Thursday, August 26, 2010

NKorea's Kim visits Chinese school, teachers say (AP)

NKorea's Kim visits Chinese school, teachers say (AP)

NKorea's Kim visits Chinese school, teachers say (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT

A South Korean man watches a TV reporting on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. News reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may have traveled to China in what would be his second visit to the country this year.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was in China Thursday on his second visit this year to his country's biggest source of diplomatic and financial support, according to teachers at a school he visited.

Drug cartel suspected in massacre of 72 migrants (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:48 PM PDT

This image released by Mexico's Navy shows, shows the alleged site where 72 bodies, not seen, were found in San Fernando, eastern Mexico, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. A Mexican drug cartel massacred 72 Central and South American migrants within 100 miles of the U.S. border that they were trying to reach, according to Lala Pomavilla who said to be a survivor who escaped and stumbled wounded to a highway checkpoint where he alerted marines. Lala Pomavilla told investigators that his captors identified themselves as members of the Zetas drug gang, said Vice Adm. Jose Luis Vergara, a spokesman for the Mexican Navy. (AP Photo/ Mexico's Secretary Navy)AP - The discovery of 72 slain Central and South American migrants on a ranch just south of the U.S. border provides a horrific reminder of the brutality of human trafficking in a country dominated by drug cartels.

Pakistan floods threaten 3 towns as levee fails (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:42 AM PDT

Pakistanis displaced by floods struggle for milk during an aid distribution at a temporary camp in Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Pakistani officials urged anyone left in three southern towns Thursday to evacuate immediately as floodwaters broke through a levee, endangering areas previously untouched by the country's almost monthlong disaster.

Carter in NKorea in bid to release jailed American (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:35 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 photo, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, meets North Korea's No. 2 Kim Yong Nam at Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans welcomed Jimmy Carter back to Pyongyang with smiles, salutes and hearty handshakes Wednesday as the former American president arrived on a mission to bring home a Boston man jailed in the communist country since January. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Former President Jimmy Carter spent a second day in North Korea on Thursday on a mission to bring home a Boston man jailed in the country since January.

Tax officials keep 'Crocodile Dundee' in Australia (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:31 PM PDT

** FILE ** In this April 18, 2001 file photo, Australian actor Paul Hogan, star of the 'Crocodile Dundee' movie trilogy poses in front of a movie poster for 'Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles,' at a screening of the movie, at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles. Hogan, has been barred from leaving Australia until he pays a multimillion dollar tax bill his lawyer said on Thursday, Aug 26, 2010.(AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)AP - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, has been barred from leaving Australia until he pays a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Spain's Immigrants Suffering Worst in Downturn (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Having taken up Spain's invitation to boost its construction industry, immigrants now find themselves hit especially hard by the crisis that has crippled the nation's economy

Fugitive tycoon Nadir returns for trial (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:48 AM PDT

The statue of Lady Justice on top of London's Old Bailey courthouse. A businessman who fled to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 17 years ago after being charged with stealing from his collapsed firm is returning to Britain to face trial.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A businessman who fled to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 17 years ago after being charged with stealing from his collapsed firm returns to Britain on Thursday to face trial.

Iraqi police say 6 guards killed in ambush (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT

An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)AP - Insurgents killed six members of a government-allied Sunni militia in an ambush northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, police said, offering no respite to a nation still reeling from a spate of attacks on police and soldiers a day earlier that left at least 56 dead.

Mexico state to boost pay of state police (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:28 PM PDT

AP - The governor of a Mexican border state said Wednesday he will give state police officers a 20 percent pay raise in an effort to deter them from being lured into helping drug cartels.

South African police ordered not to join strike (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:55 AM PDT

AP - South African police say officers who join the nationwide public service strike for higher pay could be fired.

Pakistan orders nearly half a million to evacuate (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:01 AM PDT

A Pakistani army doctor checks a sick boy at a relief camp in Sultan Colony in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab on August 25. Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope after its worst humanitarian disaster.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in a country straining to cope after its worst humanitarian disaster.

RCMP says makes "terrorism"-related arrests (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Reuters - Canadian police arrested two people on Wednesday in relation to what they called "terrorist offenses" and said they expect to make further arrests.

Australia PM receives boost in bid to form govt (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a news conference in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's hopes of forming a minority government received a boost on Thursday with "kingmaker" independents criticizing her conservative rival for refusing to meet a key demand.

From one Afghan setback, U.S. strategy finds success (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:54 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — Chris Harich was catching up on e-mails at his cramped southern Afghanistan office in mid-June when a colleague popped his head in to deliver the news: The Arghandab district governor, America's main political point man in the volatile valley, had just been assassinated.

Wyclef Jean's disqualification signals Haiti diaspora not welcome in politics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The disqualification of Wyclef Jean and all the other candidates from the Haitian diaspora who sought to run in the country's presidential election has led to allegations that the domestic political elite is manipulating the country's election commission to freeze out strong challengers.

Korean Pop, with Online Help, Goes Global (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - For years, anything Korean has been synonymous with cool in Asia. Now K-pop acts like Taeyang and girl group 2NE1 are going online and -- finally -- getting the world's attention

Corpses Litter Streets amid Mogadishu Fighting (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:31 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Aug 24 (IRIN) - Deadly clashes between Islamist insurgents and African Union-backed government forces cut off many parts of Mogadishu on 24 August, when dozens of people, including several MPs, were killed during an attack on a downtown hotel.
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