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Anger builds as China mine toll hits 104

Anger builds as China mine toll hits 104
AFP - 1 hour 49 minutes ago

HEGANG, China (AFP) - - Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as the death toll from China's worst mining disaster in two years climbed to 104 and hopes of finding more survivors faded. More »

  • Indonesian ferry captain rejects overcrowding claims

    Indonesian ferry captain rejects overcrowding claims

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    TANJUNG BALAI, Indonesia (AFP) - - The captain of an Indonesian ferry which sank killing 29 people rejected claims of overcrowding Monday and blamed a freak storm for the disaster, as officials launched an investigation.

  • Asylum-seekers riot at Australia detention centre

    Asylum-seekers riot at Australia detention centre

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia moved to tighten security at its main immigration centre on Monday after a riot by 150 asylum-seekers, reportedly wielding pool cues, broomsticks and tree branches, left 37 wounded.

  • Mosques, Chinese goods, Arabic classes rebuild Silk Road

    Mosques, Chinese goods, Arabic classes rebuild Silk Road

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    YIWU, China (AFP) - - Smoke from hookah pipes and the aroma of lamb skewers on the grill mix in the chilly autumn air as men talk loudly in Arabic over pulsating music beneath the neon glow of restaurant signs.

  • Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet

    Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan is considering buying around 40 F-35 fighter jets as the future mainstay of the nation's air force, it was reported Monday.

  • Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, some 240 rescued

    AP - Monday, November 23

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said.

  • Health minister says touched by understanding of two cancer patients

    Health minister says touched by understanding of two cancer patients

    Channel NewsAsia - Monday, November 23

    SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan says he is touched by the generosity and understanding of the two cancer patients at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital despite being affected by a drug blunder.

  • SM Goh to visit Cambodia and Laos

    SM Goh to visit Cambodia and Laos

    Channel NewsAsia - Monday, November 23

    SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Cambodia from 23—24 November at the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

  • Suspected pirates kidnap 3 crewmen in Philippines

    AP - Monday, November 23

    MANILA, Philippines - Suspected pirates have abducted the skipper and two crewmen of a tugboat and barge that took shelter in the southern Philippines in bad weather, officials said Sunday.

  • Nepal ex-rebels announce nationwide general strike

    AP - Sunday, November 22

    KATMANDU, Nepal _ Nepal's former communist rebels announced Sunday they'll launch an indefinite general strike nationwide next month until their demand for the removal of the country's army chief is met.

  • Separated twins beat the odds

    Separated twins beat the odds

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Bangladeshi conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna appeared on Sunday to have beaten the odds with their miracle story of survival, both awaking from landmark separation surgery happy and well.

  • Japanese temple resorts to manga to woo visitors

    Japanese temple resorts to manga to woo visitors

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    HACHIOJI, Japan (AFP) - - Girls clad in maids' outfits are not traditionally associated with Buddhism, but that has not stopped monks at a centuries-old temple using Japanese pop culture to woo visitors.

  • Two Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai attack funding arrested

    Two Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai attack funding arrested

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    ROME (AFP) - - Two Pakistanis have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of having sent money to people implicated in the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Italian media reported Saturday, citing anti-terror police.

  • Death threats for Thai PM in pro-Thaksin stronghold: MP

    Death threats for Thai PM in pro-Thaksin stronghold: MP

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BANGKOK (AFP) - - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the north of the country amid heavy security Saturday after receiving death threats over a planned trip to a stronghold of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

  • Aussie pilot who landed in shark waters hailed a hero

    Aussie pilot who landed in shark waters hailed a hero

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - An Australian pin-up pilot forced to bring an emergency medical flight down in shark-infested waters was Friday hailed a hero for the daring landing from which all aboard escaped unharmed.

  • Clerics cringe as Indonesians flock to doomsday film

    Clerics cringe as Indonesians flock to doomsday film

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam".