Tokyo says Japan and China should avoid tit-for-tat

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and China should focus on the big picture and avoid tit-for-tat recriminations, Japan's chief cabinet secretary said on Friday, as public protests and sharp comments by senior officials suggested mounting tensions between Asia's two biggest economies.

Bombs against soldiers, mosque kill 9 in Pakistan

AFP/File – A Pakistani soldier stands beside a mosque destroyed in a suicide car bomb attack on the outskirts of …
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press Writers Riaz Khan And Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Writers – 28 mins ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Bomb attacks in northwestern Pakistan killed nine people Friday, including three worshippers at a mosque and a group of soldiers traveling through an area the military had pounded in ..

BBC News - French police break key strike blockade near Paris

The BBC's Christian Fraser said riot police had "wrestled back control" of the refinery as they clashed with protesters

Clashes have broken out outside a major oil refinery in France after riot police moved in to clear strikers who blockaded the terminal for 10 days.

Death toll from Vietnam floods hits 75

The death toll from severe flooding in central Vietnam has climbed to 75, including 14 victims from a bus swept off the road by strong currents with six passengers still missing, disaster officials said Friday.
Sixteen more bodies have been pulled from flooded areas across four provinces since Thursday, officials said. Rescuers also pulled

French police break fuel depot blockade

Trade unions condemn the intervention by police at a refinery at Grandpuit, 30 miles from Paris, and vow to continue industrial action over plans to raise the retirement age to 62 Link to this video

Video: French strikes and protests: Police smash fuel depot blockade

Trade unions condemn the intervention by police at a refinery at Grandpuit, 30 miles from Paris, and vow to continue industrial action over plans to raise the retirement age to 62

US 'to cut aid to Pakistan army units over abuse'

Pakistani army soldiers patrol a street in Miranshah, the main North Waziristan town along the Pakistan Photo: AFP/GETTY
The aid cuts are the latest in a series of developments highlighting the uneasy relationship between Washington and its vital ally, sometimes seen as hindering the fight against al-Qaeda.

Egypt's Mubarak to seek sixth term: party official

 

A file photograph shows Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (unseen) in Cairo, Egypt. Picture: EPAA file photograph shows Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak during his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (unseen) in Cairo, Egypt. Picture: EPA

135 dead, 1,500 sick from cholera in Haiti: Official

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE: A cholera epidemic in northern Haiti has claimed 135 lives and infected 1,500 people over the last few days, Claude Surena, president of the Haitian Medical Association, said Thursday.
"According to the results of the analysis carried out in the laboratory it is cholera," Surena told AFP, adding that a government statement on the health crisis was imminent.

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