Wednesday, July 28, 2010

WikiLeaks: We don't know source of leaked data (AP)

WikiLeaks: We don't know source of leaked data (AP)

WikiLeaks: We don't know source of leaked data (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:52 AM PDT

Founder and editor of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, faces the media during a debate event, held in London Tuesday July 27, 2010. On Sunday, the online whistle-blower website WikiLeaks released some 90,000 leaked U.S. army and intelligence documents relating to the war in Afghanistan, which have been highlighted as potentially putting American military lives at risk, although Assange says there is 'no reason' to doubt the reliability of the leaked documents.(AP PHOTO/Max Nash)AP - WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the Web site was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.

Butt puts his trust in Pakistan pace trio (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:52 AM PDT

Pakistan's Mohammad Aamer (L) chases Salman Butt during a training session on the eve of their first cricket test match against England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Pakistan captain Butt has backed the seam bowling trio of Aamer, Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul to carry on from where they left off against Australia when they face England.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Pakistan captain Salman Butt has backed the seam bowling trio of Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul to carry on from where they left off against Australia when they face England.

At least 12 dead in blast at China factory (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Local residents carry a man injured during an explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, July 28, 2010. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - At least 12 people died and 15 were seriously injured on Wednesday after an explosion at an abandoned plastics and chemicals factory in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, state television said.

US envoy likely to attend Hiroshima ceremony: reports (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:40 AM PDT

John Roos, US Ambassador to Japan, is expected to lay a floral wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on August 6, the 65th anniversary of the World War II bombing that helped force Japan's surrender on August 15, reports said.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - US President Barack Obama will likely send an envoy to a ceremony next week marking the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first US government official to attend the event, media said Wednesday.

British PM in India warns Pakistan over 'export of terror' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:39 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech at Infosys Campus in Bangalore, southern India. Cameron kicked off a trade-focused visit to India on Wednesday with a warning to neighbouring Pakistan against promoting the AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off a trade-focused visit to India on Wednesday with a warning to neighbouring Pakistan against promoting the "export of terror."

Pakistani plane crashes, 152 dead (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Pakistani rescue workers push the body of a plane crash victim on a stretcher into hospital as relatives gather to collect their remains in Islamabad. A Pakistani airliner carrying 152 people crashed in a ball of flames Wednesday into densely wooded hills outside Islamabad amid heavy rain and poor visibility, killing everyone on board.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - A Pakistani airliner carrying 152 people crashed in a ball of flames Wednesday into densely wooded hills outside Islamabad amid heavy rain and poor visibility, killing everyone on board.

US lawmakers beat back Afghan war challenge after leaks (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:33 AM PDT

US soldiers patrol in the Dand district of Kandahar Province on July 26, 2010. US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AFP - US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.

Japan tanker docks in UAE after incident in Gulf strait (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:30 AM PDT

A handout mobile picture from the Emirati News Agency (WAM) shows Japanese oil tanker AFP - A Japanese tanker first thought to have been hit by an blast in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday then said to have been struck by a huge wave arrived in the United Arab Emirates, a port official said.

SKS launches India's first microfinance IPO (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:30 AM PDT

A banner announcing the share sales of SKS Microfinance hangs in the company headquarter building in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The Indian company that makes tiny loans to villagers aims to raise up to $354 million in an initial public offering, a move critics fear will encourage the microfinance lender, India's largest, to put shareholders above the poor it serves. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)AP - An Indian company that makes tiny loans to villagers aims to raise up to $354 million in an initial public offering, a move critics fear will encourage India's largest microfinance lender to put shareholders above the poor it serves.

WikiLeaks document release endangers Afghan lives: US (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:28 AM PDT

The homepage of the WikiLeaks.org website is seen on a computer on July 26 in Miami, Florida. Informants whose names appear in the documents posted on the whistleblower site have reason to fear for their lives, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Informants whose names appear in the documents posted on the whistleblower site WikiLeaks have reason to fear for their lives, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

Bus hits roadside bomb, killing 25 in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:11 AM PDT

Villagers gather around the body of a man allegedly killed by U.S. soldiers and argue that he was the brother of the farmer, who's stroking his head, rather than a suspected Taliban insurgent involved in clashes with troops from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division at Samir Kalacha in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A packed bus hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people aboard, as NATO announced another U.S. service member died in a rapidly rising monthly death toll.

152 die as plane crashes in rainy Pakistani hills (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 09:49 AM PDT

A video grab shows debris from a commercial Pakistani passenger plane lying scattered amid shrubbery in hills near the capital, Islamabad, July 28, 2010. Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of at least 20 people from the wreckage of a Pakistani passenger plane which crashed near the capital on Wednesday, an official said. The Airblue jet was carrying 146 passengers and six crewmen. REUTERS/via Reuters TV (PAKISTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER)AP - A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.

SKorea: Drills sent 'strong warning' to NKorea (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:33 AM PDT

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against South Korea's joint military exercises with the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. North Korea renewed its long-standing demand Wednesday that Washington abandon its 'hostile policy' toward Pyongyang as the U.S. and South Korea held a fourth day of joint military drills. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - For four days, U.S. and South Korean troops fired artillery into the skies and dropped anti-submarine bombs on underwater targets — dramatic exercises meant to warn North Korea not to strike again.

Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:15 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 - Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.

Thai army to reinforce Cambodian border if needed (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:01 AM PDT

Representatives of civic sectors cheer during a protest in front of a UNESCO office on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, in Bangkok. The protesters were condemning UNESCO for listing the Preah Vihear temple as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cambodia. Thailand has attempted to delay the listing, claiming to own the disputed territory. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thailand's army is prepared to defend its border with Cambodia if a territorial dispute heats up, the prime minister said Wednesday, as the two nations were set to tussle on the diplomatic front at a U.N. meeting in Brazil.

Huge blast at China factory kills 12, scores hurt (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:42 AM PDT

This photo released by China's Xinhua news agency shows the building debris near the explosion site in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province on Wednesday July 28, 2010. The powerful blast caused by a suspected gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday, killing at least five people and seriously injuring 28. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Sun Can) ** NO SALES **AP - A powerful blast caused by a suspected gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and seriously injuring more than a dozen others.

Travel magazine names Bangkok world's top city (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:28 AM PDT

Thai students tour Marble temple in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Bangkok took No. 1 spot in Travel + Leisure magazine's top 10 cities in World's Best Awards 2010. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Bangkok city officials say they are humbled and inspired after receiving Travel + Leisure magazine's "Top City" award, despite recent street riots that sent tourists packing.

Japan hangs 2 on death row; 1st executions in year (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Japanese Justice Minister Keiko Chiba makes an announcement that the executions took place during a press conference at Justice Ministry in Tokyo, Japan Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Japan hanged two convicted killers, including a man who burned six women to death, in the country's first executions in one year, the government said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Japan hanged two convicted killers Wednesday, including a man who burned six women to death, in the country's first executions in a year, and the justice minister said she wants renewed debate on whether to continue the punishment.

China to send 2 pandas to Japan in diplomatic move (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:32 AM PDT

AP - China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries' often-strained relations.

British PM visits India to boost trade links (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:09 AM PDT

British Treasury chief George Osborne poses for photographs with a bull sculpture at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. British Prime Minister David Cameron and a massive delegation of Cabinet ministers and dignitaries fanned out across India on Wednesday in a visit aimed at rebuilding trade relations and other ties between the two nations. (AP Photo)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron and a massive delegation of Cabinet ministers and dignitaries fanned out across India on Wednesday in a visit aimed at rebuilding trade relations and other ties between the two nations.
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