N. Korea Agrees to Reexamine Abductions- June 14, 2008 TOKYO, June 14 -- North Korea has promised to reinvestigate its abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s, a surprise concession that prompted Japan to respond with a pledge to lift some of its economic sanctions against the closed Communist country.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/311507852/AR20080613... Pakistanis March for Restoration of Judges- June 14, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 13 -- Tens of thousands of people marched on Pakistan's capital Friday to demand the reinstatement of about 60 judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf last year.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/311204919/AR20080613... Hundreds Escape Afghan Jail- June 14, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 14 -- Hundreds of prisoners escaped from a jail in southern Afghanistan on Friday after Taliban fighters blew off the gates in a suicide attack that killed several police officers, according to a U.S. military official. Many of those freed were apparently Taliban suspects.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/311544258/AR20080613... Killer in Japan Made His Intentions Public- June 14, 2008 TOKYO, June 13 -- Tomohiro Kato, who police say has confessed to a stabbing rampage on Sunday that killed seven people, planned and executed the attack while enmeshed in Japan's near-ubiquitous matrix of surveillance cameras and high-speed wireless networks.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/311514832/AR20080613... China and Taiwan Strike Travel Agreement- June 13, 2008 BEIJING, June 13 -- China and Taiwan agreed Friday to allow 36 round-trip charter flights every weekend as the first step in a plan to dramatically expand visits to the self-ruled island by Chinese tourists.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/311068562/AR20080613... U.S. Military Releases Video Footage of Airstrike in Pakistan- June 13, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 12 -- The U.S. military released video footage Thursday that appears to show men firing on Afghan troops from a mountain ridge near Afghanistan's disputed northeastern border with Pakistan. The clash prompted a U.S. airstrike that Pakistan has blamed for the deaths of 11 of...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/310491308/AR20080612... China's Olympic Turnabout on Knockoffs- June 13, 2008 YIWU, China -- At a city-size bazaar here in an eastern Chinese province, illegal replicas of the official Olympic mascots are being kept in broom closets and backrooms. Authorities seeking counterfeits, vendors say, could pounce at any time.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/310931414/AR20080612... U.S., Pakistan at Odds Over Strike in Tribal Area- June 12, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 11 -- U.S.-led forces dropped more than a dozen bombs in and near Pakistan's tribal regions Wednesday in an attack that dramatically exacerbated tensions along the Afghan border and, according to authorities here, killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/309556034/AR20080611... Hong Kong Acts to Curb Avian Virus- June 12, 2008 BEIJING, June 11 -- Hong Kong authorities announced Wednesday that they planned to kill all poultry in the territory's retail markets because of fears of a dangerous bird flu outbreak.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/309694466/AR20080611... Taiwan Team Arrives in Beijing for Talks- June 12, 2008 BEIJING, June 12 -- Seeking to foster a new era of cooperation, Taiwanese and Chinese negotiators opened talks Thursday to put the finishing touches on an accord for regular charter flights to Taiwan and sharply expanded Chinese tourism on the self-ruled island.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/asia/index_xml/~3/310046002/AR20080611... |