http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:23:50 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/uE3bm2osVw0/view.bg YANGON, Myanmar - An 87-year-old member of Myanmar's pro-democracy party has been sentenced by the military regime to a two-year prison term for alleged defamation, a... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:34:32 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184796&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184796&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/Q_w8KhtZu0c/view.bg KHAR, Pakistan - Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan's northwest in the latest violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents,... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:18:59 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184788&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184788&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/C3-lGujQkuU/view.bg SEOUL, South Korea - Hackers extracted lists of files from computers that they contaminated with the virus that triggered cyberattacks last week in the United States and South... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:16:29 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184787&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184787&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/iMFULAmKoos/view.bg KABUL - A helicopter contracted by the NATO-led force in Afghanistan crashed in southern Helmand province Tuesday, killing six civilians, an official said. Two U.S. Marines... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:15:13 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184786&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184786&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/pKyBWGk7iHM/view.bg SINGAPORE - Singapore's economy grew for the first time in a year, soaring 20 percent in the second quarter, a sign Asia is emerging from the global slump. Gross domestic... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:55:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184771&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184771&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/BBIEWtnxw5A/view.bg AYNAK, Afghanistan - Afghan villagers had complained to the U.S. Marines for days: The police are the problem, not the Taliban. They steal from villagers and beat them. Days... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:47:07 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184658&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184658&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/znNclbOvUWU/view.bg SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's authoritarian leader Kim Jong Il is suffering from pancreatic cancer and is not expected to live more than five years, a news report... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:08:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184477&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184477&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/luQ439HxlOQ/view.bg TOKYO - Japan lifted a ban today on organ donations from children, reversing a restriction that created such a dearth of small organs in the country that young patients were... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:59:16 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184592&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184592&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/L7ZNHh_FF4Q/view.bg URUMQI, China - China's government says police shot dead two Uighur men and wounded a third after the men attacked officers who were breaking up "a violent incident." A... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:32:36 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184567&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184567&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/vYobrVwUH7c/view.bg DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Fighter jets pounded suspected militant hideouts in the South Waziristan tribal region yesterday as part of ongoing operations against Pakistani... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:24:07 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184527&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184527&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/hLeInAdvyOI/view.bg KABUL, Afghanistan - A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive operation to... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:23:27 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184526&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184526&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/SnUgFbcmU4Y/view.bg AHMADABAD, India - People sickened after drinking a toxic home-brewed liquor continued to arrive at hospitals in western India, as the death toll from the tainted drink rose... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:34:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184397&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184397&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/lwweecuad4c/view.bg KABUL - Bomb blasts have killed four U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan. Military spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Christine Sidenstricker says improvised explosive devices killed... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:12:36 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184379&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184379&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/ebBSb-rgGaI/view.bg URUMQI, China - State media says the Xinjiang government has raised the injured toll in last week's riots in the restive Chinese region to 1,680. The official Xinhua... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:09:04 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184368&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184368&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/0G6WUqu562k/view.bg URUMQI, China - China released a breakdown Saturday of the death toll from communal rioting, saying most of the 184 killed were from the Han Chinese majority - an announcement... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:12:29 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184213&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184213&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/0X0-EEfUykc/view.bg SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea wants the U.S. to show remorse for the actions of two American journalists convicted of illegally entering the country, and it might free... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:08:01 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184247&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184247&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/GLxKXPwtYA8/view.bg TOKYO - Swarms of giant Nomura's jellyfish are expected in the coastal waters around Japan this year, a "jellyfish typhoon" that threatens to inflict massive... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:21:37 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184106&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184106&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/TG__rL6Nl14/view.bg SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said today it had identified and blocked five IP addresses used to distribute computer viruses that caused a wave of Web site outages in the... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:49:00 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184044&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1184044&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/uijWNVtMnds/view.bg KABUL - A truck filled with explosives that police believe may have been destined for Kabul blew up on a highway Thursday, killing 25 people - more than half of them children... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:35:23 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183911&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183911&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/xaXCtWAuBME/view.bg KABUL - Afghanistan's government has revised a law that stirred an international outcry because it essentially legalized marital rape, officials said Thursday. The new... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:18:07 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183907&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183907&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/LKHvESme9o0/view.bg SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Web sites were attacked again Thursday after a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea that several officials suspect North... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:58:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183839&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183839&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/12AMFEzDOnI/view.bg SYDNEY - Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:34:12 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183815&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183815&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/8Ay32EGjjX0/view.bg URUMQI, China - Security forces kept a firm grip on the tense Xinjiang capital Thursday after days of ethnic violence that left 156 dead, as residents tentatively emerged... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:52:25 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183792&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183792&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/-ZE3iut_DQc/view.bg WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities yesterday eyed North Korea as the origin of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and South... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:26:19 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183733&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view.bg?articleid=1183733&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/asia_pacific/~3/LbOYpJZupUk/view.bg WASHINGTON - The top Marine in a U.S.-led offensive in southern Afghanistan says he needs more Afghan soldiers to help clear the Taliban from the nation's poppy-growing... 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