Monday, August 30, 2010

7 US troops die in bombings in violent south (AP)

7 US troops die in bombings in violent south (AP)

7 US troops die in bombings in violent south (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a trilateral regional summit in Tehran, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiAP - Roadside bombs killed seven American troopers on Monday — including five in a single blast in Kandahar — raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the last three days.

Obama expands sanctions against North Korea (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Monday expanded sanctions against North Korea by freezing the assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program.

Aid for sale in Pakistan as refugees want cash (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:39 AM PDT

A Pakistani flood survivor walks amid of rubble of her house near Peshawar, Pakistan Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Thousands of people streamed back to this historic southern city Monday where new levees hastily built from clay and stone held back floodwaters that have inundated much of Pakistan.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Needing cash not food, refugees in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest do not have to look far for buyers for their rations. Outside an aid warehouse, middlemen buy U.S.-branded oil, flour and biscuits and supply shops across the city.

India's richest man invests in luxury Oberoi hotels (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

A unit of India's largest private firm Reliance Industries has bought a 14 percent stake in one of the country's most luxurious hotel chains in a 217-million-dollar deal, the companies said. The giant conglomerate, headed by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, pictured in June 2010, said its unit Reliance Industries Investment and Holding had acquired a 14.12 percent stake in East India Hotels.(AFP/File/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - A unit of India's largest private firm Reliance Industries has bought a 14 percent stake in one of the country's most luxurious hotel chains in a 217-million-dollar deal, the companies said on Monday.

Imran Khan fears for cricket in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Pakistan cricket great Imran Khan, seen here in January 2010, said the sport was headed for crisis with the careers of top players in jeopardy over their alleged involvement in a gambling scam.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Pakistan cricket great Imran Khan on Monday said the sport was headed for crisis with the careers of top players in jeopardy over their alleged involvement in a gambling scam.

Summary Box: Singapore to cool property prices (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:45 AM PDT

AP - COOL DOWN: Singapore is moving to discourage short-term speculative real estate investing as property prices soar to record highs amid a rapid economic recovery.

Summary Box: China-Russia crude pipeline starts up (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:44 AM PDT

AP - OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Russia has opened its section of a crude oil pipeline from eastern Siberia to China, a major step in expanding energy cooperation between the neighboring powers.

Summary Box: China in global talent search (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:38 AM PDT

AP - STAR SEARCH: China's government is launching a global talent search to fill top posts at 12 major state-owned companies in its latest effort to turn huge but inefficient government enterprises into global competitors.

Senator Kerry warns of instability in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:36 AM PDT

An army crewman helps a flood victim up the helicopter during a rescue operation at a flooded village in Sujawal, about 150 kilometres (93 miles) from Karachi in Pakistan's Sindh province August 30, 2010. Flood-stricken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, influential U.S. Senator John Kerry said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Flood-stricken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, Senator John Kerry said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims.

NKorea confirms Kim's not-so-secret trip to China (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:35 AM PDT

In this image made Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 from China Central Television footage, North Korea's Kim Jong Il, center, visits an agriculture expo in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province on Saturday Aug. 28, 2010. China on Monday confirmed North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's visit, according to a Japanese news agency, signaling the end of a secretive trip that fueled speculation he was seeking aid and drumming up support for a succession plan. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN) ** TV OUT CHINA OUT **AP - After Kim Jong Il's safe return Monday, North Korea confirmed what for days had been clear: the Dear Leader was on a not-so-secret trip to northeastern China.

Police fire kills 11-year-old in Indian Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Kashmiri protesters throw stones at Indian policemen after police fire at a group of people playing carom board on a street during a curfew hours, in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Police opened fire with live rounds at rock-throwing Kashmiris on Monday, killing an 11-year-old boy and sparking violent street protests by thousands in India's portion of the troubled Himalayan region, a police officer said. At least 22 people were wounded in firing.

Lawyer asks Thai PM not to send Russian to US (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:28 AM PDT

AP - The lawyer for accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout filed a last ditch appeal Monday to Thailand's prime minister in an effort to stop his client's extradition to the United States.

China media: Police accidentally killed Tibetan (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT

AP - Chinese police fatally shot a Tibetan protester during a demonstration last week, state media reported Monday, saying the man was hit by stray warning rounds.

Indonesian volcano erupts again, spewing hot ash (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:25 AM PDT

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 21,000 people. (AP Photo/Roone Patikawa)AP - An Indonesian volcano dormant for four centuries erupted for the second straight day Monday, shooting clouds of hot ash more than a mile into the air and forcing 30,000 people to flee.

Myanmar parties complain election fee too high (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:27 AM PDT

In this photo taken March. 11, 2006, Myanmar's top junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, center, waves with his second-in-command Gen. Maung Aye, right, and third-ranking Gen. Thura Shwe Mann at Yangon international airport, Myanmar. Myanmar's junta carried out a major military reshuffle Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 that retired more than a dozen senior leaders, officials said, in an apparent move to prepare for November national elections. There were conflicting reports about whether Myanmar's top two junta leaders, Than Shwe and Maung Aye, were among those shifted out of power. Friday's reshuffle included Thura Shwe Mann who served as Joint Chief of Staff, said the officials who are close to the military but could not be named because the reshuffle was not formally announced. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Political parties challenging Myanmar's ruling junta in the country's first election in two decades said they can't afford to compete in every constituency because of the exorbitant fees charged to register candidates.

Father seeks China AIDS activist's release (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:14 AM PDT

Tian Demin, father of 23-year-old Chinese AIDS activist Tian Xi, speaks to journalists during an interview in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Tian Xi jailed after a run-in with a hospital administrator is in poor health but has vowed that legal troubles would never stop his fight for compensation after being infected by tainted blood during a transfusion, his father said Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A Chinese AIDS activist jailed after a run-in with a hospital administrator is in poor health but has vowed to keep fighting for compensation after being infected by tainted blood during a childhood transfusion, his father said Monday.

Hong Kong police inspect Manila hostage bus (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:58 AM PDT

Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team take their position as a body lies on the steps of the bus during the assault on a bus with tourists being held hostage at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Philippine police commandos crouched around a bus where a sacked former policeman was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila on Monday and shots were heard at the scene, TV pictures and a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Hong Kong forensic experts on Monday inspected the bullet-peppered bus in which a hijacker killed eight tourists in Manila last week, as the Philippines tried to calm China's outrage over the bloodshed.

Historic city in south Pakistan saved from floods (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:43 AM PDT

Flood survivors struggle for relief good distributed at a roadside in Pabbi near Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Thousands of people streamed back to this historic southern city Monday where new levees hastily built from clay and stone held back floodwaters that have inundated much of Pakistan.

Cats are decayed Taiwanese mining town's 2nd life (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:30 PM PDT

In this image made Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, a tourist pets a cat in Houtong, Taipei county, Taiwan. A surfeit of cats is giving a second life to the decayed Taiwanese coal-mining town that last prospered in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)AP - A surfeit of cats is giving a second life to a decayed Taiwanese coal-mining town that last prospered in the 1970s.

Aborigine nears win in Australia's House of Reps (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:48 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by the Australian Liberal Party, Ken Wyatt poses in Perth, Australia. Wyatt, an Aboriginal man appears set for victory Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, in his quest to become the first indigenous person to win a seat in Australia's House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Australian Liberal Party) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - An Aboriginal man appeared set for victory Monday in his quest to become the first indigenous person to win a seat in Australia's House of Representatives.
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