Monday, February 7, 2011

Afghan, NATO forces brace for spring offensive (AP)

Afghan, NATO forces brace for spring offensive (AP)

Afghan, NATO forces brace for spring offensive (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST

U.S. soldiers inspect the scene of an explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. A bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan's largest city of Kandahar on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding two, Afghan officials said. It followed the killing of a local government leader near the country's volatile eastern border region earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Ten loud explosions that rocked Kandahar one day last week actually signaled good news on the front line of the war against the Taliban.

Hundreds attend funeral of Guantanamo Bay detainee (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

Afghans stand around a coffin containing the body of Malam Awal Gul an Afghan prisoner, who died in at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Cuba last week, during his burial ceremony in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Hundreds of mourners, some chanting anti-American slogans, turned out Monday for the funeral of an Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo Bay who collapsed and died while exercising at the U.S. detention center last week.

France loans antique manuscripts back to S. Korea (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

A Hwaseong (fortress) built in 1776-1800 during the Joseon Dynasty, shown here in 2001, surrounds Suwon city, south of Seoul. France and South Korea on Monday signed a deal to loan back to South Korea a collection of antique manuscripts from the Joseon dynasty stolen in the 19th century, formalising an agreement made last year.(AFP/File/Choo Youn-Kong)AFP - France and South Korea on Monday signed a deal to loan back to South Korea a collection of antique manuscripts stolen in the 19th century, formalising an agreement made last year.

Banned Asif weighs up next move (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:15 AM PST

Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif, seen here on January 11, is AFP - Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif is "considering his response" to being banned from all cricket for a minimum of five years, a statement issued by his lawyers here on Monday said.

900 Afghans militants join reintegration program (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:08 AM PST

AP - Despite Taliban threats against their lives, nearly 900 militants have quit the fight and enrolled in an Afghan government program luring insurgents off the battlefield, a NATO official said Monday.

U.S. panel approves final duties on China drill pipe (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

Reuters - A U.S. trade panel on Monday approved combined final duties ranging up to nearly 450 percent on steel drill pipe from China used in oil production.

Russia and Japan wage war of words over islands (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walks past a Soviet-era battlement during his controversial visit to Kunashir -- one of the four Kuril islands -- on November 1. Russia and Japan are engaged in a heated war of words over a disputed island chain that the Kremlin vowed to keep forever despite the pressure from Tokyo.(AFP/File/Mikhail Klimentyev)AFP - Russia and Japan were engaged in a heated war of words on Monday over a disputed island chain that the Kremlin vowed to keep forever despite the pressure from Tokyo.

Afghan handover to start in first half 2011: NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:08 AM PST

A U.S. soldier from 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion walks during an early morning patrol in Zhari district in Kandahar Province, November 22, 2010. REUTERS/Peter AndrewsReuters - A programme for handing over security responsibility in Afghanistan to Afghan forces will be announced in March, with a view to launching the actual process later in the first half of this year, NATO said on Monday.

US presses Pakistan's president to free American (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST

Family members sit next to the dead body of Shumaila Kanwal, the widow of a Pakistani man allegedly shot and killed by a U.S. official, in Chak Chumra near Faisalabad, Pakistan Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Kanwal committed suicide by taking insecticides, Sunday, saying she was driven to act by fears that the American would be freed without trial. (AP Photo/Khalil-ur-Rehman)AP - The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan pressed the country's president Monday to release an American official who Washington says was illegally detained after he shot and killed two men trying to rob him in the eastern city of Lahore.

UN urges restraint in deadly Thai-Cambodia clashes (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:57 AM PST

Cambodian villagers flee from their homes amid military clashes near the disputed Preah Vhear temple. Cambodian and Thai troops have clashed briefly for a fourth straight day, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for AFP - Cambodian and Thai troops clashed on Monday for a fourth straight day as the UN chief called for "maximum restraint" in a border dispute that has claimed seven lives and displaced thousands.

Thailand, Cambodia clash again at disputed border (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:38 AM PST

Thai refugees gather in tents set up for people fled the battlefront, near Sisaket, Thai border with Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Troops of Cambodia and Thailand continue to clash near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, a world Heritage site on the Cambodian side of the border. The crumbling stone temple has fueled nationalism on both sides of the disputed frontier for decades and conflict over it has sparked sporadic, brief battles in recent years. (AP Photo)AP - Thailand accused Cambodia of refusing to negotiate to resolve a border dispute that led to the fourth straight day of fierce clashes Monday, as Phnom Penh said that only U.N. peacekeepers can stop the fighting near an 11th century temple.

Indonesia demands probe into attack on Muslim sect (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:28 AM PST

A police officer inspects the damage at the house of a member of Ahmadiyah sect after it was attacked by Muslim mob in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. The machete-wielding mob on Sunday attacked the home of the minority sect leader in central Indonesia, killing three and wounding six others, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo)AP - Indonesia's president ordered an investigation Monday into an attack on members of a minority Muslim sect after a gruesome video emerged of a mob beating several victims to death with machetes, sticks and rocks.

Police arrest opposition protesters in Bangladesh (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:26 AM PST

Bangladeshi paramedics carry Rumana Parvin for treatment at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. Parvin was injured by a hand made bomb in the Dhaka university area. A fire official says several buses have been set on fire in Dhaka in another incident, on the eve of a nationwide general strike called by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)AP - Authorities raided the headquarters of the opposition party in the Bangladeshi capital Monday as they tried to end the group's strike to protest spiraling commodity prices and crime. In other parts of the country, police fired tear gas and arrested protesters.

Wildfire destroys 41 houses in Western Australia (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:20 AM PST

File photo shows a burnt-out motorbike, destroyed by a wildfire close to Perth in Western Australia. Mammoth blazes in western Australia have destroyed dozens of homes, officials have said.(AFP/Pool/File/Nic Ellis)AP - Firefighters battled two wildfires in Western Australia on Monday, water bombing them from above as they tried to stop their spread. One on the outskirts of Perth destroyed at least 40 homes and left a firefighter injured, authorities said.

Japanese rally for return of islands from Russia (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:37 AM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, left, delivers a speech at a rally marking the Northern Territory Day in Tokyo, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Japan reiterated its demand to Russia the return of the four-island chain, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril islands in Russia. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan led a large rally Monday demanding the return of several islands held by Russia since the end of World War II and calling the recent visit there by Russia's president an outrage.

6 WWF volunteers abducted in Indian tiger reserve (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:19 AM PST

AP - Heavily armed men have kidnapped six volunteers from WWF-India who were counting the tiger population at a reserve in India's remote northeast, an official from the conservation group said Monday.

Oil falls to below $89 amid mixed US jobs data (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:25 AM PST

Iranians walk past a pipeline, in the south-eastern city of Zahedan in 2007. An aging oil pipeline has ruptured in southern Iran, contaminating vast patches of the coast and farmland near the town of Deylam on the Gulf, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.(AFP/ISNA/File)AP - Oil prices fell to below $89 a barrel Monday in Asia as traders mulled mixed signals from the U.S. jobs market about economic growth and crude demand.

9 friends die in Vietnam at New Year party (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:39 PM PST

AP - Vietnamese police say nine friends died during a lunar New Year party after they started a car parked inside a house to play music following an electricity outage.

Asian shares open week in bullish mood (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:40 PM PST

The New York Stock Exchange is seen in 2010. Last year, the US Chamber of Commerce opposed Obama's health care reform, his drive to change Wall Street practices as well as other legislative initiatives. The group also gave millions of dollars in campaign donations to Republican candidates.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Loccisano)AP - Asian stock markets opened the week in positive territory Monday, with Japanese shares buoyed by a weaker yen and a string of bullish corporate earnings results.
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