Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Karzai opens Afghanistan parliament (AFP)

Karzai opens Afghanistan parliament (AFP)

Karzai opens Afghanistan parliament (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 11:11 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) inspects a guard of honour before inaugurating the new parliament in Kabul. Karzai opened Afghanistan's parliament on Wednesday, ending a week-long stand-off with lawmakers who had threatened to inaugurate the legislature with or without him.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - President Hamid Karzai opened Afghanistan's parliament on Wednesday, ending a week-long stand-off with lawmakers who had threatened to inaugurate the legislature with or without him.

US roadside bomb casualties rise in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 10:49 AM PST

Suspected Taliban fighters stand at a police station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Eleven Taliban fighters were arrested by Afghan police in a recent operation. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Roadside bombs killed 268 American troops in Afghanistan last year, a 60 percent increase over the previous year even as the Pentagon employs new measures to counter the Taliban's makeshift weapon of choice.

Toyota recalls 1.7 million cars for fuel leaks (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 10:05 AM PST

Visitors enjoy at the showroom of Toyota Motor Corp. in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Toyota is recalling nearly 1.7 million vehicles worldwide for various defects that may cause fuel leakage and other problems, the latest in quality control woes for the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Toyota recalled nearly 1.7 million cars worldwide Wednesday for possible fuel leaks, the latest in a ballooning number of quality problems that could further tarnish the company's reputation in the United States.

Force India put faith in Scottish tyro (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

Scottish driver Paul di Resta, seen here in 2010, will have another shot at beating Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel after signing for Force India on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - Scottish driver Paul di Resta will have another shot at beating Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel after signing for Force India on Wednesday.

Karzai opens Afghan parliament, taunts West (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:55 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) shows respect to members of the new parliament after giving an oath in Kabul, January 26, 2011. Karzai opened parliament on Wednesday, ending a standoff with lawmakers, but setting the stage for a longer battle against an assembly he has long ignored. REUTERS/Musadeq Sadeq/PoolReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai inaugurated parliament on Wednesday, ending weeks of political infighting, but took a dig at the West saying "foreign interference" had been a serious problem.

Strong quake hits western Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:41 AM PST

AP - A strong earthquake has hit waters off western Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Blair sister-in-law wants him tried for Iraq crimes (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:36 AM PST

Lauren Booth, Tony Blair's sister-in-law, speaks in Malaysia. Booth, who converted to Islam last year, said the former prime minister should be tried for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth, a rights campaigner and Muslim convert, said on Wednesday that he should be tried for war crimes over the invasion of Iraq.

Japan sees record foreign visitors in 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST

Human-shaped plastic balloons float in the air at the concouse of Tokyo's Haneda Airport as a public art installation in 2009. Japan saw a record 8.61 million foreign tourists last year due to economic recovery overseas and the resumption of international flights to Tokyo's Haneda airport, a tourist body said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan saw a record 8.61 million foreign tourists last year due to economic recovery overseas and the resumption of international flights to Tokyo's Haneda airport, a tourist body said Wednesday.

S. Korea to airlift home rescued ship captain (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:23 AM PST

A South Korean navy's Lynx helicopter and a speedboat approach the South Korean ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on January 21. South Korea will send a special plane to bring home the wounded captain of a cargo ship that was rescued from Somali pirates in a commando raid last week, an official said Wednesday.(AFP/Defence Ministry/File)AFP - South Korea will send a special plane to bring home the wounded captain of a cargo ship that was rescued from Somali pirates in a commando raid last week, an official said Wednesday.

Malaysia plans roadshow to defend anti-sedition law (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:18 AM PST

Activists hold a silent protest to support freedom of the press, outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur in August 2010. Malaysia's government on Wednesday announced a national roadshow to defend strict anti-sedition and media control laws that have been criticised as tools to stifle dissent.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysia's government on Wednesday announced a national roadshow to defend strict anti-sedition and media control laws that have been criticised as tools to stifle dissent.

From NKorea propaganda to art exhibit in Seoul (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 08:04 AM PST

A visitor passes by a painting showing the face of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il with the body of Marilyn Monroe before the opening of an art exhibition by North Korean defector Song Byeok in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. This striking image would have been unthinkable at the artist's old job making propaganda posters in the North with slogans like 'Let us Exalt the Great Leader.' (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - The face in the painting is North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's, smiling beneath his trademark sunglasses and wall of black hair. But the body is Marilyn Monroe's, pushing down her white dress in an updraft.

Afghan president inaugurates new parliament (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 06:55 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, centre, speaks during a ceremony for newly-elected Members of Parliament in Kabul, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Karzai swore in the country's new parliament Wednesday in a ceremony that marked the end of a drawn-out battle over whether the lawmakers would be able to start work despite ongoing investigations into electoral fraud. (AP Photo/Shah Marai, Pool)AP - President Hamid Karzai criticized the international community Wednesday for meddling in Afghanistan's elections as he reluctantly swore in a new parliament.

India prevents defiant flag-raising in Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 05:45 AM PST

Indian policemen watch a protest by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. The government has deployed thousands of security men to thwart BJP's plans to raise the country's flag in the heart of Kashmir, home to a separatist insurgency on Republic Day. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)AP - Thousands of police in Indian-controlled Kashmir prevented a Hindu nationalist party and a separatist group from raising flags for their opposing causes in a central square Wednesday to mark India's Republic Day.

Philippines looking for 2 suspected bus bombers (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:31 AM PST

Philippine National Police investigators gathers evidence on a damaged passenger bus following an explosion at the financial district of Makati, Philippines on Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011. The powerful explosion ripped through the air-conditioned bus Tuesday killing several people and wounding more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Philippine police were searching Wednesday for two men they suspect remotely detonated a bus bomb that killed 5 passengers and were investigating whether the explosive pointed to the involvement of al-Qaida-linked militants.

SKorea offers date for meeting with North Korea (AP)

Posted: 26 Jan 2011 03:28 AM PST

South Korean protesters with a portrait of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg shout slogans during a rally against the United States and South Korean government's policies on North Korea in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Steinberg Wednesday visited Seoul to talk about ways to deal with North Korea, which has made a recent push for talks to ease hostility on the peninsula after weeks of threatening war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea on Wednesday proposed a date to North Korea for the rivals' first official contact since the North's deadly shelling of a South Korean island late last year.

Vietnamese dissident sentenced to 8 years in jail (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 11:45 PM PST

AP - A former Vietnamese Communist Party official was sentenced to eight years in jail Wednesday for posting articles on the Internet calling for a multiparty system and democracy, his lawyer said.

China's premier visits official complaint bureau (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 11:43 PM PST

AP - An unprecedented visit by China's premier to the bureau where ordinary citizens submit grievances about corruption and other problems has put the spotlight on a system widely regarded as broken but that Beijing is unlikely to fix.

Policeman's son on trial for China hit-and-run (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:40 PM PST

AP - A senior police official's son accused of killing a young woman while driving drunk stood trial Wednesday in northern China in a case that has fueled public outrage after reports that he invoked his father's name to evade responsibility.

Japanese man accused of killing Briton pens book (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:37 PM PST

Books written by Tatsuya Ichihashi who was indicted in the 2007 murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker in Japan are shown at a bookstore in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Ichihashi charged in the 2007 slaying of a British woman said he traveled across the country as a fugitive for 2 1/2 years and repeatedly attempted cosmetic surgery, including on himself, to change his appearance, according to a book released Wednesday that he wrote from jail.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - A Japanese man charged in the 2007 slaying of a British woman admits in a book he wrote in jail that he took her life and repeatedly attempted cosmetic surgery on himself to change his appearance during his 2 1/2 years as a fugitive.

Death toll in Pakistan bombings rises to 14 (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2011 09:28 PM PST

Injured people are taken away in a rickshaw from the site of a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a march by minority Shiite Muslims in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing several people and wounding dozens, many of them security officers, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Police say the death toll in a pair of bombings targeting marches by minority Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's two largest cities has risen to 14 people.
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