Friday, September 3, 2010

Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:38 AM PDT

U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security.

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:38 AM PDT

In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed. (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.

Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:09 AM PDT

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The eruption of the volcano that has been dormant for four hundred years over the weekend caught many scientists off guard and left the region on high alert. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.

Egypt TV show stirs debate over Muslim Brotherhood (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:53 AM PDT

In this Dec.10, 2006 picture masked Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood students perform a military show inside their al-Azhar university campus in Cairo, Egypt. Centered on a 2009 court case in which the Brotherhood was accused of setting up a student militia, a TV miniseries airing in Egypt that casts a harsh light on the country's largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, plot weaves through in flashbacks decades long confrontations between Egypt's various governments and the group. Arabic on their masks read 'We're holding on'. (AP Photo)AP - The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western lifestyles and values. His followers beat up an opponent.

Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Fishermen drive bottle-nose dolphins into a net during their annual hunt off Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture (state), Japan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Japanese government allows a hunt of about 20,000 dolphins a year, and argues that killing them, and also whales, is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed.

Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance

Govt looks to move on from Hague gay rumours (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:23 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary, William Hague, speaks during a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle in London. The government looked to put recent controversies behind them as Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague following an aide's resignation over AFP - The government looked to put recent controversies behind them on Friday as Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague following an aide's resignation over "malicious" rumours that they had an inappropriate relationship.

Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:17 AM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- seen here on June 28 -- is to make a brief visit on Sunday to Qatar, Iran's closest ally among the Gulf Arab states, the Iranian ambassador in Doha, Abdollah Sohrabi, said.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AP - A website supporting Iran's reform movement says assailants have attacked the home of an opposition leader and wounded one of his bodyguards.

Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:57 PM PDT

AP - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.

Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:42 AM PDT

Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo speaks to the press with Greenpeace Japan member Junichi Sato beside him, in Tokyo, on September 3. Two japanese activists, includung Sato, are to face possible jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.

Japan slaps new financial sanctions on Iran (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 12:50 AM PDT

US State Department special advisor for nonproliferation and arms control Robert Einhorn (right), accompanied by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser, speaks to press after meeting Japanese officials at the US embassy in Tokyo, on August 4. Einhorn and Glaser urged Japan to follow Europe's example and take AFP - Japan imposed new sanctions Friday against Iran, including an assets freeze on people and entities linked to its contentious nuclear programme and tighter restrictions on financial transactions.

China approached Canadian fund on rival Potash bid (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese and other investors have approached at least one big Canadian pension manager about a bid for Canada's Potash Corp to rival BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer.

Australian man's face mauled by shark in Solomons (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:36 PM PDT

A public notice warns bathers of the danger of sharks. An Australian man has been attacked by a shark which mauled his face and neck during a holiday in the South Pacific Solomon Islands, officials said on Friday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - An Australian man was attacked by a shark which mauled his face and neck during a holiday in the South Pacific Solomon Islands, officials said on Friday.

Obama's peacemaking effort faces steep odds for success (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:32 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The first Middle East peace talks in nearly two years got off to a quick start Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreeing to meet again in two weeks and to commence work on the blueprint for a peace treaty.

Abbas agrees to fresh Israeli-Palestinian talks in Egypt, but has little support at home (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:35 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When Israeli-Palestinian peace talks move beyond today's summit in Washington, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will face a tough balancing act as even his allies at home push back against US and Israeli pressures.

Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?
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