Thursday, February 10, 2011

Suicide bomber kills 31 soldiers in NW Pakistan (AP)

Suicide bomber kills 31 soldiers in NW Pakistan (AP)

Suicide bomber kills 31 soldiers in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

Pakistan army soldiers patrol in the vicinity of the army training camp in Mardan near Peshawar, Pakistan Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. A teen suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercises at a Pakistani army training camp killing many troops and injuring dozens of others, police and the military said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suicide bomber linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked soldiers during morning exercises at an army training camp in the northwest Thursday, killing 31 troops and wounding 42 others.

Security firms face possible fines in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:50 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, pictured in 2010. Private security firms operating in Afghanistan will in future face fines for breaking their operating rules, President Hamid Karzai's office said Thursday, the latest tightening of measures against them.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Private security firms operating in Afghanistan will in future face fines for breaking their operating rules, President Hamid Karzai's office said Thursday, the latest tightening of measures against them.

India aims to make own commercial plane (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:49 AM PST

The SARAS aircraft, a locally designed plane from India, takes off from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited airport in Bangalore in 2004. India said Thursday it aims to start making its own commercial aircraft in a bid to cash on a boom in the domestic civil aviation sector.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India said Thursday it aims to start making its own commercial aircraft in a bid to cash on a boom in the domestic civil aviation sector.

Treasury "intensely focused" on China's yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:04 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury will remain "intensely focused" on correcting China's substantially undervalued yuan despite a decision not to name Beijing a currency manipulator, a senior Treasury official said on Thursday.

India, Pakistan agree to resume peace talks (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:36 AM PST

A Pakistani honour guard lowers the national flag during a ceremony at the Wagah border post with India in 2008. India and Pakistan announced Thursday the resumption of peace talks suspended more than two years ago after Islamist gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - India and Pakistan announced Thursday the resumption of peace talks suspended more than two years ago after Islamist gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai.

'Schoolboy' bomber kills 31 Pakistan army recruits (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:21 AM PST

Map showing Mardan in northwest Pakistan where a suicide bomb attack has killed scores of soldiers. A teenage suicide bomber killed up to 31 Pakistani army recruits at a parade ground on Thursday, an attack the Taliban said was revenge for US drone strikes and local military offensives.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A teenage suicide bomber killed up to 31 Pakistani army recruits at a parade ground on Thursday, an attack the Taliban said was revenge for US drone strikes and local military offensives.

China blog spotlights missing-child problem (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:42 AM PST

Chinese parents plead for the return of their abducted children in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province in 2010. Some parents searching for children have told state media that their attempts had been routinely thwarted by inertia and indifference from officials and police.(AFP/File)AFP - An Internet campaign to help parents in China find their missing children has become a sensation, shining a light on child abductions and the growing power of the country's Twitter-like web services.

Suicide blast kills Afghan district governor: police (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:27 AM PST

Two Afghan National policemen examine the site of a suicide attack at the office of Abdul Wahid Omerkhail, the governor of Chardara district in Kunduz. A suicide bomber in northern Afghanistan killed the district governor and two others on Thursday after walking into the administrator's office to hand over a letter, police said.(AFP/Zul Rahim)AFP - A suicide bomber in northern Afghanistan killed a district governor and two others on Thursday after walking into the administrator's office to hand over a letter, police said.

India warns Somali pirates now threaten its coast (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:25 AM PST

Suspected Somali pirates sit with their faces covered during a media interaction on board an Indian Coast Guard ship off the coast of Mumbai. India on Thursday warned of an increased threat to shipping off its southwest coast, as Somali pirates hunt targets beyond African waters to evade the clutches of an international naval force.(AFP/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - India on Thursday warned of an increased threat to shipping off its southwest coast, as Somali pirates hunt targets beyond African waters to evade the clutches of an international naval force.

China PM vows to keep prices stable amid drought (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:14 AM PST

A Chinese farmer holds dried vegetable seedlings at his drought-striken fields in Zhouping, east China's Shandong province, last month. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday his government is confident it can maintain grain supplies and keep prices stable as a severe dry spell in wheat-growing regions imperils the winter crop.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday his government is confident it can maintain grain supplies and keep prices stable as a severe dry spell in wheat-growing regions imperils the winter crop.

Afghan suspect recounts lead-up to suicide blast (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST

Mohammad Khan the Afghan man who was involved in last month's suicide bombing at a supermarket in Kabul speaks during a press event in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Khan publicly confessed Thursday to helping a suicide bomber cross the Pakistan border so he could attack a Kabul supermarket popular with foreigners, in a rare glimpse of how such operations are organized.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - An Afghan man publicly confessed Thursday to helping a suicide bomber cross the Pakistani border so he could attack a Kabul supermarket popular with foreigners, in a rare glimpse of how such operations are organized.

Japan FM slams Russian stance on disputed islands (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:24 AM PST

AP - Japan's foreign minister said Thursday that Russia has no legal right to occupy several disputed islands that have kept the two countries at odds for decades.

India, Pakistan agree to resume peace talks (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:04 AM PST

AP - India and Pakistan announced Thursday they would resume wide-ranging peace talks that were frozen after the 2008 terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai, which were blamed on Pakistan-based militants.

Historic temple caught in Thai-Cambodia crossfire (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:40 AM PST

A Cambodian army soldier stands near a crater on the compounds of Cambodia's famed Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Cambodia angrily rejected Thailand's accusation that Cambodian troops used a centuries-old Hindu temple along their disputed border as a military base, revving up a war of words Wednesday amid a fragile truce. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP - High on a cliff overlooking the jungles of northern Cambodia, heavily armed troops crouch in fortified bunkers on the grounds of an ancient temple turned modern-day battlefield.

NKorea: No military talks with 'traitor' SKorea (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:13 AM PST

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against South Korean government's policies on North Korea in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. North Korea refused Thursday to hold any more military talks with South Korea, saying Seoul lacks serious intent to improve relations marked by months of high tensions.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea's abandonment of military talks with South Korea is merely the latest feint in a long duel between the two rivals, according to analysts who see further provocative actions from Pyongyang coming next.

Northeast India rebels begin peace talks with govt (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST

AP - A rebel group in India's violence-plagued northeast began peace talks Thursday with the government in an effort to end a decades-old insurgency.

Report: hackers in China hit Western oil companies (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST

AP - An American security firm says hackers working from China have broken into computers of oil companies in the United States, Taiwan and other countries.

Nobel laureates demand Indian activist's release (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:52 AM PST

AP - An Indian court refused bail Thursday for a human rights activist who was sentenced to life in prison on charges of aiding communist rebels, despite an appeal for his freedom from 40 Nobel laureates.

China rejects foreign role in solving Egypt crisis (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:35 AM PST

AP - China is expressing concern over Egypt's ongoing political crisis but says it opposes attempts by outsiders to mediate between the parties.

Secret video released of detained Chinese lawyer (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:55 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo released by his supporters, blind activist Chen Guangcheng sits in a village in China. For months, reporters and supporters of the activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng have made the journey to his rural village in eastern China to see him after his release from prison, only to be turned away by officials or stick-waving thugs. In a country where even the wife of last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is shut away under house arrest, Chen's disappearance was one of the more extreme. (AP Photo/Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, File)AP - Reporters and supporters who have traveled to activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng's rural village in eastern China to see him after his release from prison last fall have been turned away by officials or stick-waving thugs. In a country where even the wife of last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is shut away at her home, Chen's house arrest is one of the more extreme.
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