Saturday, March 26, 2011

Victorie Pisa wins Dubai World Cup race for Japan (AFP)

Victorie Pisa wins Dubai World Cup race for Japan (AFP)

Victorie Pisa wins Dubai World Cup race for Japan (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:56 AM PDT

Horses compete in the Dubai Sheema Classic race during the Dubai World Cup 2011 at Meydan race track in the rich Gulf Emirate. Victoire Pisa led home a Japanese 1-2 in the world's richest race, the Dubai World Cup, here at the Meydan racecourse on Saturday with Transcend finishing second in an emotional victory coming in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck the country.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)AFP - Victoire Pisa led home a Japanese 1-2 in the world's richest race, the Dubai World Cup, here at the Meydan racecourse on Saturday with Transcend finishing second in an emotional victory coming in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck the country.

Sri Lanka beat England, reach cricket World Cup semis (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan raises his bat and helmet in celebration after scoring a century (100 runs) during the Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match between Sri Lanka and England at The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka crushed England by 10 wickets on Saturday to reach the World Cup semi-finals.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Sri Lanka ended England's gruelling five-month global odyssey with a comprehensive 10-wicket triumph on Saturday to set up a World Cup semi-final showdown against New Zealand.

Dilshan, Tharanga guide Sri Lanka to semi-final (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan raises his bat and helmet in celebration after scoring a century (100 runs) during the Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match between Sri Lanka and England at The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka crushed England by 10 wickets on Saturday to reach the World Cup semi-finals.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga hit brilliant hundreds to guide Sri Lanka to an emphatic 10-wicket win over England which eased them into the World Cup semi-finals on Saturday.

Australia's Meares claims maiden world sprint crown (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Australian Anne Meares celebrates as she crosses the finish line of the sprint final before Lithuanian Simona Krupeckaite during the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn. Meares dominated Krupeckaite 2-0 to claim her maiden sprint title at the world track cycling championships Saturday.(AFP/ANP/Vincent Jannick)AFP - Anna Meares of Australia dominated Lithuania's Simona Krupeckaite 2-0 to claim her maiden sprint title at the world track cycling championships Saturday.

Radiation spike in sea near Japan nuclear plant (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 09:03 AM PDT

Japan's Self-Defence Force officers in radiation protection suits hold a blue sheet over patients who were exposed high levels of radiation at the the Fukushima nuclear power plant as they are transferred to the Fukushima Medical University hospital, on March 25.(AFP/Jiji Press)AFP - Radiation levels have surged in seawater near a tsunami-stricken nuclear power station in Japan, officials said on Saturday, as engineers battled to stabilise the plant in hazardous conditions.

Disaster aid puts new face on US military in Japan (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:52 AM PDT

A Japanese auxiliary multipurpose support ship, the Hiuchi, pulls a U.S. ship loaded with fresh water that is to be used at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in waters in Tokyo Bay on Friday March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Just one year after tensions over U.S. military bases in Japan forced out a prime minister, a relief mission mounted by American soldiers after the earthquake and tsunami is showing a new and welcome face for troops the Japanese have hosted — sometimes grudgingly — for decades.

Seven Afghan civilians 'killed in NATO airstrike' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PDT

An Afghan returns home after meeting US Marines in Garmser, Helmand Province. Seven civilians were killed and five others wounded in a NATO airstrike targeting insurgents in restive southern Afghanistan, a local official has told AFP.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)AFP - Seven civilians, three of them children, were killed and five others wounded in a NATO airstrike targeting insurgents in restive southern Afghanistan, a local official said Saturday.

Japan's government criticizes nuke plant operator (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PDT

A Japanese mourner cries for a loved one during a mass funeral in Higashimatsushima, northeastern Japan Saturday, March 26, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - Japan's government revealed a series of missteps by the operator of a radiation-leaking nuclear plant on Saturday, including sending workers in without protective footwear in its faltering efforts to control a monumental crisis. The U.S. Navy, meanwhile, rushed to deliver fresh water to replace corrosive salt water now being used in a desperate bid to cool the plant's overheated reactors.

Survivors struggle in remote Myanmar quake areas (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:29 AM PDT

A picture shows large cracks running along a road a day after an earthquake struck Myanmar's northeastern city of Tachilek. Rescuers are battling to reach thousands of survivors in remote areas of Myanmar after an earthquake tore up roads and reduced hundreds of homes to rubble, leaving 75 people dead.(AFP/World Vision Myanmar)AFP - Survivors surveyed the wreckage of their Myanmar villages on Saturday as details of an earthquake that left 75 dead and reduced homes to rubble began to trickle out of remote areas.

Quake and blossoms: Japan's reminder of mortality (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2011 file photo, a wedding photo lies in the rubble in the devastated area in Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture. The cherry trees will soon blossom in Japan. Even in normal times, the flowers are a cause for rejoicing tinged with sadness, because they fall at the moment of their greatest beauty. They are the embodiment of a notion that is central to Japanese culture - 'hakanasa,' a hard-to-translate word that conveys the fragility, or evanescence, of life. In this time of national grieving, the cherry blossoms will bring home the awareness of hakanasa with a strange kind of force, one that doesn't strike but sinks into the soul like heat from a hot spring or fire from a sake bottle, bringing sorrow and solace in equal measure. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)AP - The cherry trees will soon blossom in Japan.

Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 7 civilians (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:45 AM PDT

Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, right, shakes hand with his German counterpart Thomas de Maiziere at the defense ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, March 26. 2011. Germany's Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere visited Afghanistan on Saturday, his first trip to the battleground since taking the job about three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A provincial governor in Afghanistan's dangerous south said Saturday that seven civilians were accidentally killed when a NATO helicopter fired on two vehicles believed to be carrying Taliban fighters.

Aviation official arrested in India license scam (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:25 AM PDT

AP - A government aviation official and three other people have been arrested in a widening investigation of corruption in awarding flying licenses to airline pilots, police said Saturday.

Pakistan to compensate victims of deadly US strike (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT

A devotee prays while standing in front of a bonfire at the shrine of Muslim saint Madhu Shah Lal Hussain in Lahore March 26, 2011. Hundreds of devotees are attending a three-day annual festival known as the festival of lamps to pay homage to the 16th century saint. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - The Pakistani government will compensate the families of 39 people killed in a recent American missile attack close to the Afghan border, an official said Saturday, one of first times authorities have announced such a move.

Fugitive senator back as Philippines drops warrant (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:04 AM PDT

AP - A Philippine senator who fled double murder charges more than a year ago returned to the country on Saturday after a court voided the arrest warrant against him, police said.

SKorea still divided over deadly warship sinking (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:17 AM PDT

An unidentified family member of one of the 46 deceased sailors from the sunken naval ship Cheonan cries in front of portraits of the dead South Korean sailors at an altar during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the sinking of South Korean naval ship Cheonan by the North Korea on March 26, 2010, which killed South Korean 46 sailors, at the National Cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea, Saturday, March 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - A year after an explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton Cheonan warship, killing 46 sailors and horrifying Seoul and its allies, the sinking still enrages and divides South Korea. It also may have taught North Korea a dangerous lesson.

Latest in Japan's quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:16 AM PDT

AP - U.S. naval barges loaded with fresh water sped toward Japan's overheated nuclear plant to help workers who are scrambling to stem a worrying rise in radioactivity and remove dangerously contaminated water from the facility.

Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:09 AM PDT

AP - • US RUSHES FRESH WATER TO HELP STRICKEN NUCLEAR PLANT.

Myanmar gems auction earns record $2.8 billion (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:44 PM PDT

AP - Myanmar has earned more than $2.8 billion from the sale of jade, gems and pearls at its annual gems auction, held this month in the capital, Naypyitaw.

China: Japan crisis won't deter its nuclear growth (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:09 PM PDT

AP - A top Chinese official says China has faith in the safety of its nuclear power technology and won't scrap plans to expand its domestic industry because of Japan's crisis.

American convicted in Hong Kong 'milkshake murder' (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:58 PM PDT

Nancy Kissel, an American woman accused of killing her husband, leaves the High Court by a prison van in Hong Kong Thursday, March 24, 2011. A Hong Kong jury is deliberating in the retrial of Kissel accused of murdering her wealthy husband after drugging his milkshake. (AP Photo)AP - An American who drugged her investment banker-husband with a milkshake and bludgeoned him to death more than seven years ago was convicted of murder at her second trial in a case that grabbed world attention with lurid details on the breakdown of a wealthy expatriate marriage in Hong Kong.
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