Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Pacific News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Japan Herald.com http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:41:30 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:41:30 -0500 30 China will considerably increase spending on health services in the Tibet region, an official said Sunday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251227/cs/1/ Debutant wicketkeeper-batsman Mathew Wade helped Australia to beat India by 65 runs in the first one day match of the Commonwealth Bank Series on Sunday. The visitors lost the match on the basis of th http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251220/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:04 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251220/cs/1/ A man who shot dead three people in eastern China Sunday has been arrested, police said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250229/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250229/cs/1/ China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250227/cs/1/ India were outplayed by Australia in the tri-series opener here Sunday in a rain-affected match reduced to 32 overs a side. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250213/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250213/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria and calling for a democratic transition, but Russia and China vetoed it, saying it amounted to ad http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248501/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:07 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248501/cs/1/ Australian captain Michael Clarke has said he will not tand in the way if the Cricket Australia decides to hold more Twenty20 international matches at the expense of the one-day matches. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248494/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:13 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248494/cs/1/ People in China appear to have developed a special craving for Swiss watches, to go by their record sales. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248488/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248488/cs/1/ A cold wave will sweep China nationwide from Sunday evening to Tuesday, bringing gale winds and plunging temperatures in most parts of the country, the meteorological authorities warned Sunday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247400/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247400/cs/1/ Attacking fifties by Matthew Wade and David Hussey helped Australia set a daunting 217-run target against India in the ODI tri-series opener here Sunday, following heavy rain which reduced the match t http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247395/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247395/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria, but Russia and China vetoed it saying it amounted to advocating a regime change. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247388/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247388/cs/1/ China is planning to carry out a special campaign to check safety issues of high-speed trains this year. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203245952/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203245952/cs/1/ Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of his government's deadly crackdown on protestors. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203243199/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203243199/cs/1/ China Saturday voiced its regret that Russia's proposal on a Syria draft resolution was not taken into account by the other members of the UN Security Council. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203239904/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203239904/cs/1/ A man in southwest China has been detained for allegedly drowning his two-year-old stepdaughter in a washing machine to collect life insurance payouts. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203231176/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203231176/cs/1/ February 5, 2012 National Geographic says award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250527/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:05 -0500 NPR http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250527/ Three more Tibetans set themselves on fire at a remote village in Sichuan province on Friday to protest against Chinese policies in the troubled region, according to news reports. The U.S.-funded ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250309/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:01 -0500 Forbes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250309/ The United Nations Security Council failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan for President ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250528/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:43:55 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250528/ Executives included those from China State Construction Engineering Corp, China Gezhouba Group Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China's biggest telecoms equipment manufacturer, and ZTE ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250328/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:42:52 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250328/ Moscow/Beijing: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would have only sent an ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250529/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:31:52 -0500 NDTV http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250529/ resolution condemning the Damascus regime, as Tunisia urged the world to cut diplomatic ties with Syria. Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said Moscow and Beijing's actions showed the veto ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250522/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:56:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250522/ Tawakkul Karman, of Yemen, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, gestures during her speech at the Security Conference on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 in Munich, southern Germany. The Yemeni activist says ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249610/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:13:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249610/ Russian and Chinese veto of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed drew stinging criticism from Turkish foreign minister today.Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, an ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249621/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:04:03 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249621/ Authorities: Military helicopters and cargo plane used to evacuate patients at hospital Report: Body of woman who handed her son off to rescuers recovered Thousands ordered to evacuate in towns ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249406/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:46:31 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249406/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has the backing of her Labor Party caucus, said Treasurer Wayne Swan, responding to speculation that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd will ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249618/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:43:57 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249618/ Melbourne, Australia – David Hussey smashed an unbeaten 61 from 30 deliveries to lift Australia to 216/5 in a rain-shortened 32-over innings in the limited-overs Tri-Series opener against ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249622/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:40 -0500 IOL http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249622/ South Korea intelligence sources said Sunday. "North Korea recently bought several US MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appears to ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249631/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:34:50 -0500 Fox News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249631/ MUNICH: Tunisia's prime minister said Sunday that cutting ties with the Syrian regime is the "least that we can do" in the face of escalating violence, and asserted that Russia and ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249585/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:23:55 -0500 Arab News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249585/ HUINING, Gansu, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Three people have been killed and eight others injured in shootings in a village in northwest China's Gansu Province on Sunday, according to police. The ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249627/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:59:33 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249627/ SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Provincial fishery authorities have told Xinhua how aquaculture in northern Hebei province has been hit by sea ice since January. Many seashells and sea cucumbers ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249628/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:59:31 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249628/ It has been no picnic for the world since the beginning of 2012, with the major economies moving to sanction Iran and Iran planning retaliation. The Middle East country will be one of the major ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247771/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:31:53 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247771/ Japanese No.1 Ayumi Morita posted three wins to lead Japan to a 5-0 victory over Slovenia in the Fed Cup tennis World Group II first round tie on ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247774/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:29:05 -0500 SBS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247774/ An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Vanuatu at 00:15:40 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 163.40 km, was initially determined to be at ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247786/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:09 -0500 Global Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247786/ TAIPEI: Taiwan authorities have arrested three people and seized nearly half a tonne of narcotics in their biggest drugs bust in 10 years, local media reported Sunday.Investigation Bureau agents and ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247763/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:32 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247763/ BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Tibetans in southwestern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247757/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:09:45 -0500 The Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247757/ BEIJING (Reuters) - China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247673/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:58:37 -0500 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247673/ Morris Robert Stretch, 62, died after disturbing a wasps' nest near Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds yesterday morning.He had probably been stung hundreds of times, Havelock police ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247772/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:36 -0500 News.com.au http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247772/ RACIAL outbursts and protesters rushing at New Zealand Prime Minister John Key this morning, failed to dampen Waitangi celebrations in the Bay of Island's town of Paihia ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247773/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:32 -0500 News.com.au http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247773/ At least five police officers and two civilians have died in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. At least 19 people were wounded in the blast in a car ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247756/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:50:15 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247756/ Karman protesting in Yemen. Munich (dpa) – Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkul Karman on Sunday condemned China and Russia for their decision to veto a United Nations ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247788/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:46:28 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247788/ TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K have entered into an agreement which will result in the restructuring of ExxonMobil's holdings in Japan. Under the terms of ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247560/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:37:29 -0500 Oil and Gas Online http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247560/ A picture obtained by the Syrian opposition activists in Homs shows mourners at a mass funeral in the flashpoint city Saturday after activists said more than 230 civilians were killed in a barrage ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247768/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:31:34 -0500 Denver Post http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247768/ Chinese language at school level across the country and this programme would soon be initiated. She added that steps were being taken to promote Chinese language among the people, reported ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247758/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:42 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247758/ Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247760/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:32 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247760/ memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, official media said Saturday. The leader of the Cuban ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247759/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:25 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247759/ Phnom Penh by using the micro-blogging site to draw attention to the court's much-criticised handling of two possible new Khmer Rouge crimes against humanity cases. Cambodia, which opposes ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247761/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247761/ URUMQI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Almost 600 people have been returned to safety Sunday following a 13-hour operation to rescue them from an area buffeted by high winds in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247775/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:46 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247775/ Women play drums and gongs during a performance to celebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 5, 2012. The Lantern Festival, which falls ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247776/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:33 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247776/ Festival lanterns drew tourists in Zhuozhou, Hebei province on Feb 4, 2012. Beautiful lanterns were displayed to welcome the Lantern Festival that falls on Feb 6, 2012. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247778/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:06 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247778/ In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro participates the presentation of his memoir "Guerrilla Man of Time," which ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247779/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:04 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247779/ CANBERRA, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian embassy in the Australian capital of Canberra was attacked at about 9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday. Three staff members were in the embassy during the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247780/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:03 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247780/ MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government said on Tuesday that more needs to be done to curb hunger levels in the country, following the findings of an independent pollster that hunger ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247781/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:01 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247781/ SUVA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- If you are an intending visitor or current tourist in Fiji, do not worry as the weather office has confirmed that even though there is a possibility of a cyclone forming ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247782/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:00 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247782/ TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Prosecutor General Gholam- Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said that a number of people involved in the country's biggest-ever embezzlement case will be put on ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247785/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:18:58 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247785/ KABUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Four armed insurgents were killed during joint Afghan and coalition operations in four provinces, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Tuesday. "Afghan National Police ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247784/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:18:55 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247784/ SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's top nuclear negotiator will visit Russia next week for talks over reopening stalled six-party talks aimed at dismantling the Democratic People' s ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247783/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:18:54 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247783/ After several failed attempts play was restarted at 6.18pm (AEST) - more than three hours after the players left the field.The game was shortened to 32 overs per team.Rain stopped play early and ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246232/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:42:00 -0500 SBS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246232/ Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, but Moscow and Beijing insisted the text had needed more ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246228/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:10:46 -0500 IOL http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246228/ STRONG winds have forced rescuers to suspend their aerial search for survivors of the MV Rabaul Queen ferry disaster off the coast of Papua New Guinea, as hopes fade for the more than 100 people ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246098/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:05:53 -0500 News.com.au http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246098/ A farmer is seen following her flock of sheep near a fenced-off canal that is part of China's hugely ambitious South-North Water Diversion Project, in Yixian, in 2009, in northern China's ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246105/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:54:21 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246105/ heavy snowfall and severe weather warnings, London's Heathrow Airport cancelled 30 per cent of flights that were scheduled to take off on Sunday. The world's busiest international ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246225/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:35:04 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246225/ Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. The caucuses drew little attention ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246226/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:34:58 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203246226/ HONG KONG (AFP) - A bitter family feud between Hong Kongers and their northern neighbours sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout has led to an awkward debate about ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244898/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:51:29 -0500 West Australian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244898/ TOKYO: Tokyo and Washington have agreed to move 4,700 Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to Guam in a bid to revive a stalled plan for the realignment of US forces in Japan, reports said ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244894/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:10 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244894/ GEBENG, Malaysia: China's chokehold on the rare earths vital for everything from iPods to missiles is widely expected to end soon, thanks in large part to a contentious new plant in ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244896/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:06 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244896/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China’s economy may be headed for a "rough landing," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244678/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:40 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244678/ Taiwan Premier-designate Sean Chen reiterated yesterday that the government has not taken any stance concerning the controversies over U.S. beef imports ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244704/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:30:42 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244704/ Jobi Wall and David Downs combined for 46 points Saturday — 33 coming via three-pointers — as the Seattle Pacific men shot down Alaska Fairbanks 79-53 in a Great Northwest Athletic ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244891/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:20 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244891/ Daytime chat show host Ellen Degeneres challenged the US first lady, who was on the programme promoting her healthy eating and fitness program, to a push up contest to prove she practiced what she ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244904/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:38:31 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244904/ WELLINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The number of new homes being built in New Zealand last year was the lowest in almost 50 years, prompting fears for jobs in the construction industry. While the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244908/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:38:29 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244908/ SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Defense officials of South Korea, the United States and Japan said they believe the new leadership in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244906/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:38:27 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244906/ SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambaev exchanged messages Tuesday in celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244909/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:38:26 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203244909/