Saturday, October 30, 2010

Vietnam to reopen Cam Ranh Bay to foreign fleets: PM (AFP)

Vietnam to reopen Cam Ranh Bay to foreign fleets: PM (AFP)

Vietnam to reopen Cam Ranh Bay to foreign fleets: PM (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung addresses the closing ceremony of the 17th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi. Vietnam plans to reopen to foreign navies the Cam Ranh Bay port facility formerly used by both the US and Russia, the prime minister said Saturday after a summit dominated by China's territorial disputes.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Vietnam plans to reopen to foreign navies the Cam Ranh Bay port facility formerly used by both the US and Russia, the prime minister said Saturday after a summit dominated by China's territorial disputes.

Afghan president condemns US-Russia drugs operation (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, seen here in Kabul in September 2010, reacted with fury Sunday to the first joint US-Russian anti-drugs operation in the war-torn country, saying it happened without permission and violated Afghan sovereignty.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reacted with fury Sunday to the first joint US-Russian anti-drugs operation in the war-torn country, saying it happened without permission and violated Afghan sovereignty.

Taliban attack on Afghan combat post repelled, 80 dead (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:40 AM PDT

A US soldier watches from his position inside a military vehicle in Yosef Khel district of Paktika province of Afghanistan. An Afghan official said Saturday that 80 Taliban insurgents were killed during a failed attack on a NATO combat outpost near the border with Pakistan.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - An Afghan official said Saturday that 80 Taliban insurgents were killed during a failed attack on a NATO combat outpost near the border with Pakistan.

India Reliance Industries quarterly profit jumps 28 percent (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:34 AM PDT

The chairman of India's largest private sector firm, Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani is pictured in June 2010. India's largest private sector firm Reliance Industries reported a 28 percent rise in quarterly net profit Saturday, boosted by earnings from refining crude and higher gas output.(AFP/File/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - India's largest private sector firm Reliance Industries reported a 28 percent rise in quarterly net profit Saturday, boosted by earnings from refining crude and higher gas output.

India's service sector boom sees workers switch jobs (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Female commuters board a women-only coach at a Delhi Metro train station in New Delhi on October 2. India's booming service sector market is facing attrition rates of 35 percent as workers switch jobs for fatter pay packets, a survey said Saturday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - India's booming service sector market is facing attrition rates of 35 percent as workers switch jobs for fatter pay packets, a survey said Saturday.

Kashmir separatists plan new protests for Obama visit (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:28 AM PDT

Kashmiri porters carry the official files of the Civil Secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir during the bi-annual darbar move fronm Srinagar to Jammu, in Srinagar. A top separatist who spearheaded a wave of protests against Indian rule in Kashmir called Saturday for fresh demonstrations to coincide with US President Barack Obama's visit to India.(AFP/Rouf Bhat)AFP - A top separatist who spearheaded a wave of protests against Indian rule in Kashmir called Saturday for fresh demonstrations to coincide with US President Barack Obama's visit to India.

Two Koreas start family reunions (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:23 AM PDT

S.Koreans cry and wave from a departing bus after briefly being reunited with their relatives at North Korea's resort Mount Kumgang, in 2002. Hundreds of South Koreans on Saturday held tearful reunions with their relatives living in the North as the two Koreas resumed the humanitarian project despite tensions after an exchange of fire.(AFP/POOL/File)AFP - Hundreds of South Koreans on Saturday held tearful reunions with their relatives living in the North as the two Koreas resumed the humanitarian project despite tensions after an exchange of fire.

Samoa storm back to beat Japan 13-10 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Samoa's Lolo Lui (R) gets a pass away during a match in March 2010. Visitors Samoa avenged their loss in the Pacific Nations Cup in June when they roared back from 10 points behind to beat Japan 13-10 in a rugby test match on Saturday in Tokyo.(AFP/File)AFP - Visitors Samoa avenged their loss in the Pacific Nations Cup in June when they roared back from 10 points behind to beat Japan 13-10 in a rugby test match on Saturday in Tokyo.

Australia beat New Zealand in rugby cliffhanger (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:23 AM PDT

The Australian Wallabies celebrate after a try from Adam Ashley-Cooper (3rdL), against the New Zealand All Blacks during their Bledisloe Cup rugby match at the Hong Kong stadium. The Wallabies won 26-24.(AFP/Ed Jones)AFP - The Wallabies won a nailbiting final Bledisloe Cup Test in Hong Kong 26-24 with the last kick of the match Saturday to end a 10-game losing streak against the All Blacks.

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

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:11 AM 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.

Afghanistan complains about Russians in drug raid (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:57 AM PDT

AP - Afghanistan's president said Saturday he had not been informed in advance of Russian participation in a NATO-led drug raid that netted $56 million worth of heroin and morphine, and his administration demanded a formal apology from the alliance.

China-Japan tensions ease with informal chat (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:10 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. declared Saturday it has a national interest in resolving disputes in Asian waters that have ignited regional tensions, as China and Japan attempted to tone down a fiery diplomatic row that has plunged the two countries' relations to a five-year low.

Indonesian volcano unleashes biggest blast yet (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Motorists ride on an ash-covered street during an ash fall from the eruption of Mount Merapi in Pakem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, early Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)AP - Clouds of gray ash rumbled down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Saturday in its most powerful eruption of a deadly week, prompting soldiers to force reluctant villagers to evacuate amid fears of a larger blast.

Clinton pressures China to settle island dispute (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:44 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi during the ASEAN summit Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday made a rare visit by an American official to a Chinese island once a flash point in relations between the powers and pressed Beijing to settle territorial disputes with its smaller, wary neighbors.

2 Koreas hold reunions for war-split families (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:59 AM PDT

North Korean father Ri Jong Ryol, center, looks at a photo album with his South Korean son Lee Min-gwan, right, and daughter Lee Sun-ja, left, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain in North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. Hundreds of Korean family members separated for more than half a century by the Korean War hugged and embraced each other in tearful reunions Saturday, a day after troops exchanged gunfire in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the countries. (AP Photo/ Kim Ho-young, Korea Pool) ** KOREA OUT **AP - Hundreds of Korean family members separated for more than half a century by the Korean War embraced each other in tearful reunions Saturday, a day after troops exchanged gunfire in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the countries.

4 French confirmed dead in Antarctic copter crash (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:10 AM PDT

AP - All four people in a French helicopter that crashed in rough weather in Antarctica were confirmed dead Saturday, Australian and French rescuers said.

Clinton urges Vietnam to improve human rights (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:51 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has urged Vietnam to clean up its human rights record following a spate of dissident arrests.

NATO: 30 fighters killed in Afghan outpost attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:19 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, seen here in Kabul in September 2010, reacted with fury Sunday to the first joint US-Russian anti-drugs operation in the war-torn country, saying it happened without permission and violated Afghan sovereignty.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Insurgents armed with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars tried to storm a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, setting off a battle that killed 30 attackers and wounded five coalition soldiers, NATO said.

(AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:13 PM PDT

AP - NATO says more than 30 insurgents killed and five coalition soldiers wounded in outpost attack.

Lawyers: China blocked US visit, citing 'security' (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:42 PM PDT

AP - Two prominent Chinese rights lawyers said security officials blocked them Saturday morning from flying to the United States for meetings with congressmen, judges and scholars.
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