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• Pakistani Minister Urges Reopening Border to Nato

  ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan's defense minister says the country should reopen its Afghan border crossings to NATO troop supplies after negotiating a better deal with the coalition. Pakistan closed the crossings over two months ago in response to American airstrikes that

  02/07/2012 2:44 AM

• China Forges Arab Ties, Hedging Bets in The Gulf

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) To celebrate Chinese New Year last month, Dubai's swankiest hotel bathed its sail-shaped facade in red lighting accented with an image of a twisting golden dragon. The gesture by the $2,300-a-night Burj al-Arab was a

  02/07/2012 1:43 AM

• Kyrgyzstan Gold Mine Workers go on Strike

  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) The operator of the largest gold mine in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan says workers have gone on strike in a demand for additional payments to a state social fund. Toronto-based Centerra Gold Inc. said in

  02/07/2012 1:19 AM

• US Trip of China'S Next Leader: From Obama to Iowa

  BEIJING (AP) In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He comes back next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation. China's vice president, who will take over the presidency from

  02/07/2012 1:16 AM

• Canada'S Harper in China Visit Focused on Energy

  BEIJING (AP) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting China to discuss oil sales and other economic ties following U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of a pipeline carrying Canadian oil across the continental United States. Harper is due to arrive

  02/07/2012 12:28 AM

• Us, Japan Mull Sending 4,700 Marines to Guam

  TOKYO (AP) The United States and Japan, hoping to break a stalemate over the U.S. military presence on Okinawa, are discussing a plan to transfer nearly 5,000 troops to Guam despite their failure to replace a major Marine base on

  02/06/2012 11:45 PM

• Death Toll in 6.9 Philippines Quake Rises to 15

  MANILA, Philippines (AP) Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a central Philippine island have found only bodies. The death toll climbed to 15 on Tuesday, and at least 73 people were still missing.

  02/06/2012 11:20 PM

• Military: Maldives President Resigns Amid Protests

  MALE, Maldives (AP) Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigned Tuesday following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judge, the military said. Brig. Ahmed Shiyam told reporters that Nasheed has agreed to step down and hand

  02/06/2012 10:32 PM

• China to Publish Sensitive Wealth Gap Data

  BEIJING (AP) Chinese state media say the government plans to conduct a nationwide income survey to help it calculate a politically sensitive measure of wealth inequality. The China Daily newspaper on Tuesday quoted a National Statistics Bureau official as saying

  02/06/2012 9:10 PM

• China: Body of Missing Worker Recovered in Sudan

  BEIJING (AP) The body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found, state media reported Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said China was told of the recovery

  02/06/2012 9:05 PM