Sunday, January 2, 2011

NATO service member killed in south Afghanistan (AP)

NATO service member killed in south Afghanistan (AP)

NATO service member killed in south Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:49 AM PST

Italian soldiers carry the coffin of their fallen colleague, Pvt. Matteo Miotto, towards an aircraft at Regional Command West military camp in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Maj. Stefano Salis of the chief of staffs office in Rome said the soldier, Pvt. Matteo Miotto, was slain while on duty in a guard tower Friday at an Italian base in the Gulistan district in western Farah province. Italy has some 3,500 soldiers in the NATO force in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - NATO forces captured two key insurgent leaders in Afghanistan, while a service member was killed in a deadly bombing that raised to three the number of coalition troops killed since the new year began, the multinational alliance said Sunday.

Pakistan's main government coalition partner quits (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:35 AM PST

Reuters - The second largest party in Pakistan's coalition said on Sunday it would go into opposition, depriving the government, a strategic U.S, ally of its majority in the National Assembly.

Asian ship sets sail with Gaza aid (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:30 AM PST

A displaced Palestinian woman carries her child outside their tent in the northern Jabalia refugee camp in December 2010. An aid ship carrying goods for the blockaded Gaza Strip and backed by Asian activists has set sail from the Syrian port of Latakia for Egypt, a Palestinian official said in Damascus on Sunday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)AFP - An aid ship carrying goods for the blockaded Gaza Strip and backed by Asian activists has set sail from the Syrian port of Latakia for Egypt, a Palestinian official said in Damascus on Sunday.

China Dec manufacturing eases on tightening moves (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:16 AM PST

Chinese people strike the Yongle Bell at a temple to celebrate the New Year, in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Chinese people believe striking the bell at the beginning of the New Year will bring them best wishes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's manufacturing boom eased off slightly in the last month of the year, a survey said, reflecting tightening policies taken by authorities to keep inflation in check.

Key party pulls out of Pakistan's ruling coalition (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:06 AM PST

Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani addresses a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, December 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschAP - The second largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition said Sunday it is quitting the government and joining the opposition, depriving the country's pro-U.S. government of a parliamentary majority and threatening its future existence.

Amla, Kallis blunt Indian attack (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 09:53 AM PST

South African Hashim Amla plays a shot on the first day of the third Test between India and South Africa at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. Amla and Jacques Kallis made contrasting half-centuries to blunt India's advantage after winning the toss on the first day of the third and final Test against South Africa at Newlands on Sunday.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis made contrasting half-centuries to blunt India's advantage after winning the toss on the first day of the third and final Test against South Africa at Newlands on Sunday.

Pakistan government in crisis as coalition partner quits (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST

Pakistani policemen stand guard on a street in Karachi in October 2010. The second largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition Sunday quit the government to join the opposition, destabilising the US ally in the war on Al-Qaeda and threatening to paralyse business of state.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - The second largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition Sunday quit the government to join the opposition, destabilising the US ally in the war on Al-Qaeda and threatening to paralyse business of state.

Over 10,000 died in Afghan violence in 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:55 AM PST

A US soldier walks into an abandoned house in the Zari district of Kandahar province. More than 10,000 people, about a fifth of them civilians, lost their lives in violence in Afghanistan last year, an AFP count based on official figures and an independent website tally show.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - More than 10,000 people, about a fifth of them civilians, lost their lives in violence in Afghanistan last year, an AFP count based on official figures and an independent website tally showed Sunday.

(AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:54 AM PST

AP - Party quits Pakistan's ruling coalition, depriving pro-US government of parliamentary majority.

Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST

A man wades across a flooded bridge on the Perry River near the town of Gin Gin in northeastern Australia. Devastating floods in the region have claimed their first victim, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise and a fresh storm loomed.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Devastating floods in northeastern Australia claimed their first victim Sunday, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise and a fresh storm loomed.

7 killed as Philippine bus collides with jeep (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 02:06 AM PST

AP - Police say a bus has collided with a passenger jeep in a province south of Manila, killing seven members of a family who were returning home from a Christmas vacation.

Woman swept away drowns in Australian floodwaters (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:21 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 - A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching "biblical proportions," police said Sunday.

Hong Kong democracy activist Szeto dies at age 79 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 01:08 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2005 file photo, veteran Hong Kong democracy activist Szeto Wah stands in a makeshift tribute area for late Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang in Hong Kong. Szeto, a vocal supporter of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests, has died of lung cancer on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. He was 79. (AP Photo/Anat Givon, File)AP - Veteran Hong Kong democracy activist Szeto Wah, a leading campaigner for the victims of Beijing's 1989 crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square and a voice for mainland dissidents, died Sunday of lung cancer. He was 79.

SKorean activists rally against NKorea near border (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 10:38 PM PST

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak writes in a guest book as he visits the national cemetery in Seoul January 1, 2011. North Korea called for end to confrontation and emphasised the need for dialogue with the South in a joint editorial published on Saturday by official newspapers, repeating the line from a year ago in the wake of clashes in 2010. REUTERS/The Blue House/Handout (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - South Korean activists have rallied against North Korea near the heavily fortified border, burning placards with the images of North Korean leaders.

India's dirty old writer releases "last" book (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:01 PM PST

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, Khushwant Singh, 96, sits in his house in New Delhi. The famously grumpy writer, known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, has been a giant of India's literary world for more than sixty years. The lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer insists his latest book will be his last. The work is a novel about two old men, written by a 96-year-old who says he can't have much time left. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - This book, he insists, will be his last.

Beijing launches car quota to counter gridlock (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:07 PM PST

Chinese people strike the Yongle Bell at a temple to celebrate the New Year, in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Chinese people believe striking the bell at the beginning of the New Year will bring them best wishes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - For thousands of hopeful commuters in China's capital, 2011 started with a click, not a bang.
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