Wednesday, February 2, 2011

China trade behavior "has to change": Commerce Secretary Locke (Reuters)

China trade behavior "has to change": Commerce Secretary Locke (Reuters)

China trade behavior "has to change": Commerce Secretary Locke (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST

Reuters - Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Wednesday criticized China for failing to honor past promises to open its market and said the United States would be pressing Beijing for better results in 2011.

U.S. to press China on trade promises in 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:31 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. trade officials on Wednesday said they have made significant progress with China on an array of trade policies threatening U.S. technology and intellectual property rights and would focus in 2011 on ensuring those new commitments are implemented.

Powerful cyclone strikes Australia's northeast (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST

This image provided by NASA shows Tropical Cyclone Yasi as it approaches Queensland, Australia, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011. This NEXSAT image captured this natural-color image at 04:32 GMT Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011. The Category 5 storm is expected to make landfall at approximately noon GMT Wednesday. Gusts up to 186 mph (300 kph) were expected when Cyclone Yasi strikes the Australian coast Wednesday after whipping across Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The storm front is more than 310 miles (500 kilometers) wide and Yasi is so strong, it could reach far inland before it significantly loses power. (AP Photo/NASA - Jeff Schmaltz)AP - A massive cyclone struck northeastern Australia early Thursday, tearing off roofs, toppling trees and cutting power to thousands, the most powerful storm to hit the area in nearly a century.

'Worst ever' cyclone slams into Australia (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:09 AM PST

Hundreds of residents take shelter inside an evacuation centre in Innisfail. A terrifying top-strength cyclone has slammed into Australia's populous northeast coast, with officials warning it could be one of the most lethal storms in the nation's history.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A terrifying top-strength cyclone slammed into Australia's populous northeast coast Thursday, with officials warning it could be one of the most lethal storms in the nation's history.

Car bomb kills nine in Pakistan market (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:28 AM PST

A Pakistani policeman looks on at the car bomb blast site in Peshawar. A car bomb has torn through a packed Pakistani market near a police station in Peshawar, killing nine people in the fifth attack in the city of Peshawar in less than a week.(AFP/A. Majeed)AFP - A car bomb tore through a packed Pakistani market near a police station on Wednesday, killing nine people in the fifth attack in the city of Peshawar in less than a week, officials said.

Afghan, Pakistani troops exchange fire, one killed (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:24 AM PST

Pakistani soldiers take part in military manoeuvres in North Waziristan along the border with Afghanistan in 2007. Afghan and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across their border, with officials from both sides blaming each other for starting the incident.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Afghan and Pakistani troops exchanged fire across the border on Wednesday, said officials, blaming each other for provoking the incident that left one Pakistani soldier dead.

LG's first tablet to hit US market in March (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:04 AM PST

Attendees are seen here examining LG brand products at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in the Las Vegas, in January 2011. LG Electronics said it would release its first tablet computer in the United States in March as it prepares to go head to head with Apple's iPad.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Becker)AFP - LG Electronics said it would release its first tablet computer in the United States in March as it prepares to go head to head with Apple's iPad.

Afghan minister calls for Kabul Bank graft probe (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST

Pakistani soldiers take part in military manoeuvres in North Waziristan along the border with Afghanistan in 2007. Afghan and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire across their border, with officials from both sides blaming each other for starting the incident.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AP - Afghanistan's finance minister called Wednesday for an investigation into allegations he personally benefited from corruption at the country's largest bank.

Clinton backs 'just, democratic' Sri Lanka (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:26 AM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has voiced hope for a AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has voiced hope for a "just and democratic" Sri Lanka as she offered congratulations ahead of the war-torn island's Independence Day on Friday.

Rebels kill family of four in Thai south: police (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:27 AM PST

A Thai soldier stands guard near the site of a bomb attack in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on February 1. Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a Buddhist family of four at their home in the south of Thailand before dumping their bodies in a forest, police said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Madaree Tohlala)AFP - Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a Buddhist family of four at their home in the south of Thailand before dumping their bodies in a forest, police said Wednesday.

Tibetan Buddhists in India rally behind leader (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:29 AM PST

Exile Tibetan Buddhist nuns carry portraits of their third most important leader Ugyen Thinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, covered with Tibetan ceremonial scarves during a support rally to the Gyuto monastery in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, Feb.2, 2011. Thousands of followers of Karmapa are rallying to show their support as Indian officials continue to trace the source of more than a million dollars found at his headquarters in northern India. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)AP - Thousands of followers of Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader marched Wednesday to show their support after authorities questioned the source of more than a million dollars at his headquarters in northern India.

Afghan president in India to discuss security (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:24 AM PST

AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the Indian capital on Wednesday to discuss efforts to restore security in Afghanistan and to attend a conference on sustainable development.

Bomb kills 9, wounds 20 in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:07 AM PST

Pakistani police officers look for evidence amid of the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a car bomb blast which killed many people in suburbs of Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A car bomb killed nine people close to the main northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, the latest in a rash of attacks that are challenging police claims of progress against Islamist militants in the region.

Military graft allegations unsettle Philippines (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:04 AM PST

AP - New allegations that former Philippine military chiefs benefited from massive corruption led to calls Wednesday for the government to get serious about reforming the armed forces.

China restricts reports on Egypt protests (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:01 AM PST

A Chinese paramilitary policeman, right, waves to a photographer to stop taking pictures at the Egyptian embassy in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. China's state media is painting the protests in Egypt as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy instead of overthrowing a longtime dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The protests in Egypt are about free elections and overthrowing a longtime dictator? Not according to China's state media, which is painting them as the kind of chaos that comes with Western-style democracy.

Philippine militant in attacks on Americans nabbed (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:27 AM PST

AP - Police commandos have arrested an al-Qaida-linked militant allegedly involved in the killing of American tourists and soldiers in the Philippines, an official said Wednesday.

China's railways world leader, except in service (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:05 AM PST

In this Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 photo, passengers line up to buy train tickets sold in advance at a temporary advance ticket sale windows for the Chinese new year at the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China. China's 91,000 kilometers (56,400 miles) of railways are the world's longest and, in some cases, the fastest. The country's drive to develop high-speed rail technology rivals its space program in terms of national pride and importance. But the annual scrum for tickets home for the year's major festival — the world's biggest annual migration involving 230 million people — highlights the wide gap between showcase Chinese infrastructure and the often abysmal services available to the public. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Fed up after waiting in vain to get train tickets home for the lunar new year, migrant worker Chen Weiwei became China's latest Internet sensation, standing unclothed except for his gray jockey shorts and socks, after he stripped and shouted in protest.

Sumo tripped up by bout-fixing scandal (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:03 AM PST

In this Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, Mongolian sumo grand champion Hakuho, second from back, in ceremonial costume enters the gate to the Meiji Jingu shrine to attend the new year's sumo dedication ceremony in Tokyo. Japan's scandal-tainted national sport of sumo wrestling is facing new allegations that senior wrestlers used cell phones to plan how to fix matches, Japanese media reported Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)AP - Fresh off a gambling scandal that deeply sullied its image, Japan's national sport of sumo wrestling is now grappling with allegations that senior wrestlers and coaches used cell phones to plan how to fix bouts.

Indonesian cleric charged with plotting terrorism (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:41 AM PST

AP - Prosecutors have formally charged Indonesia's best-known radical cleric with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death.

Japan ex-PM blames bureaucrats for US base woes (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:24 AM PST

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatayama speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Hatoyama blamed resistance from powerful bureaucrats as well as U.S. opposition Wednesday for his failure last year to deliver on a pledge to move a U.S. Marine base off the island of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan's former prime minister blamed resistance from powerful bureaucrats as well as U.S. opposition Wednesday for his failure last year to deliver on a pledge to move a U.S. Marine base off the island of Okinawa.
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