http://www.thenewsroom.com/api/rss/F407.rss en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:55:55 GMTWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:54:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3832107http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3832107The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for 14 years held talks with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday after the ruling junta granted the Nobel laureate a rare break from detention. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell also met Myanmar's prime minister as the administration of President Barack Obama seeks a new era of engagement with the military regime. Duration: 01:39. V3832107AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifAFP© 2009 AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/11/04/MMV97143_TEN.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/11/04/MMV97143_TEN_thumb.jpgFri, 23 Oct 2009 12:04:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3822482http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3822482Asian leaders at the regional ASEAN summit launch a human rights watchdog, but a number of human rights groups' representatives are banned from a key meeting.V3822482Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/23/OVE59MBPP_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/23/OVE59MBPP_tmb.jpgWed, 21 Oct 2009 17:20:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820608http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820608The Pakistani government has released the first pictures of the battle between Pakistani security forces and the Taliban in the militant stronghold of South Waziristan.V3820608Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K7CP_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K7CP_tmb.jpgWed, 21 Oct 2009 13:00:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820433http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820433Beijing begins mass H1N1 flu vaccination for 5 million residents, as the government warns of a second wave of the outbreak.V3820433Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K731_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K731_tmb.jpgWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:30:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820369http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820369Communities in the northern Philippines prepare for another powerful typhoon, expected to make landfall on Thursday (Oct. 22).V3820369Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K73S_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K73S_tmb.jpgWed, 21 Oct 2009 10:50:04 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820362http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3820362U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates meets Japan's new prime minister, as the sides look at deal on American troop realignment.V3820362Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K70G_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/21/OVE59K70G_tmb.jpgTue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819504http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819504Former asylum seekers from Bangladesh have accused the Thai Navy of abusing them at sea after they were picked up trying to reach Malaysia.V3819504Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J4VS_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J4VS_tmb.jpgTue, 20 Oct 2009 14:52:04 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819490http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819490Two explosions at the International Islamic University in Pakistan's capital Islamabad kill at least four people and injure at least 20, officials say.V3819490Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J51J_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J51J_tmb.jpgTue, 20 Oct 2009 12:36:04 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819365http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819365Hundreds of properties are under threat from fires along the coast in eastern QueenslandV3819365Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J4SY_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J4SY_tmb.jpgTue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819362http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3819362Residents flee Waziristan as fighting between Pakistani forces and militants rages on.V3819362Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J4TV_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/20/OVE59J4TV_tmb.jpgFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3816791http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3816791Tokyo's Sky Tree Tower will be the tallest in East Asia when completed in 2011, according to its buildersV3816791Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/16/OVE59FBV7_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/16/OVE59FBV7_tmb.jpgTue, 13 Oct 2009 07:14:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3813406http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3813406Gunmen abduct an Irish Catholic missionary from a convent in the southern Philippines.V3813406Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/13/OVE59C4NP_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/13/OVE59C4NP_tmb.jpgFri, 09 Oct 2009 08:48:07 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3810939http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3810939Bhutan reveals its treasures at the Paris Guimet Museum of Asian Art with an exhibition dedicated to sacred Buddhist works from the Himalayan nation. The one condition for allowing the treasures to travel to Paris was that Buddhist monks accompany them. Every morning they purify the objects and exhibit rooms. Duration: 01:39 V3810939AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifAFP© 2009 AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/10/09/MMV94431_TEN.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/10/09/MMV94431_TEN_thumb.jpgThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:54:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3810145http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3810145Charred aircraft wreckage, mangled black boxes, photographs of orphans clinging to coffins -- Japan's airlines don't bury their worst air-crash memories, they keep them alive in museums. They serve to educate employees about consequences of negligence and human error. V3810145AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifAFP© 2009 AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/10/08/MMV94429_TEN.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/10/08/MMV94429_TEN_thumb.jpgThu, 08 Oct 2009 15:48:08 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3810062http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3810062Typhoon Melor kills 2 in JapanV3810062CBChttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/cbc_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/cbc_logo_sm.gifCBCCopyright (c) CBC 2009http://cache.thenewsroom.com/cbc/2009/10/08/northcott-quake091008_640x480.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/cbc/2009/10/08/northcott-quake091008_96x72.jpgThu, 08 Oct 2009 12:48:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3809929http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3809929Japanese menswear company Haruyama Trading has developed a suit that it claims can protect wearers from the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.V3809929Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/08/OVE5979GG_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/08/OVE5979GG_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 16:10:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806860http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806860Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his flamboyant wife Miyuki take the runway during a charity fashion show in Tokyo.V3806860Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942PP_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942PP_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 15:42:06 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806847http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806847A rare visit to North Korea by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao brings promises of stronger bonds with the isolated state.V3806847Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942OV_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942OV_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 14:36:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806805http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806805Samoans gather at churches across the country to mourn those who died in several powerful tsunamis that devestated areas in Samoa, American Samoa and neighbouring Tonga.V3806805Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942LJ_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942LJ_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 14:20:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806790http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806790A powerful storm hovered off the Philippines' northwestern coast, two days after killing 22 people and dumping rain on Taiwan.V3806790Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942CY_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942CY_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 12:16:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806734http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806734North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il accompanies visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to a Korean opera performance.V3806734Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942KD_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942KD_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 10:50:04 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806722http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806722At least seven people are dead after a train derailed in the Thai coastal resort of Hua Hin.V3806722Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942IY_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/05/OVE5942IY_tmb.jpgMon, 05 Oct 2009 09:58:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806712http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806712The search for survivors in the earthquake-ravaged Indonesian city of Padang has been called off, five days after a 7.6-magnitude earth tremor struck the island of Sumatra killing at least 1,100 people. Duration: 00:38. V3806712AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/afp_logo_sm.gifAFP© 2009 AFPhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/10/05/MMV94074_TEN.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/afp/2009/10/05/MMV94074_TEN_thumb.jpgSat, 03 Oct 2009 23:00:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806180http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3806180Heavy rains last southern India killing 130 people.V3806180Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/03/OVE592E8G_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/03/OVE592E8G_tmb.jpgFri, 02 Oct 2009 15:16:05 GMThttp://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3805246http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/3805246TV captures the moment when a woman is rescued after being trapped under a building following Indonesia's earthquakeV3805246Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifhttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/provider_graphics/reuters_logo_sm.gifReuters© 2009 Reutershttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/02/OVE591BXJ_pre.jpghttp://cache.thenewsroom.com/reuters/2009/10/02/OVE591BXJ_tmb.jpg