Monday, September 6, 2010

Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)

Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)

Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Pakistanis help injured blast victims at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Quetta on September 3. Anti-terror police were on high alert in Pakistan on Saturday as mass burials took place for the victims of a suicide bomber who killed at least 59 people at a Shiite Muslim rally.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)AP - A suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically vital town in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes, police said.

Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 04:31 PM PDT

People stand in front of a bus partially covered by a landslide, due to heavy rains, on the Pan-American highway at Tecpan, Guatemala, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. At least 12 passengers were killed and around 25 injured, rescue workers said. (AP Photo)AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.

Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Map locates the Ruki and Kasai Rivers where boats sank in the CongoAP - Two boats capsized over the weekend in separate incidents on Congo's vast rivers, leaving 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead, and both vessels were heavily loaded and operating with few safety measures, officials said Sunday.

NKorea's party members gathering for meeting (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:19 PM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Pyongyang citizens head home after attending a celebration ceremony rehearsal for the upcoming Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country. The exact date of the political gathering, set for 'early September,' has not been announced, but analysts have said it could open as soon as Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Haorong) ** NO SALES **AP - North Korea's ruling communist party members gathered in Pyongyang ahead of their largest political conference in 30 years, state media reported Monday, amid predictions that leader Kim Jong Il would use the meeting to give a key ruling party position to one of his sons.

Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:52 PM PDT

In this image made from television, Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Ubaidi , center, inspects the site of a suicide attack accompanied by soldiers at a military headquarters in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Suicide bombers hit a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and killed dozens of people, two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.

Afghanistan: Run on Kabul Bank Shakes a Fragile Economy (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The government insists there is no reason for anxiety but the depositors outside Afghanistan's largest bank are implacable. They want their money back

Murray heading home to think again (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:42 AM PDT

Britain's Andy Murray looks dejected after losing a point to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during the US Open in New York City. The 23-year-old Scot was deeply downcast after losing 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 in a third-round tie he was widely expected to win.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Andy Murray said following Sunday's crushing US Open defeat that he will head home, take a rest, and think again about his inability to turn pure talent into Grand Slam success.

Israeli FM: Settlement slowdown will end (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:33 AM PDT

Palestinian Muslim worshipers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power, in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Laylat Al Qadr is marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and is commemorated as the night Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran. Muslims traditionally spend the night in prayer and devotion. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Israel's hard-line foreign minister says his party will block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, which could upend new Mideast peace talks.

Colombian is world's shortest man at 27 inches (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:03 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2010, Edward Nino Hernandez, 24, poses for a portrait as he holds the Guinness World Record Book 2011 during an interview with Associated Press in Bogota, Colombia. Nino is recognized as the world's shortest man in the new Guinness World Records 2011. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)AP - Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. He loves to dance reggaeton, dreams of owning a car — preferably a Mercedes_ and wants to see the world.

Mozambican radio: 6 who call for protests arrested (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:35 PM PDT

AP - Mozambican state radio says six people have been arrested, accused of incitement for sending cell phone messages calling for protests over high food, water and electricity prices.

Suicide car bomber kills 17 in northwest Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:55 AM PDT

At least 14 people were killed and 34 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police post in northwest Pakistan on Monday, police said.(AFP/Graphic/Afp Graphics)AFP - At least 17 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, destroying the building, police said.

Australia's Gillard expected to form new government (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 12:26 AM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a news conference in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to form a new minority government on Tuesday with the backing of three kingmaker independents, ending two weeks of uncertainty.

The Bettencourt Scandal Puts Sarkozy in Growing Peril (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 11:20 PM PDT

Time.com - As the scandal surrounding the L'OrÉal billions further entwines Eric Woerth, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's support for his labor minister could cost him the next election

New Two-Hour TB Test (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:18 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Sep 3 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.
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