Sunday, January 23, 2011

Afghan parliament deal still tentative (AP)

Afghan parliament deal still tentative (AP)

Afghan parliament deal still tentative (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 10:56 AM PST

*** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LOUD SPEAKER *** Former legislator Najibullah Mujahed, center in the background, speaks on a loud speaker during a protest against the last September's parliamentary poll in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. Dozens of Afghans demonstrated against the Afghan Election Commission office. Under heavy pressure from Afghan lawmakers and Western diplomats, President Hamid Karzai agreed on Saturday to convene the newly elected parliament, ending a political standoff that threatened to spark a constitutional crisis. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghanistan's president resisted demands from winning parliamentary candidates Sunday to dissolve a tribunal investigating alleged election fraud, potentially undercutting a deal in which he agreed to inaugurate the legislature this week.

China's new stealth fighter may use US technology (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:15 AM PST

FILE - In this March 28, 1999 file photo, Yugoslav army experts check the wreckage of a downed American F-117 aircraft, in the village of Budjanovci, 45 km (30 miles) northwest of Belgrade. Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter - and some of the technology it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself - in the form of a U.S. jet that was shot down over Serbia in 1999. (AP Photo/Vladimir Dimitrijevic Tanjug)AP - Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.

S.Africa clinch India series despite Pathan ton (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:55 AM PST

South African Hashim Amla plays a shot during the fifth and final One Day International (ODI) between India and South Africa at the Super Sports Park in Centurion on Sunday.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Yusuf Pathan hit a blistering 68-ball century but could not stop South Africa from winning the series-deciding fifth and final one-day international against India at SuperSport Park on Sunday.

Three US drone strikes kill 13 in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:35 AM PST

Activists of the Pakistani fundamentalist Islamic party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) attend an anti-US protest rally in Peshawar on January 23. A series of unmanned US drone strikes in a lawless district of Pakistan have killed at least 13 militants, officials said, as tribesmen took to the streets to protest the aerial campaign.(AFP/A Majeed)AFP - A series of unmanned US drone strikes in a lawless district of Pakistan on Sunday killed at least 13 militants, officials said, as tribesmen took to the streets to protest the aerial campaign.

Missing boat with 5 Americans found in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:10 AM PST

In this image made from video and released by the Philippine coast guard, American occupants are on board the 38-foot (11-meter) catamaran The Pineapple as they wait to be rescued off the southern island of Dinagat, Philippines, on Sunday Jan. 23, 2011. Philippine coast guard rescuers found five missing Americans aboard their sailboat which went missing while on a trip from Guam to the Philippines. (AP Photo/Philippine coast guard) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Searchers from the Philippine coast guard found five missing Americans on board a sailboat that was reported missing en route from Guam. All were in good health, officials said Sunday.

Family suspected of electrocuting Pakistani bride (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 07:05 AM PST

AP - Police say relatives of a young Pakistani woman are suspected of electrocuting her for marrying a man against their wishes.

Afghan lawmakers drop Karzai court demand (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:26 AM PST

Shukria Barekzai, a member of Afghanistan's parliament speaks with the media at the Inter-continental hotel in Kabul January 22, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Afghan lawmakers set aside a demand for President Hamid Karzai to scrap a controversial court probing election fraud on Sunday, paving the way for parliament to convene in three days after weeks of in-fighting.

Thousands of 'Red Shirts' rally in Thai capital (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:57 AM PST

Anti-government protesters ride pick-up trucks during a rally in Bangkok on January 23. Thousands of Thai AFP - Thousands of Thai "Red Shirts" gathered in Bangkok on Sunday, police said, to mark eight months since a deadly military crackdown on their mass anti-government protest last year.

EU diplomats to sit-in on Indian doctor's appeal (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:22 AM PST

Doctor Binayak Sen (C) greets relatives in Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh state, in December 2010. European diplomats intend to observe the appeal hearing of an Indian doctor sentenced to life in prison on charges of helping Maoist insurgents, the German embassy in Delhi said Sunday.(AFP/File/Prakash Chandra Hota)AFP - European diplomats intend to observe the appeal hearing of an Indian doctor sentenced to life in prison on charges of helping Maoist insurgents, the German embassy in Delhi said Sunday.

Mass prayer at Bangladesh Islamic peace gathering (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:18 AM PST

A vendor, center, foreground, and a man jump from the top of one overcrowded train to another as thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims try to return home after attending the three day Islamic Congregation on the banks of the river Turag in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. The congregation held each year since 1966, is among the world's largest religious gatherings. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)AP - Tens of thousands of Muslims seeking peace and the revival of Islam's tenets joined a mass prayer Sunday to wrap up an annual three-day Islamic congregation outside the Bangladeshi capital.

SKorea releases video of raid on hijacked ship (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:00 AM PST

ALTERNATIVE CROP - In this photo released by the Arabian Navy via Yonhap, South Korean naval special forces approach and board the South Korean cargo ship Samho Jewelry in a military operation in the Arabian Sea Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. In the daring and rare raid, South Korean special forces stormed the hijacked freighter, rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight assailants in a rare and bold raid on Somali pirates, South Korea said. (AP Photo/Arabian Navy via Yonhap) KOREA OUT, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - South Korea released a video Sunday of a dramatic raid by commandos on a hijacked ship in the Arabian Sea that rescued all 21 crew members and killed eight Somali pirates.

Pair of US drone strikes kill 6 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:40 AM PST

A US AP - A pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes killed six alleged militants in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border Sunday, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

China praises Hu's trip to US as 'fruitful' (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST

Jane Lu, left, director of the Confucious Institute in Chicago, gives a tour of the Institute classroom to Chinese President Hu Jintao, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at Walter Payton College Preparatory School, in Chicago, as Chicago Mayor Richard Daley looks on. (AP Photo/Chris Walker, Pool)AP - President Hu Jintao's recently concluded state visit to the United States was "fruitful" but the two countries need to work on increasing trust and communication, China's foreign minister said in comments published Sunday.

Bus slams into oil tanker in Pakistan, 32 killed (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:44 AM PST

Pakistani police gather around and inside a burnt-out passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker near Nooriabad, Pakistan, early Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. Police say the accident happened in southern Pakistan, setting off a blazing inferno that killed 32 people. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)AP - A bus slammed into an oil tanker in southern Pakistan before dawn Sunday, setting off a blazing inferno that gutted both vehicles and killed 32 people, police said.

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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:41 PM PST

AP - Pakistani intelligence officials: Drone strike has killed 2 suspected militants in NW Pakistan.

Southeast Australia set for another week of floods (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:52 PM PST

Wayne Carolan (R) shares a beer with his friend Grant Wooler at Wooler's house, which is partially covered by floodwaters in Depot Hill in Rockhampton, Queensland January 5, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel MunozAP - Rural Australian towns braced for another week of flooding Sunday as a vast lake continued to spread across the country's southeast and a potential tropical storm threatened the northeast.

Malaysia lawmakers face mandatory health checks (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST

AP - Lawmakers in Malaysia may soon be required to undergo annual health checks after 11 elected politicians died of wide-ranging illnesses in less than three years.
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