Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Uzbekistan News.net http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/cat/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 00:57:11 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:57:11 -0400 30 The death toll in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier region last year has risen to 128, following the recovery of three more bodies, the Pakistani military said. The bodies of three soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen Saturday, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. On April 7, 2012, at least 140 soldiers of the 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion and a few civilians came ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612474/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612474/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A one-man inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of Lahore High Court may visit India to complete the judicial inquiry into the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a media report said. Sarabjit Singh, an Indian on death row in Pakistan, died May 2 after a group of Pakistani prisoners attacked him April 26 Kot Lakhpat Jail. Sarabjit was on death row since 1990 ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612473/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612473/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asia’s golf tourism industry will be gathering on China’s tropical island of Hainan next spring as the region’s most important golf tourism convention moves to award-winning golf resort Mission Hills Haikou. The baton for the 3rd Asia Golf Tourism Convention was passed to China at a signing and hand-over ceremony on the final day of AGTC 2013, held at the Royal Cliff Hotel ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622779/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:42:02 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622779/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 WELLINGTON, New Zealand -; Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622759/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:38:40 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622759/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, people are reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. AP FILE PHOTO Hong Kong – Asian shares rose on Monday, reflecting a bullish mood on Wall Street and extending their two-week rally, buoyed by better-than-expected US data. Tokyo stocks were up 1.38 percent by the break, as Shanghai gained 0.12 percent and Sydney ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623180/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:33:19 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623180/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 South Korea on Monday predicted further missile tests by North Korea, which fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan at the weekend, drawing criticism from Seoul and UN chief Ban ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623181/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:29:02 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623181/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 ) Android operating system. In studying Southeast Asia, market research firm GfK reports that sales for smartphones grew 61% over the past 12 months ending in March. That translated to more than 16 million more units sold, for 42.2 million units in total, with atotal increase of $3.4 billion to more than $11 billion. Sales of smartphones with display sizes of 4.5 inches and above made up 20% of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623182/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:21:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214623182/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Chinese fishing boat whose owner publicized the plight of its 16 crew in an online account saying they were seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom. Yu Xuejun, who wasn't aboard the boat, wrote on his microblog late Saturday that North Koreans seized his boat on May 5 in what he says were Chinese waters and that they demanded a 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622831/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:03:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622831/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said Monday. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622814/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:14 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622814/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 WELLINGTON, New Zealand -; Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622305/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:44:31 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622305/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 AP FILE PHOTO TOKYO - The dollar eased in Asia on Monday after a Japanese minister said the recent correction against the yen was nearly over, but analysts said the greenback would soon resume its climb. The dollar was changing hands at 102.84 yen in Tokyo morning trade, down from 103.19 yen in New York late Friday but still up from the lower 102-yen range seen before the Tokyo market closed on ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622620/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:39:17 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622620/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asia's long road to the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ commences on Tuesday, with a record 16 sides featuring in the preliminaries for next March's 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Japan, which serves as the qualifier for the global ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622387/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:37:43 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622387/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges. After Russia was invited to join the East Asia Summit (EAS) in 2010, former President Dmitry Medvedev did not attend the inaugural meeting in Bali and last year President Vladimir Putin, fresh from his third-term presidential victory, also failed to show up at the premier strategic forum. However, ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622376/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:34:37 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622376/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 MINEOLA, NEW YORK: In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed early on Friday by ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622311/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622311/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 May 20 (Reuters) - The following table shows the position of Asian currencies against the dollar at 0140 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Change on the day at 0140 GMT Currency Latest bid Previous day Pct Move Japan yen 102.83 103.21 +0.37 Sing dlr 1.2569 1.2592 +0.18 Taiwan dlr 29.995 30.060 +0.22 Korean won 1119.55 1116.40 -0.28 Baht 29.88 29.78 -0.33 Peso ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622679/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:28:09 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622679/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks rallied to lead Asian markets higher Monday, tracking a positive global lead after U.S. indexes notched another record finish on Friday, although South Korean shares underperformed, weighed by geopolitical ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622298/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:22:12 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622298/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun May 19, 2013 9:32pm EDT * Dollar slips from Friday's 4-1/2 year high vs yen * Asian shares firmer after Friday's Wall Street rally By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The yen pulled up from a 4-1/2 year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economics minister said a further steady drop in the yen could have negative effects on households, pushing the dollar ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622294/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:32:34 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214622294/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The numbers of cruise operators cutting back on their European programmes and ships is increasing, with Regent Seven Seas now cutting back dramatically on their programmes, Carnival announcing it was pulling out of Europe for 2014, with other lines cutting back in Europe for 2014 include Royal Caribbean which announced earlier this month that it would send only seven ships to Europe in 2014, down ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621213/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:53:23 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621213/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A two-day Bank of Japan meeting, a speech by the Federal Reserve's chief and minutes from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia gathering put central banks in focus for Asian markets in the week ahead. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) concludes its policy meeting on Wednesday and economists are not expecting any significant changes so soon after the central ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:52:30 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Virtus Health Pty is planning an Asia-Pacific and Middle East expansion as well as seeking acquisitions after an initial public offering said to have raised A$338 million ($329 ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621687/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:27 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621687/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 topped the 103 handle on Friday, marking a fresh four-and-a-half-year high, but slipped below those levels in early Asia trade after Japan's economy minister was quoted as saying that the yen's excessive strength has largely been corrected and that more weakness could be harmful. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621120/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:53:29 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621120/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Enlarge Thai security personnel inspect a grocer's shop where six people were shot dead by suspected Muslim militants in the southern province of Pattani on May 1, ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621121/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:33 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214621121/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 US diplomat accused by the Russians of being a CIA spy after they caught him allegedly trying to recruit agents last week left the country on Sunday, Russian television reported. Ryan Fogle flew out of Moscow, Russia's NTV state television channel said, broadcasting pictures showing him at Sheremetyevo International ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620657/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:37:50 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620657/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong’s light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, police said Friday. Groups of passengers sat dazed on the pavement near where the train derailed, some bleeding and being treated by medics. Others were taken away on stretchers by dozens of paramedics and firefighters, television news ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620497/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:49 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620497/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Taiwan and Singapore have concluded two-year talks about a bilateral trade pact and will release an official report once an assessment has been completed, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement. The two sides are in the process of selecting appropriate legal texts for an official report, the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore and the Trade Office of the Republic of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Philippine representative Amadeo Perez said after returning to Manila from Taipei late Thursday that his government has verified at least one attack, in which a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620160/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:47 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620160/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, UN experts say in a new report. Key parts of the expert panel’s report, obtained Friday by the Associated Press, provide further information on North Korea’s attempts to evade four rounds of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620162/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620162/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 How does North Korea celebrate World Press Freedom Day? First of all, two weeks late, on May 15 rather than May 3, presumably (and tellingly) because that’s how long it took to get around to it. But get around to it North Korea did, with a special editorial in the state-run Rodong Sinmun, the country’s preeminent newspaper. Entitled ';Mockery of Press,'; it targets the US ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620161/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620161/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A small crack has appeared in the international show of unity against North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons, following the ';secret'; visit to Pyongyang this week by a special adviser to Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe. Isao Iijima arrived in the North Korean capital on Tuesday for a four-day visit that many believe was aimed at restarting talks on the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620163/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:43 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620163/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 When you think about centres of technological innovation, Silicon Valley, Seattle and Seoul are probably the first places that come to mind. After all, they are the homes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft and Samsung – companies whose innovations transform the way other sectors, from financial services to telecoms and media, do business. Now, however, the rise of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620164/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620164/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labour monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers’ hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge. Apple last year commissioned the Fair Labour Association (FLA) to investigate working conditions at the plants after Foxconn, the holding company for Hon Hai ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620165/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:41 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620165/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 China’s private sector wages in urban areas grew 17.1 percent in 2012, official figures showed Friday, even as the country’s economy expanded at its slowest pace in 13 years. Average urban pay in private companies increased to 28,752 yuan ($4,681) last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on its website. But the rise was slower than the 18.3 percent of the previous ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620166/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:40 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620166/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The dire manners and ';uncivilised behaviour'; of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country’s image, said a top official who lamented their poor ';quality and breeding';, according to state-run media. Wang Yang, one of China’s four vice premiers, singled out for condemnation ';talking loudly in public places, jay-walking, spitting and wilfully ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620167/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620167/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Three Chinese government ships entered the waters of disputed islands on Friday, Japan’s coastguard said, more than a year after then-Tokyo governor set off the row by announcing plans to buy them. The Chinese maritime surveillance vessels were spotted off the Senkaku islands, which China calls the Diaoyus, in the East China Sea at around 2:30 pm (0530 GMT), the coastguard said. It is ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620168/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:37 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620168/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Prime minister Shinzo Abe defended in an interview Friday the right of Japan’s leaders to visit a controversial shrine to war dead but hit back at critics who accuse him of revisionism. Amid the latest flare-up with China and South Korea over history, Abe quoted a US scholar as comparing the Yasukuni shrine to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, which has a section for ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620169/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:35 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620169/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fishing boat by a Philippine government vessel may involve criminal conduct and violates the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. A joint patrol of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources shot up a Taiwanese fishing boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, while it was ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620170/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:31 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620170/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Shortly after my piece on the Philippines’ continuing structural economic vulnerabilities, which generated considerable controversy and heated discussions among experts and observers alike, the country’s stock markets managed to record new historic highs – breaching the 7,000 mark and beyond. Meanwhile, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, following in the footsteps of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620171/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:30 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620171/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The long-awaited labour agreement on Filipino household service workers (HSW) will finally be signed by the Kingdom and the Philippines tomorrow. Labour minister Adel Fakeih and his Philippine counterpart Labour Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiliz-Baldoz are scheduled to ink the bilateral labour agreement. Baldoz arrives today with key Filipino labour officials for the signing, said Labour Attache ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620172/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:29 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620172/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines’ worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served. Leaders of the Ampatuan family and their gunmen are accused of massacring 58 people, including 32 journalists, in the southern province of Maguindanao more than three years ago in a bid to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620173/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:28 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620173/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections. The son of former President Corazon Aquino looks set to control both houses of Congress, giving him a mandate to continue his reform policies. His biggest worry now is making them stick. In the first half of his six-year term, Aquino arrested his predecessor on corruption ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620174/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:27 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620174/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Thailand has agreed to offer duty free market access of selected Bangladeshi products to its market as it seeks to increase bilateral trade and investment, a commerce ministry statement said. The agreement came at the 3rd meeting of Bangladesh-Thailand Joint Trade Committee, held from May 14-15, 2013 in Bangkok. Commerce minister Ghulam Muhammed Quader led an eight-member Bangladeshi ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620175/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:26 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620175/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Struggling to cope with a slump in demand, Tata Motors has taken a call to postpone the development of its new assembly plant in Thailand worth 10 billion baht (around Rs 1,839 crore). The automaker has instead decided to break into Thailand’s passenger car market during the third quarter of this year with the introduction of its Nano budget car. At the end of 2012, Tata Motors had ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620178/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:25 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620178/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Rescuers are working for a fourth day to dig through a caved-in tunnel at a giant US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia to try to reach 23 trapped workers. The operator of the Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s province of Papua, PT Freeport Indonesia, said Friday that rescuers had successfully cleared two passages to provide access for heavy equipment to help expedite the rescue efforts. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620177/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:21 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620177/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Malaysia’s economy will grow stronger in the second half this year, driven by the removal of the political uncertainty and the government’s firm economic policy, said Credit Suisse Securities (M) Sdn Bhd managing director Stephen Hagger. He said Malaysia would join an exclusive club currently comprising the Philippines and Thailand which had all the three certainties: primarily ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620176/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:20 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620176/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Malaysia’s UMW Holdings Bhd plans to sell 39 percent of its oil and gas unit in an initial public offering this year that could raise up to $1 billion, a source said Friday. The state-backed conglomerate’s announcement is the latest in a slew of planned listings, looking to build on last year’s momentum that saw the Southeast Asian nation become one of the world’s top ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620179/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:19 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620179/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Australia reported its first ever case of the deadly bat-borne lyssavirus in a horse Friday, warning that transmission to humans was possible as it quarantined a property. Biosecurity Queensland said the horse was euthanised last week after falling ill with what was initially suspected to be infection with another deadly virus, Hendra, which has killed four Australians since its discovery in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620180/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:18 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620180/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 President Thein Sein’s historic invitation to the White House is an endorsement of ';Myanmar’s Spring'; and a further sign that the former pariah’s reforms are irreversible, a senior Myanmar official said. Washington will welcome the former general on Monday in a hugely symbolic reward for sweeping changes since he took power two years ago. He will be the first ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620181/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:14 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620181/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Myanmar released about 20 political prisoners on Friday, a top official said, hours before its reform-minded leader was due to leave on a landmark visit to the United States to meet President Barack Obama. President Thein Sein, a former general, has freed hundreds of political detainees since coming to power in early 2011 as part of sweeping changes that have led to the end of most Western ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620182/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:13 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620182/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Disgusted by corrupt local leaders, an angry miner picks up a shotgun. A migrant worker returning home looks to armed robbery to escape a life of relentless bleakness. A pretty receptionist at a sauna is driven to the limit when a gangster tries to rape her. And a young man drifts nightmarishly from job to job to try to make ends meet. These tableaux would not be out of place in a gritty ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620183/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:14:10 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620183/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after the authorities banned the Salafists from staging their annual congress. The confrontations infuriated moderate Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, who for the first time linked the Salafist Ansar al-Sharia group which is considered close ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620140/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:40 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620140/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with President Barack Obama and later speak to leaders of US businesses eager to invest in a country ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620227/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:04:15 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620227/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOPEKA, KAN. — Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620291/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:51:59 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620291/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A grandmother in Cambodia told me recently, "I just want you to know my story in case something happens and I am gone." Police and government officials have threatened and harassed "Kunthea" for her protests against government agencies and appeals to the World Bank after she was forcibly evicted from her home by a private company. The World Bank’s involvement was through ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620498/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:51:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620498/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 National Defense University in Washington, the president will discuss "our broad counter-terrorism policy, including our military, diplomatic, intelligence and legal efforts," a White House official said. "He will review the state of the threats we face, particularly ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620144/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:48:58 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214620144/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Sunday of a "dangerous escalation" after North Koreatest-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas to ease ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619582/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:22:20 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619582/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: A 22-year-old woman fled to Britain from the southern African nation of Swaziland and is seeking asylum after refusing to join the harem of 13 wives of Swazi king Mswati III. Tintswalo Ngobeni fled to Britain after she caught the attention of the millionaire monarch, known for his lavish lifestyle, the Daily Mail reported. As part of Swazi custom, the 45-year-old king is permitted to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619575/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:20:15 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619575/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 This 24-page report outlines steps necessary to promote adequate protections for Internet and mobile phone users in Burma, and ways to foster responsible investment in Burma's telecom sector. In January 2013, the Burmese government announced plans to open the country's telecom sector to foreign investment and is scheduled to award two nationwide licenses to companies by June 27. As of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619997/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:03:12 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619997/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The government and telecommunications companies have a unique opportunity to bring an open Internet to Burma so that the Burmese people can express themselves online without fear. But that won’t happen without real government reforms and meaningful corporate ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619996/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:03:12 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619996/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 It will take days to rebuild 2,000 feet (600 meters) of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains on Friday evening in the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619585/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:41 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619585/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Mirza Ali , who becomes the third and youngest Pakistani male to scale the mountain. Nepal mountaineering department official Tilak Padney said 35 foreigners accompanied by 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides reached the peak after climbing all night from the highest camp on South Col - the pass between Everest and a neighbouring ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619584/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619584/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 NEW DELHI (AFP) - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold talks with a string of Indian leaders on Monday as the two sides look to rebuild trust after a recent flare-up in a border dispute as well as boost trade.Li, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon, has said that his decision to choose India for his first foreign visit since taking office "indicates the great importance ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619098/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619098/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Afghan policy that suits its strategic and business interests, has been interacting with various Afghan lobbies, discreetly reaching out to Northern Alliance leaders as well as the Taliban, while also coordinating with Pakistan to create space for itself in possible political deliberations on the future of Afghanistan. Even as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang prepares to tour Pakistan soon after ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619102/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 17:10:53 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214619102/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Gary Pruitt, the president and CEO of the Associated Press (AP) has said that US justice department's seizure of phone records is hurting the agency's ability to gather ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618607/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:20:53 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618607/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 White House in recent days. After wavering initially, the US president has launched an all-out offensive to contain fallout from the trio of controversies. Senior Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer, doing the rounds of weekly television talk shows, went into damage control mode on the scandals, including one related to alleged abuses by the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618195/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:18 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618195/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as "forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terrorists" for the last two days. He did not say exactly where the fighting occurred but that about 20 people were arrested. There was no independent confirmation of the military's ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618170/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:12 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618170/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asean integration is upon us. Whether Filipino organizations recognize it or not, the prospect of economic integration is changing business dynamics across the region, creating new opportunities and with it, new risks. Embracing a new reality is not always an easy task, even for experienced businessmen. There are a lot of adjustments that they will need to make, as the Asean Economic Community ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618471/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:36:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618471/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Enlarge A woman from the Thandawli village uses an broken umbrella to shelter herself from the rain in a Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDP) camp outside of Sittwe, Burma on May 14, ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618472/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:32:14 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214618472/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Two agents with the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident off the coast of Virginia Beach. The accident happened on Friday afternoon during a training exercise involving at least one military helicopter, according to sources. The two FBI agents, whose identities have not been released, were based in Quantico, Va. and were in Hampton ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617895/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617895/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday began talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on all crucial bilateral issues within hours of his arrival when he affirmed that his visit will "inject new vigour" into bilateral ties and strengthen mutual trust.57-year-old Li, accompanied by a senior-level delegation comprising government officials and businessmen, arrived around 3 pm on a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617055/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:27 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617055/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617120/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214617120/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore. President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, May 19, 2013, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616074/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:35:26 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616074/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asia's flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for their booming populations, experts said Sunday.Rapid urbanization has heaped pressure on water resources and drainage systems across Asia, leaving low-lying areas exposed to massive floods such as those that paralysed Jakarta and Manila last year ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616420/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:29:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616420/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Mexico is in a great moment. Macroeconomic stability and a low debt rate are part of our strengths as one of the top 15 economies in the world. We are an economy with a broad social perspective fully inserted into international trade, with an exchange of goods and services that amounts more than $700 billion each year. We offer a secure and trustworthy environment for foreign investment. Our ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616051/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:29:38 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616051/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bangladesh's top court on Sunday ordered police to prevent the owner of a garmentfactory that catered to top Western retailers from leaving the country, six months after 111 of his employees died in a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616421/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:27:26 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616421/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 JUBA: At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South Sudanese minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state, a local official said Sunday. The gunmen crept into Tolleri village in Ulang county in the early hours of Saturday morning and sprayed it with bullets, killing 23 people instantly, said Dak Tap Chuol, commissioner for the nearby ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616055/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:52 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616055/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Barack Obama learned that the federal tax collection agency had targeted conservative groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on Sunday. The Obama administration has also been forced on the defensive over its handling of last September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the US ambassador and ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616056/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:51 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214616056/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Editor's Note: This is the second part of a four-part series based on the new book, "Aliens in the Promised Land: Why Minority Leadership Is Overlooked in White Christian Churches and Institutions." The Christian Post series looks at racism and multi-ethnicity in the church from the perspective of African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American Christian leaders. Part One, an ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615510/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:16 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615510/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bangladesh on Sunday slapped abanon rallies for a month in the wake of deadly protests by Islamists that left dozens of people killed earlier this ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615856/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615856/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 This picture courtesy of the Gupta family shows Vela Gupta and her husband Indian-born Aaskash Jahajgarhia posing with relatives and guests during ceremonies for their wedding in Sun City, South Africa, on May 1, 2013. (AFP ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615464/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:33:33 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615464/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TEEN karter Gabe Tayao-Cabrera triumphed by just a fraction of a second to capture the Formula 125 Open Junior crown and emerge as the top Filipino finisher in the Philippine leg of the 2013 Asian Karting Open Championships held over the weekend at Carmona Racetrack in Cavite. Cabrera completed the 22-lap final race in 16 minutes and 12.090 seconds, just 0.424 ticks ahead of Singaporean Jon Lee ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615511/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:33:13 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615511/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Several independent candidates belonging to influential political families of Punjab and Sindh provinces are among those who have joined the PML-N, which emerged the single largest party in the May 11 general election by winning 124 ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615485/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:13:18 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615485/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TAIPEI (AFP) - Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei on Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis.The demonstrators chanted slogans like "No Nuke for Our Children" during the march which extended for miles as they evoked memories of the March 2011 Fukushima crisis sparked by an ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614954/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:56:53 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614954/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KARACHI (AFP) - Under tight security, Pakistani officials Sunday held a repeat election in a district of violence-plagued Karachi, despite the killing of a senior politician in the city the day before.Troops, police and paramilitary rangers backed up by armoured personnel carriers guarded the 43 polling stations in the NA-250 constituency, following claims of ballot-stuffing there during the May ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615050/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:56:50 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214615050/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's state-run news agency says a jet has crashed during an airshow in southern Turkey, killing its pilot. The Anadolu Agency says there were no other casualties in Sunday's crash in the southern city of Adana. There was no immediate information on the plane's type. The agency says the airshow was part of public holiday festivities marking the 94th anniversary ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614639/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:53:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614639/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Assad regime's "barbaric and destructive" assault on Qusayr could render "meaningless" US-Russian attempts to organize a conference on ending two years of bloodshed in the country. The Arab League called an emergency meeting for Thursday, ahead of the conference, following demands from the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) for it to meet and "stop the massacre ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614643/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:53:38 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614643/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In his remarks during the agriculture and food security conference for the ASEAN diplomatic community in Washington DC, Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said the Philippines is willing to share the knowledge and experience it has obtained in the 10 years it has implemented its science-based regulatory system for products of modern biotechnology and also learn from the experiences of the US and ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614857/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:30:50 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614857/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Around 20,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok Sunday to mark the third anniversary of a bloodycrackdownon anti-government protests which exposed Thailand's deep divisions, police ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614483/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:04:38 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614483/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing recent tension, including near-daily ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614482/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:58:15 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614482/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 TAIPEI - Taiwan Sunday repeated calls for a joint investigation into the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards, an incident which has ignited a major diplomatic dispute. A team of Taiwanese investigators returned to the island Saturday, accusing the Philippine government of failing to honor its agreement to conduct a joint ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614356/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:57:49 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614356/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 J K Rowling had with her boyfriend, in a Manchester hotel room, resulted in the idea that led to creation of the most gripping sport in 'wizarding world'. Quidditch - the sport which is one of the most famous elements of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614260/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:41:11 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214614260/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much content on foreign channels must be translated into Vietnamese. Foreign governments and a leading pay TV trade group have urged the Vietnamese government to modify the decree, saying it is tantamount to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613994/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:08:04 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613994/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING -; Unidentified North Koreans have seized a Chinese fishing boat and its 16 crew members and have demanded a ransom, Chinese state media and the boat owner ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613608/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 07:31:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613608/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON: One ticket-holder won a record Powerball lottery jackpot of more than $590 million, organizers said today, ending a days-long American quest for a life-changing payout. The winning numbers -- 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and a Powerball of 11 -- were drawn just before 11:00 pm eastern time (0300 GMT Sunday) and the winning ticket was sold in Florida, according to the competition's website. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613588/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:59:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613588/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were hospitalized on Friday night after an eastbound commuter train derailed and collided with a westbound passenger train on an adjacent track near the Connecticut suburb of Fairfield. ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613587/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:59:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613587/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AFP) - Asia's flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for their booming populations, experts said on Sunday. Rapid urbanisation has heaped pressure on water resources and drainage systems across Asia, leaving low-lying areas exposed to massive floods such as those that ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613283/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:42:06 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613283/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Justice Naqvi of the Lahore high court is investigating the death of Sarabjit who died on May 2 following a brutal assault by prisoners on April 26 within Kot Lakhpat Jail ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613197/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:28 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613197/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Shinzo Abe made the comment after a surprise visit to North Korea by one of his advisers last week has irritated the United States and South Korea as a possible damper to their efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang. "I want to pursue negotiations or dialogue" with North Korea, he told reporters in Fukuoka, southern Japan, according to Japanese media. "I will definitely ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613264/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:30:25 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613264/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613253/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:55 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214613253/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SEOU: North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP without elaborating. On Saturday the communist state fired three short-range missiles off the east coast, apparently as part of a military drill, at a ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612881/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:39:13 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612881/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistani politician Imran Khan Sunday blamed a rival political leader for the killing of a senior member of his party, who was gunned down outside her home in the violence-plagued city of Karachi.The killing of Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women's wing of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh province, came on the eve of a partial re-run in the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612590/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612590/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Ban, who spoke to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Moscow, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday a "provocative action". "We are very worried over North Korea's provocative action," he told RIA in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612581/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:01 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612581/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.Armed North Koreans on May 6 hijacked the boat and escorted it towards North Korea while it was sailing in waters around 70 kilometres (40 miles) from North Korea's western ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612129/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:10:08 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612129/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TIMIKA, Indonesia -; Rescuers have pulled another body from a collapsed facility at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the death toll to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612153/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:08:10 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612153/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 South Korea on Sunday condemned North Korea'slatest short-range missile launches as "provocative" and again urged it to holdtalks about a suspended jointly-run industrial ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612443/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:59:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612443/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SAITAMA, Japan: When amateur actress Etsuko Shigemoto walks out in front of a Paris audience in an all-Japanese production this month she will forget about being 87 years old."I have weak hearing and poor sight. I have problems all over my body," she said. "But I am still young in spirit."Shigemoto is one of a troupe of elderly actors -- average age 74 -- under the tutelage of ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612444/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:59:47 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612444/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Center) AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is waiting for tempers in Taiwan to cool before settling the dispute over a shot Taiwanese fisherman, the head of an office in charge of relations said Sunday. Issues like Manila’s ';one-China'; policy and comments by Taiwanese investigators ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612136/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:51:37 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612136/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The report said Kayani called on Sharif to congratulate him on the PML-N's success in the general election and informally talked "about all national security ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612138/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:36:27 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612138/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Harry Potter book , complete with handwritten notes which reveal the author invented the fictional sport of Quidditch after a row with her then-boyfriend, is going up for sale. Rowling will auction a hand signed, annotated ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612140/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:36:25 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214612140/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese minister on Sunday defended a surprise visit to North Korea by one of the prime minister's aides which Washington and Seoul said could not help efforts to forge a united front against Pyongyang.Akira Amari, state minister of economic revitalisation, said the four-day trip by Isao Iijima reflected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resolve to have North Korea come clean ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611674/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:19:50 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611674/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013. Hussain was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on Saturday, according to ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611628/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:56:29 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611628/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611130/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:18:47 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611130/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TEHRAN, Iran: Iran hanged two convicted spies on Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611219/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:55:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214611219/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The UAE's Gareth Armstrong tries to advance the ball against the Philippines Volcanoes in their Asian Five Nations closer at Manila on Saturday ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610775/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:38:50 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610775/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars anddrones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610762/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:28:27 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610762/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Art lovers, collectors and gallerists will gather on Thursday for Hong Kong's inaugural edition of Art Basel, sealing the city's status as an international art hub and Asia's leading art destination. The four-day annual show is the world's premier art fair and has until now only been held in Switzerland and the United States each year. More than 2,000 international artists ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610309/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:02 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610309/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In China, the police often act as if by engaging in sex work, women had forfeited their rights. The government must abandon its repressive laws against sex workers, discipline abusive police, and end the suppression of sex workers rights ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610640/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214610640/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In mid-April, the Chinese government said the increased U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region causes a lot of tension, and they plan to send more military forces and strengthen their partnerships with neighboring countries. A recent study found that China increasingly threatens to end the military supremacy of the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609317/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:27:44 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214609317/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit scheduled for May 19 to 20 in Thailand, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh will accompany Ahmadinejad during his visit to Thailand, according to the report.The primary themes of the water summit, to be held in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608758/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:30 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608758/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Maulana Wali Rahmani, a senior Muslim cleric and secretary at AIMPLB, said: "This court will function to settle mainly family disputes among Muslim families pertaining to marriage, divorce and inheritance on the basis of Shariah ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608662/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:07:11 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214608662/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607765/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:03 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607765/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607020/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:25:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607020/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) will hold the Asean Youth Entreprenuers Exhibition' on May 20 to 22, 9am to 5pm at the 4th floor of the Rizqun International Hotel in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:07 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 curfew on Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents. A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:49 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus on Saturday killing at least three people. "To resign would be to flee," Assad said in an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarin when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry. "I don't know if ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607093/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:48 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607093/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the security situation of the country. Kayani, who sought the meeting, called on Sharif at his brother Shahbaz Sharif's residence in Lahore on Saturday. This was the first meeting between Kayani and Sharif since the PML-N emerged victorious in the elections. The meeting lasted over three hours and the leaders had lunch together. The army chief briefed the ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: China is developing robots with a lot more capabilities for battle, "information acquisition, command and control, and collaborative support," official sources said. But the official Chinese media is saying its effort is different from the manner in which military robots have been developed in the US. "The Chinese military has its own orientation and direction, and is very ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607075/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607075/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Tamil diaspora for the lack of support in his reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the former conflict zones. "Diaspora and the Tamil parties who foster separation still try to take the Tamil society towards destruction", he said while speaking at the Victory Day celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the military victory over ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607079/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:46 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607079/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607080/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607080/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage. The failure highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime, whose strict interpretation of Islam kept Afghan women virtual prisoners in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607082/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:42 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607082/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pandit Ravi Shankar . Curators in the UK sifting through thousands of objects belonging Britten and Pears have stumbled upon an ink written page in their private diaries which recalled their experience of having heard Shankar perform live. Britten and Pears had visited India in the early 1950s. Their diary called Shankar "the real thing". The letter will be part of a museum in the Red ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:41 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: A Chinese man kidnapped 23 years ago at the age of five and sold to a family 1,500km from his home, has been reunited with his family again, ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:39 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday. Speaking in Syria with the newspaper Clarin, Assad said he was doubtful that mediation the United States and Russia have proposed could settle a deadly conflict that has convulsed the country for two years. "There is confusion in the world between a political solution and terrorism. They think a political ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607085/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:37 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214607085/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Saturday began the first visit to Washington by a leader of his country in nearly 50 years as the United States throws its support behind his ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606899/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:23:29 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606899/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a huge ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606543/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:20:45 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606543/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 An invasive insect from Asia first spotted in Michigan two years ago could pose a major threat this year to fruit growers, officials say. The brown marmorated stink bug was reported in 12 counties last year, The Detroit News reported Saturday. While it has not yet been seen in Macomb County, just north of Detroit, growers there are apprehensive. Paul Blake grows strawberries, peaches, cherries ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606465/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:43 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606465/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON: Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment on Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606539/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:59:51 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606539/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Al Ahli's Abdulaziz Sanqour, right, tackles Founeke Sy of Ajman in Dubai on Saturday night. Al Ahli's 3-0 win sealed second place in the league table. Al ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606035/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:56 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214606035/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in ... http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214605984/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:57 -0400 http://www.uzbekistannews.net/index.php/sid/214605984/scat/bf053b50c46383e0