.m.)
China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184
China has raised the death toll from ethnic rioting in the far western region of Xinjiang to 184, and for the first time gave a breakdown by ethnicity and sex of those who died, state media reported on Saturday. (Reuters, 7/10/09)
Australian shot dead near Freeport Papua mine-police
An Australian worker has been shot dead near the massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua province, which is run by a unit of Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc, Papua's police chief said Saturday. (Reuters, 7/10/09)
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 657
As of Friday, July 10, 2009, at least 657 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. (AP, 7/10/09)
Australian shot dead at Freeport mine in Indonesia
An Australian working for mining giant Freeport in Indonesia's restive Papua was shot and killed at dawn Saturday, possibly by a sniper, police and company officials said. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)
Woman China blames for violence wants dialogue
The woman Chinese authorities blame for violent unrest in western China's Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) region is asking for outside intervention to create a dialogue between her ethnic Uighurs (WEE-gers) and Chinese authorities. (AP, 7/10/09)
Pakistani refugees begin returning home
Crammed into rickety vans with electric fans and sacks of flour roped to the roof, the first of Pakistan's 2 million refugees have begun returning to their homes after the army said it expelled Taliban militants from some northern strongholds. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)
ALL BUSINESS: More toxic loans could haunt banks
Japan's economy was paralyzed for a decade as banks failed to deal with their troubled loans. That's why it's nothing short of stunning to discover some U.S. banks are doing the same thing now. (AP Business Writer, 7/10/09)
Clinton says all regret journalists' North Korea incident
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday said "everyone is very sorry" about an incident that resulted in North Korea detaining two U.S. journalists on accusations of illegally entering the country. (Reuters, 7/10/09)
Closed-door Suu Kyi trial resumes in Myanmar
The widely condemned trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed on Friday, a week after the country's military rulers ignored a plea from the United Nations chief to drop security charges against her. (Reuters, 7/10/09)
Death toll in India's toxic brew tragedy hits 112
Opposition leaders accused police of abetting bootlegging in western India, saying they were partly responsible for the recent deaths from illegally brewed poisonous liquor. The death toll rose to 112 on Friday. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)
NKorea hints at raising fees for SKorean firms
North Korea hinted Friday it could unilaterally raise fees paid by South Korea for the operation of their joint industrial complex, a development that could doom the symbol of reconciliation amid frayed relations between the two nations. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)
Up to 22 Taliban killed in central Afghanistan
Fighting overnight between international troops and Taliban militants in central Afghanistan has left as many as 22 insurgents dead, police said Friday. (Associated Press Writer, 7/10/09)
US signs up for Shanghai Expo after cost concerns
The United States signed an agreement Friday confirming its involvement in the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, ending months of speculation that the U.S. would skip the event because of a lack of funding. (AP, 7/10/09)