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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 reservedMon, 20 May 2013 15:11:06 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/asia/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks-153545083.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TybQIQQvpk5JAYjoA2YzQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/49247c59e9e26a10320f6a706700dd49.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses party workers in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, May 20, 2013. Pakistan?s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country?s powerful army. Sharif said terrorism was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk ?should be taken seriously.? (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)" align="left" title="Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses party workers in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, May 20, 2013. Pakistan?s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country?s powerful army. Sharif said terrorism was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk ?should be taken seriously.? (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)" border="0" /></a>ISLAMABAD (AP) ? Pakistan&#039;s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country&#039;s powerful army.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks-153545083.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 15:11:06 -0400Associated Presspakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks-153545083<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks-153545083.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TybQIQQvpk5JAYjoA2YzQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/49247c59e9e26a10320f6a706700dd49.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses party workers in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, May 20, 2013. Pakistan?s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country?s powerful army. Sharif said terrorism was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk ?should be taken seriously.? (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)" align="left" title="Pakistan&#039;s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses party workers in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, May 20, 2013. Pakistan?s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country?s powerful army. Sharif said terrorism was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to talk ?should be taken seriously.? (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)" border="0" /></a>ISLAMABAD (AP) ? Pakistan&#039;s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country&#039;s powerful army.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/silver-drops-despite-steady-market-tone-elsewhere-142855235.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EnOD2wEvJglZbJz9QRT9Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0dc9d05ae7c66010320f6a70670035d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a row, even as stocks remained relatively solid amid hopes over the U.S. economy.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/silver-drops-despite-steady-market-tone-elsewhere-142855235.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 13:03:54 -0400Associated Presssilver-drops-despite-steady-market-tone-elsewhere-142855235<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/silver-drops-despite-steady-market-tone-elsewhere-142855235.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EnOD2wEvJglZbJz9QRT9Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0dc9d05ae7c66010320f6a70670035d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a row, even as stocks remained relatively solid amid hopes over the U.S. economy.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/seoul-day-3-nkorea-tests-short-range-weapon-123338164.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AQ1fzdTj.aAo7EbyzM9sJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1e2713c1c9d14d10320f6a7067003b19.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called &quot;rocket launching tests&quot; intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that the North was testing.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/seoul-day-3-nkorea-tests-short-range-weapon-123338164.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 12:28:41 -0400Associated Pressseoul-day-3-nkorea-tests-short-range-weapon-123338164<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/seoul-day-3-nkorea-tests-short-range-weapon-123338164.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AQ1fzdTj.aAo7EbyzM9sJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1e2713c1c9d14d10320f6a7067003b19.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called &quot;rocket launching tests&quot; intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that the North was testing.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council-075314027.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Unq0ADkQNWP72WoW7DSXYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e1df186ce8136210320f6a706700bff9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghan policemen evacuate a wounded person after a suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, Monday, May 20, 2013, killing the council chief and at least more than a dozen others, authorities said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing saying the killing of civilians shows the ?true nature? of the Taliban, who seek to re-establish the strict interpretation of Islamic law they imposed for five years before being ousted in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion over its sheltering of al-Qaida?s terrorist leadership. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)" align="left" title="Afghan policemen evacuate a wounded person after a suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, Monday, May 20, 2013, killing the council chief and at least more than a dozen others, authorities said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing saying the killing of civilians shows the ?true nature? of the Taliban, who seek to re-establish the strict interpretation of Islamic law they imposed for five years before being ousted in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion over its sheltering of al-Qaida?s terrorist leadership. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council-075314027.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 11:09:30 -0400Associated Presssuicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council-075314027<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council-075314027.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Unq0ADkQNWP72WoW7DSXYg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e1df186ce8136210320f6a706700bff9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghan policemen evacuate a wounded person after a suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, Monday, May 20, 2013, killing the council chief and at least more than a dozen others, authorities said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing saying the killing of civilians shows the ?true nature? of the Taliban, who seek to re-establish the strict interpretation of Islamic law they imposed for five years before being ousted in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion over its sheltering of al-Qaida?s terrorist leadership. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)" align="left" title="Afghan policemen evacuate a wounded person after a suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan province, northern Afghanistan, Monday, May 20, 2013, killing the council chief and at least more than a dozen others, authorities said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing saying the killing of civilians shows the ?true nature? of the Taliban, who seek to re-establish the strict interpretation of Islamic law they imposed for five years before being ousted in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion over its sheltering of al-Qaida?s terrorist leadership. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)" border="0" /></a>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.</p><br clear="all"/>ISLAMABAD (AP) ? Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/us-says-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers-145829614.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 10:58:29 -0400Associated Pressus-says-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers-145829614<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-indian-leaders-call-cooperation-101050969.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5N73HnKZl6fAC72vyW385w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/43af555de8d66510320f6a706700201d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President&#039;s palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world&#039;s two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" align="left" title="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President&#039;s palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world&#039;s two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (AP) ? The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world&#039;s two most populous nations.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-indian-leaders-call-cooperation-101050969.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 10:20:31 -0400Associated Presschinese-indian-leaders-call-cooperation-101050969<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-indian-leaders-call-cooperation-101050969.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5N73HnKZl6fAC72vyW385w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/43af555de8d66510320f6a706700201d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President&#039;s palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world&#039;s two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" align="left" title="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves at the media in front of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his ceremonial reception at the Indian President&#039;s palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Li said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world&#039;s two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth. He was visiting India just weeks after the two nations resolved a tense standoff between their troops over the disputed Himalayan border between their two countries. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (AP) ? The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world&#039;s two most populous nations.</p><br clear="all"/>ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A top American military officer says Pakistan has taken steps to prevent fertilizers made in Pakistan from being used for roadside bombs targeting American troops in Afghanistan.http://news.yahoo.com/us-pakistan-moves-curb-dangerous-fertilizers-141801535.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 10:18:01 -0400Associated Pressus-pakistan-moves-curb-dangerous-fertilizers-141801535<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-nkorea-fires-sixth-projectile-waters-105704814.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AQ1fzdTj.aAo7EbyzM9sJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1e2713c1c9d14d10320f6a7067003b19.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy attack.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-nkorea-fires-sixth-projectile-waters-105704814.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 06:57:04 -0400Associated Pressskorea-nkorea-fires-sixth-projectile-waters-105704814<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-nkorea-fires-sixth-projectile-waters-105704814.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AQ1fzdTj.aAo7EbyzM9sJg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1e2713c1c9d14d10320f6a7067003b19.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy attack.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-former-military-ruler-granted-bail-115244112.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0CXujrHtoTNJxOTM8by2xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/18b423adcbab5510320f6a7067000581.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistanis chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)" align="left" title="Pakistanis chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)" border="0" /></a>ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A judge granted bail to Pakistan&#039;s former military ruler on Monday in a case related to the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-former-military-ruler-granted-bail-115244112.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 08:31:39 -0400Associated Presspakistans-former-military-ruler-granted-bail-115244112<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-former-military-ruler-granted-bail-115244112.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0CXujrHtoTNJxOTM8by2xw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/18b423adcbab5510320f6a7067000581.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pakistanis chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)" align="left" title="Pakistanis chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)" border="0" /></a>ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A judge granted bail to Pakistan&#039;s former military ruler on Monday in a case related to the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer said.</p><br clear="all"/>BANGKOK (AP) ? The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief.http://news.yahoo.com/oil-price-falls-below-96-barrel-052813520.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 06:38:18 -0400Associated Pressoil-price-falls-below-96-barrel-052813520ISLAMABAD (AP) ? A lawyer for Pakistan's former military ruler says a judge has granted Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-musharraf-granted-bail-bhutto-case-103856906.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 06:38:56 -0400Associated Presspakistans-musharraf-granted-bail-bhutto-case-103856906BEIJING (AP) ? China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies.http://news.yahoo.com/china-asks-nkorea-release-fishing-boat-crew-042803758.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 06:30:06 -0400Associated Presschina-asks-nkorea-release-fishing-boat-crew-042803758<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-solid-despite-fed-policy-speculation-100940758.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EnOD2wEvJglZbJz9QRT9Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0dc9d05ae7c66010320f6a70670035d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Stock markets remained relatively solid Monday as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. continued to shore up sentiment.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/markets-solid-despite-fed-policy-speculation-100940758.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 06:09:40 -0400Associated Pressmarkets-solid-despite-fed-policy-speculation-100940758<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/markets-solid-despite-fed-policy-speculation-100940758.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EnOD2wEvJglZbJz9QRT9Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0dc9d05ae7c66010320f6a70670035d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? Stock markets remained relatively solid Monday as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. continued to shore up sentiment.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-rise-signs-steady-us-recovery-091112139.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EnOD2wEvJglZbJz9QRT9Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0dc9d05ae7c66010320f6a70670035d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-rise-signs-steady-us-recovery-091112139.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 05:11:12 -0400Associated Pressworld-stocks-rise-signs-steady-us-recovery-091112139<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world-stocks-rise-signs-steady-us-recovery-091112139.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EnOD2wEvJglZbJz9QRT9Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0dc9d05ae7c66010320f6a70670035d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" align="left" title="A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan&#039;s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher Monday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-premier-peace-requires-india-china-trust-063211085.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zDeySdVthfMs6xzKU.3qSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a495cd4ee7695f10320f6a706700df9a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as he leaves the Indian Presidential Palace after his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, Li visited India on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" align="left" title="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as he leaves the Indian Presidential Palace after his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, Li visited India on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (AP) ? The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world&#039;s two most populous nations.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-premier-peace-requires-india-china-trust-063211085.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 05:05:47 -0400Associated Presschinese-premier-peace-requires-india-china-trust-063211085<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-premier-peace-requires-india-china-trust-063211085.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zDeySdVthfMs6xzKU.3qSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a495cd4ee7695f10320f6a706700df9a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as he leaves the Indian Presidential Palace after his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, Li visited India on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" align="left" title="Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as he leaves the Indian Presidential Palace after his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, Li visited India on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (AP) ? The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world&#039;s two most populous nations.</p><br clear="all"/>BEIJING (AP) ? A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.http://news.yahoo.com/china-sentences-underground-bank-operator-death-055511940.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 04:45:45 -0400Associated Presschina-sentences-underground-bank-operator-death-055511940SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters ? for the fifth time in three days.http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-nkorea-fires-5th-projectile-waters-082619308.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 04:26:19 -0400Associated Pressskorea-nkorea-fires-5th-projectile-waters-082619308BANGKOK (AP) ? Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-rise-signs-steady-us-recovery-052414419.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 01:25:47 -0400Associated Pressasian-stocks-rise-signs-steady-us-recovery-052414419KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were killed.http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-8-afghan-province-council-073139146.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 03:31:39 -0400Associated Presssuicide-bomber-kills-8-afghan-province-council-073139146KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north, causing casualties.http://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-suicide-bomber-hits-council-building-065115734.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 02:51:15 -0400Associated Pressafghanistan-suicide-bomber-hits-council-building-065115734KHAR, Pakistan (AP) ? Officials say gunmen have killed a policeman who was guarding a polio vaccination team in northwestern Pakistan.http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-gunmen-attack-polio-team-kill-policeman-063627525.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 02:36:27 -0400Associated Presspakistan-gunmen-attack-polio-team-kill-policeman-063627525<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-analyzing-nkoreas-4-projectile-launches-031809748.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fWS2WvT95zE8Hx5xoWTiPQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2438682cc9094910320f6a7067004572.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A South Korean army soldier passes by a barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Sunday, May 19, 2013. The South Korean military on Sunday have beefed up monitoring on North Korea and are maintaining a high-level of readiness to deal with any risky developments to guard against possibilities of additional missile launches and other types of provocations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="A South Korean army soldier passes by a barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Sunday, May 19, 2013. The South Korean military on Sunday have beefed up monitoring on North Korea and are maintaining a high-level of readiness to deal with any risky developments to guard against possibilities of additional missile launches and other types of provocations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-analyzing-nkoreas-4-projectile-launches-031809748.htmlSun, 19 May 2013 23:18:56 -0400Associated Pressskorea-analyzing-nkoreas-4-projectile-launches-031809748<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-analyzing-nkoreas-4-projectile-launches-031809748.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fWS2WvT95zE8Hx5xoWTiPQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2438682cc9094910320f6a7067004572.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A South Korean army soldier passes by a barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Sunday, May 19, 2013. The South Korean military on Sunday have beefed up monitoring on North Korea and are maintaining a high-level of readiness to deal with any risky developments to guard against possibilities of additional missile launches and other types of provocations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" align="left" title="A South Korean army soldier passes by a barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Sunday, May 19, 2013. The South Korean military on Sunday have beefed up monitoring on North Korea and are maintaining a high-level of readiness to deal with any risky developments to guard against possibilities of additional missile launches and other types of provocations. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>BEIJING (AP) ? A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.http://news.yahoo.com/death-sentence-chinese-underground-bank-case-054011036.htmlMon, 20 May 2013 01:40:11 -0400Associated Pressdeath-sentence-chinese-underground-bank-case-054011036<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing-101846738.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ApATdPoOz6o2rcAVPgsOVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/400535eec8044410320f6a706700ead4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/PTI)" align="left" title="In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/PTI)" border="0" /></a>KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ? Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s party.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing-101846738.htmlSun, 19 May 2013 06:19:41 -0400Associated Presspakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing-101846738<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing-101846738.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ApATdPoOz6o2rcAVPgsOVg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/400535eec8044410320f6a706700ead4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/PTI)" align="left" title="In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP Photo/PTI)" border="0" /></a>KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ? Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan&#039;s party.</p><br clear="all"/>BANGKOK (AP) ? Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/asia-markets-us-delivers-positive-data-035103567.htmlSun, 19 May 2013 23:51:03 -0400Associated Pressasia-markets-us-delivers-positive-data-035103567

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