Sunday, October 31, 2010

Taliban hold secret talks with Afghan president (AP)

Taliban hold secret talks with Afghan president (AP)

Taliban hold secret talks with Afghan president (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:54 AM PDT

FILE - This undated photo originally received by the Associated Press Monday, July 21, 2003 shows former Taliban governor of eastern Nangarhar province and No. 3 in the Taliban hierarchy Maulvi Abdul Kabir, at right with black turban and glasses, addressing the faithful in the tribal border regions of Pakistan, not far from the border with Afghanistan. It is the first image of Kabir since the Taliban's ouster in 2001. Three Taliban leaders secretly met with Afghanistan's president two weeks ago in an effort to weaken the U.S.-led coalition's most vicious enemy, a powerful al-Qaida linked network that straddles the border region with Pakistan. Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the governor of eastern Nangarhar provincial governor during the Taliban rule and current head of the Taliban's Peshawar council, his deputy governor in the Taliban regime Sedre Azam and Anwar-ul-Haq Mujahed, a militant leader from eastern Afghanistan credited with helping Osama bin Laden escape the U.S. assault on Tora Bora in 2001, spent two nights in the Afghan capital, the former official said. (AP Photo/Janullah Hashimzada)AP - Three Taliban figures met secretly with Afghanistan's president two weeks ago in an effort by the Afghan government to weaken the U.S.-led coalition's most vicious enemy, a powerful al-Qaida linked network that straddles the border region with Pakistan.

Istanbul suicide blast injures 32 (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:37 AM PDT

A policeman stands at the scene after an explosion in Istanbul's central Taksim Square. A suicide bomb ripped through crowds of shoppers and cafe-goers in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, injuring 32 people as a ceasefire by the separatist PKK came to an end.(AFP/Bulent Kilic)AFP - A suicide bomb ripped through crowds of shoppers and cafe-goers in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, injuring 32 people as a ceasefire by the separatist PKK came to an end.

At least 32 wounded in Istanbul suicide bombing (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:37 AM PDT

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday beside a police vehicle in a major Istanbul square near tourist hotels and a bus terminal, wounding 32 people, including 15 policemen.

Clinton vows to fight sexual slavery (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:58 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a laugh with a group of girls from the Siem Reap Center, a shelter run by AFSEIP that provides rehabilitation, vocational training, and social reintegration for sex trafficking victims, on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)AP - Sitting out the intense political battle back home, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton toured Cambodia's famed 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex on Sunday and pledged to do more to help end the scourge of sexual slavery on a visit to a rehabilitation center for child prostitutes.

Suicide bomber wounds 32 in Istanbul's main square (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:07 AM PDT

The scene after an explosion near police vehicles in central Istanbul October 31, 2010. A suspected suicide bomber wounded 22 people in the centre of Turkey's biggest city on Sunday in an attack targeting police. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - A suicide bomber wounded 32 people in an attack targeting Turkish police in Istanbul's main square Sunday, an area teaming with tourists and shoppers.

Tourism minister urges Israelis to boycott Turkey (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:02 AM PDT

AP - Israel's tourism minister on Sunday urged Israelis to boycott Turkey in response to Israeli press reports that the country has classified Israel as a strategic threat.

India suspends search after boat tragedy, 25 dead (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:42 AM PDT

Indian villagers look out from the banks of the Muriganga river at Kakdwip after a boat capsized near near Ghoramara island, south of Calcutta, India, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. A rescue helicopter and divers searched Sunday for dozens missing after a boat crowded with Muslim pilgrims capsized near the Bay of Bengal, killing at least 19, police said.(AP Photo)AP - The Indian navy, coast guard and police suspended their search Sunday night for dozens missing after a boat crowded with Muslim pilgrims capsized near the Bay of Bengal, killing at least 25, police said.

Migrants wary as China launches census (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk past a billboard for China's coming census. Millions of migrant workers fear Beijing will use the upcoming census as a means of launching a crackdown on illegal residents and impose heavy fines on anyone who has violated the nation's one-child policy.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Tan Jianguo and his wife are migrant workers who have lived in a dirty rundown alleyway in a Beijing suburb for the past 10 years, eking out a meagre living for themselves and their two small children.

Ingram, Amla boost South Africa in second one-day (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:10 AM PDT

South African batsmen Colin Ingram (centre) and Hashim Amla take runs between the wicket during the second day-night international match between South Africa and Pakistan at the Abu Dhabi cricket Stadium. The pair led South Africa to a formidable 286-8.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Fast-rising Colin Ingram hit a sparkling century and Hashim Amla an aggressive 65 to lead South Africa to a formidable 286-8 in the second day-night international here on Sunday.

Indian minister reviews security on Kashmir visit (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:01 AM PDT

India's Interior Minister P Chidambaram, seen here in September 2010, has reviewed the security situation in Kashmir in the face of months of deadly protests against Indian rule that have left over 100 people dead.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - India's home minister reviewed the security situation in Kashmir Sunday in the face of months of deadly protests against Indian rule that have left over 100 people dead.

Returnees flee as Indonesia volcano spews more ash (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Mount Merapi spews pyroclastic flow as seen from Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. The deadly volcano spewed searing cloud of ash down its slopes Sunday, prompting panic and chaos among thousands of villagers who had taken advantage of a lull in activity to rush home and check on their livestock. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - Thousands of evacuees who risked a trip home near a deadly Indonesian volcano fled in panic as the mountain spewed more searing ash clouds Sunday, while rescuers finally resumed aid to tsunami victims in the country's other unfolding disaster.

Afghan official says 17 insurgents killed in south (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:00 AM PDT

A boy peers from inside a car in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - NATO and Afghan troops killed 17 insurgents in an hours-long gunbattle in southern Helmand province, an Afghan official said Sunday.

Shanghai World Expo ends; drew 72 million visitors (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Visitors sits on a roller-coaster on top of the Swiss Pavilion against the sunset at the Shanghai World Expo site Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010. China declared its biggest tourism event ever, the Shanghai World Expo, a stunning success Sunday, after introducing a record 72 million visitors to a smorgasbord of cultures and technologies meant to illustrate ideas for urban sustainability. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China wrapped up its record-breaking World Expo on Sunday with a lavish display of national pride, as organizers of the mammoth event pledged to continue pursuing more sustainable, balanced growth.

Man pulls shark's tail to save woman in Australia (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT

AP - Officials say a female diving guide was bitten on the thigh and buttocks by a shark but was saved when another swimmer pulled the shark's tail.

American missionary drowns in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:08 PM PDT

AP - A Catholic religious order says an American missionary drowned during a vacation on an island south of the Philippine capital.

India: Land of many cell phones, fewer toilets (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

This Oct. 19, 2010 photo shows tall buildings behind makeshift houses in the Rafiq Nagar slum in Mumbai, India. When U.S. President Barack Obama visits India Nov. 6, 2010, he will find a country of startlingly uneven development and perplexing disparities, where more people have cell phones than access to a toilet, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegally.

Myanmar election offers no comfort for refugees (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:54 PM PDT

AP - It's no wonder that Saw Tun Wai has little desire to return to Myanmar, even after upcoming elections that its military rulers describe as a step toward democracy.
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