World News – Page 173

Japan talk of warning shots heats up China dispute

January 26, 2013 By Admin

By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan says it may fire warning shots to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast […]

Delhi gang-rape trial starts in fast-track court

January 24, 2013 By Admin

By Nirmala George Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Legal proceedings in the fatal gang-rape attack on a student in India’s capital began Monday, Jan. 21, in a fast-track […]

Beijing’s air pollution literally off the charts

January 19, 2013 By Admin

By Louise Watt The Associated Press BEIJING, China (AP) — People refused to venture outdoors and buildings disappeared into Beijing’s murky skyline on Sunday, Jan. 13 as the capital’s air […]

World’s oldest woman dies at 115 in Japan

January 19, 2013 By Admin

By Staff The Associated press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo, who became world’s oldest living female just last month, has died at 115.

Tens of thousands protest Taiwan’s president

January 19, 2013 By Admin

By Staff The Associated press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, Jan. 13 to protest the policies of Taiwan’s China-friendly president, […]

Philippine army, police kill 13 suspects in clash

January 12, 2013 By Admin

By Aaron Favila The Associated Press ATIMONAN, Philippines (AP) — Philippine army special forces and police killed 13 suspected criminals in a fierce gunbattle Sunday, Dec. 6 in a northeastern […]

Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76M in Tokyo

January 12, 2013 By Admin

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — A bluefin tuna sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction Saturday, Jan. 5, nearly three times the […]

Indian gang rapists charged with murder

January 5, 2013 By Admin

By Staff The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India — Indian police charged six men with murder on Saturday, adding to accusations that they beat and gang-raped a woman on a […]

N Korea says it has detained a US Citizen

January 5, 2013 By Admin

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that it has detained an American citizen who has confessed to unspecified crimes.

Conservative LDP wins landslide victory in Japan

December 22, 2012 By Admin

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory Sunday, Dec. 16, after three years in opposition, […]