Thursday, December 23, 2010

Taliban commander killed in Pakistan: security officials (AFP)

Taliban commander killed in Pakistan: security officials (AFP)

Taliban commander killed in Pakistan: security officials (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:02 AM PST

Pakistani troops patrol on a hill top post in Ladha, a town in the troubled tribal region of South Waziristan along the Afghan border in 2009. Pakistani security officials said Thursday that a wanted Taliban commander had been killed in fighting with government troops in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistani security officials said Thursday that a wanted Taliban commander had been killed in fighting with government troops in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.

North Korea warns of "sacred war" in standoff with South (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:56 AM PST

Bombs explode on a mountain range during the largest joint air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in mountainous Pocheon. North Korea on Thursday said it was ready for a Reuters - North Korea threatened a nuclear "sacred war" on Thursday and South Korea vowed a "merciless counterattack" if it was attacked again as both sides raised the rhetoric on a day of more military exercises in the South.

NATO strike on local convoy kills 2, say officials (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:45 AM PST

A soldier of Afghan National Army try to fix machine gun as other holds bullets during an attack by Taliban with small arms on Badel Combat Out Post near Pakistani border in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec 23, 2010.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A NATO helicopter opened fire on a convoy of cars heading to an event hosted by the head of a local council Thursday, killing a police officer and the brother of a lawmaker, provincial officials in northern Afghanistan said.

Three die as air strike, suicide bomb hit Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:34 AM PST

Afghan policemen and US soldiers inspect the site of a suicide bombing in Kunduz. Three people died in northern Afghanistan Thursday as a NATO helicopter opened fire on a car and a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy city centre traffic checkpoint, officials said.(AFP/Gul Rahim)AFP - Three people died in northern Afghanistan Thursday as a NATO helicopter opened fire on a car and a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy city centre traffic checkpoint, officials said.

War rhetoric rises between North and South Korea (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:17 AM PST

South Korea K-1 tanks fire live rounds during the largest joint air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in mountainous Pocheon, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Koreas' heavily fortified border, South Korea Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. South Korean fighter jets dropped bombs and tanks fired artillery Thursday as the military staged its largest air and ground firing drills of the year in a show of force a month after North Korea's deadly shelling of a front-line island. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, Pool)AP - One month after a deadly exchange of artillery fire, the two Koreas ramped up their rhetoric Thursday, with South Korea's president pledging unsparing retaliation if attacked again and a top North Korean official threatening a "sacred" nuclear war if provoked.

N.Korea 'ready for sacred war' as South holds drill (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:45 AM PST

A South Korean K-1 tank fires a live round during the largest joint air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in the mountainous Pocheon. North Korea on Thursday said it was ready for a AFP - North Korea on Thursday said it was ready for a "sacred war" using its nuclear weapons as the South held a live-fire drill in a show of strength a month after Pyongyang's deadly attack on a border island.

India police hunt men said to plan Mumbai attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:59 AM PST

Reuters - Indian police launched a manhunt on Thursday for four men they said belonged to a Pakistan-based militant group and had entered Mumbai to carry out an attack.

New Zealand releases files detailing UFO reports (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:02 AM PST

AP - Mysterious lights in the sky and even a flying saucer are among the reported UFO sightings detailed in classified documents released by New Zealand's military this week.

India food inflation returns to double-digits (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:01 AM PST

A woman shops for onions at a local vegetable market in Kolkata on December 23. India's food price inflation has returned to double-digits, fuelled by surging onion prices, official data has shown, adding to pressure on the scandal-hit Congress government.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - India's food price inflation has returned to double-digits, fuelled by surging onion prices, official data showed Thursday, adding to pressure on the scandal-hit Congress government.

Asia's baby shortage sets demographic timebomb ticking (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:45 AM PST

An elderly woman walks past shops at Kouganji Temple in Tokyo on December 21. Some of the world's lowest birth rates look set to slash labour forces Asian countries where fewer workers will support more retirees and their ballooning health care and pension costs.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - East Asia's booming economies have for years been the envy of the world, but a shortfall in one crucial area -- babies -- threatens to render yesterday's tigers toothless.

Pakistani drone victim seeks to put US on trial (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:48 AM PST

In this picture taken on Dec. 10, 2010, Pakistani tribal youth Saadullah Wazir, sits during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sadaullah Wazir says he was relaxing in his front yard when the missile struck, hurling him against the wall and mangling his legs so badly that they had to be amputated. Three of his relatives died. Now the 17-year-old and his family want justice from America, which they say was behind the attack. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - Sadaullah Wazir says he was relaxing in his front yard when the missile struck, hurling him against the wall and mangling his legs so badly that they had to be amputated. Three of his relatives died. Now the 17-year-old and his family want justice from America, which they say was behind the attack.

Khmer Rouge jailer's appeals to be heard in March (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:46 AM PST

AP - A U.N.-backed tribunal says the appeals over the convictions and 19-year sentence for the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer will be heard in March.

Parents still cling to hope after 2004 tsunami (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:31 AM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, Titik Yuniarti, left, who is treated for her injuries after she was beaten by a mob accusing her of attempting to abduct a child while searching for her daughter missing in the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami, lies on a hospital bed in Langsa, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Six years after a powerful tsunami slammed into western Indonesia, killing or leaving missing more than 160,000 people, some parents still cling to hope of finding their children alive. Yuniarti lost all of her three children in the disaster. (AP Photo/ Binsar Bakkara)AP - Six years after a powerful tsunami swept more than 200,000 to their death, Titik Yuniarti still clings to hope at least one of her children is alive.

Japan's Emperor Akihito celebrates 77th birthday (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:03 AM PST

In this photo taken on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko stand together by Sokintei arbor during their stroll at Fukiage Garden in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Akihito celebrates his 77th birthday Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Imperial Household Agency of Japan) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Emperor Akihito celebrated his 77th birthday Thursday and urged Japan to pay heed to the needs of the elderly, as the number of older people in the country rapidly grows.

UN concerned about China's food safety activists (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:26 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 photo, a worker unloads bags of rice from a truck at a wholesale market in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province. China has made 'remarkable progress' in growing sufficient food to feed its people but its official efforts to silence people who alert the public to food safety problems are worrisome, a U.N. official said Thursday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - China has made "remarkable progress" in growing sufficient food to feed its people but its official efforts to silence people who alert the public to food safety problems are worrisome, a U.N. official said Thursday.

US, UK urged to stop training of Bangladeshi force (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:14 AM PST

AP - The United States and Britain should immediately stop supporting a Bangladeshi anti-crime force blamed for killing hundreds of suspects without trial if there is no visible effort to reform it, a rights group said Thursday.

Jammed Beijing to cut new car registration by 2/3 (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:55 AM PST

Vehicles pack the main roads during the day in central Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. China's capital announced Thursday that it will sharply limit new vehicle registrations to try to ease massive traffic jams that are rapidly turning Beijing's streets into parking lots. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China's capital announced Thursday that it will sharply limit new vehicle registrations to try to ease massive traffic jams that are rapidly turning Beijing's streets into parking lots.

Malaysia police: Man's Facebook page mocked sultan (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:29 PM PST

AP - Malaysian police said Thursday they arrested a man and may charge him with sedition for allegedly creating a Facebook page that mocked the country's former king.

US medicines for Afghan soldiers disappear (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:17 PM PST

In this photo taken on Dec. 18, 2010, an Afghan army dentist prepares to inject his patient at an army clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan. The top medical officer in the Afghan military has been removed after coming under investigation over deep neglect at the country's top hospital and the widespread disappearance of U.S.-donated medicines, which has left wounded and sick troops without adequate care, the Afghan defense minister says. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - U.S.-donated medicines and pharmaceutical supplies meant to keep the new Afghan army and police healthy have been disappearing before reaching Afghan military hospitals and clinics, and the government said it is removing the army's top medical officer from his post as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.

3 convicted in terror plot on Australian army base (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:59 PM PST

AP - Three men who believed Islam was under threat from Western nations were convicted in an Australian court Thursday of plotting a suicide attack against a Sydney army base.
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