Friday, December 24, 2010

Japan approves record 1.1 trillion dollar budget (AFP)

Japan approves record 1.1 trillion dollar budget (AFP)

Japan approves record 1.1 trillion dollar budget (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST

The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (pictured) is on Friday expected to approve a record budget of 92.40 trillion yen (1.11 trillion US dollars) for fiscal 2011, according to local media reports.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Japan's centre-left government on Friday approved a record 1.1-trillion-dollar budget for the next fiscal year that aims to boost the flagging economy but adds to a mountain of public debt.

Afghanistan, Pakistan hold trust-building talks (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:26 AM PST

AP - Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan will hold joint military exercises as part of efforts to build trust between Kabul and Islamabad, the Turkish president said Friday.

Coalition forces kill two guards in Kabul raid (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:18 AM PST

Afghan policemen stand guard in Kabul on December 19. Two Afghan security guards have been killed after coalition forces raided an office in Kabul, a senior police officer said Friday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Two Afghan security guards were killed after coalition forces raided an office in Kabul over an alleged plot to attack the United States embassy, officials said Friday.

Afghan officials probe NATO raid (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:14 AM PST

An Afghan refugee boy puts a clip on washed clothes in front of Dar al Aman palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)AP - Afghan authorities said Friday they were investigating an overnight raid by NATO troops on a private security company that killed two Afghan guards in an operation that NATO said was conducted following a threat against the U.S. Embassy.

NW Pakistan gun battle leaves 35 dead (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:58 AM PST

Pakistani security personnel are seen at the site of a suicide attack in Ghalanai, the main town in the tribal district of Mohmand, earlier this month. Taliban insurgents launched co-ordinated attacks on five paramilitary checkpoints in northwestern Pakistan Friday, leaving at least 11 soldiers and 24 militants dead, officials said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - Taliban insurgents launched co-ordinated attacks on five paramilitary checkpoints in northwestern Pakistan Friday, leaving at least 11 soldiers and 24 militants dead, officials said.

Police search Mumbai for 4 in alleged terror plot (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:55 AM PST

Indian police officers check a bag of a man outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Police searched India's financial capital on Friday for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade).AP - Police searched India's financial capital on Friday for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said.

Pakistan clashes kill 11 troops, 24 militants (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:36 AM PST

Policemen survey a vehicle which was damaged by a bomb explosion at the site of the blast in Quetta December 24, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Insurgents attacked five security checkpoints in a northwestern Pakistan region on the Afghan border on Friday killing 11 soldiers and leading to clashes in which 24 militants died, officials said.

US pays Pakistan more than 600 mln dlrs for support (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:33 AM PST

A Pakistani farmer waits for customers as he sells oranges on the roadside of the area of Malakand on Thursday. Washington transferred more than 600 million dollars to the Pakistani government this week to pay for its efforts in the fight against violent extremists, the US embassy in Islamabad says.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Washington transferred more than 600 million dollars to the Pakistani government this week to pay for its efforts in the fight against violent extremists, the US embassy in Islamabad said on Friday.

Pakistan clash kills 11 soldiers, 24 insurgents (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:25 AM PST

Pakistani police officers and rescue worker survey the damaged portion of a school caused by a bomb blast in the Polosy area on the outskirt of Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. A classroom was damaged and two students injured in the blast blast at a school in the Pakistan's northwest, local media reported. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Some 150 Islamist militants attacked five security posts Friday in an unusually large and coordinated assault close to the Afghan border, sparking hours of fighting that killed 11 soldiers and 24 insurgents, officials said.

Delhi Games chief defiant after police raids (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:16 AM PST

A videojournalist climbs for a better view at the entrance gate of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi's residence in New Delhi. Kalmadi protested his innocence Friday after police raided his homes as part of a probe into graft allegations surrounding the event.(AFP/Raveendran)AFP - The organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, protested his innocence Friday after police raided his homes as part of a probe into graft allegations surrounding the event.

NKorea praises 'iron-willed commander' Kim Jong Il (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:52 AM PST

South Korean Army soldiers patrol on the front line of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Inje, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. One month after a deadly exchange of artillery fire, the two Koreas ramped up their rhetoric, with South Korea's president pledging unsparing retaliation if attacked again and a top North Korean official threatening a 'sacred' nuclear war if provoked. (AP Photo/ Lee Sang-hak, Yonhap) KOREA OUTAP - North Korea could be planning another nuclear test for next year, a South Korean think tank warned Friday, as Pyongyang celebrated the anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's elevation to military chief, calling him "an invincible and iron-willed commander."

China says Vatican must repair rift over bishops (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:46 AM PST

AP - The Vatican bears responsibility for restoring dialogue with China's government-backed church after its criticism of leadership changes here frayed ties, a Chinese church official said Friday.

Thailand bans 'immoral' transgender film (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:26 AM PST

AP - Thailand's National Film Board has rejected a movie about a transgender father struggling to raise two children, a ban that the director says highlights the conservative side of Thai society despite its freewheeling reputation.

China sentences Uighur to life for reporting riots (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:04 PM PST

AP - A Uighur journalist who worked for an official Chinese radio service was sentenced to life imprisonment for transmitting information about the 2009 ethnic riots in western China — one of dozens jailed since the violence, an overseas Uighur advocacy group said.

Japan agency warned not to accept whale meat gifts (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:54 PM PST

AP - The Japanese fisheries agency has warned its officials against accepting whale meat as gifts from whalers, just weeks after Japan's whaling expedition left for the Antarctic Ocean for its annual hunts.
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