Markets unmoved by Chinese policy promises
By PAN PYLAS People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Asian stock markets mostly traded higher Tuesday after the Dow…
Southeast Asia
Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed
By TODD PITMAN and JIM GOMEZ Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12,…
CAMBODIA ARRESTS FUGITIVE RUSSIAN PROPERTY TYCOON
Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky is escorted by Cambodian police officers at a fishing port in the southern coast town of Sihanoukville, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013.…
AP PHOTOS: TYPHOON DEVASTATES PHILIPPINES
By The Associated Press A man looks at a tourist boat sinking in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday…
UN COURT RULING ON CAMBODIA-THAI LAND DISPUTE
A Cambodian Buddhist monk, second from left, walks together with local tourists through the famed Preah Vihear temple near Cambodia-Thai border in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013.…
Over 100 dead as typhoon slams central Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ Tacloban Airport is covered by debris after powerful Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, in Leyte province in central Philippines, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. Rescuers in the central…
Height of 1 World Trade Center debated in Chicago
By JASON KEYSER FILE – This Nov. 7, 2013, photo shows a partial view of Chicago’s 110 story, 1,450 foot Willis Tower. The Tower is in contention with the 104-story,…
One of world’s strongest storms blasts Philippines
By OLIVER TEVES and TERESA CEROJANO A house is engulfed by the storm surge brought about by powerful typhoon Haiyan that hit Legazpi city, Albay province Friday Nov.8, 2013 about…