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Pohang beat Al Ittihad to win AFC Champions League

AFP - Sunday, November 8

TOKYO (AFP) - - Pohang Steelers of South Korea shocked two-time champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 2-1 to capture the AFC Champions League title on Saturday. More »

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China not courting Africa only for energy: Wen
AFP - Sunday, November 8
BEIJING (AFP) - - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denied that Beijing was developing ties in Africa purely to satisfy its need for energy, as he headed for talks with the continent's leaders, according to state media.
Obama delays Japan visit following Texas shooting: Tokyo
AFP - Sunday, November 8
TOKYO (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Japan next week by one day following a deadly shooting at a military base in Texas, according to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
ASEAN urges 'maximum restraint' in Thai-Cambodia row
AFP - Sunday, November 8
BANGKOK (AFP) - - The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged Thailand and Cambodia to show "maximum restraint" amid tensions over Phnom Penh's job offer to a fugitive former Thai premier.
Taliban attack kills 3 Pakistani soldiers: officials
AFP - Saturday, November 7
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - - Taliban militants killed three Pakistani soldiers in an assault on a check post in the northwest as the military pressed its ground and air offensive, according to officials.
Storm-triggered landslide kills 13 in Vietnam
AFP - Saturday, November 7
HANOI (AFP) - - At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials.
Taiwan court to scrap 'unfair' law on prostitutes
AFP - Saturday, November 7
TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's constitutional court said it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free.
Tokyo plans bid for 2020 Summer Games: governor
AFP - Saturday, November 7
TOKYO (AFP) - - Tokyo intends to bid for 2020 Summer Olympics, despite recently losing out to Rio de Janeiro in the race for the 2016 Games, governor Shintaro Ishihara said in an interview.
South Korea's Pohang win AFC Champions League
AFP - Sunday, November 8
TOKYO (AFP) - - Pohang Steelers of South Korea shocked two-time champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 2-1 to capture the AFC Champions League title here on Saturday.
Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia
AFP - Saturday, November 7
SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.
Tonga halts probe into shipping tragedy inquiry
AFP - Saturday, November 7
NUKU'ALOFA (AFP) - - A shipping executive in Tonga who bought the doomed Princess Ashika despite evidence the ferry was unsafe has had his legal support axed, halting a probe into the tragedy, officials said.
Dinosaur prints found in New Zealand's South Island
AFP - Saturday, November 7
NELSON, New Zealand (AFP) - - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
China a big winner in carbon credit game
AFP - Saturday, November 7
KUNMING, China (AFP) - - In energy-hungry China's southwestern Yunnan province, power is being produced at wind farms, dams and garbage dumps as the Asian giant adopts more "green" technology thanks to carbon trading.
Japan and Mekong nations to wrap up summit
AFP - Saturday, November 7
TOKYO (AFP) - - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations will on Saturday wrap up a summit at which Tokyo has pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants.
English depth impresses Elsom
AFP - Saturday, November 7
LONDON (AFP) - - Australia captain Rocky Elsom says suggestions the Wallabies will have things all their own way against a new-look England at Twickenham here on Saturday are wide of the mark.
Sri Lanka boat people leader a known trafficker: Colombo
AFP - Saturday, November 7
COLOMBO (AFP) - - The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.
NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan drowned: police
AFP - Saturday, November 7
KABUL (AFP) - - Two NATO soldiers who went missing in northwest Afghanistan two days ago died by drowning, an Afghan police official said on Friday, explaining that the deaths appeared accidental.
'Yakuza' gunman in Japan wounds three, kills himself
AFP - Saturday, November 7
TOKYO (AFP) - - A gunman in Japan who said he was a gangster shot and wounded three people Friday and, after being trapped by police, killed himself with a bullet to the head, police and reports said.
APEC seeks to slash emissions by 2050
AFP - Saturday, November 7
SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a crunch climate meeting in Copenhagen.
Japan PM says no US base deal before Obama visit
AFP - Saturday, November 7
TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday said he does not plan to make a decision on the relocation of a controversial US military base before President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week.