February 10, 2017 Book advising Indian students to kill kittens sparks outrage A textbook has sparked outrage in India for instructing fourth-graders to put a kitten in an unventilated box and wait for it to die to show that living beings need air.
February 10, 2017 Local leader shot dead in Thailand's troubled south Police in Thailand say a local politician in the country's deep south has been fatally shot by a group of heavily armed men clad in black.
February 10, 2017 Stock regulator: China plans to 'capture' suspects abroad China's stock regulator says in comments reported by multiple news outlets that Beijing plans to have people abroad who are accused of financial market misconduct "captured and returned." The reports Friday follow the disappearance of a Chinese-born Canadian businessman from Hong Kong and the detention of a series of leading securities industry figures on the mainland.
February 10, 2017 S. Korea prosecutors push again to search Park's compound Prosecutors say they will file a suit to try to force aides to impeached President Park Geun-hye to stop blocking searches of Park's official compound.
February 10, 2017 Chinese ambassador says more funds to flow to Philippines China's ambassador says three out of 40 infrastructure projects that the Philippines has proposed for Chinese financing are expected to break ground this year, and there will be more investments in the coming years following a recent improvement in the two countries' ties.
February 10, 2017 Police say Italian priest attacked in Bangladesh, hospitalized with injuries Police say an Italian priest has been attacked in a northern Bangladesh town and hospitalized with head and neck injuries, the third such recent attack in the country.
February 10, 2017 Indonesia disaster agency says 7 killed in Bali landslide Seven people were killed in a landslide on the tourist island of Bali that wiped out several homes, Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said Friday.
February 10, 2017 Reckitt Benckiser to acquire Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion British household products company Reckitt Benckiser is acquiring U.S. baby formula maker Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion in a move that will help the company grow in China.
February 10, 2017 Elephant habitats shrink in India as encroachments increase Wildlife activists say human encroachment in the forests of northeast India have forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals.
February 10, 2017 Freebies, symbols, funding: India's key election features At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy.
