Sunday, September 26, 2010

Danish prime minister in surprise visit to Afghanistan (AFP)

Danish prime minister in surprise visit to Afghanistan (AFP)

Danish prime minister in surprise visit to Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, pictured on September 16, arrived in Afghanistan Sunday in a surprise visit to Danish troops, where he spoke of ending the mission but did not specify a date.(AFP/File/Jean-Christope Verhaegen)AFP - Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen arrived in Afghanistan Sunday in a surprise visit to Danish troops, where he spoke of ending the mission but did not specify a date.

Afghan election commission orders recounts (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:27 AM PDT

A torn election poster of a parliamentarian candidate pasted onto the wall of a shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a recount of votes in some areas for recent parliamentary elections, a senior official said Sunday, raising further concerns of misconduct and fraud during the polls. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a recount of votes in some areas for recent parliamentary elections, a senior official said Sunday, raising further concerns of misconduct and fraud during the polls.

Apple iPhone 4 in short supply for China launch: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Reuters - China Unicom did not have enough supply of Apple Inc's iPhone 4 during its launch weekend for the phone, according to a Wall Street Journal Story.

Afghan officials say British woman kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Women, who are victims of the floods, carry waters in traditional containers on top of their heads at a relief camp set up by the Pakistani army in Sehwan, in the district of Jamshoro some 290 km (180 miles) from Karachi, in Pakistan's Sindh province September 26, 2010. The floods have killed more than 1,750 people, forced at least 10 million from their homes and caused lasting damage to the economy of Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country fighting homegrown Taliban insurgents which the U.S. regards as vital to efforts to stabilise Afghanistan. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - Afghan officials said a female British aid worker and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped Sunday in the country's northeastern Kunar province.

Alonso edges Vettel to win Singapore Grand Prix (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:41 AM PDT

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain holds the winner's trophy on the podium after his victory in Formula One's Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Fernando Alonso produced a masterful drive Sunday to win an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix ahead of a charging Sebastian Vettel to put the world championship title race on a knife-edge.

Pakistani minister resigns after criticizing army (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:58 AM PDT

Pashtun girls, their homes destroyed by heavy floods, practice the Arabic alphabet and reciting the Koran at a camp for the internally displaced in Charsadda, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, September 26, 2010. Summer floods have killed more than 1,750 people, forced at least 10 million from their homes and caused lasting damage to the economy of Pakistan. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)AP - Pakistan's federal minister for defense production resigned after being summoned by the prime minister to explain comments he made criticizing the army and accusing it of killing prominent politicians, officials said Sunday.

Report: Snake in room adds to C'weath Games woes (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Workers wait near a site where workers are trying to repair electric faults near a portrait of Shera, the Commonwealth Games mascot in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday from the troubled Commonwealth Games citing security and health concerns, as organizers struggled to finish the long-overdue athletes' village amid continuing complaints about cleanliness and construction problems. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday and a South African competitor reportedly found a snake in his room as complaints over cleanliness, security and construction continued to dog the troubled Commonwealth Games a week before the sporting event opens in New Delhi.

US drone strikes kill seven militants in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:25 AM PDT

A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport. A second US missile strike targeting a vehicle killed three rebels in Pakistan's rugged mountainous tribal belt near the Afghan border, officials said.(AFP/Pool/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Two US drone strikes targeting vehicles killed seven militants on Sunday in Pakistan's rugged tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.

Briton missing in Afghanistan: Foreign Office (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:20 AM PDT

British soldiers from 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field. A British national is missing in Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - A British national is missing in Afghanistan, the Foreign Office said on Sunday.

Delhi makes frantic effort for C'wealth Games (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT

Indian labourers wait to be cleared by security before entering the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi on September 26. Games organisers scrambled to finish facilities and reassure athletes amid warnings much work still had to be done in New Delhi just a week before the opening ceremony.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Organisers of the Commonwealth Games scrambled to finish facilities and reassure athletes Sunday amid warnings much work still had to be done in New Delhi just a week before the opening ceremony.

US: Inverted Philippine flag was `honest mistake' (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:03 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. government said Sunday it made an "honest mistake" when it displayed an inverted Philippine flag — which wrongfully signified that the Southeast Asian nation was in a state of war — in a meeting hosted by President Barack Obama.

Strong earthquake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 06:13 AM PDT

AP - A strong offshore earthquake has shaken parts of eastern Indonesia.

Kashmir separatists reject Indian peace package (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 05:36 AM PDT

Kashmiris look out from a broken windowpane of their home as an Indian paramilitary soldier patrols during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Kashmir has been rocked by deadly civil unrest since early June, with more than 100 people killed in protests and clashes with government forces. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Kashmiri separatist leaders on Sunday rejected India's offer to release hundreds of young detainees and review the massive deployment of security forces in the Himalayan territory to defuse deadly civil unrest.

China says progress made on human rights (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 05:16 AM PDT

AP - China said Sunday it has made progress on human rights, pointing in particular to improved living standards, but an international rights group quickly described the government's assessment as unrealistic.

New bomb raises security concerns in Thai capital (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:27 AM PDT

AP - Security was tightened further in Thailand's capital Sunday after a bomb attack, the latest in a series believed linked to the country's fractious politics, hit a target closely associated with the ruling class. No one was hurt and there was little damage.

Japanese leader says no apology to China (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:31 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan answers reporters' questions about China's demand for apology and compensation, in Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Kan rejected China's repeated demand that Tokyo apologize and offer compensation for the arrest of a Chinese boat captain whose detention caused relations between the Asian neighbors to plunge to their lowest level in years. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday rejected China's repeated demand that Tokyo apologize and offer compensation for the arrest of a Chinese boat captain whose detention caused relations between the Asian neighbors to plunge to their lowest level in years.

Plane arrives in Pakistan after false bomb threat (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Passengers are evacuated from a Pakistan Airlines jet which landed at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm following a bomb threat September 25, 2010. Passengers will be evacuated from a Pakistan International Airlines plane that was diverted to Sweden after a man on board was suspected of having explosives, a police spokesman said. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: TRANSPORT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Relatives thronged an airport in southern Pakistan on Sunday to greet passengers whose flight from Canada was diverted to Sweden after a baseless report that a man aboard had explosives. Canadian officials investigated whether someone with a grudge called in the threat.

5 infected with deadly pneumonic plague in Tibet (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:59 PM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities say five people have been sickened with pneumonic plague in Tibet and that the deadly disease has killed one of them.
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