Saturday, September 11, 2010

Europe still divided on China arms embargo (AFP)

Europe still divided on China arms embargo (AFP)

Europe still divided on China arms embargo (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 10:52 AM PDT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrives on the second day of the EU Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers at the Egdmont palace in Brussels. Europe remains divided on whether to lift an arms embargo clamped on China in 1989 following events on Tiananmen Square, EU foreign ministers said Saturday.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - Europe remains divided on whether to lift an arms embargo clamped on China in 1989 following events on Tiananmen Square, EU foreign ministers said Saturday.

Afridi wants Pakistan to return home with respect (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi, pictured on September 7, believes it's not too late for his side to regain respect on their scandal-tainted tour of Britain.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi believes it's not too late for his side to regain respect on their scandal-tainted tour of Britain.

Karzai marks 9-11 with appeal over civilian deaths (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 10:15 AM PDT

Smoke rises after NATO aircrafts conducted an air strike near the Arghandab river, south of Senjeray village, Kandahar province, where U.S. commanders had identified as insurgent positions Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - President Hamid Karzai marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the U.S. on Saturday by insisting the origins of the continued Taliban insurgency are not in Afghanistan.

Pakistani flood victims celebrate Eid in tents (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:45 AM PDT

A Pakistani girls paints hands of her friend with henna to celebrate the Eid, ending of fasting month of Ramadan in Hyderabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Pervez Masih)AP - Millions of Pakistani flood victims celebrated Islam's most joyous festival in donated tents and makeshift shelters on Saturday as the country's leaders — criticized for an inadequate response to the disaster — pledged more aid.

Japan launches satellite for better GPS coverage (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:11 AM PDT

A H-IIA rocket is pictured leaving the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, in May 2010. Japan on Saturday launched a rocket carrying a satellite intended to improve global positioning systems.(AFP/JijiPress/File)AFP - Japan on Saturday launched a rocket carrying a satellite intended to improve global positioning systems.

Expectant moms at high risk after Pakistan floods (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:02 AM PDT

AP - Sughra Ramzan knew something was wrong when strange pains began ripping through her stomach for the second time. The pregnant mother feared her baby was in trouble — but there was nothing she could do.

US envoy gauges if ready for N.Korea talks (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Stephen Bosworth, the US pointman on North Korea, pictured in February 2010, plans to spend the coming week in Asia determining if the time is right to talk with North Korea, as tensions ease a notch but a party meeting in the secretive state raises new questions.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - A US envoy plans to spend the coming week in Asia determining if the time is right to talk with North Korea, as tensions ease a notch but a party meeting in the secretive state raises new questions.

Thousands of Afghans in anti-Quran-burning protest (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 08:52 AM PDT

An Afghan man lies in hospital after being injured at a protest in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran, at Badakhshan, northern Afganistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Police in the northern province of Badakhshan say several hundred demonstrators ran toward a NATO compound where four attackers and five police were injured in clashes. Protesters also burned an American flag at a mosque after Friday prayers. (AP Photo)AP - Afghans set fire to tires in the streets and shouted "Death to America" for a second day Saturday despite a decision by an American pastor to call off plans to burn copies of the Islamic holy book.

Eid protests hit Indian Kashmir (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 08:47 AM PDT

A Kashmiri protester holds a banner during an anti-India rally in Srinagar. Prayers marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan erupted into anti-India demonstrations in Indian-ruled Kashmir as unrest continued in the troubled province.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - Prayers marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan erupted into anti-India demonstrations Saturday in Indian-ruled Kashmir as unrest continued in the troubled province.

Muted Eid celebrations in Pakistan amid flood fallout (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 06:04 AM PDT

Pakistani flood-affected Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in Dadu, southern Sindh province, on September 11. Pakistani Muslims took part in low-key celebrations on Saturday for the Eid al-Fitr festival, as millions still languished without shelter after the nation's worst-ever floods.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - Pakistani Muslims took part in low-key celebrations on Saturday for the Eid al-Fitr festival, as millions still languished without shelter after the nation's worst-ever floods.

Thousands march in Indian Kashmir; police attacked (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:44 AM PDT

Firefighters try to douse flames at a government building set on fire by protesters in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said.

Ex-PM Rudd named Australia's foreign minister (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo from June 14, 2009, Australia's then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Rudd was named Saturday Sept. 11, 2010, as Australia's new foreign minister, a high-profile and coveted posting that will be seen as a consolation prize for being ousted from the leadership. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)AP - Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was named Saturday as Australia's new foreign minister, a high-profile and coveted posting that will be seen as a consolation prize for being ousted from the leadership.

NKorea proposes family reunion talks with SKorea (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:27 PM PDT

AP - North Korea has offered South Korea a new round of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, state media said Saturday.

China demands Japan release detained boat captain (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:33 PM PDT

In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard, a Japan Coast Guard boat, foreground, goes by a Chinese fishing boat which Japan Coast Guard officers are on board for inspection after it collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japanese or Diaoyu in Chinese in the East China Sea, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The collisions occurred near the islands claimed by both countries after the ship received repeated warnings from Japan's coast guard to move out of the waters, officials said. (AP Photo/Japan Coast Guard) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - China's foreign minister demanded that Tokyo immediately release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands. But a Japanese court ruled he can be held 10 more days, deepening the diplomatic spat.

Japan missing more than 230K listed centenarians (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:52 PM PDT

AP - More than 230,000 Japanese citizens listed in government records as at least 100 years old can't be found and may have died long ago, according to a government survey.

US troops brave grenade attacks in key Afghan town (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:43 PM PDT

**ADDS IDENTIFICATION OF SOLDIER** In this photo taken on Sept. 7, 2010, soldiers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment's Lt. Cory Donohoo, right, 24, of Huntington, W.V., makes a radio call while Pfc Michael Miles, 19, of Hayward, Wis., reads a map as troops search a home in Senjeray, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. U.S. forces deployed to the village as part of Barack Obama's troop surge say they came with the noblest intentions: to build up government and security forces, protect the population, make this a safer place. But after a relentless spate of grenade attacks — tossed anonymously over walls and down from rooftops at soldiers patrolling the labyrinthine town — they now keep their distance from the people they're trying to protect. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - Pfc. Sean Provenzano saw it whiz by out of the corner of his eye: a dark object hurled from a rooftop as he patrolled the medieval maze of alleyways in this fort-like walled village at the center of America's Afghan surge.
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