Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Aussie World Cup chiefs brush off finance snub (AFP)

Aussie World Cup chiefs brush off finance snub (AFP)

Aussie World Cup chiefs brush off finance snub (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:42 AM PST

Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib (L) speaks next to Football Federation Australian Chairman Frank Lowy during a press conference in Zurich. Australia's 2022 World Cup bid team on Tuesday played down the significance of a FIFA study which ranked the country last overall in projected revenues for the tournament.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Australia's 2022 World Cup bid team on Tuesday played down the significance of a FIFA study which ranked the country last overall in projected revenues for the tournament.

Clinton in Kazakhstan for summit amid leaks scandal (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:16 AM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comments on the recent release of some 250,000 classified cables released by Wikileaks at the State Departmenton November 29 in Washington, DC. Clinton on Tuesday arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana to attend a major global summit, amid a boiling scandal over the release of leaked US diplomatic cables.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana to attend a major global summit, amid a boiling scandal over the release of leaked US diplomatic cables.

Pakistan head of anti-corruption group 'receives death threats' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:07 AM PST

Journalists take copies of corruption watchdog Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index prior to a press conference in October 2010. The head of Pakistan's branch of global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International said Tuesday he had received death threats for exposing the AFP - The head of Pakistan's branch of global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International said Tuesday he had received death threats for exposing the "misdeeds" of the government.

Clinton begins 4-nation tour in Kazakhstan (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:58 AM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures as she delivers a statement about WikiLeaks lead at the State Department in Washington November 29, 2010.REUTERS/Yuri GripasAP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday kicked off a four-nation diplomatic tour dogged by the WikiLeaks disclosure of U.S. diplomatic cables, an act she called an assault on the international community.

Pakistan drops Kamran, Yousuf for New Zealand tour (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:50 AM PST

Pakistan has dropped Kamran Akmal, seen here in September 2010,and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf from the Twenty20 and Test squads announced for next month?s tour of New Zealand.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Pakistan has dropped under-suspicion wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf from the Twenty20 and Test squads announced Tuesday for next month?s tour of New Zealand.

Figure skater Kim to deliver 'love letter to Korea' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:47 AM PST

Olympic women's figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na, seen here in May 2010, announced a new programme for next season Tuesday which her choreographer described as a AFP - Olympic women's figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na announced a new programme for next season Tuesday which her choreographer described as a "love letter" to her native Korea.

N.Korea touts nuclear prowess as China urges talks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:32 AM PST

Members of a South Korean veteran commando unit attend a rally on Yeonpyeong island. North Korea boasted Tuesday of running AFP - North Korea boasted Tuesday of running "thousands" of nuclear centrifuges, a week after launching a deadly artillery attack on South Korea, as China pressed for six-nation crisis talks.

India fails to break parliament deadlock over telecom 'scam' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:28 AM PST

Indian Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh speaks to the media as he arrives to attend the first day of the winter session of the parliament in New Delhi on November 9. The Indian government Tuesday failed to end a long parliamentary deadlock as opposition parties refused to withdraw demands for a cross-party investigation in a massive telecoms graft scandal.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - The Indian government Tuesday failed to end a long parliamentary deadlock as opposition parties refused to withdraw demands for a cross-party investigation in a massive telecoms graft scandal.

Commonwealth Games officials' homes raided in India (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:24 AM PST

Indian security personnel walk past a street decorated with Commonwealth billboards near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium complex in New Delhi in October 2010. Indian police on Tuesday raided the homes of senior officials who organised the Commonwealth Games as part of a probe into corruption allegations that surrounded the event, sources told AFP.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Indian police on Tuesday raided the homes of top officials who organised the Commonwealth Games as part of a probe into graft allegations that surrounded the event.

WikiLeaks under new pressure on cable dump (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PST

Animated graphic on whistleblower website WikiLeaks as it unleashes a flood of more than 250,000 confidential US cables detailing embarrassing diplomatic episodes.(AFP iactiv)AFP - WikiLeaks came under intense pressure Tuesday after its mass dump of sensitive US documents, with China demanding action, the website facing cyber attack and a defector announcing a rival site.

Coalition ramps up air war over Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:44 AM PST

In this photo taken on Nov. 11, 2010 in Sangin, Afghanistan, an attack helicopter shoots flares during a support mission for U.S. Marines. Once sharply curtailed because of complaints over civilian casualties, U.S. and NATO forces have ramped up the air war in Afghanistan since this summer. Coalition aircraft dropped 1,000 bombs and missiles in October — one of the highest monthly totals of the 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - Once sharply curtailed because of complaints over civilian casualties, U.S. and NATO forces have ramped up the air war in Afghanistan since this summer.

Leaks: China knows less about NKorea than thought (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:38 AM PST

U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter attack aircrafts sit in heavy fog on the deck of the USS George Washington, during a joint military exercise off South Korea's West Sea, in South Korea's West Sea on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Jets roared off a supercarrier in U.S.-South Korean war games Tuesday, as the U.S. and two crucial Asian allies agreed to talk in Washington about North Korea's attack on a South Korean island and the North's nuclear weapons programs. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - China knows less about and has less influence over its close ally North Korea than is usually presumed and is likely to eventually accept a reunified peninsula under South Korean rule, according to U.S. diplomatic files leaked to the WikiLeaks website.

WikiLeaks: Afghan president pardoned drug dealers (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:14 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, during a women's right ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. President Hamid Karzai said he was happy the results from the Sept. 18 elections were being announced, and called on losing candidates not to take their complaints to the streets but instead to those empowered to deal with them. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A secret U.S. diplomatic memo released Tuesday by WikiLeaks says Afghan President Hamid Karzai freed dangerous detainees and pardoned suspected drug dealers because they had connections to powerful figures.

Pakistan seeks life imprisonment for Americans (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:29 AM PST

A Pakistani addict injects heroin in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Non-governmental organizations distribute syringes among addicts to avoid the spread of AIDS by sharing syringes. Pakistan will observe World Aids Day on December 1. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - The Pakistani government is seeking life imprisonment for five young Americans convicted of plotting terrorist attacks and sentenced to 10 years each in jail, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Afghan gunman had no criminal background (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:05 AM PST

Afghan Interior Minister Bismullah Mohammadi gestures during a press event in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Afghanistan's interior minister says the border policeman who killed six American service members had been on the force for three years and had no criminal background. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The Afghan border policeman who killed six American service members during a training mission had been on the force for three years and had no criminal background, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.

Chinese toddler freed from washing machine (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PST

AP - A Chinese toddler who climbed inside a washing machine during a game of hide-and-seek got stuck and had to be rescued by emergency workers with a power saw.

Parties agree on Kyrgyz government coalition (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:43 AM PST

AP - Three parties in Kyrgyzstan's fractious parliament have agreed to form a ruling coalition, ending weeks of political uncertainty in this troubled country.

6 killed in Pakistan suicide blast (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:25 AM PST

Pakistani police officers look at a van destroyed by an explosion in Bannu, Pakistan Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police van in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing many people, one of them a police officer.(AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police van in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing six people and wounding 17 others, police said.

Signs of diplomacy in NKorea crisis (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:14 AM PST

U.S. Navy deck crew coordinate with U.S. Naval aviators of the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter attack aircraft as they prepare to launch off the deck of the USS George Washington, during a joint military exercise off South Korea's West Sea, in South Korea's West Sea on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Jets roared off a supercarrier in U.S.-South Korean war games Tuesday, as the U.S. and two crucial Asian allies agreed to talk in Washington about North Korea's attack on a South Korean island and the North's nuclear weapons programs. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - A supercarrier sent jets into overcast skies Tuesday in U.S.-South Korean military drills that North Korea warned could spark war, but signs of diplomacy emerged alongside the tensions over last week's deadly North Korean attack.

China bars US official from American's appeal (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:22 AM PST

Robert Goldberg, deputy chief of mission to the U.S. Embassy, center speaks to journalists outside the Beijing High People's Court in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing says its representatives have been barred by Chinese authorities from attending the appeal hearing of an American geologist sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of obtaining state secrets. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A Beijing appeals court barred U.S. diplomats from attending a hearing Tuesday for an American geologist sentenced to eight years in prison for obtaining information on China's oil industry that the government says are state secrets.
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