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Myanmar Catholics welcome cardinal
Associated Press, Published on 05/01/2015
» YANGON — Church colleagues on Monday welcomed home Archbishop Charles Maung Bo, a day after his appointment by Pope Francis as Myanmar's first Roman Catholic cardinal.
Improved weather allows AirAsia search to resume
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2015
» PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia – A much-needed break in the weather gave searchers a window Thursday to “fight with full force” to find the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, with officials also hustling to locate the plane's fuselage after it crashed into the Java Sea four days ago.
Bad weather hobbles jet recovery, 7 bodies found
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2014
» SURABAYA, INDONESIA — Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives "surrounded in darkness" gathered in an airport and prayed for the strength to move forward.
Balloons to drop 'Interview' on N.Korea
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2014
» A South Korean activist said on Wednesday that he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony's "The Interview" into North Korea to try to break down a personality cult built around dictator Kim Jong Un.
1 dead in Myanmar mine shooting
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2014
» YANGON – A woman was fatally shot Monday during a crackdown on protesters at a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, activists and an opposition lawmaker said.
Myanmar profits off Rohingya exodus by 'aiding traffickers'
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2014
» MYIN HLUT, Myanmar — The small wooden boats leave the shores of western Myanmar nearly every day, overloaded with desperate Rohingya Muslims who are part of one the largest boat exoduses in Asia since the Vietnam War.
Hawaii lava may force evacuation
Associated Press, Published on 27/10/2014
» Dozens of residents in a rural area of Hawaii were placed on alert as flowing lava from an erupting volcano continued to advance.
Plane crash bodies head for rebel city
Associated Press, Published on 20/07/2014
» HRABOVE — Armed rebels forced emergency workers to hand over all 196 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines crash site and then loaded them onto refrigerated trains bound for a rebel-held city, officials and monitors said on Sunday.
Powerful typhoon hits Hainan
Associated Press, Published on 18/07/2014
» BEIJING — A powerful typhoon killed one person and damaged several houses on the southern Chinese island of Hainan on Friday after claiming 54 lives in the Philippines.
Afghanistan bombing toll hits 89
Associated Press, Published on 15/07/2014
» KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew up his car packed with explosives near a busy market and a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 89 people and wounding more than 40, officials said.