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  • Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's cricket board says gunmen have kidnapped the father of its national team captain. (   05/23/2013 4:11 AM )

  • 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 4:07 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 )

  • Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India

    LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- A blistering heat wave has caused massive power cuts and water shortages across much of north and western India, and some people are taking to the streets to express their anger with the government. (   05/23/2013 3:39 AM )

  • Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

    QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said. (   05/23/2013 3:32 AM )

  • Malaysian charged with sedition, 2 more arrested

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian authorities detained two anti-government figures and charged a student activist with sedition Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud. (   05/23/2013 2:43 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 )

  • Japan bond yields jump following Fed comments

    TOKYO (AP) -- Yields on 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on Thursday, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are vulnerable to rises in interest rates. Japanese shares fell sharply. (   05/23/2013 2:35 AM )

  • Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

    KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday -- 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 1:50 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 )

  • Afghan students protest women's rights decree

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women. (   05/22/2013 8:35 PM )

  • Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere

    TOKYO (AP) -- A steady fall in the value of the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota. The cheaper yen is making their products more affordable overseas. (   05/22/2013 1:02 PM )

  • North Korean leader sends special envoy to China

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance. (   05/22/2013 12:25 PM )

  • Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties

    ISLAMABAD (AP) -- China's premier signed economic agreements and praised Pakistan in glowing terms as he began a two-day visit Wednesday, underscoring the importance of the longstanding alliance to the two Asian powers. (   05/22/2013 12:13 PM )

  • Afghanistan: Suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban elder

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of assassinations and bombings. (   05/22/2013 12:10 PM )

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