http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/
- Asian markets rise on expectation of bank rate cuts
- More tainted eggs found originating from China
- South Korea will pull out troops by Dec 20 from Iraq (they now still have less than 600 troops in Arbil)–SK divided over deployment of its troops
- NK warns SK to end its smear campaign, they have been sending anti NK pamphlets across the border
- Taiwan protests nation’s ties to China (demonstraters many from opposition party Demoratic Progressive Party)
- Many dead in Pakistan earth quake- 6.4
- First democratic polls in Maldive: Nasheed (Maldivian Dem party) beat the incumbent Gayoom who has been president for 30 years.
- Pakistan Taliban commander killed
- Foreigners killed in Kabul attack by Afgan security guard
