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June 20, 2013

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  • Asian stocks down as Fed sees slower bond buys

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World stock markets fell sharply Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and a survey showed a slowdown in manufacturing in China. The Fed has been buying $85 billion worth of bonds...

  • 12 Indonesian soldiers on trial over prison attack

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces have gone before a military court charged with storming a prison and killing four detainees on the main Java island. The 12 soldiers of Kopassus were put on four separate trials Thursday in Yogyakarta province, facing...

  • Tropical Storm Barry headsforms off Mexican coast

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Barry is bearing down on Mexico's Gulf Coast, poised to make landfall within hours. The Miami-based center said the storm was about 30 miles (45 kilometers) north of the port city of Veracruz early Thursday and...

  • China, Vietnam talk amid South China Sea tensions

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    BEIJING (AP) — Vietnam's president is being feted by China's leaders on a visit through Friday as Beijing continues to shun another rival for South China Sea territory that has challenged its claims on legal grounds, the Philippines. President Truong Tan Sang is on the three-day visit to...

  • Russia to fulfill Syria missile system contract

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says it will honor its controversial contract to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Russian state TV Thursday that "we respect all our contracts and are honoring all our contractual obligations "As...

  • Stampede over Beckham injures 5 in Shanghai

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    BEIJING (AP) — At least five people have been injured in a stampede after fans stormed a stadium gate upon the arrival of superstar David Beckham at a Chinese university Thursday afternoon. Shanghai-based Tongji University says on its official microblog that four university employees and one...

  • China sex tape official: I'm a lecher but no crook

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    BEIJING (AP) — Call me a lecher but don't call me a crook, an ex-city official at the heart of a sex tape scandal has said in his unusually spirited courtroom defense against corruption charges. The case of Lei Zhengfu, former party chief of a district in the southern city of Chongqing, has...

  • Police detain 13 more in raids in Turkey

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run agency says police have detained 13 more demonstrators suspected of involvement in violence during protests that have swept the country. The Anadolu Agency said Thursday they were detained for alleged vandalism, use of firebombs and inciting riots. It...

  • AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. army soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday. The offer follows this week's...

  • Singapore haze at worst yet, Malaysia schools shut

    06/20/13 05:31 AM

    SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore urged people to remain indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution Thursday as a smoky haze wrought by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia worsened dramatically. Nearby Malaysia closed 200 schools and banned open burning in some areas. The Pollutant...


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