Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Cambodia to charge Thai MP in border incident: PM (AFP)

Cambodia to charge Thai MP in border incident: PM (AFP)

Cambodia to charge Thai MP in border incident: PM (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:47 AM PST

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech in November 2010. Cambodia said Wednesday it would charge a Thai ruling party politician and six others whom it accused of illegally entering its territory after they were arrested in a disputed border area.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - Cambodia said Wednesday it would charge a Thai ruling party politician and six others whom it accused of illegally entering its territory after they were arrested in a disputed border area.

Janet Jackson to launch tour in Singapore (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:47 AM PST

US singer Janet Jackson, seen here in November 2010, announced that she would launch her world tour in Singapore on February 7. She will also perform in Hong Kong on February 14.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Pop star Janet Jackson wanted to find her most avid fans -- and they are apparently in Asia. After asking fans for suggestions over her website, Jackson announced that she would launch her world tour in Singapore on February 7. She will also perform in Hong Kong on February 14.

Pakistan politicians eye deal to shore up govt (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:14 AM PST

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, seen here in November, met a senior politician from his government's main coalition partner as aides expressed confidence about a deal to keep the party in the cabinet.(AFP/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met a senior politician from his government's main coalition partner as aides expressed confidence Wednesday about a deal to keep the party in the cabinet.

Pakistan's ruling party in crisis negotiations (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:46 AM PST

In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani pauses during a meeting with the Pakistani National Disaster Management Authority, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's U.S.-allied ruling party scrambled on Wednesday to keep its fragile coalition government in power as its senior leaders met with two dissident political partners, urging them to rejoin the Cabinet, a leader of one of the disgruntled parties, however, reiterated demands that the prime minister quit or be fired. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Pakistan's U.S.-allied ruling party scrambled on Wednesday to keep its fragile coalition government in power as its senior leaders met with two dissident political partners, urging them to rejoin the Cabinet.

China to cut crucial rare earths export quotas (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:18 AM PST

AP - China said it is reducing the amount of rare earths it will export for the first half of the year by more than 10 percent — likely to be an unpopular move worldwide since the minerals are vital to the manufacture of high-tech products.

France marks anniversary of reporters' abduction (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:28 AM PST

Portraits of Stephane Taponier (left) and Herve Guesquiere are seen on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The faces of the two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan were projected onto the monument as media rights campaigners marked the first anniversary of their abduction.(AFP/Fred Dufour)AFP - The faces of two French reporters kidnapped a year ago in Afghanistan were projected Wednesday onto the Arc de Triomphe as the government faced mounting pressure to secure their release.

China to crack down on lavish public-funded fetes (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:13 AM PST

FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a Chinese petitioner wears a hat with the words 'Officials Corrupt, Changed Judiciary' in Beijing, China. China plans to crack down in the coming year on lavish parties and seminars organized by government officials, hoping to placate a public angered by corruption and accounts of sex and booze-fueled fetes held at taxpayer expense. On Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, Communist party officials released their plan for stamping out corruption in 2011, which includes a crackdown on excessive partying at taxpayer expense. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - China plans to crack down in the coming year on lavish parties and seminars organized by government officials, hoping to placate a public angered by corruption and accounts of sex and booze-fueled fetes held at taxpayer expense.

India win Durban Test to set up series decider (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:49 AM PST

India's Harbhajan Singh celebrates dismissing South African batsman AB de Villiers on the fourth day of the second Test in Durban. India completed an 87-run win on Wednesday to set up a series decider in the final match in Cape Town.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - India completed an 87-run win on the fourth day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Wednesday to set up a series decider in the final match in Cape Town.

Rising rivers prompt evacuations in Australia (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:48 AM PST

Emergency personnel rescue Malcolm Smith (2L) from his flooded home in Chinchilla, Queensland on December 28, 2010 as entire towns were inundated by the worst deluges in decades. Torrential rains following in the wake of tropical cyclone Tasha have swollen rivers and flooded scores of farms and homes in the northeastern state of Queensland.(AFP/Pool/Jeff Camden)AP - The military cleared a town in eastern Australia on Wednesday, airlifting the entire population of 300 people by helicopter from an area where waters were continuing to rise after days of drenching rain.

Afghan progress slow but steady: US Marines (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:42 AM PST

US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo company take position during an engage with Taliban fighters in Musa Qala district of Helmand province on December 20. The Marines are defending ground freshly captured from the Taliban -- a sign of progress, they say, after years of stalemate.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - US Marines fire mortars over the walls of their newest base in southern Afghanistan to defend ground freshly captured from the Taliban -- a sign of progress, they say, after years of stalemate.

US troops clash with Taliban in east Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:45 AM PST

Members of the U.S. Marine Honor Guard carry the casket of Lance Cpl. Jose Maldonado to waiting hearse on Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 after he arrived at the Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Christi, Texas. Maldonado of Mathis died Friday during combat in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. Maldonado was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Todd Yates)AP - U.S. forces clashed with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, fending off a Taliban assault for the second time in as many days.

12 Chinese with fake US visas arrested in Bangkok (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:21 AM PST

AP - US and Thai officials have arrested a group of 12 Chinese nationals accused of obtaining fake visas to try to gain entry to the United States.

SKorea seeks NKorea disarmament progress next year (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:50 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 photo made available Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010, South Korean Army soldiers patrol at sunset in Dangjin, south of Seoul, South Korea. The two Koreas are still technically at war because their 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. Last month, the North shelled southern-held Yeonpyeong Island along the disputed sea border, killing four people, including two civilians, in its first assault on a civilian area since the war. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Yang Hyun-suk) KOREA OUTAP - South Korea's president said Wednesday that urgent progress must be made next year in dismantling North Korea's atomic weapons program ahead of a key anniversary that could spur Pyongyang to bolster its nuclear capabilities.

Top Indonesian terror suspect goes on trial (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 01:28 AM PST

Suspected militant Abdullah Sunata sits in the defendant's chair during his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. The trial has opened for Sunata, one of Indonesia's most wanted terror suspects. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - One of Indonesia's top terrorism suspects went on trial Wednesday on charges of helping set up a militant network that was plotting Mumbai-style attacks on foreigners at luxury hotels and embassies in the capital.

Parcel bomb blast kills woman in Manila (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 11:58 PM PST

AP - Police say a gift-wrapped grenade exploded and killed a woman when she opened the package inside her house in an upscale neighborhood of Manila.

Report: Laos deports Uighurs back to China (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 08:43 PM PST

AP - A media report says Laos has deported seven Uighurs who fled China after ethnic riots last year, raising concerns over the treatment of Uighurs forcibly returned to face prosecution by the Chinese government.

Turmoil in Pakistan as party quits Cabinet (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 06:34 PM PST

Two young Pakistani girls hold hands while walking on a roadside of a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Pakistan's U.S.-allied ruling party suffered a fresh blow to its fragile hold on power Tuesday when a coalition partner said it will quit the cabinet, deepening the nation's political turmoil and potentially distracting Islamabad from helping American forces target militants.
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