Thursday, August 5, 2010

UN chief in Japan calls for elimination of nuclear weapons (AFP)

UN chief in Japan calls for elimination of nuclear weapons (AFP)

UN chief in Japan calls for elimination of nuclear weapons (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:02 AM PDT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and his wife Yoo Soon-taek lay a wreath in Peace Park in Nagasaki. Ban on Thursday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II.(AFP/JiJi Press)AFP - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, during a visit to Nagasaki, one of the two Japanese cities hit by US atom bombs in World War II.

Pentagon tells WikiLeaks: "Do right thing" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:55 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)Reuters - The Pentagon demanded on Thursday that whistle-blower web site WikiLeaks immediately hand over about 15,000 secret documents it had not yet released over the war in Afghanistan and erase material it had already put online.

NATO acknowledges civilian deaths in Afghan clash (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, Afghan police officers stand at a check point next to a makeshift camp where displaced Pashto families from Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, live on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - NATO acknowledged an undetermined number of Afghan civilians were killed Thursday in fighting with the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan and promised to provide compensation to their families.

WikiLeaks posts huge encrypted file to Web (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:30 AM PDT

In this Sunday Aug. 1, 2010, photo released by CBS, Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses the war in Afghanistan on CBS's 'Face The Nation' in Washington. Mullen said the Pentagon is trying to protect Afghans who may be at risk from Taliban retaliation following the publication of tens of thousands of secret war documents, posted on the website WikiLeaks a week ago. He said the U.S. is duty-bound to try to shield informants who were named in the documents. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP - Online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file named "Insurance" to its website, sparking speculation that those behind the organization may be prepared to release more classified information if authorities interfere with them.

US declines to put NKorea back on terrorism blacklist (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:26 AM PDT

South Korean conservative activists burn North Korean flags during a rally in 2009. The Obama administration declined Thursday to put North Korea back on a blacklist of countries supporting terrorism despite pressure from lawmakers to do so.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - The Obama administration declined Thursday to put North Korea back on a blacklist of countries supporting terrorism despite pressure from lawmakers to do so.

Iran wants cooperation with Afghans and Tajikistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:26 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, shakes hands with his counterparts from Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, right, and Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a stronger alliance with other countries in the region straddling the Middle East and Central Asia, saying that NATO-led troops have failed to restore peace in Afghanistan.

US pledges further 25 million dollars for flood-hit Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:22 AM PDT

Pakistani flood survivors search for belongings in submerged houses after flash floods in Nowshera. The United States on Thursday pledged an additional 25 million dollars of aid to Pakistan, which is currently facing its worst floods in living memory.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - The United States on Thursday pledged an additional 25 million dollars of aid to Pakistan, which is currently facing its worst floods in living memory.

Indian central bank survey raises GDP growth forecast (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:19 AM PDT

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao delivers a lecture at the Council for Social Development Southern Regional Centre in Hyderabad. India's economy may grow at 8.4 percent in the current fiscal year, led by local consumer demand, robust manufacturing and services growth, a central bank survey of economists said Thursday.(AFP/Noah Seelam)AFP - India's economy may grow at 8.4 percent in the current fiscal year, led by local consumer demand, robust manufacturing and services growth, a central bank survey of economists said Thursday.

NATO admits civilian deaths in east Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

US soldiers gather at night at an under-construction base in Kandahar. NATO on Thursday admitted killing a number of civilians during military operations in eastern Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai launched a probe into the case.(AFP/Yuri Cortez)AFP - NATO on Thursday admitted killing a number of civilians during military operations in eastern Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai launched a probe into the case.

Huge evacuation underway as Pakistan floods hit four million (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Pakistani men lead their cattle through flood waters as they evacuate Mehmood Kot. Pakistan began evacuating half a million people from flood-risk areas in the south on Thursday as the overall number hit by the country's worst floods in living memory rose to more than four million.(AFP/Arif Ali)AFP - Pakistan began evacuating half a million people from flood-risk areas in the south on Thursday as the overall number hit by the country's worst floods in living memory rose to more than four million.

Kyrgyz troops fire on protesters, arrest leader (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:58 AM PDT

Wearing riot gear Kyrgyz government forces prepare to stop supporters of former presidential hopeful Urmat Baryktabasov, who gathered on a highway some 15 km (9 miles) east of the capital, Bishkek, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, to demand the resignation of the government. Kyrgyz government forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters on Thursday, raising fears of new instability in the turbulent Central Asian nation. (AP Photo)AP - Kyrgyz forces fired live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades into the air to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters Thursday and arrested their leader, raising fears of new instability in the turbulent Central Asian nation.

US Army flies flood relief missions in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:33 AM PDT

People who had been stranded in Kalam, arrive in Khawaza Kheila in northwest Pakistan, on the U. S. Chinook helicopters on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The floods have already killed an estimated 1,500 people over the past week, most of them in the northwest, the center of Pakistan's fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban. An estimated 4.2 million Pakistanis have been affected, including many in eastern Punjab province, which has seen numerous villages swallowed by rising water in recent days. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)AP - U.S. Army choppers flew their first relief missions in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest Thursday, airlifting hundreds of stranded people to safety from a devastated tourist town and distributing emergency aid.

Indian forces kill 1, wound 15 in Kashmir unrest (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:59 AM PDT

A Kashmiri Muslim mourners shout slogans as the body of Shabir Ahamed Malik, who allegedly died in security force's firing is taken away from a hospital in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Aug 5, 2010. Kashmir has been rocked by violent protests for nearly two months with demonstrators hurling rocks at paramilitary soldiers and setting government buildings and vehicles ablaze. In response, security forces have fired live rounds and tear gas into large crowds. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Government forces fired live ammunition to stop a protest march in Indian-held Kashmir on Thursday, killing one person and wounding at least 15, pushing the death toll from two months of civil unrest to 49.

US, nuclear powers to attend Hiroshima memorial (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:54 AM PDT

Women join a candle vigil in front of the illuminatd Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - The site of the world's worst atomic bomb attack echoed with choirs and Buddhist prayers Thursday as Hiroshima prepared to mark its biggest memorial yet and the first to be attended by the U.S. and other major nuclear powers.

Cambodia to restore 'killing fields' memorial (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:34 AM PDT

In this June 4, 2010 photo, Cambodian Buddhist monks walk near a stupa of Choeung Ek, a former Khmer Rouge 'killing field,' on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia plans to renovate the skull-filled memorial on the site of the Khmer Rouge's former 'killing fields' for the first time since it was built two decades ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP - Cambodia plans to renovate the skull-filled memorial on the site of the Khmer Rouge's former "killing fields" for the first time since it was built two decades ago.

Blast kills 1 at Philippine airport, a dozen hurt (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:28 AM PDT

Police investigators examine the site where a powerful explosion occured outside the Zamboanga city airport in Zamboanga, southern Philippines, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 killing one person and wounding about a dozen others, including Governor Sakur Tan of Sulu province. (AP Photo/Al Jacinto)AP - A powerful bombing killed a man and wounded about a dozen other people including a provincial governor Thursday at an airport in a southern Philippine city.

NKorea suffered serious flood damage last month (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:27 AM PDT

AP - Flooding last month caused serious damage in North Korea, destroying homes, farms, roads and buildings and hurting the economy, state media said Thursday.

SKorea launches drills despite NKorean threats (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:11 AM PDT

A South Korean navy Lynx helicopter leaves from the destroyer Choi Young during military drills in the Yellow Sea of South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)AP - South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the Yellow Sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago.

Vets treat elephant land mine victim in Thailand (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:33 AM PDT

Mae Ka Pae, a 22-year-old female elephant, stands while resting her wounded leg at an elephant hospital in Lampang province, northern Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. She stepped on a landmine on July 29 while pulling logs in the jungle near the Thai-Myanmar border. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu)AP - Veterinarians were treating the latest land mine victim from the Thai-Myanmar border Thursday, a 22-year-old female elephant whose foot was severely wounded by the explosion.

Indonesian cargo ships collide; 9 missing (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:59 AM PDT

AP - Rescuers saved 11 people, including a 1-year-old girl, from choppy waters off central Indonesia but searched Thursday for nine others still missing from a ship that sank after colliding with another cargo vessel.
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