Sunday, September 5, 2010

5 killed in suicide attack on Russian base (AP)

5 killed in suicide attack on Russian base (AP)

5 killed in suicide attack on Russian base (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:46 AM PDT

AP - A suicide car-bomber killed five soldiers and wounded 40 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said.

NZ cleans up after quake that tore new fault line (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:22 AM PDT

A person cycles past a damaged road near the Avon River following Saturday's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. The quake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city also ripped a new 11-foot- (3.5 meter-) wide fault in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) **NEW ZEALAND OUT**AP - The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, a geologist said Sunday.

French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:57 PM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 6, 2010, a veiled woman walks past luxury shops in the so-called Golden Triangle, a high-priced shopping district centered around the Champs-Elysees Avenue, in Paris. A bill to outlaw face veils, aimed at upholding French values but with international implications, is expected to win Senate approval this month. If it passes this key hurdle, French diplomats will have their work cut out for them, ensuring the ban doesn't alienate governments, deter devout foreign shoppers loaded with cash, or inspire Islamist terrorists. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.

NZ probes skydiving plane crash that killed 9 (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:11 PM PDT

The scene of the crash where nine people died including an Australian, a German, an Englishman and an Irishman when their aircraft believed to be carrying a group of skydivers crashed shortly after taking off from the air strip at Fox Glacier, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/NZPA, Hokitika Guardian) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Investigators expressed confidence Sunday that they will learn why an airplane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing four Europeans and five New Zealanders.

NATO service member killed in Afghan fighting (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:52 PM PDT

An Afghan boy is removed from a stretcher at a hospital, after being injured in a suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Some people were killed and others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. Army convoy in the insurgent hotbed of Kandahar, according to local hospitals. NATO said there were no injuries to coalition forces or damage to their vehicles. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A coalition service member was killed in fighting in Afghanistan's turbulent south Sunday, one day after President Hamid Karzai moved a step closer to opening talks with Taliban who might be having doubts about the ongoing insurgency.

The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Though Beijing's Forbidden City has been open to the public for decades, parts of it remained off-limits. This month a new exhibition of artifacts from behind the gates heads to U.S.

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Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:52 PM PDT

AP - Police say 5 Russian soldiers killed in suicide car-bomb attack on military base in Dagestan.

Gaza smugglers dead, missing in Israeli strike (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:57 PM PDT

An injured Palestinian man is treated by doctors at the Najar hospital in Rafah, southern of Gaza Strip, early Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. The Israeli military struck three tunnels in Rafah late on Saturday. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - Gaza security officials say an Israeli airstrike targeting a smuggling tunnel has killed one Palestinian, wounded a second and left three more missing.

Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT

A police officer shows to journalists the containers in which over 9 million US dollars, displayed at back, were found buried in a rural area in Zacatecoluca state, east of San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. According to government investigator Jorge Cortez, the money is related to drug trafficking. (AP Photo/Rony Gonzalez, La Prensa Grafica) EL SALVADOR OUT â€AP - Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday.

US pressure leads to ban on beggars in Dakar (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo, Quranic students memorize verses in the apartment and Quranic school where they live, in the Camberene neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal. Senegal's government announced last week that it was stepping up its campaign against begging in the streets of the West African nation, where tens of thousands of Quranic students wander barefoot and swarm cars for change. Scattered police sweeps have reduced the number of street beggars, but many have no choice but to defy the ban. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Abdoulaye Ba, 10, looked right, then left, before timidly approaching the taxi and holding out his hand.

Nepal's parliament to hold sixth vote for new leader (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:53 AM PDT

Nepalese caretaker Prime Minister Madav Kumar Nepal (R) and Nepali Congress vice-chairman Ram Chandra Paudel talk after casting their vote for the prime minister's post in Kathmandu in August, 2010. Nepal's parliament will on Sunday hold its sixth vote to try to elect a new prime minister and end a two-month leadership vacuum in the troubled Himalayan nation.(AFP/File/Bikash Karki)AFP - Nepal's parliament will on Sunday hold its sixth vote to try to elect a new prime minister and end a two-month leadership vacuum in the troubled Himalayan nation.

Abbot's final plea in Australia political impasse (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 12:52 AM PDT

Australia's conservative chief Tony Abbott, seen here in August, told three minority lawmakers who will decide if he should become prime minister that he offered a AFP - Australia's conservative leader Tony Abbott told three minority MPs who will decide if he should become prime minister that he was offering a "fresh start" in an 11th-hour plea for their support.

Price Hikes Trigger Mozambique Protests (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:56 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - MAPUTO, Sep 3 (IPS) - September in Mozambique’s capital has begun with violent protests. Thousands have been striking over an increase in the prices of basic goods, including bread. Police responded with force - firing on crowds gathered on the streets in several suburbs and townships in and around Maputo.
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