Thursday, December 30, 2010

Pakistan to fight US lawsuit against spies (AFP)

Pakistan to fight US lawsuit against spies (AFP)

Pakistan to fight US lawsuit against spies (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 11:01 AM PST

Mumbai's historic Taj Mahal Hotel is seen in flames following an attack by militants in November 2008. Pakistan said Thursday it would fight a US lawsuit implicating its top spy in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pledging to defend past and present chiefs of its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Pakistan said Thursday it would fight a US lawsuit implicating its top spy in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pledging to defend past and present chiefs of its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.

No move to amend Pakistan blasphemy law: minister (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:58 AM PST

Pakistani activists gather during a protest in Lahore on December 26, against the government moves to amend a controversial blasphemy law. Pakistan has no intention of amending its controversial blasphemy law, a government minister said Thursday, despite a global outcry over a Christian mother sentenced to death.(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AFP - Pakistan has no intention of amending its controversial blasphemy law, a government minister said Thursday, despite a global outcry over a Christian mother sentenced to death.

Indian police give up in famed 2008 girl murder case (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST

Indian schoolchildren gather with placards and lighted candles around a picture of slain classmate Aarushi Talwar during a rally in New Delhi in June 2008, to demand in inquiry into her death. Indian police have closed a probe into the murder of Talwar and her domestic helper in 2008, admitting detectives had failed to solve a crime that transfixed the nation.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - Indian police have closed a probe into the murder of a schoolgirl and her domestic helper in 2008, admitting detectives had failed to solve a crime that transfixed the nation.

Chinese DDGS case could disrupt trade: source (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:19 AM PST

Reuters - China's recently launched anti-dumping investigation into U.S. distillers' dried grains (DDGS) exports could be disruptive to trade, a U.S. industry trade group said on Thursday.

Japan's Ienaga determined to wow Mallorca fans (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:38 AM PST

Mallorca's Japanese new recruit Akihiro Ienaga, seen here posing with his new jersey outside the Iberostar stadium in Palma de Mallorca, told fans he felt determined to make an impression at his new club.(AFP/Manuel Torres)AFP - Japanese midfielder Akihiro Ienaga was presented Thursday to fans at Real Mallorca Thursday, saying he felt determined to make an impression at his new club.

Pirates seize ship, Asian crew off Madagascar: EU (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:59 AM PST

A pirate boat pictured in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in 2009. Pirates seized a fishing boat with a crew of 26 Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese nationals off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, the European Union naval forces said Thursday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Pirates seized a fishing boat with a crew of 26 Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese nationals off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, the European Union naval forces said Thursday.

Rights group: 39 Uzbeks died of torture in prisons (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:52 AM PST

AP - At least 39 people have died of torture in prisons of authoritarian Uzbekistan this year amid a spiraling crackdown on religious groups and government critics, a respected rights group said Thursday.

China defends rare earth quotas as in line with WTO (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:21 AM PST

Reuters - China defended its export controls on rare earth minerals on Thursday, saying that they were in line with World Trade Organization rules, after a government move to slash export quotas on rare earths sparked trade concerns.

Roadside bomb kills 14 Afghan civilians (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:18 AM PST

Map locating Sangin district in Helmand Province, where 14 Afghan civilians were killed and four others injured when a minivan struck a roadside bomb in a Taliban heartland of southern Afghanistan.(AFP/Graphic/fd)AFP - Fourteen Afghan civilians were killed and four others injured Thursday when a minivan struck a roadside bomb in a Taliban heartland of southern Afghanistan.

Injured Ponting ruled out of final Ashes Test (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:57 AM PST

Australian captain Ricky Ponting (C) and fellow teammates walk off after England defeated Australia on the fourth day of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne on December 29, 2010. Michael Clarke will captain Australia for the first time and Usman Khawaja will make an historic debut in next week's final Ashes Test in the absence of injured skipper Ponting.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Michael Clarke will captain Australia for the first time and Usman Khawaja will make an historic debut in next week's final Ashes Test in the absence of injured skipper Ricky Ponting.

Pakistan says it will defend spy chief in US suits (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:14 AM PST

Afghan Othoman Khan, 75, looks back as he holds an umbrella to avoid the rain while riding his donkey cart along a muddy road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Pakistan will strongly contest two U.S lawsuits that link its spy chief and his agency to the deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the government said Thursday.

Chinese official executed for $4.7M in bribes (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:02 AM PST

AP - A former China official tasked with investigating corruption has been executed for taking more than $4.7 million in bribes.

Factory blast kills 5 in China (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:57 AM PST

AP - A blast at a Chinese pharmaceutical factory has killed at least five people and injured eight others.

Blast kills at least 14 civilians in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 06:45 AM PST

A former Taliban fighter places a range of bullets before surrendering it to Afghan authorities, as part of a peace-reconciliation program in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - A roadside bomb blew up next to a minibus at a crowded intersection on a major highway in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 14 civilians, officials said.

Boy dies after fall into NZ geothermal pool (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

AP - A boy has died in a New Zealand hospital after being scalded head to foot when he fell into a geothermal pool which could have been as hot as 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius), a hospital spokeswoman said late Thursday.

Thai court convicts 1st 'Yellow Shirt' protesters (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 03:17 AM PST

Thai Democrat Party lawmaker Panich Vikitsreth (centre) is escorted by Cambodian police at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on December 30. Cambodia has charged seven Thais, including a ruling party politician, with illegal entry and put them in jail awaiting possible trial, despite strong protests from Thailand.(AFP/Str)AP - A Thai court ordered prison terms Thursday for 79 members of the right-wing, nationalist "Yellow Shirt" movement who stormed a state television station two years ago armed with guns, knives and clubs.

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Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:16 AM PST

AP - NATO says more than 10 civilians have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.

South Korea: North Korea builds up special forces (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:05 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 - North Korea has faster, more powerful tanks prowling the world's most heavily armed border and 200,000 special forces poised to carry out assassinations and cause havoc in South Korea, a major military review said Thursday.

Woman killed, 4,000 evacuated in Philippine flood (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:35 PM PST

AP - Officials say an 80-year-old woman has died and her son is missing after they were swept away by floodwaters in eastern Philippines, where landslides and flooding have prompted some 4,000 people to evacuate to safer ground.

Australia floods: Towns could be swamped for week (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:00 PM PST

State Emergency Service workers rescue Dell Rutherford from her home in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. Days of torrential downpours have left parts of central and southern Queensland state inundated, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, cutting off roads and forcing one town's entire population to evacuate. (AP Photo/Jeff Camden, Pool)AP - Flooded communities across eastern Australia could be under water for more than a week, with the cleanup bill expected to hit billions of dollars, a state official said Thursday.
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