http://www.channelnewsasia.com Latest Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images_v1/top_mcnilogo.gif http://www.channelnewsasia.com 129 137 2008 MediaCorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT www.channelnewsasia.com http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036652/1/.html COLOMBO : Tensions escalated Wednesday over the arrest of Sri Lanka's former army chief, Sarath Fonseka, with violent clashes outside the Supreme Court, where his wife petitioned for his immediate release. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:33:22 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036644/1/.html SALANG, Afghanistan: Rescuers recovered the bodies of 165 people killed by a series of avalanches on a treacherous Afghan mountain pass in one of the country's worst such disasters, an official said Wednesday. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:31:17 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036610/1/.html SEOUL: A top UN envoy pressed on Wednesday with attempts to bring North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks, amid speculation Pyongyang is desperate to end its international isolation. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:03:00 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036581/1/.html KUALA LUMPUR: The judge hearing Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial was accused of lying Wednesday, in a blistering attack as the defence sought to disqualify him from the case. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:38:29 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036591/1/.html YANGON: A Myanmar court on Wednesday sentenced a US citizen to three years in prison for fraud and forgery, his lawyer told AFP, despite calls by 50 US lawmakers for his release. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:32:03 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036592/1/.html SEOUL: North Korean Premier Kim Yong-Il has apologised for a bungled currency revaluation that sent food prices soaring and sparked public unrest, a South Korean welfare group said in a newsletter. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:26:35 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036573/1/.html SEOUL: North Korea's severe food shortages are expected to worsen this year after a poor grain harvest in 2009, South Korean officials said Wednesday. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:54:26 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036570/1/.html KATHMANDU: As Haiti counts the cost of last month's devastating earthquake, experts are warning of the potential for an even greater disaster in another of the world's poorest countries, Nepal. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:08:22 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036566/1/.html COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has dismissed parliament to pave the way for a snap election in April as political tensions mounted over the arrest of his main rival Sarath Fonseka. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:44:10 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036551/1/.html TOKYO - Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday has recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:13:29 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036538/1/.html WASHINGTON: US commanders are weighing plans to send more American troops to northern Afghanistan, a region under the command of German forces, a US official said on Tuesday. AFP Asia Pacific Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:26 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036475/1/.html YANGON: Detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi believes it is too early for her party to decide whether to take part in Myanmar's national elections this year, her lawyer said on Tuesday. AFP Asia Pacific Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:20:07 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1036474/1/.html BEIJING: China warned on Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat. AFP Asia Pacific Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:09:43 GMT