China Internet cafe explosion kills 6, injures 37: report
An explosion at an Internet cafe in southwest China killed six people and injured 37 others, state news agency Xinhua said Sunday.
China issues warning over US-S.Korea-Japan talks
China, after being snubbed in its call for six-way talks on North Korea, has warned the United States, Japan and South Korea not to “intensify confrontation” at a meeting next week in Washington.
China’s healthcare plans bump against rural skills gap
Doctor Liu Youhong made do for decades with two years of rudimentary medical training, enough to meet villagers’ basic needs in his untidy rural corner of the eastern province of Jiangsu.
Malaria deaths in India may be much higher than estimated, study says
A new study claims that malaria kills nearly 13 times more Indians than previously estimated. If confirmed, the findings could call into question the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to stem the parasitic disease.
Japan’s justice minister resigns over joke
Japan’s justice minister has resigned after making an unwise joke, giving opposition parties the last laugh in a political sideshow that has highlighted the slumping popularity of the ruling Democratic party-led government.
Pressure builds on China to rein in Pyongyang
“We’ve been engaged with China for an extended period of time with respect to North Korea … a great part of this, I think, will have to be done through Beijing,” Mullen tol
Robot set to enter mine where 29 are trapped
A range of hi-tech gadgets have given fresh hope to the families of 29 men trapped down the Pike River Coal mine. A specially-adapted New Zealand Defence Force robot will be sent into the mine, which is full of toxic fumes, to see if there are any signs of the men, who have been entombed [...]
Factbox: Key facts about Myanmar
Myanmar’s military rulers freed long-detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday after her house arrest term expired.
Haiti cholera toll tops 900 with six provinces affected
The death toll from Haiti’s cholera epidemic has reached more than 900 and the disease is present in six of the 10 provinces of the earthquake-battered Caribbean country, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Iran nuclear right is non-negotiable: Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran’s right to nuclear capabilities was non-negotiable, ahead of proposed talks with major world powers on its controversial atomic program.
