Friday, August 27, 2010

NKorea releases American imprisoned since January (AP)

NKorea releases American imprisoned since January (AP)

NKorea releases American imprisoned since January (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:59 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center left, hugs with American Aijalon Gomes at Pyongyang airport, North Korea, on Friday Aug. 27, 2010. Looking gaunt but relieved, Gomes freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Ximeng) ** NO SALES **AP - A smile flickered across Aijalon Gomes' face as he hugged former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and boarded a plane for Boston on Friday, seven months after his arrest in North Korea.

Kenya gets new American-style constitution (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:54 AM PDT

AP - African leaders joined tens of thousands of Kenyans on Friday to witness a once-in-a-generation event: the signing into law of Kenya's new constitution.

Chinese man with no arms plays piano with toes (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:52 AM PDT

In this Aug. 26, 2010 photo, pianist Liu Wei plays the piano with his toes during his practice session in Shanghai. Liu's arms were amputated from the shoulders at age 10 after he was electrocuted while playing hide-and-seek with his friends and is now appearing in Chinese talent show Dragon TV's 'China's Got Talent.' (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Pianist Liu Wei sits quietly to compose himself before plunging into the music. Then he takes off a sock.

Mexico starts identifying 72 massacred migrants (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:50 PM PDT

** CORRECTS DATE ** Mortuary worker wearing protective suits and Mexican marines are seen outside a funeral home where the bodies of 72 men and women that were allegedly killed by the Zetas drug gang, are kept in San Fernando, just 100 miles from the the Mexican border with the U.S. near the city of Matamoros,, Mexico, Thursday Aug. 26, 2010. A wounded migrant who escaped the Zetas gang stumbled into a military checkpoint and led marines to the scene were migrants from Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras were executed. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Heavily guarded mortuary workers have begun identifying 72 migrants massacred near the U.S. border, while human rights advocates are demanding Mexico do more to stop the exploitation and abuse of migrants that they say led to the heinous crime.

New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:58 PM PDT

An image made from a video released by Television Nacional de Chile via the Chilean government Thursday Aug. 26, 2010, shows one of the trapped miners in the underground chamber waving at the camera. (AP Photo/Television Nacional de Chile)AP - The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean cooper mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling "long live Chile, and long live the miners!"

Malaysia's New Journey (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:15 AM PDT

Time.com - Malaysia's New Journey

Rolls-Royce speeds Boeing engine delivery (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:44 AM PDT

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner does a flyby at the Farnborough Airshow in July. Aerospace giant Boeing said Friday it will delay until early 2011 the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner aircraft, originally scheduled for the end of this year.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Rolls-Royce said Friday it was working closely with Boeing to rush through delivery of engines to the US aerospace giant which has been forced to announce a further delay to its Dreamliner jet programme.

Looking at lessons that can be learned from Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:20 AM PDT

AP - They are different wars in different regions, with different challenges. But as the war in Iraq winds down, there is a lot the U.S. military can learn and apply to Afghanistan, from how to deal with contractors to when to draw down troops.

Mexico frees ex-state police director in drug case (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:26 PM PDT

AP - A Mexican judge has found the former state police director in the western state of Michoacan innocent of charges he helped a drug gang.

Sudan's genocide-accused President Bashir in Kenya (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:42 AM PDT

Sudan's genocide-accused President Omar al-Bashir, pictured earlier this year, was Friday in Kenya, has ratified the Rome Statute requiring cooperation with the International Criminal Court, an AFP journalist reported.(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - Sudan's genocide-accused President Omar al-Bashir arrived Friday in Kenya, which is obliged to cooperate with the International Criminal Court seeking his arrest for crimes in Darfur.

Japan's Kodo troupe beats drum for a better world (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT

A musician from Japan's Kodo drummers performs at the Earth Celebration concert on the remote Japanese island of Sado. Once they echoed across Japan's temple grounds and battlefields, but today taiko drums, dubbed the country's ancient heartbeat, send out a message of peace that has resonated around the world.(AFP/File/Frank Zeller)AFP - Once they echoed across Japan's temple grounds and battlefields, but today taiko drums, dubbed the country's ancient heartbeat, send out a message that has resonated around the world.

Police say Ottawa suspects planned bomb attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:58 PM PDT

Reuters - Three men arrested in Canada on terror-related charges -- one of whom was reported to have once auditioned for the "Canadian Idol" TV show -- were plotting bomb attacks and had connections to a group fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan, police said on Thursday.

Australia poll deadlock no closer to resolution (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:26 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a news conference in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Australia's opposition leader denied on Friday he was maneuvering to force the country back to the ballot box after a weekend election delivered a hung parliament, with independents holding the balance of power.

Iraq combat ends, but U.S. might stay past 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT

U.S. Army Spc. Clayton Joy hugs his sons Peyton, 3, left, and Austin, 2, right, as other soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team move to greet their family and friends in the early hours of Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 at a homecoming at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. The soldiers are part of the last brigade of combat troops which are now leaving Iraq, and heading home as part of the U.S. drawdown of forces. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially comes to an end Tuesday, 2,722 days after American-led troops stormed across the border from Kuwait. The remaining 49,000 U.S. troops are supposed to depart by the end of next year.

As Iran sanctions threaten, Iran sees new friend in Cambodia (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:51 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iran seems to have found a new friend in the unlikeliest of places: Cambodia. Tehran hosted a high-level delegation from the Southeast Asian nation earlier this month to discuss bilateral trade and mutual dislike of American "interference."

India's Commonwealth Games Mess: Mosquitoes and Delays (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:15 AM PDT

Time.com - With five weeks left before its start, a hugely expensive athletic competition is sodden with allegations of corruption and inefficiency. And then there's dengue fever.
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