msnbc.com: Asia-Pacific http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036059/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:15:37 GMT News 60 Gangster, 62, dead after Japan gun rampage Police cordon off the site of the crime scene in Yokohama on Friday.A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself — a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33708527/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ AP Police cordon off the site of the crime scene in Yokohama on Friday.


]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:03:16 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33708527/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ Chinese activist risks jail with letter to Obama In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Chinese dissident Yang Zili smiles during an interview at a local cafe in Beijing, China. Zili, recently freed after eight years in jail said Thursday he is seeking U.S. President Barack Obama's help in gaining medical parole for two friends jailed with him in 2003 for forming a political study group.(AP Photo/Alexa Olesen)Thousands of people will send letters to President Barack Obama this year. Few besides Yang Zili are likely to risk jail by doing so.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33652521/ns/world_news/ AP In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Chinese dissident Yang Zili smiles during an interview at a local cafe in Beijing, China. Zili, recently freed after eight years in jail said Thursday he is seeking U.S. President Barack Obama's help in gaining medical parole for two friends jailed with him in 2003 for forming a political study group.(AP Photo/Alexa Olesen)


]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:06:46 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33652521/ns/world_news/ Vietnam storm death toll rises to 99 A farmer protects himself and his cattle on Tuesday by sitting on a ledge of his flooded home in Vietnam's Phu Yen province.The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 99 in central Vietnam on Thursday and authorities estimated damage from the storm at $55 million.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33600749/ns/weather/ AFP-Getty Images A farmer protects himself and his cattle on Tuesday by sitting on a ledge of his flooded home in Vietnam's Phu Yen province.


]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:09:52 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33600749/ns/weather/ Timor Sea oil leak reportedly plugged Gilly Llewellyn, the World Wildlife Fund's conservation director in Australia, on Sept. 30 collects samples from a waxy substance found in the water around the Montara oil rig leak in the Timor Sea.An oil rig that had been leaking into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks was plugged Tuesday, and a massive fire blazing aboard the structure was largely extinguished, the rig operator said.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33619972/ns/world_news-world_environment/ World Wildlife Fund via AFP-Getty Images Gilly Llewellyn, the World Wildlife Fund's conservation director in Australia, on Sept. 30 collects samples from a waxy substance found in the water around the Montara oil rig leak in the Timor Sea.


]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:59:37 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33619972/ns/world_news-world_environment/ China sentences notorious gang ‘godmother’ Xie Caiping, left, is led from courthouse in southwest China after the 46-year-old is sentenced to serve 18 years in prison on bribery and illegal gambling charges on Tuesday. Dubbed the "godmother" of the Chinese underworld, she was notorious for her toughness and a lavish lifestyle that reportedly included luxury villas and a stable of 16 young lovers.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33606185/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ AFP - Getty Images Xie Caiping, left, is led from courthouse in southwest China after the 46-year-old is sentenced to serve 18 years in prison on bribery and illegal gambling charges on Tuesday.


]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:43:59 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33606185/ns/world_news-asiapacific/ Photographer's mission to remember Mao http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/27/2108959.aspx News