Monday, November 29, 2010

Pakistan defends nuclear policy after US leaks (AFP)

Pakistan defends nuclear policy after US leaks (AFP)


Pakistan defends nuclear policy after US leaks (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:55 AM PST

View of the WikiLeaks homepage taken in Washington. Pakistan on Monday conceded that the United States wanted to remove nuclear fuel from a reactor amid security fears, but said the request had been refused and defended its atomic policy.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Pakistan on Monday conceded that the United States wanted to remove nuclear fuel from a reactor amid security fears, but said the request had been refused and defended its atomic policy.


U.S. urges Chinese "leadership role" over North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:42 AM PST

Reuters - Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice called on China on Monday to play a "responsible leadership role" in maintaining peace on the Korean peninsula, amid a new crisis over North Korean actions.

Afghan police officer kills 6 US service members (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:28 AM PST

Afghan national Army soldiers attached to First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division take off their ammunition before an Afghan National Army training program graduation in Panjwai district, Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - An Afghan border police officer opened fire on U.S. troops during a training mission in the east of the country Monday, killing six American service members before he was shot dead, U.S. and Afghan officials said.


Saudi king scathing of 'rotten' Pakistan president: US leaks (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:16 AM PST

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, pictured in September 2010. The Saudi king considers President Asif Ali Zardari the greatest obstacle to progress in Pakistan, according to scathing comments reported by the New York Times in leaked US diplomatic cables.(AFP/File)AFP - The Saudi king considers President Asif Ali Zardari the greatest obstacle to progress in Pakistan, according to scathing comments reported by the New York Times in leaked US diplomatic cables.


Koreas' sea border area seen as a recipe for war (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:51 AM PST

Viewed through an opening in a bunker, security spikes used to protect against enemy landing craft stick out from the sea at South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. South Korea's president told the nation Monday that he takes responsibility for failing to protect his citizens from a deadly North Korean artillery attack last week, vowing tough consequences for any future aggression and expressing outrage over the 'ruthlessness of the North Korean regime.' (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The view from this South Korean island takes in the undulating hills of North Korea just seven miles away and the seafood-rich waters all around — a region of such economic and strategic importance to both countries that one expert calls it a recipe for war.


Pakistan's president seeks barter trade with Sri Lanka (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:49 AM PST

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is seen during a business forum in Colombo. Zardari met businessmen during the third day of his visit to Colombo, to explore avenues to enhance trade and investment between both countries.(AFP/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari called for a barter agreement with Sri Lanka on Monday to boost trade between the two countries and sought expertise from the island in battling "terrorism".


Afghan attacks at a glance (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:45 AM PST

AP - A look at attacks in which Afghanistan security forces turned on their NATO counterparts:

US calls for tighter sanctions on North Korea (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:44 AM PST

The shadow of South Korean activists is cast on a burning North Korean flag during a protest outside the Defense Ministry in Seou. The United States on Monday called for tighter enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear activities and its artillery attack last week on the rival South.(AFP/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - The United States on Monday called for tighter enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear activities and its artillery attack last week on the rival South.


(AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:43 AM PST

AP - US official: 6 troops slain by Afghan in eastern Afghanistan all Americans.

'Policeman' kills six NATO troops in Afghanistan: military (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:36 AM PST

A US Soldier casts a shadow as he patrols with Afghan National Army soldiers in Kukaran, Kandahar province in August 2010. A man in police uniform killed six NATO troops during a training session in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the latest in a series of similar shootings announced by the US-led military.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - A man in police uniform killed six NATO troops during a training session in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the latest in a series of similar shootings announced by the US-led military.


Gunbattle breaks out in Kyrgyz south (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:28 AM PST

AP - At least four Islamic militants were killed Monday in a clash with security forces in Kyrgyzstan's restive south, officials said.

Pakistan drone victim demands damages from CIA (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:59 AM PST

Kareem Khan, Pakistani tribesman from North Wazirstan, talks to the media in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010.  Khan, says he lost his son and brother in an American missile attack in the country's northwest and is demanding damages from the CIA, and according to his lawyer, Mirza Shahzad Akbar obscured right, he will file a lawsuit against the director of the CIA and the U.S. defense secretary unless he receives dollars 500 million US (320 million British pounds / 378 million euro) in compensation.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A Pakistani man who says he lost his son and brother in an American missile attack in the northwest threatened Monday to sue the CIA unless he receives compensation, a move that will draw attention to civilian casualties in such strikes.


Pakistani court delays pardon for Christian (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:50 AM PST

AP - A lawyer says a Pakistani court has barred the country's president from pardoning a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy before it rules on her appeal.

Thai court drops legal case against ruling party (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:24 AM PST

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is hugged by a supporter at his Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The ruling Democrat Party survived a legal challenge Monday that could have seen it dissolved and a new government formed after the Constitutional Court dismissed a charge that it misused an election fund. (AP Photo)AP - Thailand's ruling Democrat Party staved off its possible dissolution and ouster from power Monday when a court dismissed charges that it had misused an official election fund.


5 rebels, 1 policeman killed in Indian Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:13 AM PST

An Indian paramilitary soldier looks out from an ambulance as paramedics prepare to load the body of an Indian policeman, killed in a shootout, into a police ambulance at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. A shootout in a crowded marketplace in the Indian portion of Kashmir left three suspected Muslim rebels and one policeman dead on Monday, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - A shootout Monday in a crowded marketplace in the Indian portion of Kashmir killed three suspected Muslim rebels and one policeman, while two suspected militants were killed in other fighting, officials said.


Dozens of kids injured in China school stampede (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:16 AM PST

AP - A mad rush to the playground turned into a stampede that left dozens of elementary school children hurt and seven severely injured in western China on Monday, state media and officials said.

Cambodian PM says no punishment for fatal stampede (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:11 AM PST

Survivor Chum Srey prays at the bridge where a deadly stampede occurred last week in Phnom Penh November 29, 2010. Cambodia's prime minister said on Monday no state officials were to blame for the stampede and ruled out resignations in the aftermath of the country's worst tragedy in three decades. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaAP - Cambodia's prime minister said Monday that no one will be punished for last week's stampede in which at least 351 revelers died after the swaying of a suspension bridge cause mass panic.


Pakistan criticizes release of secret US cables (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:50 AM PST

AP - Pakistan on Monday criticized the release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables that reportedly raise concerns that highly enriched uranium could be diverted from its nuclear program to build an illicit weapon.

Japan eyeing summit with SKorea next month (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:02 AM PST

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts during the Lower House Budget Committee meeting in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan's prime minister said Monday he is seeking to hold talks with South Korea's leader in Japan next month to step up cooperation amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula.


Australian police investigate WikiLeaks founder (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 spoke with the Chinese government about the expected release of classified cables by the Wikileaks website. The release of hundreds of thousands of cables is expected this weekend, though Wikileaks has not specified the timing. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - Police were investigating whether any Australian law was broken by the latest leaking of confidential documents by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks, the attorney-general said Monday.


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