Monday, October 4, 2010

Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks in Pakistan (AP)

Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks in Pakistan (AP)

Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:28 AM PDT

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers following the gunmen attack on the outside of Islamabad. Three people were killed on Monday and up to eight others wounded when about 20 NATO oil tankers were attacked and set ablaze near the Pakistani capital, in the second mass torching in days.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AP - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for U.S. and other NATO forces, vowing to continue raiding supply lines in Pakistan until they are shut down completely.

In a TV comedy, Egyptian women gain a voice (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:24 AM PDT

Egyptian couples celebrate their wedding party at a bridge on the Nile river bank of Cairo, Egypt, late Thursday, Sept.30, 2010. Traditionally, grooms in Egypt must pay heavy expenses, including buying an apartment and providing money up front to the bride. But with the economy ailing and poverty widespread, men are having a harder time affording the costs and are taking longer to get married. At the same time, there are fears that the number of unmarried women in their 30s is growing, apparently since men, when they do finally wed, choose younger brides. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - It's rare in Egypt's pop culture to get a direct and frank look inside the minds of Egyptian women and what they really think of marriage and love. So a TV comedy became a startling voice in this conservative society's debate over the changing role of women.

Brazil goes to runoff after Rousseff falls short (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:02 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the Workers Party, right, is kissed by Tarso Genro, candidate for Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, next to an electronic ballot box after voting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Ruling-party candidate Dilma Rousseff, who is trying to become Brazil's first female leader, fell short of getting a majority of votes in presidential elections and now faces a runoff in four weeks against an experienced, centrist rival.

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan bomb blast (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:01 AM PDT

Two Afghan army soldiers, who were wounded in an IED explosion, are carried into a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to be evacuated to Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Air Force pararescuemen and helicopter pilots from the 46th and 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadrons are supporting ongoing military operations in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - NATO says one of its service members was killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan.

Climate change talks open in China (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:06 AM PDT

U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres stands in front of a poster made by Green Peace before the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Tianjin, China, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, opened the U.N. conference on climate change aimed at narrowing differences before a major year-end meeting in Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - The U.N. climate chief urged countries Monday to identify achievable goals for fighting climate change ahead of a year-end meeting in Mexico, after last year's Copenhagen summit failed to produce binding limits on greenhouse gas.

Why Did World War I Just End? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Time.com - Germany made its final reparations-related payment for the Great War on Oct. 3, nearly 92 years after the country's defeat by the Allies. What took Germany so long to pay for the war?

Swiss banks 'must face tougher capital standards' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:59 AM PDT

The Swiss Parliament (L) is pictured with the logo of Swiss bank UBS in Bern. Swiss government-appointed experts said Monday that tougher capital standards should be imposed on Switzerland's two biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, that far exceed new international AFP - Swiss government-appointed experts said Monday that capital standards should be imposed on Switzerland's two biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, that far exceed new international "Basel III" proposals.

Bomb hits convoy of Iraqi official, kills 1 (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:34 PM PDT

U.S. soldiers instruct Iraqi policemen during a combat course at a joint military base in eastern Baghdad October 4, 2010. The U.S. army is training about 34 federal policemen in a 30-day combat course without weapons, an Interior Ministry source said on Monday. The U.S. army in Iraq is assisting and advising the Iraqi security forces before fully withdrawing by the end of next year, as dictated by a bilateral security pact. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)AP - Police officials say a roadside bombing has targeted the convoy of a deputy minister in Iraq's government, killing a bodyguard and injuring seven people.

Lima to have first female mayor ever (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

AP - A moderate leftist looked Sunday night to be headed by a narrow margin to becoming Lima's first elected female mayor.

Rwanda working to curb population explosion (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:21 PM PDT

An infant recieves a vaccine at the Nyamata Health Center in the Bugasera District of Rwanda. With big strides made against both malaria and pneumococcal disease, Rwanda is on track to meet UN Millennium Development Goal no 4, the reduction of child mortality, officials say.(AFP/File/Shannon Jensen)AFP - "I had my son in February. I don't want another baby until he is five. Health workers told me about family planning," said Placide Dusabe, 24, visiting a health centre for contraception.

Japan's 'shadow shogun' faces funding scandal case (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:53 AM PDT

Japan's ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa, pictured, should be indicted over a political funds scandal, a citizens' judicial review panel announced Monday in a ruling that paves the way for legal action.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa should be indicted over a political funds scandal, a citizens' judicial review panel announced Monday in a ruling that paves the way for legal action.

Former Nigerian rebel leader arrested in South Africa (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Two days after bomb blasts killed 12 in Nigeria’s capital, during celebrations meant to mark Nigeria’s 50th year of independence, a former rebel leader arrested in South Africa is due to appear in court.

Behind the Crisis in Obama's Middle East Peace Effort (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Time.com - The settlement standoff reflects a deeper problem: getting Israeli and Palestinian leaders talking face-to-face doesn't appear to be generating self-sustaining momentum

India kicks off Commonwealth Games (Beijing Olympics these are not) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:22 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - India kicked off its showcase 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi with an impressive opening ceremony complete with Bollywood songs, yoga, and dancers weaving among bicycle rickshaws.
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