Thursday, September 2, 2010

Gates: Afghans should lead corruption fight (AP)

Gates: Afghans should lead corruption fight (AP)

Gates: Afghans should lead corruption fight (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:12 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that while the fight against corruption must be led by Afghans, the U.S. is working on new ways to prevent millions of American dollars flowing into the nation from underwriting bribery and graft.

Pakistan players protest innocence in betting scam (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:01 AM PDT

Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt (R) is escorted by a policeman through a scrum of media personnel outside the Pakistan High Commission in central London. Butt and the two other Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an illegal betting scam protested their innocence Thursday as they formally withdrew from the scandal-tainted tour of England.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The three Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an illegal betting scam protested their innocence Thursday as they formally withdrew from the scandal-tainted tour of England.

China census highlights growing rights awareness (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:47 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 photo, a migrant worker walks past a board calling for citizens to support the population census in Beijing, China. Cloth banners strung up in communities across China right now are calling for citizens to 'actively support the population census.' It's a reminder of the monumental task facing the government: counting every person in the most populous country in the world. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update.

Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:45 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections.

U.S. to start NATO talks on Afghan transition: Petraeus (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States will start preliminary talks with its allies in Afghanistan soon on next year's planned "transition," expected to include withdrawal of some U.S. forces, the top NATO commander in the country said on Thursday.

Pakistan win but down to 11 on troubled tour (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:28 AM PDT

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi R), runs in to bowl during their match against English county side Somerset at the County Ground in Taunton, south-west England. Pakistan won by eight runs.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Pakistan's first match since a betting scandal engulfed the team on their tour of England ended with them having just 11 fit players at their disposal on Thursday.

Afghan govt declares bank safe amid rush for withdrawals (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Afghans wait to withdraw money from the Kabul Bank in Kabul. Afghan financial authorities and the owners of Afghanistan's biggest bank said Thursday that Kabul Bank was in no danger of collapsing, as people across the country rushed to withdraw their money.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghan financial authorities and the owners of Afghanistan's biggest bank said Thursday that Kabul Bank was in no danger of collapsing, as people across the country rushed to withdraw their money.

Stalled funding hits Pakistan aid effort: UN (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Pakistani internally displaced people wade through a flooded area as they return to their homes in Shikarpur. Relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan are being stretched by the AFP - Relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan are being stretched by the "unprecedented scale" of the disaster, with the flow of international aid almost at a standstill, the UN said Thursday.

Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:46 AM PDT

AP - The Taliban is confronting a serious "cash flow" problem after losing some half of its annual drug trade money to a farming blight and government eradication efforts, a Marine two-star general said Thursday.

Cambodian rights groups face worsening repression: activists (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:12 AM PDT

A Cambodian Buddhist monk walks past the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Human rights workers in Cambodia face AFP - Human rights workers in Cambodia face "an increasingly hostile environment" as authorities use violence, intimidation and "trumped-up" criminal charges to silence them, activists warned Thursday.

Pakistan Shiites mourn those killed in triple bomb (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Pakistani police say many people have been killed after three bombs were detonated during a a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern city of Lahore.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Thousands of Shiite Muslims, thumping their chests and crying, mourned Thursday at funeral prayers for victims of a triple bombing that heaped more tragedy on Pakistan, which is already struggling to cope with devastating floods.

Typhoon suspends SKorean flights, trains, kills 4 (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:54 AM PDT

People look at a vehicle damaged by a fallen branch after Typhoon Kompasu hit in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The typhoon slammed into South Korea on Thursday, killing three people in what officials said was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. The driver of the car is safe as the person was not in the car. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Typhoon Kompasu struck South Korea on Thursday, killing at least four people and toppling trees, streetlights and scaffolding in what was called the strongest storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years.

Key Australian lawmaker backs Labor to govern (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:27 AM PDT

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades.

Japan endures hottest summer on record (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:15 AM PDT

In this July 17, 2010 photo, children beat the summer heat in a fountain at a Tokyo park when the temperature in central Tokyo shot up to 31 degrees Celsius (88 F) at noon. Japan had the hottest summer on record, according to weather officials. The country's average temperature from June through August was 24.37 degrees Celsius (75.87 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest since 1898 when records began, said the Japan Meteorological Agency Monday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday.

China calls for compromise on NKorea talks (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 03:10 AM PDT

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei speaks to the media upon departing from The State Department in Washington, DC. The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea.(AFP/Chris Kleponis)AP - China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back on track.

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Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:54 AM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Gates is in Afghanistan for talks with Karzai, Petraeus.

Indonesia urged to increase anti-piracy patrols (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:11 AM PDT

AP - An international maritime group urged Indonesia on Thursday to increase patrols in the South China Sea after pirates attacked nine vessels in less than three weeks.

US 'milkshake murder' convict seeks case dismissal (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 12:59 AM PDT

AP - The expatriate American housewife who won a retrial after being convicted of murdering of her banker husband in Hong Kong with a drugged milkshake and a blow to the head will ask a judge to dismiss the case against her, a lawyer said Thursday.

South China landslide kills 4, leaves 44 missing (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:52 PM PDT

A resident carries a bag of food as he walks along a flooded road in Gulouzi township of Dandong, Liaoning province August 23, 2010. In northeastern China on the North Korean border, more than 250,000 people have been evacuated after the Yalu River broke its banks following heavy rain. At least four people have died. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)AP - Rescuers were searching for 44 people missing Thursday after a landslide hit a village in southern China and killed at least four people.

Black box recovered from Nepal plane crash site (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:16 PM PDT

Nepalese soldiers carry the remains of plane crash victims in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday near Shikharpur village, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Katmandu, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)AP - Nepalese investigators have found the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed last week en route to the Mount Everest area, killing 14 people including six foreigners, officials said Thursday.
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