Thursday, December 2, 2010

First OSCE summit in decade ends in acrimony (AFP)

First OSCE summit in decade ends in acrimony (AFP)

First OSCE summit in decade ends in acrimony (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:03 AM PST

Delegates of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) hold a plenary session in Astana. The first OSCE summit in more than a decade ended in acrimony Thursday after failing to agree an action plan to sharpen the trans-Atlantic security group's reactions to future conflicts.(AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko)AFP - The first OSCE summit in more than a decade ended in acrimony Thursday after failing to agree an action plan to sharpen the trans-Atlantic security group's reactions to future conflicts.

US military ends Pakistan flood relief (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:47 AM PST

AP - The U.S. military has ended its relief mission helping victims of this summer's floods in Pakistan.

Nepal's Maoists propose mandatory military service (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:42 AM PST

Nepalese soldiers march past at The Army Parade Ground in Kathmandu in April 2010. Nepal's Maoist party proposed Thursday that the country's new constitution should make military service mandatory for all adults.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Nepal's Maoist party proposed Thursday that the country's new constitution should make military service mandatory for all adults.

Pakistan dreams of World Cup win (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:18 AM PST

Pakistan cricket manager Intikhab Alam, pictured in November 2010, said Thursday he was confident his players can win the World Cup next year to make up for the country's loss of hosting rights.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistan cricket manager Intikhab Alam said Thursday he was confident his players can win the World Cup next year to make up for the country's loss of hosting rights.

Sri Lanka slams Oxford Union for cancelling president's talk (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:15 AM PST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, pictured in November 2010, expressed regret after the Oxford Union cancelled a scheduled speech by him amid security concerns, his office said in a statement Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Sri Lanka's government lambasted the prestigious Oxford Union Thursday for cancelling a talk by President Mahinda Rajapakse following protests from ethnic Tamil groups.

In Afghan cauldron, realism can trump the rulebook (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:07 AM PST

AP - "Clear, hold and build" is the official formula for fighting the Taliban, but in this southern river valley, the most dangerous place in Afghanistan, the experts say you have to be a realist to succeed.

China says hard to keep 'friendly' Norway ties after Nobel (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:03 AM PST

An Amnesty International's demonstrator holds a poster of the 2010 Nobel Price Liu Xiaobo in November 2010 in Carros, southern France. China said Thursday it was difficult to maintain AFP - China said Thursday it was difficult to maintain "friendly relations" with Norway, following the Oslo-based Nobel committee's decision to award this year's Peace Prize to a Chinese dissident.

South Korea's Lee slammed as weak on North Korea (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:00 AM PST

File - In this Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has a briefing at the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul as the military was put on top alert after North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Lee was called the 'bulldozer' when he plowed into office nearly three years ago with vows to get tough on troublesome North Korea and stop coddling it with aid unless it meets its commitments to disarm. But the nickname no longer sticks after the North Korea's brazen attack. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUTAP - South Koreans called President Lee Myung-bak "The Bulldozer" when he plowed into office nearly three years ago with vows to stop coddling North Korea with unconditional aid.

Boos, jeers as Australia misses out on 2022 (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:59 AM PST

Local fans show disappoinment after the announcement of the World Cup Soccer bid in Sydney. Australia was in contention to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup though lost to Qatar. Qatar became the first Arab, Middle Eastern or Muslim country to be awarded the right to stage football's World Cup.(AFP/Krystle Wright)AFP - Australian soccer fans gathered near the Sydney Opera House booed and jeered Friday after FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the whole nation was disappointed.

Kyoto feud casts shadow on climate talks (AFP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:57 AM PST

Members of different enviromental organizations take part in a demonstration demanding Japan to keep in the Kyoto Protocol, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2. A feud over the Kyoto Protocol has cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.(AFP/Omar Torres)AFP - A feud over the Kyoto Protocol has cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot

Afghan president: NATO killed ex-local official (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2001 file photo, defecting Taliban fighters sit in the back of a truck in the village of Amirabad in northern Afghanistan. The Soviet Union couldn't win in Afghanistan, and now the United States is about to have something in common with that futile campaign: nine years, 50 days. The U.S.-led coalition has now been fighting for as long as the Soviets did, and while two invasions had different goals — and dramatically different body counts — whether they have significantly different outcomes remains to be seen. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)AP - President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that coalition forces killed an innocent former local government official in southern Afghanistan, but NATO insisted the man was shot after threatening the troops with a grenade.

Turkmen leader called "vindictive" in US cables (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:15 AM PST

AP - Turkmenistan's authoritarian president has been described in leaked U.S. diplomatic dispatches as a vain, vindictive liar, and authorities reportedly feared his being assassinated so much that a stray cat was once a suspect.

Clinton: US will consider keeping Kyrgyzstan base (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:19 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Kyrgyzstan's President Roza Otunbayeva, right, in Bishkek, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.The United States will reconsider its military presence in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan once it winds down its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, Clinton said Thursday.(AP Photo/Nina Gorshkova)AP - The United States will reconsider its military presence in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan once it winds down its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.

UN nuke chief attacks Iran's lack of cooperation (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:47 AM PST

A map showing the location of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear plant. The UN atomic watchdog expressed AP - The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he cannot confirm that all of Iran's atomic activities are peaceful.

China says Norway ties remain strained over Nobel (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:41 AM PST

AP - China said Thursday its ties with Norway continue to be strained, following the decision by the Oslo-based Nobel Committee to award this year's peace prize to a jailed Chinese dissident.

NZ holds memorial service for 29 dead coal miners (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:24 AM PST

Pike River Coal Chief Executive Peter Whittall, center, speaks at a remembrance service for the 29 miners and contractors who lost their lives following an explosion on Nov. 19 at the coal mine in Greymouth, New Zealand, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford) NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - New Zealand held a national remembrance service Thursday for coal miners killed in an explosion last month, with a line of 29 black-draped tables each bearing a fallen miner's helmet, lamp and name.

Powerful earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:21 AM PST

AP - A powerful earthquake struck waters off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Reports: Man dies in attack on China school head (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:12 AM PST

AP - A man has detonated explosives near a university president in eastern China, killing himself and possibly injuring the president in an apparent suicide bombing, media reports said Thursday.

Thai police announce crackdown on passport fakes (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:02 AM PST

Muhammad Athar Butt, right, and Zeeshan Ehsan Butt, background, both Pakistani nationals, are escorted by Thai police at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Police arrested three people, two Pakistani men and a Thai woman, in Thailand and seven in Spain in an international operation against a group suspected of forging passports for an al-Qaida-linked Islamic terrorist group, Thai police and the Spanish Interior Ministry said. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Suspects arrested in Spain and Thailand in connection with an international ring that provided forged passports to terrorists may have passed fake documents to the perpetrators of the 2004 Madrid bombings, Thai authorities said Thursday.

Taiwan's Chen begins serving graft sentence (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:07 PM PST

Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian is taken to the van in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Chen Shui-bian is being moved from a suburban Taipei jail to a nearby penitentiary to begin formally serving a 19-year sentence. Thursday's transfer follows last month's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold Chen's conviction on wide-ranging graft charges. (AP Photo) TAIWAN OUTAP - Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was moved Thursday from a jail to a nearby penitentiary to formally begin serving a 19-year sentence, after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction on wide-ranging graft charges.
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