Friday, October 29, 2010

Planes drop food as Indonesia struggles with aid (AP)

Planes drop food as Indonesia struggles with aid (AP)

Planes drop food as Indonesia struggles with aid (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT

A tsunami survivor walks in his village which was hit by Monday's earthquake-triggered tsunami at Munte, North Pagai island, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. The toll from the tsunami rose to more than 400 on Friday as officials found more bodies, and about 300 people were still missing, according to a provincial disaster management center official. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Relief workers used planes and chartered boats to bring food and supplies to the most remote corners of Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged islands Friday despite storms that kept helicopters and most boats idle days after the wave killed more than 400 people.

Pakistan flood victims set for winter in camps: UNHCR (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:01 AM PDT

A Pakistani girl displaced by floods carries food at a makeshift camp in Karachi on October 4. Thousands of people displaced by huge floods in Pakistan are likely to spend the winter in camps, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, dashing hopes that all survivors might return home swiftly.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - Thousands of people displaced by huge floods in Pakistan are likely to spend the winter in camps, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, dashing hopes that all survivors might return home swiftly.

NATO helicopter kills 20 Afghan insurgents (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 26, 2010 file photo, Viktor Ivanov, head of the Russian anti-narcotics agency speaks at a news conference in Moscow. Ivanov said his agency cooperated closely with U.S. counterparts to organize a drug bust in Afghanistan, which ended Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 and destroyed 932 kilograms (2,050 pounds) of heroin and 156 kilograms (340 pounds) of opium worth an estimated $250 million. (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)AP - A NATO helicopter killed more than 20 insurgents after it was fired on during an operation in Afghanistan's restive Kandahar province, the coalition said Friday.

Surfer: Indonesia tsunami was like runaway train (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Chilean surfer Sebastian Carello gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. Carvallo managed to escape Monday's earthquake-triggered tsunami that kiled more than 400 people in Mentawai Islands. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - Within two minutes of the powerful earthquake that disrupted his evening of watching surf videos at his beach resort, Sebastian Carvallo heard a distant roar "like a train out of control." He knew immediately he had to run.

NKorea opens fire in DMZ after retaliation threat (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:23 AM PDT

A man watches a TV news program reporting North Korea's firing to South at Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. North Korea fired two rounds toward South Korea at their tense border and South Korean troops immediately fired back, an official said Friday. Fired two, South Korea fired back(North Korea) fired two, South Korea fired back.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea fired over its heavily fortified southern border Friday, and South Korea retaliated in a rare instance of their cold war turning hot less than two weeks before President Barack Obama and other world leaders are due in Seoul for a global economic summit.

UN seals historic treaty to protect threatened ecosystems (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:03 AM PDT

An area of Sumatran forest cleared by a logging company, seen in August 2010. According to Greenpeace the area is habitat to endangered Sumatran Tiger and rich in biodiversity.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - A historic treaty to protect the world's forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed at a UN summit on Saturday following nearly two weeks of intense diplomacy.

Lawyer 'optimistic' over Suu Kyi appeal (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Fact file on Myanmar. The upcoming elections in November are the first in Myanmar since 1990, when Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won in a landslide. But the party was never allowed to take power and the Nobel Peace laureate has spent 15 years under house arrest.(AFP/File/Al/Gal/Js)AP - A lawyer for Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed hope Friday that she will win her appeal for release from house arrest, even though the country's courts have a record of favoring the government in political cases.

Tsotsobe's best halts Pakistan in first one-dayer (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:11 AM PDT

South African cricketer Lonwabo Tsotsobe (R) celebrates with teammate Johan Botha after taking the wicket of Pakistani batsman Abdul Razzaq during the first day-night international match between Pakistan and South Africa in Abu Dhabi. Tsotsobe took 4-27 off his ten tight overs to derail Pakistan to 203.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Lanky South African paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe carried his Twenty20 form into the 50-over game with a career-best feat to derail Pakistan to 203 in the first day-night international here on Friday.

No sedition charges for Indian author Arundhati Roy (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:09 AM PDT

India has decided against prosecuting award-winning author and activist Arundhati Roy, pictured here in 2009, for sedition after she spoke out about the disputed region of Kashmir, an official said Friday.(AFP/DDP/File/Axel Schmidt)AFP - India has decided against prosecuting award-winning author and activist Arundhati Roy for sedition after she spoke out about the disputed region of Kashmir, an official said Friday.

Intel opens biggest ever chip plant in Vietnam (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Paul Otellini, chief executive of Intel, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of Intel's assembly and test facility in Ho Chi Minh City. US-based chip maker Intel opened a billion-dollar plant in Vietnam, the company's biggest in the world, expected to create thousands of skilled jobs as the nation moves from low to hi-tech.(AFP)AFP - US-based chip maker Intel opened a billion-dollar plant in Vietnam, the company's biggest in the world, expected to create thousands of skilled jobs as the nation moves from low to hi-tech.

China says Japan distorted facts in island dispute (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:50 AM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, right, and China's Premier Wen Jiabao look opposite directions as they arrive for 13th ASEAN Plus Three Summit on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi on Friday October 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Damir Sagolj, Pool)AP - China issued scathing comments directed at Japan and the United States on Friday, a day after the two allies discussed a territorial dispute in the East China Sea that has plunged Sino-Japanese relations to a new low.

French helicopter crashes in Antarctica (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:06 AM PDT

AP - A French helicopter has crashed in Antarctica during rough weather conditions, and a search plane flying over the site spotted what they believe are three bodies, officials said Friday.

Spiritual caretaker of Indonesian volcano dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 18, 2006 file photo, Maridjan, center, the spiritual guardian of Mount Merapi, with other villagers perform a midnight walk in silence circling their village as a part of a ritual of a prayer for protection from disaster, in Kinahrejo village which lies on the slope of the volcano, Indonesia. For 33 years, Maridjan spoke to Mount Merapi, appeasing its unpredictable spirits by throwing offerings of rice, clothes and chickens into the volcano's gaping crater. As Merapi began spewing 1,800 degree Fahrenheit (1,000 Celsius) gases and thousands of villagers streamed down the mountain's slopes, Maridjan refused to budge. His rigid body was found Wednesday, prostrate on the ground in the typical Islamic prayer position and caked in heavy white soot. (AP Photo /Dita Alangkara, File)AP - He was the keeper of Mount Merapi — an 83-year-old man entrusted to watch over the volcano's spirits, dispatching his assistant to go to the gaping crater and bring back ash as a symbolic offering.

Chinese court denounces awarding of Nobel prize (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:22 AM PDT

Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds photos of her husband during an interview in Beijing October 3, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundziAP - A spokesman for the Beijing court that upheld an 11-year prison sentence for Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo denounced the award on Friday in the latest indication China will brush aside international calls for his release.

Warning systems often don't help tsunami victims (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:38 AM PDT

Survivors look at the body of their family member who died in a tsunami at Munte, North Pagai island, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. The toll from Monday's tsunami rose to more than 400 on Friday as officials found more bodies, and about 300 people were still missing, according to a provincial disaster management center official. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Costly warning systems installed across Asia since the deadly 2004 tsunami did nothing to save villagers on these remote Indonesian islands who saw homes and loved ones swept away by a giant wave this week.

Correction: Indonesia-Volcano's Tender (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:33 AM PDT

AP - In a story Oct. 28 about the death of a man who was believed to have the ability to communicate with the spirits of a volcano, The Associated Press erroneously said offerings of rice and chickens were thrown into the crater. Ceremonies were held one mile (two kilometers) away.

UN chief: 'Not too late' for Myanmar elections (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:24 AM PDT

Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, left, takes a seat next to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III at ASEAN leaders retreat at the 17th ASEAN summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. Myanmar said its top leader will not run in next month's elections as it presented a new image to the world at a regional summit, while the U.N. chief warned that the vote may lack legitimacy if the country's junta does not release political prisoners. (AP Photo/Barbara Walton, Pool)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that there's still time for Myanmar's military rulers to make upcoming elections more credible by freeing all political prisoners.

China Red Cross calls for urgent blood donations (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:43 AM PDT

AP - China's Red Cross asked citizens around the country Friday to urgently donate blood because of an acute shortage that has prompted delays in some surgeries.

Delegates deadlocked as UN nature meet nears end (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:49 AM PDT

American actor Harrison Ford, who has been on the board of Conservation International for more than 15 years, speaks during a reception for the participants to the conference of the U.N. Convention on Biodiversity in Nagoya, central Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Nozomu Endo) ** JAPAN OUT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Delegates from more than 190 countries struggled Friday to break a deadlock on setting ambitious goals to preserve animals, plants and ecosystems, raising the prospect that the two-week U.N. meeting might end in failure.

Malaysia women group gets to keep 'Islam' in name (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:39 AM PDT

AP - A prominent Malaysian women's group won the right to keep the word "Islam" in its name Friday after a court ruled against religious activists critical of the group's opinions on women's rights.
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