Asia News
China smashes child-trafficking rings
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 03:02Chinese police have busted two child-trafficking rings after a six-month nationwide investigation, rescuing 178 children and arresting 608 suspects, the country's Ministry of Public Security announced this week.
Japan: Some reconstruction funds going to whaling
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 02:30The Japanese government has affirmed that $29 million from its budget for post-earthquake and tsunami reconstruction is going toward extra security measures for the country's whaling fleet, angering environmental activists like Greenpeace.
Actress: I posed topless, not nude
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 01:11The Pakistani actress featured in a racy cover shot in the December edition of a men's magazine in India told CNN she posed topless but not completely naked.
Karzai ramps up pressure on Pakistan
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 15:40Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is pressure on Pakistan to help investigate an unprecedented attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers in Kabul, saying his country would pursue the probe "with all the power we have."
Pakistani leader's Dubai trip spurs talk of resignation
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 12:50Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has traveled to Dubai for medical reasons, fueling speculation in Pakistan that the embattled leader may resign.
Japan police search for missing American woman
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 11:23Police in Japan are searching for an American woman who has been missing for six weeks, they said Wednesday.
Cesium found in Japanese baby formula
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 05:29Radioactive cesium has been found in baby formula in Japan following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the manufacturer of the product has said.
Panel: Olympus 'rotten to the core'
Wed, 12/07/2011 - 05:13The board of scandal-hit Olympus Corp. is meeting Wednesday to discuss the findings of a scathing independent panel report that suggested the Japanese company "should remove its malignant cancer."
Proposal to block online criticism sparks Indian anger
Tue, 12/06/2011 - 21:00Indians expressed outrage Tuesday at a top telecommunication official's push to get social media sites to screen content considered defamatory to religious and political leaders.
