| Pakistan's president under pressure after ruling (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:46 AM PST  AP - ISLAMABAD (AP — Pakistan's president faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty that had protected the increasingly unpopular leader and several of his political allies from corruption charges.
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| China holds US engineer on trade secrets charge (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:45 AM PST  AP - Chinese police have detained an American automotive engineer for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets — the latest case of vague secrecy laws being used against an American in China.
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| Pakistan court voids Zardari amnesty (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:22 AM PST  AFP - Pakistan faced fresh upheaval Thursday after a court annulled an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari and ministers from corruption charges, a move that could threaten his political survival.
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| Time Warner buys Indian entertainment channel (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:16 AM PST  AFP - Time Warner Inc said Thursday its board had approved the acquisition of Indian entertainment channel NDTV Imagine Ltd. for 126.5 million dollars.
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| Hour of truth for troubled climate summit (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:04 AM PST  AFP - The hour of truth loomed Thursday at the UN climate talks where countries had to draw a line under procedural squabbles to nail down a deal ahead of one of the largest gatherings of world leaders in history.
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| S.Korea reports first Tamiflu-resistant death (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:03 AM PST  AFP - A South Korean infant infected with swine flu has died of pneumonia and respiratory failure after showing no response to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, officials said Thursday.
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| 'No deadline' for Afghan troop withdrawal (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:52 AM PST  AFP - Washington's ambassador to Kabul said Thursday no deadline exists for withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan and recommitted the US to helping build the capacity and competence of Afghan security forces.
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| Poor cannot be sacrificed to climate pact: Indian PM (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:46 AM PST  AFP - India cannot accept a global warming treaty that would stall its drive to lift millions out of poverty, Premier Manmohan Singh said as he left for the final phase of UN climate talks in Copenhagen.
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| Mullen visits front line of Afghanistan war (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:42 AM PST  AP - The top U.S. military officer on Thursday visited the front lines of the war in Afghanistan, where he advised troops to "focus on the people of this country."
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| NZ probing links to North Korea arms shipment (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:26 AM PST  AFP - The New Zealand government said Thursday it was investigating whether there were any links between a New Zealand-registered company and a huge cache of weapons flown out of North Korea.
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| China calls for efforts to resume nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:02 AM PST  AP - A top Chinese official called Thursday for efforts to quickly resume stalled talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs, while Washington said any future disarmament deal will have to address Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program.
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| NZ church's Joseph and Mary billboard stirs debate (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST  AP - A billboard at a New Zealand church depicting a downcast Joseph lying beside Mary in bed and the heading "God is a hard act to follow" provoked more than the intended reconsideration of the meaning of Christmas.
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| Diplomat: Pakistan holding up some US visas (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:12 PM PST  AP - Pakistan has held up visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the country toward the expansion of U.S. operations in Pakistan, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.
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| Demand for new states could change India's map (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:39 PM PST  AP - From scores fasting in demand of a new state in India's hilly northeast to a powerful chief minister suggesting her region be split up, the map of the nation is facing an overhaul.
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| Terror monitor: Tape of captured US soldier due (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:53 PM PST AP - The Taliban have announced they will release a new video of a U.S. soldier captured in Afghanistan, a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring group said Wednesday. |
| Deaths over housing lead to China reform call (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:19 AM PST AP - Yue Xiyou died after trying to defend his fiancee's apartment from a wrecking crew. A woman named Tang Fuzhen protested another demolition by standing on the roof and setting herself on fire. |
| Japan coalition leader wants US base off Okinawa (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:10 AM PST AP - The leader of one of Japan's ruling coalition parties said Wednesday she wants a U.S. Marine base moved off the southern island of Okinawa, deepening a dispute with Washington over the future of the airfield. |
| Tribunal charges 2 Khmer Rouge with genocide (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:42 AM PST AP - The U.N.-assisted tribunal trying former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge has charged two defendants with genocide for the first time. |
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