| SKorea investigates cause of shooting range fire (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:57 AM PST  AP - South Korean police and fire officials on Sunday investigated the cause of a fire that raced through an indoor shooting gallery, killing 10 people including eight Japanese tourists.
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| Militants attack anti-Taliban mayor in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:53 AM PST  AP - More than a dozen militants opened fire on the house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, but security guards repelled the attack, killing three assailants who had disguised themselves by wearing women's burqas, police said.
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| Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:53 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.
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| WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Nailing the funny shirt pic (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:28 AM PST  AP - He couldn't bring home the Olympics, but he's nailed the funny shirt photo.
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| Pacquiao pummels Cotto to win WBO welterweight crown (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:20 AM PST  AFP - Filipino Manny Pacquiao made history by becoming the first fighter to win seven world titles in as many weight classes with a stunning final round technical knockout of Miguel Cotto.
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| Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar PM (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 02:07 AM PST  AFP - US President Barack Obama used a landmark encounter with the prime minister of military-run Myanmar on Sunday to demand freedom for detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.
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| Fabled Foreign Legion finds a new war to fight (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:48 AM PST  AP - As soon as the French Foreign Legion moved in this summer, some of the men climbed on the roof of the base headquarters and painted the force's Latin motto in big white letters.
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| China blocks unregistered church service again (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:25 AM PST  AP - Followers of an unapproved church in Beijing were again forced by the government to find a new place to worship Sunday, a move one analyst suggested would be a test for President Barack Obama on religious freedom during his first visit to the country.
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| German minister 'shot at' during Afghan visit (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:19 AM PST  AFP - A helicopter convoy carrying German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg came under fire from the ground during a recent surprise visit to troops in the area, several media reported on Sunday.
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| Pakistan villagers foil attack on mayor (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:18 AM PST  AFP - Pakistani villagers repelled an attack on an anti-Taliban mayor near Peshawar Sunday, police said, as the death toll from the latest suicide bombing to strike the under-siege city rose to 15.
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| Obama: Time running out for Iran (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama says time is running out for Iran to sign on to a deal to ship its enriched uranium out of the country for further processing.
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| In Asia, Obama attends meeting with Myanmar leader (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama has attended a meeting with the head of Myanmar's repressive government without directly interacting with the military leader.
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| Ship collision kills 4 South Korean fishermen (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:28 AM PST AP - A South Korean fishing boat flipped over after colliding with a much larger Hong Kong cargo ship, killing four fishermen and leaving three others missing, officials said Sunday. |
| Obama, Medvedev optimistic on START replacement (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:13 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev say they still plan to have a replacement START nuclear arms reduction treaty ready by year's end.
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| (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:00 AM PST AP - Obama, Medvedev say they still plan to have replacement START treaty ready by year's end. |
| 9 killed, 80 injured when train derails in India (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:35 PM PST  AP - A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80.
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| NATO says insurgents killed during search (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:59 AM PST  AP - NATO and Afghan forces killed several insurgents, including an armed woman, in a search operation in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said.
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| No bars, no mistresses, Chinese officials warned (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:17 AM PST  AP - Chinese officials are being told to dump their mistresses, avoid hostess bars, and shun extravagances as part of the Communist party's efforts to clamp down on the corruption that is threatening its rule and sullying its reputation.
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