Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Suicide blasts in Lahore kill 25, injure 180 (AFP)

Suicide blasts in Lahore kill 25, injure 180 (AFP)

Suicide blasts in Lahore kill 25, injure 180 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:48 AM PDT

Fire erupts from a police truck and a motorbike torched by protesters after bomb explosions aimed at a Shiite Muslim religious procession in Lahore. Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, police and rescue officials said.(AFP)AFP - Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, police and rescue officials said.

Chinese manufacturing, auto sales show rebound (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:37 AM PDT

In this Aug. 27, 2010 photo, a worker labors at a factory producing rattan furniture in Zouping county, in east China's Shandong province. Chinese manufacturing activity recovered slightly in August, the first gain in four months, as surveys released Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, showed production, new orders and purchasing prices all edging higher. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Chinese manufacturing growth improved and auto sales rebounded in August, suggesting the world's second-biggest economy may not be slowing as quickly as feared.

Blasts kill 20 in Pakistan's Lahore, 170 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:36 AM PDT

A policeman removes his motorcycle from the scene as angry protesters burn a vehicle during reaction over after bomb attack during a Shi'ite Muslim procession in Lahore September 1, 2010. Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over 100, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)Reuters - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over 170, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods.

China in danger of early basketball exit (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:15 AM PDT

Russia's Alexander Kaun (R) jumps to score as China's Zhizhi Wang tries to stop him during their World Championship preliminary round basketball game, in Ankara. China's 80-89 loss to Russia on Wednesday has left them requiring a win over Turkey to ensure qualification to the second round of the 2010 world basketball championships.(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - China's 80-89 loss to Russia on Wednesday has left them requiring a win over Turkey to ensure qualification to the second round of the 2010 world basketball championships.

Official: 3 bombs kill 25 at Pakistan Shiite march (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:13 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 - Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 25 people and wounding about 150 others, officials said.

US adds Pakistani Taliban to terrorism blacklist (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:13 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Wednesday added the Pakistani Taliban to its international terrorism blacklist, targeting the group blamed for the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square and its leaders with financial and travel sanctions.

Climate: Risks loom for China: study (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:06 AM PDT

A Chinese farmer tends to crops on the outskirts of Beijing in June 2010. Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Olli Geibel)AFP - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

India tells Google, Skype to set up local servers (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Indian men chat outside a BlackBerry phone store in Mumbai. India has told the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, Research in Motion (RIM), that it must set up a server in India to allow security forces to intercept the phone's encrypted messaging system.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India told Google and Skype on Wednesday that they must set up servers in the country to allow law enforcers to screen traffic, as it widened its security offensive on Internet communications firms.

Mirza out of US Open (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:50 AM PDT

Sania Mirza from India against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from Russia during their second round US Open 2010 match in New York. Pavlyuchenkova won 6-2, 6-4.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - India's Sania Mirza saw her US Open hopes come crashing down on Tuesday when she lost a second-round tie 6-2, 6-4 to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia.

GM says sales drop 25 percent, sees slower recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:58 AM PDT

A GM sign is seen outside the Medved General Motors car dealership in Colorado August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Asian auto sales soared in August, boosted by government incentives although U.S. economic uncertainty and slowing growth in China look set to curb demand, while in Europe car sales fell as scrapping bonuses ran out.

Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:26 AM PDT

A young boy drinks water from a standpipe at a camp for people displaced by the floods near Sukkur, Pakistan, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, during a visit by Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Speaking after being shown aid camps near Sukkur - one of the worst affected regions - Clegg warned that flood-hit Pakistan will need aid for years to come.(AP Photo/Andrew Winning, pool)AP - After fleeing the Soviet invasion of his country with nothing, Afghan refugee Ziarat Gul spent three decades building a new life in neighboring Pakistan.

Bomb attack kills Afghan Muslim religious leader (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:10 AM PDT

US soldiers are seen during a military parade in Kandahar province in early August. Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, NATO announced, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AP - A Muslim religious leader was killed by a bomb attack and a U.S. service member died in fighting Wednesday in turbulent southern Afghanistan, officials said.

Pakistan army cancels US trip amid search dispute (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:34 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's military canceled a trip by officers to an annual meeting at U.S. Central Command after they were taken off a plane and subjected to "unwarranted security checks" at Dulles International Airport in Washington, a spokesman said Wednesday.

3 Oxfam workers killed in northeastern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:51 AM PDT

AP - Aid group Oxfam has suspended operations in an increasingly dangerous northeastern Afghan province after two of its staff members and a community volunteer were killed there last week, the aid agency said.

Cambodia boasts plans for Asia's tallest building (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:46 AM PDT

AP - Impoverished Cambodia plans to build a 1,820-foot (555-meter) skyscraper, its prime minister said Wednesday, a feat that would give one of the region's least-developed capitals the tallest building in Asia.

Afghan school poisonings linked to toxic chemicals (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:10 AM PDT

AP - Blood samples taken from Afghan schoolgirls who collapsed in apparent mass poisonings showed traces of toxic chemicals found in herbicides, pesticides and nerve gas, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

NKorea forges trade docs to dodge sanction: report (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:50 AM PDT

AP - North Korea has changed the names of its trading companies and falsified trade documents to avoid international sanctions and continue exporting weapons, a news report and an intelligence official said Wednesday.

Tar balls coat Indian beaches after ship dumps oil (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:24 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, a couple hugs each other surrounded by lumps of oil on Colva beach in Goa, India. Indian navy and coast guard vessels were trying to trace a ship that is believed to have dumped burnt oil about three days ago, said Aleixo Sequeira, the state's environment minister. Wave after wave of tar balls have been floating ashore at Goa beaches for two days, layering the beaches six inches (15 centimeters) deep with semisolid oil lumps after an unknown ship dumped tons of waste oil into the sea off western India. (AP Photo)AP - Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India's western coast, officials said.

Greens party backs Australian Labor Party gov't (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:24 AM PDT

AP - Australia's Labor Party won the backing of a Greens party lawmaker Wednesday in its attempt to form the country's first minority government in nearly seven decades, while other nonaligned legislators said they are close to deciding which party they will support.

Pakistani PM: Floods slow growth, raise inflation (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:02 AM PDT

** ALTERNATIVE CROP ** A Pakistani boy helps his father rebuild their flood-damaged house in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Pakistan's prime minister is predicting that economic growth will fall by 2.5 percentage points because of this summer's devastating floods.
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