Domed refuge now cauldron of misery for survivors
By KRISTEN GELINEAU A young girl walks her brother to the Tacloban City Convention Center known as the Astrodome Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, where hundreds of displaced typhoon survivors have…
Southeast Asia
Stocks boosted as incoming Fed head backs stimulus
By EILEEN NG People walk outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Asian stock markets bounced higher Thursday after prepared testimony for the confirmation hearing of incoming…
Agony flows from unwatched threat: a wall of water
By TODD PITMAN A Filipino man walks among debris from damaged homes at typhoon-hit Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the…
New flasher wrasse species discovered in Indonesia
This photo taken on July 28, 2013, released by the Conservation International, shows a new fish of the flasher wrasse species, in Indonesia. A new fish of the flasher wrasse…
Airlines bet on India market despite losses
By KAY JOHNSON FILE – In this July 30, 2007 file photo, Indian air cabin attendants explain the facilities available to First Class travelers in Air India’s Boeing 777-200 LR…
Thai leader issues plea to end protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Protesters blow whistles and wave clapping tools during a rally against a political amnesty bill in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra…
Buddhists in Myanmar protest OIC’s upcoming visit
By AYE AYE WIN Myanmar Buddhist Monks carry religious flags as they march to protest against the upcoming visit of a delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to Myanmar…
Cambodian police open fire on protesters; 1 dead
An injured Cambodian worker escapes from riot police in the compound of a Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Police fired live ammunition during clashes with…