Friday, December 31, 2010

Sri Lanka to scrap visa on arrival (AFP)

Sri Lanka to scrap visa on arrival (AFP)

Sri Lanka to scrap visa on arrival (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:02 AM PST

A foreign tourist photographs Buddhist artifacts at a Sri Lankan museum adjacent to the historic Temple of the Tooth in the island's central town of Kandy in August 2010. Sri Lanka has revived plans to scrap the visa on arrival for foreigners, except Maldivians and and Singaporeans, and will launch an on-line visa application system, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Sri Lanka has revived plans to scrap the visa on arrival for foreigners, except Maldivians and and Singaporeans, and will launch an on-line visa application system, officials said Friday.

Hu pledges a peaceful, cooperative China in 2011 (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST

Chinese President Hu Jintao, pictured in November 2010, said in a New Year's Eve address on Friday China would adhere to the path of peaceful development and would always seek to cooperate when facing global problems.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao said in a New Year's Eve address on Friday China would adhere to the path of peaceful development and would always seek to cooperate when facing global problems.

Suu Kyi calls for reconciliation struggle in New Year (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST

Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured on December 28, called for citizens of her country to rejuvenate their struggle for national reconciliation in 2011 in a New Year's message released on Friday.(AFP/File/Soe Than Win)AFP - Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi called for citizens of her country to rejuvenate their struggle for national reconciliation in 2011 in a New Year's message released on Friday.

Pakistan again defer preliminary W.Cup squad (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:43 AM PST

Pakistani cricketers warm-up during a team practice session in Lahore on December 9. Question marks over several key players forced Pakistani selectors to defer the announcement of a preliminary squad for the World Cup and a team for the six-match one-day series against New Zealand.(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AFP - Question marks over several key players forced Pakistani selectors Friday to defer the announcement of a preliminary squad for the World Cup and a team for the six-match one-day series against New Zealand.

US missiles kill 8 in northwest Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 08:28 AM PST

Men look at a tanker carrying supplies for NATO which was destroyed in an apparent bomb attack, en route to neighboring Afghanistan, at the Pakistani border town of Chaman, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)AP - A U.S. missile strike killed eight suspected militants in northwest Pakistan on Friday, the final day of a year that has seen a major escalation in drone attacks targeting insurgents flowing into neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Violence as Pakistan strikes over blasphemy law (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:54 AM PST

Pakistani shopkeepers and Islamists protest in Islamabad on December 31. Violence flared as police and protesters clashed during the mass protest strike that closed businesses across Pakistan over a bid to end the death penalty for blasphemy.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Violence flared Friday as police and protesters clashed during a mass protest strike that closed businesses across Pakistan over a bid to end the death penalty for blasphemy.

Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:37 AM PST

The sky above Sydney Harbour lights up with the 9 p.m. fireworks display on the new year's eve in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Enthusiastic Australians camped out at parks alongside the Sydney Harbour Bridge to win the best view of Friday's spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks kicking off celebrations around the world. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - Multicolored starbusts and gigantic sparklers lit the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour in a dazzling fireworks show witnessed by 1.5 million enthusiastic spectators who camped out all day to ring in the new year.

Afghan officials say Taliban commander killed (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:27 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 - Afghan and coalition troops killed the Taliban "shadow governor" of a northern Afghan province in an overnight raid, local officials said Friday, while NATO said insurgents attacks claimed the lives of two coalition service members.

US drone strike kills four in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:59 AM PST

A Predator surveillance drone equipped with Hellfire missiles. A US missile attack targeting a vehicle in Pakistan's lawless tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday killed at least four militants, local officials said.(AFP/General Atomics/File)AFP - A US missile attack killed at least four militants when it targeted a vehicle in Pakistan's lawless tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday, local officials said.

India and Iran oil payment impasse still unresolved (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:49 AM PST

Reuters - The oil trade settlement impasse between Iran and India remained unresolved on Friday, with Iran reportedly saying it had been settled but several Indian sources saying that talks would continue.

(AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:45 AM PST

AP - Pakistani officials say US drone strike kills 8 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan.

Australia floods larger than France strand 200,000 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 05:32 AM PST

A wallaby stands on a large round hay bail trapped by rising flood waters outside the town of Dalby in Queensland, Australia Thursday, Dec. 30, 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 the entire populations of two towns to evacuate. (AP Photo/Anthony Skerman)AP - Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in northeastern Australia as the prime minister promised new assistance Friday to the 200,000 people affected by waters covering an area larger than France and Germany combined.

Indian tea tastes different due to climate change (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 02:08 AM PST

AP - Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew.

SKorea names strategist to new NKorea crisis post (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:04 PM PST

AP - A retired army general who is a defense strategy specialist will lead South Korea's new national crisis management office charged with addressing North Korean provocations, the government said Friday.

Report: Torturing suspects 'the norm' in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:34 PM PST

AP - Law enforcement officials from police to prison wardens routinely torture Indonesian suspects and convicts to extract confessions or obtain information, a new report asserted Friday.

US fights to open school in Taliban area (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:08 PM PST

AP - Over the past six months, U.S. troops have wrested the school away from insurgents. They have hired Afghan contractors to rebuild it, and lost blood defending it.

Japanese prisons face swelling elderly population (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:00 PM PST

AP - Handrails run down the middle of the hallway to help prisoners make their way from one end to the other. Adult diapers are neatly stacked in a corner. When an inmate chokes on his rice and coughs, a supervisor rushes over to rub his back.
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