Thursday, August 26, 2010

RIM makes offer to end BlackBerry crisis in India (AFP)

RIM makes offer to end BlackBerry crisis in India (AFP)

RIM makes offer to end BlackBerry crisis in India (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:46 AM PDT

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) said Thursday it was prepared to set up an industry forum to resolve security concerns with India threatening to disrupt its operations in the fast-growing market.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) said Thursday it was prepared to set up an industry forum to resolve security concerns with India threatening to disrupt its operations in the fast-growing market.

Pakistan seeks to salvage economy as more flee floods (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:33 AM PDT

A boy sits in front of houses destroyed by floodwater in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province August 25, 2010. REUTERS/Asim TanveerReuters - Pakistan ordered fresh evacuations from Sindh province on Thursday as the country struggled to bring relief to millions already displaced by flooding and sought international help to rescue its economy.

RIM suggests forum on BlackBerry solution in India (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Research in Motion offered on Thursday to lead an industry forum to look at India's need to have "lawful access" to BlackBerry's encrypted mail and messenger in the latest effort to stave off the blocking of the popular service in the world's fastest growing telecoms market.

Taliban kill eight Afghan police: governor (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Afghan police keep guard on the outskirts of Kabul on August 13. Taliban fighters overran a police post in northern Afghanistan Thursday, killing eight officers, the provincial governor said, in an attack that underscores the militia's widening insurgency.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Taliban fighters overran a police post in northern Afghanistan Thursday, killing eight officers, the provincial governor said, in an attack that underscores the militia's widening insurgency.

Strauss out before weather halts Pakistan progress (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT

England's Andrew Strauss(L) bats against Pakistan on the first day of their fourth Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. England. England were 39 for one at stumps after rain and bad light meant only 12.3 overs were possible in the day's play.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Pakistan saw off Andrew Strauss but missed a glaring chance to dismiss the England captain's opening partner, Alastair Cook, on the first day of the fourth and final Test at Lord's here on Thursday.

Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:50 AM PDT

Relatives react as the coffins of Spanish Civil Guards, Jose Maria Galera Cordoba, Leoncio Bravo Picallo and an Iranian-born interpreter Ataola Taefik Alili arrive, at the Torrejon military airbase just outside of Madrid on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Flag-draped coffins holding the remains of three Spaniards killed in Afghanistan in what the government calls a terrorist attack have been brought back to Spain. A band played Chopin's Funeral March Thursday as Civil Guard pallbearers carried caskets with the bodies of two police officers and an Iranian-born interpreter who were shot by an Afghan man Wednesday at a NATO base during a training class for local police recruits. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)AP - Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Spanish trainers shot dead on their base.

NKorea's reclusive Kim on unexpected China visit (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:38 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 Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has turned up in China in a strangely timed visit for the reclusive leader while former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is in North Korea trying to win the release of an imprisoned American.

Ford to storm India with eight new models, create export hub (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

US auto giant Ford Motor said Thursday it would storm the fast-growing Indian market with eight new models and turn the nation into an export hub for its popular locally made Figo hatchback.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - US auto giant Ford Motor said Thursday it would storm the fast-growing Indian market with eight new models and turn the nation into an export hub for its popular locally made Figo hatchback.

Summary Box: Malaysia's Sime Darby posts loss (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:14 AM PDT

AP - DOWN ARROW: Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, the world's largest oil palm company, reported its second straight quarterly loss due to problems in its troubled energy and utilities division.

RIM offers to work with India on Blackberry access (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Research in Motion said on Thursday it was willing to work with India to support the country's needs to lawfully access encrypted services on the company's Blackberry smartphone.

Pakistani Taliban hint at attacks on aid workers (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:53 AM PDT

Parvez, 7, a flood victim, carries a water cooler on his shoulder which he is preparing to fill from a hand pump while taking refuge with his family in a relief camp for flood victims in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province August 26, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - The Taliban hinted Thursday they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats.

Philippine leader vows punishment in bus hijack (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:28 AM PDT

Relatives weep as they lay wreaths on a coffin of a Hong Kong tourist who was killed in Monday's hostage standoff in the Philippines as the bodies of the slain victims arrive at the Hong Kong airport, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A charter flight brought the bodies of eight victims of the bus hijacking in the Philippines back home to Hong Kong on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - The Philippine president vowed Thursday to punish authorities who bungled a bus hostage crisis that killed eight Hong Kong tourists, toughening his stance after Asian powerhouse China expressed outrage and political rivals pummelled him with criticism.

Indians remember Mother Teresa on birth centennial (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:45 AM PDT

A nun of the Missionaries of Charity puts a garland around a bust of Mother Teresa, the founder of the order, during celebrations to mark her birth centenary, in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Special feasts to feed the poor, a festival of films on her life and work, the launch of a new train called the Mother Express, and interfaith prayer meetings were among events planned to mark the yearlong anniversary. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - Hundreds of nuns, bishops and volunteers attended a Mass on Thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa, the selfless nun who dedicated her life to serving the sick and poor in India.

603-pound Thai woman leaves home after 3 years (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Umnuayporn Tongprapai gestures as she is transported on a forklift to an ambulance in Bangkok, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and the forklift. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - A 603-pound (274-kilogram) woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand left her apartment for the first time in three years Thursday with the help of Bangkok city hall and a forklift.

21 suspected militants go on trial in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:38 AM PDT

Militant suspects, from left, Surya Achda, Agus Kasdianto, Hasbuddin, Deni Sulaiman and Rahmadi Nowo Kuncoro, sit on the defendant's chair before their trial at West Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Dozens of alleged Islamist militants went on trial Thursday accused of plotting deadly attacks on foreign aid workers and tourists in Indonesia's tsunami-wracked province of Aceh. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Twenty-one suspected Islamist militants went on trial Thursday on charges of plotting attacks on foreign aid workers and others in Indonesia's Aceh province following a deadly tsunami.

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

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:16 AM 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 - On Day 2 of Jimmy Carter's journey to North Korea, there was no sign Thursday that the former American president had succeeded in securing the release of a Boston man jailed in the country since January.

China says airport not responsible for plane crash (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:02 AM PDT

A flight attendant looks out from the first plane after landing following the resumption of operations at the airport in Yichun following Tuesday's plane crash in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. A top aviation official defended the safety of the airport where a Henan Airlines flight crashed while coming in for a night landing, raising questions about the facility's design, a state news agency reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A top aviation official defended the safety of an airport in remote northeast China where a plane crashed while coming in for a night landing — the country's worst commercial air disaster in nearly six years, a state news agency reported Thursday.

India's PM tells police to change Kashmir strategy (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:59 AM PDT

Kashmiris carry the body of Omar Bhat, 17, who succumbed to injuries in a hospital, during his funeral procession in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Bhat was admitted to a hospital on Monday after police released him from custody, according to a police statement. The statement did not mention the cause of his death and also did not say why Bhat was arrested. However, Amin Tabish, the medical superintendent of the state-run Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, said Bhat had been severely beaten leading to his kidney and respiratory failure. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Security forces in Kashmir need to find non-lethal means of controlling violent mobs to prevent more deaths in the unrest roiling the Indian-ruled region, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday in rare remarks directly questioning government tactics.

Rotating statue of late Turkmen dictator removed (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:02 AM PDT

AP - A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan's former dictator has been taken down in a move further eroding the personality cult around the late Central Asian leader.

10 Vietnamese saved after 2 days lost at sea (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:54 PM PDT

AP - Ten Vietnamese fishermen have been rescued after floating in rough seas in tiny traditional basket boats for two days after a tropical storm sunk their fishing trawler, an official said Thursday.
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