Wednesday, February 23, 2011

China blocking N. Korea nuclear report: diplomats (AFP)

China blocking N. Korea nuclear report: diplomats (AFP)

China blocking N. Korea nuclear report: diplomats (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST

The center of Pyongyang in 2010. China on Wednesday refused to let the UN Security Council publish a report on North Korea's nuclear sanctions busting, diplomats said.(AFP/File/Ian Timberlake)AFP - China on Wednesday refused to let the UN Security Council publish a report on North Korea's nuclear sanctions busting, diplomats said.

Libyan leader should not use violence, Malaysian PM says (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST

A Libyan protester burns a portrait of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in front of the Libyan embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi should not use violence against protestors who have been on streets for days in a bloody uprising against the regime, said Malaysian Prime Minister Wednesday.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi should not use violence against protestors who have been on streets for days in a bloody uprising against the regime, said Malaysian Prime Minister Wednesday.

Exclusive: U.S. soldier faces trial for Afghan civilian murder (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:02 AM PST

Reuters - Yar Mohammad was in Iran one afternoon last September when his electrician father was taken from his home in an Afghan village by U.S. and Afghan soldiers, beaten in a school bathroom and then shot in the head.

Afghanistan seeks US help post-2014 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:17 AM PST

Afghanistan's minister of defence Abdul Rahim Wardak(R), seen here with US Vice President Joe Biden in January 2011, appealed for the United States to provide security assistance beyond 2014, the date by which President Barack Obama wants to withdraw US combat troops.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghanistan on Wednesday appealed for the United States to provide security assistance beyond 2014, the date by which President Barack Obama wants to withdraw US combat troops.

Philippine remains 'sold as Japan war dead' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:35 AM PST

Japanese World War II veterans Toshio Kawamura (right) and Shigeo Eto (left) are pictured in Manila. The pair are part of a delegation who claim that grave robbers have dug up the remains of Philippine tribesmen and passed them off as the bodies of Japanese soldiers for return to Japan.(AFP/Noel Celis)AFP - Grave robbers have dug up the remains of Philippine tribesmen and passed them off as the bodies of Japanese soldiers for return to Japan, tribal leaders said Wednesday.

Troubled Pakistan win World Cup opener (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:28 AM PST

Pakistan's Umar Akmal plays a shot during the Group A match in the World Cup Cricket tournament against Kenya at The Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium in the southern district of Hambantota. Mercurial Pakistan got their World Cup bid off to a flying start, winning their first competitive match since lengthy bans were handed out to three of their top players.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Mercurial Pakistan got their World Cup bid off to a flying start on Wednesday, winning their first competitive match since lengthy bans were handed out to three of their top players.

Frantic hunt as NZ quake leaves 400 dead or missing (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:07 AM PST

Rubble and damaged buildings on Colombo street in Christchurch, following an earthquake. Hundreds of rescuers swarmed over twisted and smoking buildings in a frantic search for survivors after New Zealand's catastrophic earthquake left nearly 400 dead or missing.(AFP/Logan Mcmillan)AFP - Hundreds of rescuers swarmed over twisted and smoking buildings on Wednesday in a frantic search for survivors after New Zealand's catastrophic earthquake left nearly 400 dead or missing.

Indian police arrest top Games officials (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST

Delhi Commonwealth Games General Organising Committee Secretary Lalit Bhanot addresses media representatives in New Delhi, 2010. Indian police arrested two top organisers, including Bhanot, of last year's tainted Commonwealth Games as part of a widening probe into alleged graft.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Indian police arrested on Wednesday two top organisers of last year's tainted Commonwealth Games as part of a widening probe into alleged graft.

China detains citizens who spread call to protest (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:57 AM PST

In this photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, police officers stand watching people gathering in front of a McDonald's restaurant which was a planned protest site for 'Jasmine Revolution' in Beijing, China. A renewed call for Middle East-style democracy protests in China urged citizens to take an afternoon stroll at arranged locations each weekend and demanded that authorities release activists who apparently remained in custody Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Officials in China rounded up Internet users who had reposted a call for protests and charged them with subversion as the authoritarian government continued its campaign to crush any Middle East-style democracy movement, activists said Wednesday.

Japan, S. Korea pray for N. Zealand quake students (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:29 AM PST

Fallen debris lies on mangled cars in a street in Christchurch on February 23. Relatives in Japan and South Korea feared the worst for 26 students missing in New Zealand after an earthquake turned the Christchurch language school they attended to rubble.(AFP/Logan Mcmillan)AFP - Relatives in Japan and South Korea feared the worst Wednesday for 26 students missing in New Zealand after an earthquake turned the Christchurch language school they attended to rubble.

Ashes of Sri Lanka rebel chief's mother desecrated (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:26 AM PST

AP - The ashes of the mother of Sri Lanka's former rebel leader have been desecrated hours after her body was cremated, a relative said Wednesday.

SKorea, China worry over NKorea's nuclear program (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:36 AM PST

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)AP - The foreign ministers of South Korea and China expressed worries Wednesday about North Korea's recently disclosed uranium enrichment program, which could give it a second way to make atomic bombs, a South Korean official said.

Philippines recalls `86 revolt with eye on Mideast (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 05:26 AM PST

AP - From the fist-pumping crowds to the anguished dictators, the pro-reform revolts reshaping Arab history resemble the 1986 Philippine uprising that booted a strongman 25 years ago. But the similarity ends with the killing of protesters from Tunisia to Libya.

US talks with Myanmar's Suu Kyi about aid (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:33 AM PST

AP - The top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday he has begun talking with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi about what sort of aid Washington should offer the military-dominated nation.

Foreign students feared dead in toppled NZ office (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST

An aerial view of emergency services people working at the ruined CTV building in central in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Search teams used their bare hands, dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble of Tuesday's powerful earthquake. (AP Photo/Sarah Ivey) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - Students from across Asia are feared among the dead in an office building that collapsed in New Zealand's earthquake, with police saying Wednesday that they were "100 percent certain" no one trapped in the rubble was alive.

Leader of legendary Islamic seminary to stay (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:03 AM PST

AP - One of the world's most revered schools of Islamic learning decided Wednesday that its new, reformist leader would stay in office while an investigative panel examines charges against him, a spokesman said.

Rescuers use hacksaw to cut quake victim's leg (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:26 AM PST

AP - A construction manager who joined rescue efforts after New Zealand's devastating earthquake describes rescuers using a hacksaw to cut off a man's leg to free him after he was pinned under concrete.

Malaysian experiment releases 3 orangutans in wild (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:37 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2009 file photo, an orangutan makes its way across a rope at the Sepilok Orangutan Reserve near Sandakan, in East Malaysia. Malaysian researchers are testing whether three young orangutans reared in captivity can adapt to life in the wild outside Borneo, but activists insisted Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, the experiment was a flawed way of trying to help the endangered primates. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)AP - Malaysian researchers are testing whether three young orangutans reared in captivity can adapt to life in the wild outside Borneo, while activists insisted Wednesday the experiment was a flawed way of trying to help the endangered primates.

China to execute 4 accused in Xinjiang violence (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:26 AM PST

AP - China's highest court approved the executions of four men convicted in a series of murders in the restive western region of Xinjiang described as acts of "terrorist violence."

Wife arrested in fire death of Vietnam journalist (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:22 PM PST

In this photo taken on Jan. 19, 2011, the charred bed of Vietnamese journalist Le Hoang Hung is seen at his home in southern Long An province, Vietnam. Police said Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 Hung's wife confessed to dousing him in gasoline and torching him in his sleep, a killing his colleagues initially feared was revenge for his investigative reporting. (AP Photo/Minh Son)AP - The wife of a Vietnamese journalist has been arrested for allegedly murdering her husband by setting him on fire as he slept, police said Wednesday.
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