Sunday, February 27, 2011

Christchurch holds prayers for quake victims (AP)

Christchurch holds prayers for quake victims (AP)

Christchurch holds prayers for quake victims (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

Joanne Fagan-Oslawskyj weeps as she attends a church service at St. Barnabas with her son eight-year-old Jamie in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. New Zealand's premier said Tuesday's quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the death toll nearly 150 and more than 200 missing. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - Parishioners came together Sunday in parks and on the lawns of churches broken in New Zealand's earthquake to pray for the dead and missing. They sought togetherness and an answer to the question on everyone's mind: Why?

India and England in sensational cricket tie (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:58 AM PST

England cricketer Andrew Strauss celebrates after scoring his century during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 match between England and India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. India and England tied a thrilling World Cup clash here on Sunday in a match which yielded 676 runs and was adorned by blistering centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Strauss.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India and England tied a thrilling World Cup clash here on Sunday in a match which yielded 676 runs and was adorned by blistering centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Andrew Strauss.

Afghan gov't: NATO op killed 65 civilians (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:44 AM PST

US soldiers on patrol pass the wreckage of a car after an explosion in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Twin bomb blasts killed eight Afghans on Sunday at an illegal dog fight in the volatile south, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Sixty-five civilians, including 40 children, were killed in a NATO assault on insurgents in eastern Afghanistan earlier this month, according to findings of an Afghan government investigation released Sunday.

North Korea threatens military action over South's campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:03 AM PST

A North Korean soldier on the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom looks south in the demilitarised zone that separates North Korea from South Korea in Paju, north of Seoul January 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - North Korea will fire across a land border with South Korea if Seoul continues its anti-North psychological campaign, the North's official media said on Sunday ahead of an annual, joint military drill between the United States and South Korea.

Turkey's first Islamist leader Erbakan dies (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:56 AM PST

Necmettin Erbakan, the late mentor of political Islam in secular Turkey and its first Islamist prime minister, is seen in 2007. Erbakan has died of a heart failure aged 84, doctors and aides said.(AFP/File/Hocine Zaourar)AFP - Necmettin Erbakan, the mentor of political Islam in secular Turkey and its first Islamist prime minister, died on Sunday aged 84, after a tumultuous four-decade career marred by feuds with the army.

Myanmar: Blast injures 4 in capital (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:56 AM PST

AP - Government security officials say a bomb exploded in a suburb of the capital Yangon, wounding four people..

Explosive device 'wounds eight' in Myanmar (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:29 AM PST

A girl walks in downtown Yangon. Eight people have been injured, one seriously, by an explosive device believed to have been detonated accidentally in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, an official has said.(AFP/File/Soe Than Win)AFP - Eight people were injured, one seriously, on Sunday by an explosive device believed to have been detonated accidentally in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, an official said.

US soldier makes posters to remember fallen (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:22 AM PST

In this Feb. 8, 2011 photo provided by the International Security Assistance Force Regional Command (South), U.S. Army reservist Cpl. Poto Leifi, a multimedia illustrator deployed to Afghanistan, poses for a photo with his artwork at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Leifi, a California commercial artist-turned soldier, thought the U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq should be remembered full of life — and in a way that celebrated their patriotism. After years of trial and error, Leifi makes posters in a vintage style that recalls the 'Rosie the Riveter' and 'Uncle Sam Wants You!' recruiting posters of World War II in a project he calls 'Freedom's on Me.' (AP Photo/U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Diaz)AP - Remembering the dead by carving their names on a cold, stone wall seemed too impersonal to U.S. Army Cpl. Poto Leifi.

Afghan parliament elects ex-warlord as speaker (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan's parliament elected a former Uzbek warlord as speaker on Sunday, ending a month of squabbling over the position that has further undermined the credibility of an assembly tainted by electoral fraud.

Afghan President Karzai to visit Britain this week (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:45 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seen in 2009. Karzai will travel to Britain on Monday for a two-day visit to meet Prime Minister David Cameron and open a major museum exhibition about his country's heritage, an official has said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Britain on Monday for a two-day visit to meet Prime Minister David Cameron and open a major museum exhibition about his country's heritage, an official has said.

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea, US (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011 file photo, South Korean marines on an inflatable boat aim their machine guns during a military exercise to prepare for a possible North Korea's surprise attack on the Han River in Gimpo, South Korea. North Korea's military threatened Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 to fire at South Korea, as Seoul prepared to start annual joint drills with U.S. troops, maneuvers Pyongyang says are a rehearsal for an invasion. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP - North Korea threatened Sunday to enlarge its nuclear arsenal and "mercilessly" attack South Korea and the United States, as the allies prepared for joint military drills which the North considers a rehearsal for invasion.

1,000 in candlelight tribute to HK activist Szeto (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:53 AM PST

AP - Hundreds of Hong Kongers held aloft white candles at a local park Sunday in tribute to late 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.

China uses whistles, water, police on protests (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:17 AM PST

Chinese policemen man at a road junction near the shopping street of Wangfujing in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Large numbers of police and the use of new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaners are squelching any overt protests in China after calls for more peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Large numbers of police — and new tactics like shrill whistles and street cleaning trucks — squelched overt protests in China for a second Sunday in a row after more calls for peaceful gatherings modeled on recent democratic movements in the Middle East.

Philippine rebels kill 3 soldiers, wound 4 others (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST

AP - Communist rebels killed three soldiers and wounded four others in an ambush in the mountainous northern Philippines, officials said Sunday, despite the recent resumption of peace talks.

Pakistani police: Gunmen torch 2 NATO oil tankers (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:43 AM PST

Pakistanis who worked in Libya and fled the unrest in the country sit in a tent at a refugee camp set up by the Tunisian army, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. The camp, which houses about 5,000 people, was built after shelters at the border couldn't handle the large numbers coming through. Thousands of expatriates seemed in shock as they crossed the border into Tunisia, carrying their belongings and horrific memories of the violence tearing apart Moammar Gadhafi's Libya(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A police official says gunmen have torched two NATO oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan.

Thailand's 'Red Shirts' urge release of colleagues (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 11:52 PM PST

Leader of Red Shirts group Nattawut Saikua, right, talks with reporters at the Pathum Wanaram Buddhist temple Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Nattawut, who had just been released on bail with six other leaders last week, joined with about 500 supporters at this temple for a merit making ceremony for their comrades who were killed in the May 19, 2010 crackdown on an anti-government demonstrators. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Seven recently freed leaders of Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" movement called Sunday for the release of more than 180 of their colleagues who remain jailed since a violent military crackdown last year.

Malaysia police detain dozens of Indian protesters (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST

AP - Malaysian police arrested dozens of ethnic Indians on Sunday in a clampdown on a protest against a high school literature book that was slammed for denigrating the minority community.

Low pay, big risks for fuel haulers in Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 10:09 PM PST

In this Feb. 8, 2011 picture, a truck en route to Kandahar, Afghanistan drives past people at a store in Quetta, Pakistan early in the morning. Fuel for NATO troops in southern Afghanistan is transported along dangerous routes by impoverished Pakistani drivers. The war, now in its 10th year, consumes roughly 6 million liters (1.5 million gallons), about 100 truckloads, of fuel a day, according to NATO forces. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) PART OF A 25-PICTURE SERIES BY ANJA NIEDRINGHAUSAP - On the dashboard of his truck, Nowsher Awan keeps a colorful little box and a toy puppy biting on a candy cane. He says he bought the knickknacks in a market because "they just made me happy."

American contractor appears in Pakistani court (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:25 PM PST

Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-u-Dawa chant slogans during a rally against U.S. CIA employee Raymond Allen Davis, who is implicated in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. Washington insists Davis is immune from prosecution because he is listed as a U.S. Embassy staff member. It says Davis shot two Pakistanis in self-defense when they tried to rob him in late January in the eastern city of Lahore. (AP Photo/Hamza Ahmed)AP - An American detained for visa violations in northwest Pakistan is a contractor who had worked on a U.S.-funded construction project in the region, a security official said.
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