Saturday, October 2, 2010

China's Hu pledges strong ties with new N.Korea leadership (AFP)

China's Hu pledges strong ties with new N.Korea leadership (AFP)

China's Hu pledges strong ties with new N.Korea leadership (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao, pictured in September 2010, on Saturday pledged to strengthen ties with the new leadership in North Korea, during a visit to Beijing by a senior delegation from Pyongyang, state media reported.(AFP/POOL/File/Kota Kyogoku)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday pledged to strengthen ties with the new leadership in North Korea, during a visit to Beijing by a senior delegation from Pyongyang, state media reported.

Japan-based Lee new WBA super bantamweight champion (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Japanese challenger Retsuri Lee (L) lands a left to the face of champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym of Thailand (R) in their WBA super bantamweight title boxing match in Tokyo. Lee clinched the champion's belt with a unaimous 3-0 decision.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japanese-based Korean Lee Retsuri pulled off a unanimous decision over Poonsawat Kratiengdaeng of Thailand to become the new World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight champion on Saturday.

China's Wen offers to buy Greek debt (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:33 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspects guards of honour during his visit in Athens October 2, 2010. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - China offered on Saturday to buy Greek government bonds when the country returns to markets, in a show of support for the country whose debt burden pushed the euro zone into crisis and required an international bailout.

No end in sight to Pakistan-NATO supply standoff (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:03 AM PDT

A Pakistani border guard stands near Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked on the roadside in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - Pakistan kept a vital border crossing closed to U.S. and NATO supply trucks for a third day Saturday, a sign that Islamabad's desire to avoid a domestic backlash over a NATO incursion that killed three Pakistani troops is — for now — outweighing its desire to stay on good terms with America.

Contender for Nobel prize is in Chinese prison (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:42 AM PDT

In this Sept. 28, 2010 photo, Liu Xia, wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview in Beijing, China. When the police came for Liu Xiaobo that night nearly two years ago, they didn't tell the dissident-author the reason for taking him away. The line in the detention order for 'motive' was blank. But everyone in Liu's dark Beijing apartment knew exactly why. Liu was hours from releasing a call for peaceful political reform in China that would represent the democracy movement's most comprehensive demand ever — and that would earn Liu multiple nominations for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - When the police came for Liu Xiaobo on a December night nearly two years ago, they didn't tell the dissident author why he was being taken away again. The line in the detention order for his "suspected crime" was left blank.

US CIA chief visits India to discuss security (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:58 AM PDT

US Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta, pictured in February 2010, has made a stopover in New Delhi to discuss security threats in the South Asian region after visiting Pakistan.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - US Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta made a stopover in New Delhi to discuss security threats in the South Asian region after visiting Pakistan, a report said Saturday.

China hopes 'eco-city' will prove a model alternative (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:56 AM PDT

A truck drives into the site of an AFP - At a construction site in northern China, a billboard boasts of a "liveable city" where residents can drink tap water, travel on clean energy public transport and enjoy acres of parkland.

Prince Charles in Indian capital for sporting meet (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:20 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Prince Charles met with Indian President Pratibha Patil for informal talks Saturday, a day before the two are to jointly inaugurate the Commonwealth Games, ending a protocol tussle.

Wife of Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew dies at 89 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this Spet. 16, 2003 file, Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kwan Yu, left, and his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, center, along with their son Lee Hsien Loong, then Singapore's deputy prime minister, observe the senior Lee's 80th Birthday in Singapore. Singapore's government said Kwa, 89, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Wray, File)AP - Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his "tower of strength," and mother of the city-state's current prime minister, died Saturday. She was 89.

India poised to stage biggest C'wealth Games (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Indian policeman is seen standing guard beside a banner for the 2010 Commonwealth Games near a hotel in New Delhi, on October 1. India raced on Saturday to make final preparations for the Delhi Commonwealth Games with the start just a day away, desperately hoping to reverse the tide of bad publicity.(AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - India raced Saturday to put finishing touches to preparations for the biggest Commonwealth Games, with the start just a day away -- hoping to make the event a success story after a shambolic run-up.

Train crash in central Indonesia kills at least 36 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Rescuers search for victims of a train crash near a station in Petarukan in Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. The early morning train crash killed dozens of people and injured another dozens, many of them critically, officials and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - A train crashed into another parked at a railway station in central Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, many seriously, officials and witnesses said.

China vows to enhance ties with new NK leadership (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:09 AM PDT

AP - China's president on Saturday welcomed North Korea's election of a new slate of communist party leaders and promised to continue close ties — an expected but important affirmation of the two countries' relationship from the North's closest ally.

Karzai gives pep speech to Afghan security forces (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:00 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, and first Vice President Muhammad Qasim Fahim, left, participate in a function promoting members of the Afghan security forces at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Karzai delivered a upbeat and nationalistic speech calling on Afghanistan's police and army to prepare themselves to take charge of protecting and defending the nation after the eventual exit of international forces. (AP Photo/Ahead Massoud)AP - Preparing for the eventual exit of international forces, Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Saturday on his own police and army to get ready to take charge of protecting and defending the nation.

NKorea asks South for talks on restarting tours (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 04:55 AM PDT

AP - North Korea asked for talks with South Korea on resuming cross-border tourist trips to a resort inside the North, state media said Saturday, a day after the rivals agreed to hold reunions for families separated by the Korean War.

(AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:37 PM PDT

AP - Local television says at least 25 killed in train crash in central Indonesia.
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