http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2009, latimes.com Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/OLtUxlB6kaY/la-fg-taiwan-witch7-2009nov07,0,862432.story The government is funding a program to help indigenous tribes preserve traditional practices. For the Paiwan tribe, that includes training women as witches, or spirit mediums. <br/><br/> When Djupelang Qrudu was growing up in her tribal village, her grandmothers saw something special in her and recommended an alternative to attending high school: becoming a witch. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FtJDDA29DxGg3_iwE58IwPBdOKw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FtJDDA29DxGg3_iwE58IwPBdOKw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FtJDDA29DxGg3_iwE58IwPBdOKw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FtJDDA29DxGg3_iwE58IwPBdOKw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/OLtUxlB6kaY" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-taiwan-witch7-2009nov07,0,862432.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/Ih8c_9W29Ig/la-fg-waziristan-refugees7-2009nov07,0,3029697.story Though villagers tolerate the militants, many of them fellow Mahsud tribesmen, they welcome the Pakistani offensive, hoping it will help bring basic infrastructure to the isolated region. <br/><br/> The Mahsud tribesmen of South Waziristan don't hate the Taliban. But they hate what having Taliban fighters living among them has done to life in their mud-hut hamlets. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05CvpcTdQmrznpzHRtAhtF_Q1zo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05CvpcTdQmrznpzHRtAhtF_Q1zo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05CvpcTdQmrznpzHRtAhtF_Q1zo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/05CvpcTdQmrznpzHRtAhtF_Q1zo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/Ih8c_9W29Ig" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-waziristan-refugees7-2009nov07,0,3029697.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/6qH8AjCIzH4/la-fi-china-iphone7-2009nov07,0,1082018.story Only 5,000 of the Apple phones have sold since the Oct. 30 launch. High prices and a lack of Wi-Fi capability are blamed, especially with a thriving gray market in iPhones. <br/><br/> Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been a ringing success wherever it has been launched. But in China few are picking up the buzz. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P8x4EQKF8HuWh55W6Lwv-BVxwjU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P8x4EQKF8HuWh55W6Lwv-BVxwjU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P8x4EQKF8HuWh55W6Lwv-BVxwjU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/P8x4EQKF8HuWh55W6Lwv-BVxwjU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/6qH8AjCIzH4" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fi-china-iphone7-2009nov07,0,1082018.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/KTctCXP5dSY/la-fg-afghanistan-missing7-2009nov07,0,7794263.story More than 25 international and Afghan troops are injured in the fighting. The two American paratroopers have been missing since Wednesday. <br/><br/> More than 25 members of international and Afghan security forces were injured Friday in firefights in northwestern Afghanistan during a large-scale manhunt for two missing American soldiers, military officials said. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/E7Tg1SwWkTKpnqOllvaUO3hfyng/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/E7Tg1SwWkTKpnqOllvaUO3hfyng/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/E7Tg1SwWkTKpnqOllvaUO3hfyng/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/E7Tg1SwWkTKpnqOllvaUO3hfyng/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/KTctCXP5dSY" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-afghanistan-missing7-2009nov07,0,7794263.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/Gvo1RujcjIk/la-fg-obama-afghanistan6-2009nov06,0,3842551.story The president must heed domestic pressure that any military buildup be limited while convincing Afghan and Pakistani officials that the U.S. commitment is firm. <br/><br/> As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands: assuring Americans that any military buildup will be limited while convincing Pakistan and other wary allies that the U.S. presence is substantial and not about to end. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aq_mz9phYqVfDqDpf85AxmRxnOY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aq_mz9phYqVfDqDpf85AxmRxnOY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aq_mz9phYqVfDqDpf85AxmRxnOY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aq_mz9phYqVfDqDpf85AxmRxnOY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/Gvo1RujcjIk" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-obama-afghanistan6-2009nov06,0,3842551.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/21HVpFs8Wco/la-me-deaf6-2009nov06,0,4861317.story They went as temps to work at a Koreatown rehab center for deaf people. When funding dwindled, they stayed on without pay. <br/><br/> None of them know sign language. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BszZYpsqPWNVv-woto8ZJtSokXI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BszZYpsqPWNVv-woto8ZJtSokXI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BszZYpsqPWNVv-woto8ZJtSokXI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BszZYpsqPWNVv-woto8ZJtSokXI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/21HVpFs8Wco" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-me-deaf6-2009nov06,0,4861317.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/g9OpLuxeg6k/la-et-onthemedia6-2009nov06,0,7165497.column The former anti-Soviet jihadi who later went to Harvard before returning home says a troop pullout could spark chaos in the whole region. <br/><br/> In Masood Farivar's life, the absurdly improbable has often come to look like the preordained. Once a teenage jihadi who went to the caves of Tora Bora to fight the Soviets, he also attracted the attention of a mentor, who paved the Afghan youth's way to Harvard. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/h5XZZuBdYm50fYCWh_k7nIomnf8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/h5XZZuBdYm50fYCWh_k7nIomnf8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/h5XZZuBdYm50fYCWh_k7nIomnf8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/h5XZZuBdYm50fYCWh_k7nIomnf8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/g9OpLuxeg6k" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-et-onthemedia6-2009nov06,0,7165497.column?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/4KtCCFHgxhk/la-fg-un-afghanistan6-2009nov06,0,4784236.story The Afghan president risks losing the support of the international community, Kai Eide warns. He calls on Karzai to fight corruption, bolster the judiciary and end the culture of impunity. <br/><br/> The top United Nations official in Afghanistan on Thursday issued an unusually pointed warning to President Hamid Karzai to enact major political reforms or risk losing the support of the international community. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uKs2vLlTx1XebzbMwHzdJjePLdA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uKs2vLlTx1XebzbMwHzdJjePLdA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uKs2vLlTx1XebzbMwHzdJjePLdA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uKs2vLlTx1XebzbMwHzdJjePLdA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/4KtCCFHgxhk" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-un-afghanistan6-2009nov06,0,4784236.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/cf1HSKlr2gc/la-fi-hanmi-bank6-2009nov06,0,3681683.story The Los Angeles-based parent of the largest bank focused on the Korean American market loses $59.7 million in the third quarter. Regulators give it till July 31 to raise the needed capital. <br/><br/> Hanmi Financial Corp., which owns the largest bank focused on the Korean American market, reported another large quarterly loss Thursday and said regulators had ordered it to raise $100 million in capital by July or face seizure. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TTUpiuzbkgmN4PkeH8IGckryJNQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TTUpiuzbkgmN4PkeH8IGckryJNQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TTUpiuzbkgmN4PkeH8IGckryJNQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TTUpiuzbkgmN4PkeH8IGckryJNQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/cf1HSKlr2gc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fi-hanmi-bank6-2009nov06,0,3681683.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/XUsh-gCNiH4/la-fg-afghanistan-british5-2009nov05,0,6815815.story United Nations officials say the deadly attack last week on an agency guesthouse in Kabul has prompted a review of security for U.N. workers. <br/><br/> The United Nations is temporarily pulling hundreds of staff members out of Afghanistan while it reviews security arrangements in the wake of an attack by militants on a Kabul guesthouse last week that killed five U.N. employees, officials said today. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qm_6K8AWDn6DOtypEjFRvcWPZI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qm_6K8AWDn6DOtypEjFRvcWPZI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qm_6K8AWDn6DOtypEjFRvcWPZI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qm_6K8AWDn6DOtypEjFRvcWPZI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/asia/~4/XUsh-gCNiH4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-afghanistan-british5-2009nov05,0,6815815.story?track=rss