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http://news.yahoo.com/asia/ Get the latest Asia news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Asia news, including analysis and opinion on top Asia stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedWed, 17 Jul 2013 11:50:44 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/asia/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifSEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Asiana Airlines said Wednesday it no longer plans to sue a San Francisco TV station over the use of racially offensive names.http://news.yahoo.com/asiana-no-longer-suing-san-francisco-tv-station-121340851.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 11:50:44 -0400Associated Pressasiana-no-longer-suing-san-francisco-tv-station-121340851<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-commander-regrets-attack-pakistani-teen-152506202.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pEWFbTGu0Py._fmAhIU_Ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b86fb7a7e978d817370f6a706700ad87.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, showing 15-year old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai as she recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. A Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to Malala, saying he wished he could have warned her to stop criticizing the militants so she wouldn&#039;t have been attacked. The commander, Adnan Rasheed, who has close relations with Taliban leaders, said the letter expressed his own opinion, not that of the group. (AP Photo/University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, FILE)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, showing 15-year old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai as she recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. A Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to Malala, saying he wished he could have warned her to stop criticizing the militants so she wouldn&#039;t have been attacked. The commander, Adnan Rasheed, who has close relations with Taliban leaders, said the letter expressed his own opinion, not that of the group. (AP Photo/University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, FILE)" border="0" /></a>PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ? A prominent Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to a teenage girl shot in the head by the group, expressing regrets that he didn&#039;t warn her before the assassination attempt that propelled her activism to the international stage.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-commander-regrets-attack-pakistani-teen-152506202.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 16:00:45 -0400Associated Presstaliban-commander-regrets-attack-pakistani-teen-152506202<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-commander-regrets-attack-pakistani-teen-152506202.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pEWFbTGu0Py._fmAhIU_Ng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/b86fb7a7e978d817370f6a706700ad87.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, showing 15-year old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai as she recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. A Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to Malala, saying he wished he could have warned her to stop criticizing the militants so she wouldn&#039;t have been attacked. The commander, Adnan Rasheed, who has close relations with Taliban leaders, said the letter expressed his own opinion, not that of the group. (AP Photo/University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, FILE)" align="left" title="FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, showing 15-year old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai as she recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating education for girls. A Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to Malala, saying he wished he could have warned her to stop criticizing the militants so she wouldn&#039;t have been attacked. The commander, Adnan Rasheed, who has close relations with Taliban leaders, said the letter expressed his own opinion, not that of the group. (AP Photo/University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, FILE)" border="0" /></a>PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ? A prominent Pakistani Taliban commander has written a letter to a teenage girl shot in the head by the group, expressing regrets that he didn&#039;t warn her before the assassination attempt that propelled her activism to the international stage.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-panama-free-detained-freighter-crew-183344608.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8jU2ThuJPDMC0MJTNhLDPQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/279ae924e877d317370f6a7067006543.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 photo, North Korea&#039;s military delegation members led by chief of the General Staff of the people&#039;s army, Kim Kyok Sik , center, pose for photos before leaving for Cuba at the Pyongyang Airport. A top North Korean general, Kim Kyok Sik, visited Cuba and met with his island counterparts. The Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma said he was also received by President Raul Castro, and the two had an &quot;exchange about the historical ties that unite the two nations and the common will to continue strengthening them.&quot; A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)" align="left" title="In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 photo, North Korea&#039;s military delegation members led by chief of the General Staff of the people&#039;s army, Kim Kyok Sik , center, pose for photos before leaving for Cuba at the Pyongyang Airport. A top North Korean general, Kim Kyok Sik, visited Cuba and met with his island counterparts. The Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma said he was also received by President Raul Castro, and the two had an &quot;exchange about the historical ties that unite the two nations and the common will to continue strengthening them.&quot; A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)" border="0" /></a>PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ? North Korea&#039;s Foreign Ministry says Panama should release the crew detained in the apprehension of a freighter carrying missile components because no drugs or illegal cargo were aboard.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-panama-free-detained-freighter-crew-183344608.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:32:02 -0400Associated Pressnkorea-panama-free-detained-freighter-crew-183344608<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nkorea-panama-free-detained-freighter-crew-183344608.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8jU2ThuJPDMC0MJTNhLDPQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/279ae924e877d317370f6a7067006543.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 photo, North Korea&#039;s military delegation members led by chief of the General Staff of the people&#039;s army, Kim Kyok Sik , center, pose for photos before leaving for Cuba at the Pyongyang Airport. A top North Korean general, Kim Kyok Sik, visited Cuba and met with his island counterparts. The Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma said he was also received by President Raul Castro, and the two had an &quot;exchange about the historical ties that unite the two nations and the common will to continue strengthening them.&quot; A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)" align="left" title="In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013 photo, North Korea&#039;s military delegation members led by chief of the General Staff of the people&#039;s army, Kim Kyok Sik , center, pose for photos before leaving for Cuba at the Pyongyang Airport. A top North Korean general, Kim Kyok Sik, visited Cuba and met with his island counterparts. The Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma said he was also received by President Raul Castro, and the two had an &quot;exchange about the historical ties that unite the two nations and the common will to continue strengthening them.&quot; A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)" border="0" /></a>PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) ? North Korea&#039;s Foreign Ministry says Panama should release the crew detained in the apprehension of a freighter carrying missile components because no drugs or illegal cargo were aboard.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V1PMoCAVsnYtNN3jxOlaFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/21c5b562e8fbd517370f6a706700644d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? The children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:54:26 -0400Associated Press22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/22-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-120959351.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V1PMoCAVsnYtNN3jxOlaFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/21c5b562e8fbd517370f6a706700644d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" align="left" title="An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? The children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-buoyed-bernanke-testimony-130621395.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rWNPZlbgUg3OdMPbf.hfnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f1e358ee792cf17370f6a7067009ebc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The mood in markets turned positive Wednesday after remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke raised the prospect that the central bank&#039;s monetary stimulus may stay in place a little longer than expected.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/markets-buoyed-bernanke-testimony-130621395.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:12:52 -0400Associated Pressmarkets-buoyed-bernanke-testimony-130621395<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-buoyed-bernanke-testimony-130621395.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rWNPZlbgUg3OdMPbf.hfnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f1e358ee792cf17370f6a7067009ebc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The mood in markets turned positive Wednesday after remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke raised the prospect that the central bank&#039;s monetary stimulus may stay in place a little longer than expected.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-opposition-leader-gets-death-penalty-132453102.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G0TzdlF78MT8FEdmQeCEUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a3a8f9afe8c6d417370f6a706700d844.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ali Ahsan Mojaheed, the secretary-general of Bangladesh&#039;s Jamaat-e-Islami party, waves from a police vehicle as he is brought to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. A special tribunal sentenced Mojaheed to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh&#039;s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Ali Ahsan Mojaheed, the secretary-general of Bangladesh&#039;s Jamaat-e-Islami party, waves from a police vehicle as he is brought to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. A special tribunal sentenced Mojaheed to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh&#039;s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? A special tribunal sentenced a senior leader of an Islamic political party to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh&#039;s independence war against Pakistan in 1971.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-opposition-leader-gets-death-penalty-132453102.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 09:24:53 -0400Associated Pressbangladesh-opposition-leader-gets-death-penalty-132453102<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-opposition-leader-gets-death-penalty-132453102.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G0TzdlF78MT8FEdmQeCEUA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a3a8f9afe8c6d417370f6a706700d844.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ali Ahsan Mojaheed, the secretary-general of Bangladesh&#039;s Jamaat-e-Islami party, waves from a police vehicle as he is brought to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. A special tribunal sentenced Mojaheed to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh&#039;s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Ali Ahsan Mojaheed, the secretary-general of Bangladesh&#039;s Jamaat-e-Islami party, waves from a police vehicle as he is brought to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. A special tribunal sentenced Mojaheed to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh&#039;s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? A special tribunal sentenced a senior leader of an Islamic political party to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping and killing of people involving Bangladesh&#039;s independence war against Pakistan in 1971.</p><br clear="all"/>The price of oil remained near $106 a barrel Wednesday as investors awaited a report on U.S. crude inventories and the Federal Reserve chairman's congressional testimony.http://news.yahoo.com/oil-near-106-ahead-supplies-data-bernanke-123711278.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 08:37:11 -0400Associated Pressoil-near-106-ahead-supplies-data-bernanke-123711278<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-holds-lawyer-crackdown-activism-grows-104747207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W16FAe_lyAVzSerat0NGMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27073f72e6f0cc17370f6a706700bf7c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Chinese authorities have detained a well-known rights lawyer in a move activists described as the widening of a crackdown on individuals calling for greater accountability to fight graft ? even as new accusations of official corruption surfaced.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-holds-lawyer-crackdown-activism-grows-104747207.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 08:27:08 -0400Associated Presschina-holds-lawyer-crackdown-activism-grows-104747207<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-holds-lawyer-crackdown-activism-grows-104747207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W16FAe_lyAVzSerat0NGMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27073f72e6f0cc17370f6a706700bf7c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Chinese authorities have detained a well-known rights lawyer in a move activists described as the widening of a crackdown on individuals calling for greater accountability to fight graft ? even as new accusations of official corruption surfaced.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/look-north-koreas-weapons-business-104425443.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JEJBBXQJfspSwYwVTbbolw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d5c58073cbe2c617370f6a7067004d46.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Panamanian presidential security detail walks on the deck aboard a North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal on the coast of Colon City, Panama, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)" align="left" title="Panamanian presidential security detail walks on the deck aboard a North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal on the coast of Colon City, Panama, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? There&#039;s a long list of countries known to have done weapons business with North Korea, but this week&#039;s revelation that Cuba sent it missile parts and weapons on a ship stopped by Panama has puzzled some analysts.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/look-north-koreas-weapons-business-104425443.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 08:04:53 -0400Associated Presslook-north-koreas-weapons-business-104425443<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/look-north-koreas-weapons-business-104425443.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JEJBBXQJfspSwYwVTbbolw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d5c58073cbe2c617370f6a7067004d46.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Panamanian presidential security detail walks on the deck aboard a North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal on the coast of Colon City, Panama, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)" align="left" title="Panamanian presidential security detail walks on the deck aboard a North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal on the coast of Colon City, Panama, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is under a United Nations arms embargo, Panamanian officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? There&#039;s a long list of countries known to have done weapons business with North Korea, but this week&#039;s revelation that Cuba sent it missile parts and weapons on a ship stopped by Panama has puzzled some analysts.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/21-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-085018081.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qt1cy.rLnRwHqg6GrruCRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c8a4becbe752ce17370f6a706700147d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? At least 21 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/21-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-085018081.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 06:57:34 -0400Associated Press21-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-085018081<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/21-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-085018081.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qt1cy.rLnRwHqg6GrruCRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c8a4becbe752ce17370f6a706700147d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? At least 21 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Officials say gunmen have killed an Afghan prosecutor with ties to President Hamid Karzai in the latest attack targeting those linked to the government.http://news.yahoo.com/attackers-kill-afghan-prosecutor-linked-karzai-105316669.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 06:53:16 -0400Associated Pressattackers-kill-afghan-prosecutor-linked-karzai-105316669<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-edgy-ahead-bernanke-testimony-101600561.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rWNPZlbgUg3OdMPbf.hfnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f1e358ee792cf17370f6a7067009ebc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Markets grew more edgy in the run-up to Wednesday&#039;s testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/markets-edgy-ahead-bernanke-testimony-101600561.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 06:16:00 -0400Associated Pressmarkets-edgy-ahead-bernanke-testimony-101600561<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-edgy-ahead-bernanke-testimony-101600561.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rWNPZlbgUg3OdMPbf.hfnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f1e358ee792cf17370f6a7067009ebc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Markets grew more edgy in the run-up to Wednesday&#039;s testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/relatives-missing-india-floods-maintain-hope-084413552.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zhkthRaDdPLTUTZax0EMrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e162247c955ba17370f6a7067003094.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" align="left" title="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" border="0" /></a>LUCKNOW, India (AP) ? A day after the government said it would treat more than 5,700 people missing in floods in northern India last month as presumed dead, relatives said Wednesday they still held out hope that their loved ones had survived.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/relatives-missing-india-floods-maintain-hope-084413552.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 05:12:41 -0400Associated Pressrelatives-missing-india-floods-maintain-hope-084413552<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/relatives-missing-india-floods-maintain-hope-084413552.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zhkthRaDdPLTUTZax0EMrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e162247c955ba17370f6a7067003094.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" align="left" title="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" border="0" /></a>LUCKNOW, India (AP) ? A day after the government said it would treat more than 5,700 people missing in floods in northern India last month as presumed dead, relatives said Wednesday they still held out hope that their loved ones had survived.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-waver-ahead-bernankes-testimony-090847133.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rWNPZlbgUg3OdMPbf.hfnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f1e358ee792cf17370f6a7067009ebc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? World stock markets wavered between gains and losses Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-waver-ahead-bernankes-testimony-090847133.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 05:08:47 -0400Associated Pressworld-stocks-waver-ahead-bernankes-testimony-090847133<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-waver-ahead-bernankes-testimony-090847133.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rWNPZlbgUg3OdMPbf.hfnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9f1e358ee792cf17370f6a7067009ebc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? World stock markets wavered between gains and losses Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-mixed-ahead-bernankes-testimony-043732602.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_GpSZXR.RFAHdh0cMpLVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ecefb47c908b817370f6a706700f272.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-mixed-ahead-bernankes-testimony-043732602.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 00:37:32 -0400Associated Pressasian-stocks-mixed-ahead-bernankes-testimony-043732602<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-mixed-ahead-bernankes-testimony-043732602.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_GpSZXR.RFAHdh0cMpLVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ecefb47c908b817370f6a706700f272.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>BANGKOK (AP) ? The price of oil dropped to near $105 a barrel Wednesday as investors awaited a report on U.S. crude inventories and the Federal Reserve chairman's congressional testimony.http://news.yahoo.com/oil-near-105-ahead-supplies-data-bernanke-064414397.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 02:44:14 -0400Associated Pressoil-near-105-ahead-supplies-data-bernanke-064414397SYDNEY (AP) ? A boat carrying around 150 asylum seekers capsized in the Indian Ocean, spilling men, women and infants into rough waters and killing four people, Australian officials said Wednesday.http://news.yahoo.com/packed-boat-capsizes-near-remote-australian-island-141450255.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 00:29:13 -0400Associated Presspacked-boat-capsizes-near-remote-australian-island-141450255<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/20-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-034126291.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qt1cy.rLnRwHqg6GrruCRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c8a4becbe752ce17370f6a706700147d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? At least 20 children died and many others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted by a heavy dose of insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/20-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-034126291.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 02:40:20 -0400Associated Press20-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-034126291<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/20-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-034126291.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qt1cy.rLnRwHqg6GrruCRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c8a4becbe752ce17370f6a706700147d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013 photo, schoolchildren receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>PATNA, India (AP) ? At least 20 children died and many others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted by a heavy dose of insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-china-detains-activist-lawyer-xu-zhiyong-043845175.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W16FAe_lyAVzSerat0NGMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27073f72e6f0cc17370f6a706700bf7c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Chinese lawyer Xu Zhiyong has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses, a rights group and a fellow lawyer said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/report-china-detains-activist-lawyer-xu-zhiyong-043845175.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 00:38:45 -0400Associated Pressreport-china-detains-activist-lawyer-xu-zhiyong-043845175<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-china-detains-activist-lawyer-xu-zhiyong-043845175.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/W16FAe_lyAVzSerat0NGMg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/27073f72e6f0cc17370f6a706700bf7c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 17, 2009 file photo shows legal scholar Xu Zhiyong at a meeting in Beijing, China. A rights group says Chinese lawyer Xu has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses. Human Rights in China said Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that police had also taken computers and mobile phones from Xu&#039;s Beijing home. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Chinese lawyer Xu Zhiyong has been detained after calling for the release of activists and campaigning against government abuses, a rights group and a fellow lawyer said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>PATNA, India (AP) ? Nineteen children have died and more are sick after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India.http://news.yahoo.com/19-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-032619734.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 23:26:19 -0400Associated Press19-children-die-eating-school-lunch-india-032619734<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-lower-ahead-bernanke-comments-160548470.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_GpSZXR.RFAHdh0cMpLVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ecefb47c908b817370f6a706700f272.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Financial markets were lackluster Tuesday as investors paused for breath ahead of key testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-lower-ahead-bernanke-comments-160548470.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:05:48 -0400Associated Pressmarkets-drift-lower-ahead-bernanke-comments-160548470<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-lower-ahead-bernanke-comments-160548470.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_GpSZXR.RFAHdh0cMpLVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ecefb47c908b817370f6a706700f272.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Financial markets were lackluster Tuesday as investors paused for breath ahead of key testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-investors-pause-breath-101001318.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_GpSZXR.RFAHdh0cMpLVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ecefb47c908b817370f6a706700f272.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Financial markets were lackluster Tuesday as investors paused for breath ahead of key testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-investors-pause-breath-101001318.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 10:12:43 -0400Associated Pressmarkets-drift-investors-pause-breath-101001318<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-drift-investors-pause-breath-101001318.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K_GpSZXR.RFAHdh0cMpLVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ecefb47c908b817370f6a706700f272.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" align="left" title="A man watches an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 added 0.6 percent to 14,599.12. Weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent most Asian stock markets lower Tuesday as investors awaited congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. (AP Photo/Azusa Uchikura)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Financial markets were lackluster Tuesday as investors paused for breath ahead of key testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/5-700-presumed-dead-june-floods-india-124209678.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zhkthRaDdPLTUTZax0EMrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e162247c955ba17370f6a7067003094.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" align="left" title="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" border="0" /></a>LUCKNOW, India (AP) ? More than 5,700 people missing since floods devastated northern India last month are being presumed dead, even as rescue officials struggle to bring aid to affected villages, top officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/5-700-presumed-dead-june-floods-india-124209678.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 09:44:08 -0400Associated Press5-700-presumed-dead-june-floods-india-124209678<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/5-700-presumed-dead-june-floods-india-124209678.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zhkthRaDdPLTUTZax0EMrw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9e162247c955ba17370f6a7067003094.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" align="left" title="People move through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)" border="0" /></a>LUCKNOW, India (AP) ? More than 5,700 people missing since floods devastated northern India last month are being presumed dead, even as rescue officials struggle to bring aid to affected villages, top officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-rep-assures-lectures-hong-kong-lawmakers-103540633.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OWPzmxr5pJQrzEXYFQdfxg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/04c31964c99bbb17370f6a7067007293.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Beijing&#039;s top representative in Hong Kong, Zhang Xiaoming, speaks during a working lunch to mark the first meeting between the head of the central government&#039;s liaison office and the full membership of Hong Kong&#039;s Legislative Council in Hong Kong Tuesday July 16, 2013. Beijing&#039;s top representative in Hong Kong met Tuesday with local lawmakers to ease tensions between the mainland and its special administrative region, though he warned against a planned protest and said Hong Kongers will never get to nominate their own leadership candidates without central government approval. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" align="left" title="Beijing&#039;s top representative in Hong Kong, Zhang Xiaoming, speaks during a working lunch to mark the first meeting between the head of the central government&#039;s liaison office and the full membership of Hong Kong&#039;s Legislative Council in Hong Kong Tuesday July 16, 2013. Beijing&#039;s top representative in Hong Kong met Tuesday with local lawmakers to ease tensions between the mainland and its special administrative region, though he warned against a planned protest and said Hong Kongers will never get to nominate their own leadership candidates without central government approval. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? Beijing&#039;s top representative in Hong Kong met Tuesday with local lawmakers to ease tensions between the mainlan

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