China ships have entered disputed-islands waters off the Senkaku Islands: Japan

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013, Tokyo

Three Chinese government ships entered the waters of disputed islands on Friday, Japan's coastguard said, more than a year after the then-Tokyo governor set off the row by announcing plans to buy them.

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Pakistan to release 51 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013, Islamabad

Pakistan today announced it would free 51 Indian fishermen who had completed their prison terms as a gesture of goodwill.

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Europe considers emission fines for Chinese and Indian airlines

James Kanter, The New York Times | Friday May 17, 2013, Brussels

The European Commission said Thursday that Air China and Air India were among 10 Chinese and Indian airlines facing the prospect of fines and exclusion from airports in the European Union for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulating greenhouse emissions.

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11-year-old Russian boy stabbed 21 times at a Greek resort

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013, Athens

An 11-year-old Russian boy is in critical condition in a hospital in the Greek capital after he was stabbed 21 times while vacationing with his family on the island of Crete.

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5.9-magnitude quake strikes off Solomon Islands, no tsunami warning issued

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013, Sydney

A 5.9-magnitude quake struck off a remote area of the Solomons Islands Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued for the Pacific nation and a seismologist said there was no cause for concern.

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Cabbie goes the extra mile in memory of lost son

Natalie Kitroeff, The New York Times | Friday May 17, 2013, New York

"No eating or drinking inside this car," reads a sign in Mansoor Khalid's cab, "Except candies." There are plenty of them. Khalid keeps the back dashboard of his yellow cab stocked with a layer of candy thick enough to induce envy in the most successful trick-or-treater.

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A strip of cloth that makes dry cleaners shudder

Vijai Singh, The New York Times | Friday May 17, 2013

After Hurricane Sandy made Tanya Aeya evacuate her apartment in Manhattan, she returned to discover that her clothes had been sitting in water for three weeks.

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After Cyclone Mahasen, Bangladesh begins cleaning up trail of wreckage

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013, Chittagong

Bangladesh began cleaning up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes along its coast while breathing a sigh of relief that the damage was not much worse.

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Leader of gang that kidnapped Pakistan's former PM Yusuf Raza Gilani's son arrested

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013, Islamabad

Pakistani police today claimed they had arrested the leader of the gang that kidnapped former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider, even as security forces were continuing their search for him.

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Plane overshoots runway in Myanmar, two injured

Yangon | Friday May 17, 2013, Yangon

A passenger plane carrying 55 people overran the end of the runway at an airport in eastern Myanmar due to suspected break failure, injuring two people, state media reported on Friday.

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