January 31, 2012 – 11:16 pm
India to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets in $11B deal NEW DELHI (AP) — India is buying 126 French-made combat aircraft in a massive $11 billion deal that will increase the might of the world’s fourth largest air force with the first exported Rafale jets, officials said Tuesday.
January 31, 2012 – 11:14 pm
Russia blames radiation for space probe failure MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported component may have been vulnerable to the radiation.
January 31, 2012 – 10:26 pm
More than 60 dead in east European cold snap KIEV (Reuters) – More than 60 people have died in a cold snap across Eastern Europe, authorities said on Tuesday, forcing some countries to call in the army to help secure food and medical supplies and set up emergency shelters for the homeless.
January 31, 2012 – 9:27 pm
Dozens killed as Pakistani army, militants clash KURRAM, Pakistan (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in clashes between Pakistani soldiers and militants in the northwest region on Tuesday, security officials said, casting further doubts on exploratory peace talks with the rebels.
January 31, 2012 – 9:24 pm
US diplomat sees “hope in diplomacy” with NKorea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia is reassuring South Korea that any diplomatic dealings with North Korea will be backed up by an unwavering U.S.-South Korea military presence.
January 31, 2012 – 6:47 pm
China ministry says to bar giant ships from ports SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will no longer allow large ships exceeding approved capacities to dock at its ports, the Ministry of Transport said, effectively snuffing Brazilian miner Vale SA’s hopes of sending its mega-ships to China.
January 31, 2012 – 6:45 pm
Cambodian police suspect suicide in death of French family PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian police probing the deaths of a Frenchman and his four children whose bodies were found in a car submerged in a pond have ruled out murder and suspect suicide.
January 31, 2012 – 4:41 pm
Clashes over Pakistani mountaintop kill nearly 60 PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A government administrator says fighting between soldiers and militants over a strategic mountaintop in northwest Pakistan has killed nearly 60 people in the past week.
January 31, 2012 – 3:56 pm
Japan Cabinet OKs bill to cap nuke reactor life TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year’s Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors.
January 31, 2012 – 3:38 pm
Afghan Officials Consider Own Talks With Taliban By GRAHAM BOWLEY and DECLAN WALSH KABUL, Afghanistan — Concerned that it is being left out of potential peace talks between the United States and the Taliban, the Afghan government is pushing to open its own direct negotiations with the insurgent group in Saudi Arabia, Afghan officials said [...]
