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2012-02-04 07:35

Nepal's ex-rebel fighters begin leaving camps (AP)

AP - Nepal's former communist rebel fighters began leaving the camps they have called home for five years on Friday after receiving government checks as part of a plan to integrate them into society.

2012-02-04 07:35

Philippines: No ransom demand yet for 2 Europeans (AP)

In this Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 photo released by the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Police Office, Dutch Ewold Horn, left, Swiss Lorenzo Vinciguerra, center, and Filipino wildlife photographer Ivan Sarenas, gather at an undisclosed place  in the southernmost island province of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines before heading out to a mountain forest to take pictures of the rare Sulu hornbill. The three were heading back to the provincial capital of Bongao when abducted by five gunmen Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Sarenas escaped by jumping overboard. (AP Photo/Tawi-Tawi Police Provincial Office) NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Police said Friday that local thugs, not al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, were likely to have abducted two European tourists this week in the southern Philippines.


2012-02-04 07:35

Gas blast kills 11 coal miners in southwest China (AP)

AP - State media say an explosion at a coal mine in southwestern China has killed 11 miners and injured six.

2012-02-04 07:35

Filipino troops still searching for terrorist (AP)

Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Col. Marcelo Burgos shows a picture of Malaysian Zulkipli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a top leader of the regional, al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, during a press conference Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. The military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed airstrike that would mark one of the region's biggest anti-terror successes in recent years. The dead included Zulkipli bin Hir, leader of the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf militants, Umbra Jumdail, and a Singaporean leader in Jemaah Islamiyah, Abdullah Ali. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A day after proclaiming the death of a top regional terrorist suspect in a U.S.-backed airstrike, the Philippine military acknowledged Friday that his remains still have not been found.


2012-02-04 07:35

More leaks found at crippled Japan nuclear plant (AP)

AP - Leaks of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stable.

2012-02-04 07:35

Detroit automakers say 'no' to Japan joining trade talks (Reuters)

Reuters - Detroit automakers are urging President Barack Obama to reject Japan's bid to join talks on a regional free trade agreement, the head of an automotive group representing GM, Ford and Chrysler said on Thursday.

2012-02-04 07:35

Analysis:Nuclear crisis bolsters Japan push for utilities reform (Reuters)

Reuters - Mayor Nobuto Hosaka had more than saving taxpayers' money on his mind when he recently invited bids from rivals of giant utility Tokyo Electric Power Co to supply power to his ward in Japan's capital.

2012-02-04 07:35

Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan.

2012-02-04 07:35

Cost drives NATO bid for smaller Afghan army (Reuters)

Reuters - Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and police force two-thirds the size envisaged, if plans discussed on Friday by NATO defense ministers, trying to balance security needs with budget cuts, gain traction.

2012-02-04 07:35

Amid peace bid, U.S. got purported letter from Taliban (Reuters)

The Tolonews website runs a story on its front page reporting about the news of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kabulin this May 23, 2011, file photo. The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan. The unusual message kicked off a debate within the administration about whether it was truly authored by the mysterious one-eyed preacher believed to be directing the Taliban from hiding in Pakistan -- and its meaning for U.S. efforts to forge a negotiated end to America's longest war.  
 
  REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA)Reuters - The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, asking the United States to deliver militant prisoners whose transfer is now at the heart of the Obama administration's bid to broker peace in Afghanistan.


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