Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Gas blast in southeast Turkey injures 10 (Reuters)

Gas blast in southeast Turkey injures 10 (Reuters)

Gas blast in southeast Turkey injures 10 (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - An explosion caused by a gas build-up injured 10 people and badly damaged a shop in the southeast Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday, security sources said.

10 injured in gas blast in southeastern Turkey (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:53 AM PST

AP - A governor in Turkey says a liquified petroleum gas tank exploded at a petrol station, injuring 10 people at an adjacent supermarket in southeastern Turkey.

Afghan leader: NATO reconstruction bases must go (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:36 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Afghanistan's president says international bases that work to build provincial infrastructure and government will have to close as the Afghan government takes over responsibility for security. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghanistan's president pushed his case for greater sovereignty Tuesday, saying he wants international bases that run reconstruction and development programs to shut down as Afghan forces start to take the lead in securing the country.

Zardari appoints ally to key Pakistan province (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 10:03 AM PST

Pakistani President Asif Zardari, pictured in 2010, on Tuesday appointed a close political ally as governor in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, dismissing the incumbent at a key juncture in the fight against the Taliban.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistan's president on Tuesday appointed a close political ally as governor in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, dismissing the incumbent at a key juncture in the fight against the Taliban.

PIA cancels flights to Britain, Turkey over strike (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:26 AM PST

Employees of the flagship Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) chant slogans against the management at the airport in Karachi. Strike action forced ailing state carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to cancel flights to Britain and Turkey on Tuesday, affecting more than 1,000 passengers, a spokesman said.(AFP/Asif Hassan)AFP - Strike action forced ailing state carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to cancel flights to Britain and Turkey on Tuesday, affecting more than 1,000 passengers, a spokesman said.

US ups pressure on Pakistan over detained American (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:24 AM PST

Pakistani demonstrators shout slogans during a rally against a U.S. consular employee, suspected in a shooting, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. A judge ruled Thursday that police can keep holding a U.S. Embassy employee accused of killing two Pakistanis for at least eight more days, officials said. The U.S. says the American, identified by Pakistanis as Raymond Allen Davis, has diplomatic immunity and that Pakistan must free him. U.S. officials say he shot the two Pakistanis in the city of Lahore because they were trying to rob him. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - The United States may scrap upcoming talks with Pakistan about the war in Afghanistan to further pressure Islamabad to free an American who shot dead two Pakistanis, U.S. officials said.

Pirates seize Italian oil tanker, mostly Indian crew (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:22 AM PST

The Italian oil tanker Mv Savina Caylyn. Pirates wielding rocket-launchers seized a large Italian oil tanker with a crew of five Italians and 17 Indians on Tuesday east of the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, EU naval forces said.(AFP/EU NAVFOR)AFP - Pirates wielding rocket-launchers seized a large Italian oil tanker with a crew of five Italians and 17 Indians on Tuesday east of the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, EU naval forces said.

China raises rates to battle stubbornly high inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST

Reuters - China raised interest rates on Tuesday for the second time in just over six weeks, intensifying a battle in the fast-expanding economy against stubbornly high inflation that threatens to unsettle global markets.

Uneasy peace holds after Thai, Cambodian troops clash (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST

A man looks at a damaged school in Si Sa Ket province near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 7, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Thai and Cambodian troops stood on high alert on Tuesday after clashing in disputed jungle around a 11th-century Hindu temple as foreign governments urged them to lay down arms.

Corrected: Defence firms vie for India orders at air show (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 08:53 AM PST

Reuters - Corrects name and title of person commenting in paragraph 8 to Mark Kronenberg, Boeing's vice president for international businesss development for Defense, Space and Security, not India head Dinesh Keskar

Militants free 3 of 6 abducted WWF-India workers (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 07:15 AM PST

AP - Separatist militants released three volunteers from WWF-India on Tuesday who were kidnapped two days ago in a northeast Indian tiger reserve, but three others were still being held, local officials said.

2 separatist protesters killed in northeast India (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:58 AM PST

AP - Police say two supporters of a Gorkha separatist party were killed and four were injured after attacking a group of officers during a protest march in the northeast Indian state of West Bengal.

Damage to temple on Thai-Cambodia border minimal (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:29 AM PST

A Cambodian Buddhist monk walks toward the Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple, which was enlisted as UNESCO's World Heritage site in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP - A historic temple that was the scene of artillery battles between Cambodia and Thailand appears to have suffered minimal damage, as journalists used a fragile truce Tuesday to inspect the site.

Myanmar's opposition says sanctions on junta work (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:17 AM PST

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with youth members of her National League for Democracy party at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - The pro-democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi endorsed Western sanctions against Myanmar on Tuesday, saying they hurt the authoritarian regime not ordinary citizens and implying it's too early to lift them.

Philippine ex-general apparently commits suicide (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:59 AM PST

The blood of retired Gen. Angelo Reyes is splattered across the tomb marker of his mother where he reportedly shot himself at the Loyola Memorial Park in suburban Marikina, east of Manila on Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011. Reyes, accused of embezzling at least $1 million from the armed forces, died of a single gunshot wound in what witnesses described as an apparent suicide. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A former military chief apparently committed suicide Tuesday at his mother's grave — a dramatic twist in a scandal over accusations that top Philippine generals skimmed money from the army to fund a lavish lifestyle.

2 Koreas talk at DMZ to ease tensions since attack (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:46 AM PST

In this handout photo released from the Defense Ministry, South Korean delegate Army Col. Moon Sang-gyun, right, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Col. Ri Sun Gyun before a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Military officers from North and South Korea met Tuesday to try to lay the groundwork for high-level defense talks aimed at easing hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Defense Ministry)AP - Military officers from North and South Korea held talks inside the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday in the rivals' first official dialogue since the North's deadly artillery barrage of a South Korean island in November.

Report: US needs to show progress on Pakistan aid (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:55 AM PST

Pakistani boys selling fruit stand next to their stalls in a flooded street following heavy rain, in a market on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - The U.S. has failed to show progress from billions of dollars in aid given to Pakistan over the past few years to help the country with basic needs like electricity, health care and education, said an inspector general's report.

Indonesian mob burns churches, attack police (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:12 AM PST

AP - Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners stormed a courthouse and set two churches on fire Tuesday in central Indonesia to protest what they considered a lenient sentence for a Christian convicted of blaspheming Islam.

Japanese jobseekers hold Tokyo pep rally (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 01:04 AM PST

AP - With cheerleaders shouting encouragement, more than 1,000 young Japanese trying to break into the job market held a pep rally in Tokyo on Tuesday to underscore what officials say is the bleakest employment outlook Japan has faced in years.

New Year celebrations cause 194 Beijing fires (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:57 PM PST

AP - State media are reporting that people celebrating the Lunar New Year by setting off fireworks in Beijing caused 194 fires in the Chinese capital, double the number from last year.
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