Thursday, 20 December 2012

Man slashes 22 children near China school

BEIJING -- A man with a knife slashed 22 children and one adult outside an elementary school in Henan province Friday morning, China's worst such incident in more than

Almost 1,000 doomsday cult members arrested in China


Police in China have carried out further arrests of members of a doomsday cult for spreading rumours about the imminent end of the world, state media Say.

Israel 'developing new city in West Bank'

Israel has approved a new Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank that pro and anti-settlers groups say will develop into a

Israel has approved a new Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank that pro and anti-settlers groups say will develop into a "city" on land claimed by the Palestinians as part of

South Korea Elects First Female President



SEOUL — Conservative Saenuri [New Frontier] Party candidate Park Geun-hye has made history by winning South Korea's presidential election, becoming the country's first female president-elect after

In China's shadow, ASEAN leaders look to India for maritime security

(From L to R) Philippine Vice-President Jejomar Binay, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Myanmar President Thein Sein pose during a group photo session at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi December 20, 2012. REUTERS-B Mathur


Southeast Asian nations and India vowed on Thursday to step up cooperation on maritime security, a move that comes amid tension with Chinain the potentially oil- and gas-rich South China Sea.

Putin backs tough response to U.S. rights law

(From L to R) Philippine Vice-President Jejomar Binay, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Myanmar President Thein Sein pose during a group photo session at the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi December 20, 2012. REUTERS-B Mathur


Southeast Asian nations and India vowed on Thursday to step up cooperation on maritime security, a move that comes amid tension with Chinain the potentially oil- and gas-rich South China Sea.

Pain and Gain - Official Trailer



Pain and