Markets choppy ahead of Bernanke testimony
LONDON (AP) — Markets were choppy Tuesday as investors remained cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S.…
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India offers more aid for rebuilding Afghanistan
NEW DELHI (AP) — India offered on Tuesday to provide more training and reconstruction aid for Afghanistan as most international troops…
Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after…
Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base…
Experts: Japan nuke plant needs more fault data
TOKYO (AP) — Experts commissioned by the operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that faces possible closure because of a suspected active…
Female Saudi Everest climber happy to change views
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest said she doesn't intend to inspire a movement, but…
Afghanistan: Deadly 24 hours leave 14 police dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a…
Karzai expected to seek Indian military aid
NEW DELHI (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to ask for more military aid during meetings with Indian leaders.
Massive power failure strikes southern Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular…
Group: More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months,…
