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Indonesian disasters draw tourist dollars

KINAHREJO, Indonesia (AFP) – Javanese villagers who survived the violent eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano last year are tapping into the macabre market for...

Japan school hit by suspected food poisoning scare

TOKYO (AFP) – More than 1,000 pupils and teachers have been hit by food poisoning symptoms after eating school lunch in a rural Japanese city,…

Pakistan: Multi-week offensive kills 120 militants (AP)

AP – A Pakistani official says security forces have cleared insurgents from 90 percent of targeted tribal areas near the Afghan border in a nearly three-week...

Girl with 12 fingers, 14 toes reaches for a record (AP)

AP – From almost the moment Le Yati Min was born, her mother knew the girl had a little something extra.

Kyrgyzstan aims to shoot 10,000 stray dogs in 2011 (AP)

AP – Officials in the capital of Kyrgyzstan say budgetary constraints are forcing them to shoot the city’s estimated 10,000 stray dogs rather than build...

Taliban warns Pakistan against releasing U.S. prisoner (Reuters)

Reuters – Pakistan’s al Qaeda-linked Taliban warned the government on Tuesday it would punish any move to release a U.S. consulate employee accused of...

Kerry heads to Pakistan over US gunman (AFP)

AFP – US Senator John Kerry is to visit Pakistan late Tuesday on a mission to resolve a diplomatic row over an American official charged by police with murdering...

MPR speaker to meet president over violence

Chairman of the People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Taufik Kiemas said he would talk with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss various violent incidents...

Lavish funerals drive Azerbaijan’s Muslims into debt

BAKU (AFP) – When Arzu Gahramanov's father-in-law died, his family didn't just have to endure the grief of losing a loved one — they also had to go...

Ballot disputes cast shadows over Afghan parliament

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan's attorney general and the country's top electoral body clashed on Monday over last year's fraud-marred parliamentary...