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China stresses 'wisdom' over 'fist' in diplomacy

World NewsDec 18, 2011

HONG KONG -- China stressed Sunday that it needs to grow in wisdom rather than using military power in its foreign policy as the country's global prowess escalates. In the wake of Beijing's increasing influence, Washington has moved to reassert its presence in the Asia-
Grammy-winning singer Cesatria Evora dies

World NewsDec 18, 2011

LISBON (AP) ― Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world, has died. She was 70.Evora, known as the “Barefoot Diva” because she always performed without shoes, died Saturday in the Baptista de Sousa Hospital in Mindelo, on her native island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, her label Lusafrica said in a statement on its website. It gave no further details.E
Berenson barred from leaving Peru

World NewsDec 18, 2011

LIMA (AP) ― Peru’s government abused its authority by barring paroled U.S. activist Lori Berenson and her 31-month-old son from leaving the country to spend the holidays in New York City with her family, her lawyer charged Saturday.“Administratively, you can’t block a court order,’’ Anibal Apari said after Berenson told the Associated Press that she and her son Salvador were prevented from boarding a flight Friday night despite being granted permission in court.“They didn’t let me leave and they
EU companies share love with Korea

World NewsDec 18, 2011

European businesses here got the chance to give back to Korean society at a charity event on Friday. The “Share Christmas with Love” event to benefit Namsanwon was organized by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea and the Europe-Korea Foundation, the EUCCK’s charity arm. The donation ceremony included donations and Christmas gifts as well as the announcement of scholarships for children at the orphanage on Seoul’s Namsan. The EUCCK and EFK also staged a puppet show and a magic show at
World’s shortest woman wants to be Bollywood star

World NewsDec 18, 2011

NAGPUR, India (AP) ― A high school student in central India was recognized as the world’s shortest woman by Guinness World Records on Friday as she turned 18 and said she hopes to earn a degree and make it in Bollywood.Jyoti Amge stood just 62.8 centimeters tall ― shorter than the average 2-year-old ― when Guinness representatives visiting from London measured her at a ceremony attended by about 30 relatives and friends in the town of Nagpur, in Maharashtra state.A teary-eyed Amge, dressed in on
Russian oil platform capsizes; 4 dead, 49 missing

World NewsDec 18, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) — An oil drilling platform capsized Sunday in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's east coast, leaving four workers confirmed dead and 49 missing.The Emergencies Ministry said in a statement Sunday that there were 67 people aboard the platform as it was being towed about 200 kilometers
Arab League mulls turning to U.N. over Syria

World NewsDec 18, 2011

BEIRUT (AP) ― The Arab League has given Syria until Wednesday to allow observers into the country or else it will likely turn to the U.N. Security Council for action to try to end the deadly violence against regime opponents, Qatar’s prime minister said Saturday.Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani said in Qatar that Arab foreign ministers will hold a “decisive and important” meeting in Cairo on Wednesday to decide on next steps. He said there is near unanimity on taking the Arab League’s pl
Unrest challenges China before leadership swap

World NewsDec 18, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) ― An open revolt against officialdom by Chinese villagers last week demonstrated the challenge social unrest poses to the Communist party as it prepares for a generational leadership handover.Angered by decades of government land grabs, the villagers of Wukan drove out local Communist officials and police, erecting roadblocks to stop them re-entering and electing their own leaders.The protest has become a symbol of rising public anger over a plethora of perceived injustices, from c
Tunisia fetes town where revolt year began

World NewsDec 18, 2011

TUNIS (AP) ― About one year ago, in a hardscrabble town in Tunisia’s arid interior, the death knell sounded for the decades-old system of dictatorships across the Arab world.With a desperate act of self-immolation, a 26-year-old Sidi Bouzid fruit-seller unwittingly unleashed a year of turmoil that toppled at least three autocrats in a region once thought to be immune to democracy.Tunisia’s new leaders together with thousands of others took part in a festival starting Saturday in the town honorin
U.S. may base ships in Singapore

World NewsDec 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States, facing a rising China but a tighter budget, expects to station several combat ships in Singapore and may step up deployments to the Philippines and Thailand, a naval officer said.The United States has been increasingly vocal about defending freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, where tensions over territorial disputes between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations have been on the rise.In an academic article forecasting the shape of the U.S. Navy in 202
Elderly woman burned alive inside NY elevator: reports

WorldDec 18, 2011

NEW YORK (AFP) - An elderly New York woman was killed Saturday when a masked man dressed in an exterminator suit doused her with a flammable liquid and set her ablaze inside a building elevator, local media reported. The New York Daily News identified the woman as Delores Gillespie, saying she was a
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U.S. inflation eases, creates space for Fed stimulus

World BusinessDec 18, 2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ― U.S. consumer prices were flat in November as Americans paid less for cars and gasoline, a further sign of a cooldown in inflation that could give the Federal Reserve more room to help a still weak economy. The Labor Department said Friday the Consumer Price Index was unchanged last month. Economists had expected an increase of 0.1 percent. Prices spiked earlier in the year, but the report showed the trend has shifted. Over the past 12 months, prices have risen 3.4 percent