Tuesday, July 27, 2010

US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures (AP)

US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures (AP)

US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:39 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Operatives inside Afghanistan and Pakistan who have worked for the U.S. against the Taliban or al-Qaida may be at risk following the disclosure of thousands of once-secret U.S. military documents, former and current officials said.

NATO: 1 missing sailor killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:19 AM PDT

In this May 3, 2009 photo released by the Patriot Guard Riders and provided by the Kingman Daily Miner, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, 30, who was killed after he and another Navy sailor went missing in the eastern province of Logar, Afghanistan on Friday, June 23, 2010, attends a deployment party in Kingman, Ariz. McNeley has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The two men went missing after an armored sport utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. NATO officials were unable to say what they were doing in such a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban have said previously that they killed one of the two men in a firefight and captured the other. (AP Photo/Patriot Guard Riders via The Kingman Daily Miner) NO SALESAP - One of two U.S. sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week — a 30-year-old father of two — has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday.

Afghan army struggles with ethnic divisions (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:09 AM PDT

This combination photograph shows portraits of Afghan National Army soldiers following a patrol made on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the United States Army's Combat Outpost Ware, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, near Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - The Afghan soldiers look like they belong. They wear beards, carry Soviet-era rifles and stride confidently through fields of wheat, melons and okra. In one village, a young girl brings them a jug of milk to drink under the shade of a tree.

Kabul urges West to review Pakistan policy after leaks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta addresses a press conference in Kabul in 2009. Spanta, President Hamid Karzai's national security advisor, said that Afghanistan's Western allies needed to review their policies towards Pakistan, after leaked Pentagon documents published by Wikileaks on the war in Afghanistan showed the country's allies had an incoherent approach to the insurgency.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Afghanistan's national security adviser called on the West Tuesday to review policy towards Pakistan after leaked Pentagon documents pointed to Pakistani double-dealing in the Afghan war.

Obama: Nothing new in leaked Afghan documents (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:48 AM PDT

This combination photograph shows portraits of Afghan National Army soldiers following a patrol made on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the United States Army's Combat Outpost Ware, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, near Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - President Barack Obama says he is concerned about the massive leak of sensitive documents about the Afghanistan war, but says the papers don't reveal any concerns that were not already part of the debate.

Apple to deliver cut-price computers to Taiwan after error (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:44 AM PDT

A man looks at monitors displaying the Apple iPad website at a computer store in Taipei on April 2010. US computer giant Apple agreed on Tuesday to deliver computers to customers at massive discounts after mistakenly offering them at bargain prices, according to a Taipei consumer watchdog.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - US computer giant Apple agreed on Tuesday to deliver computers to customers at massive discounts after mistakenly offering them at bargain prices, according to a Taipei consumer watchdog.

Army opens criminal probe into Afghan war files leak (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:27 AM PDT

US soldiers fill a barrier as they build a watch tower at a forward operating base in Dand district of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. The US Army opened a criminal probe Tuesday into the leak of some 90,000 classified military files on the Afghan war, the Pentagon said, naming a jailed soldier as a AFP - The US Army opened a criminal probe Tuesday into the leak of some 90,000 classified military files on the Afghan war, the Pentagon said, naming a jailed soldier as a "person of interest."

Turkey gears up for referendum (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:21 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's justice minister said Tuesday that a September referendum on changes to the military-era constitution would accelerate democratic change in a country struggling with internal challenges even as it asserts itself on the international stage.

Convicted Khmer Rouge prison chief to appeal: lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:20 AM PDT

A picture released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on July 26 shows former Khmer Rouge prison chief S-21, Kaing Guek Eav (Duch). Duch will appeal against his conviction by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal, which sentenced him to 30 years in jail, his defence lawyer told AFP(AFP/ECCC/Mark Peters)AFP - Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch will appeal against his conviction by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal, which sentenced him to 30 years in jail, his defence lawyer said Tuesday.

Philippines police detain 80 Chinese miners (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Chinese nationals, detained for allegedly working illegally at a mining site, wait in the town of Masinloc, Zambales province, north of Manila. The workers have been held since Thursday when mining authorities, police and soldiers raided the chromite mining site at Masinloc, 150 kilometres (90 miles) northwest of the capital, police said.(AFP/David Bayarong)AFP - Philippine police said Tuesday they had detained 80 Chinese nationals illegally working at a mine site north of Manila.

Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

A North Korean soldier takes picture of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom Tuesday, July 27, 2010. On Tuesday, both Koreas and the U.S. marked the 57th anniversary of the signing of the armistice against the backdrop of the military drills. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)AP - On the 57th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, U.S. and South Korean ships intensified high-profile military exercises Tuesday that underscore rising tensions in a region yet to truly find peace.

China landslide leaves 21 missing amid floods (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:44 AM PDT

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, flood water gushes from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir in Jiyuan, central China's Henan Province, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River launched a sluice with the water outflux monitored at 15,000 cubic meters per second on Tuesday, Xinhua reported. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Miao Qiunao) ** NO SALES **AP - A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing Tuesday, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst flood season in a decade, which is expected to worsen with heavy rains forecast across the country.

Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:59 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian countries concerned about China's expanding military power.

Facebook helps Philippine cops nab murder suspect (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 06:42 AM PDT

AP - Philippine police tracked down a suspect in a series of grisly robberies and murders with the help of his Facebook account, officials said Tuesday.

Khmer Rouge prison chief to appeal conviction (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 04:27 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst 'enemies' of the state, appears during his sentencing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The tribunal has found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and ordered him to serve 19 years in prison. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - The Khmer Rouge's chief jailer plans to appeal his conviction by a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal, which sentenced him to 35 years in prison for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people, the tribunal spokesman said Tuesday.

Ex-Pakistani spy held by militants demands help (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:27 AM PDT

A boy uses cream on his face as he sits in rain water on the street of Karachi July 27, 2010. Monsoon rains continued in different parts of the country on Tuesday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department's website. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)AP - A former Pakistani spy kidnapped by militants four months ago in northwestern Pakistan threatened in a video to expose the government's "weaknesses" unless it frees prisoners to secure his release as demanded by his captors.

Kyrgyzstan seeks $1.2 billion in aid (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 01:55 AM PDT

AP - Kyrgyzstan's government appealed to an international donors conference Tuesday for $1.2 billion in aid to rebuild the country after months of political and ethnic violence.

Myanmar's top military leader in India for talks (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Myanmar's top military general Than Shwe, center, his wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, left, and Indian President Pratibha Patil pay respect as the national anthems of the two countries are played during a ceremonial reception of Shwe at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Shwe began a five-day visit to India on Sunday for talks with senior leaders aimed at deepening ties between the two South Asian neighbors. Pro-democracy advocates protested his arrival and promised to step up demonstrations. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - India welcomed the head of Myanmar's isolated military government Tuesday despite international criticism, as New Delhi competes to assert its influence in the region.

12 Muslims fined for Malaysia Hindu temple protest (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 11:40 PM PDT

AP - A Malaysian court fined 12 Muslims on Tuesday and sentenced one of them to a week in prison for illegally protesting the construction of a Hindu temple and parading a severed cow's head.

Vietnam asks France for military upgrades (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:31 PM PDT

AP - The French defense minister has agreed to help Vietnam modernize its military on a historic visit to the former colony, state media reported Tuesday.
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