Saturday, April 23, 2011

Wayward Pakistan allow Windies to make 221 (AFP)

Wayward Pakistan allow Windies to make 221 (AFP)

Wayward Pakistan allow Windies to make 221 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:58 AM PDT

West Indies batsman Dwayne Bravo plays a shot during their first ODI against Pakistan at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia. Wayward bowling in the closing overs left Pakistan to chase 222 for victory in the first one-day international against West Indies(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Wayward bowling in the closing overs left Pakistan to chase 222 for victory in the first one-day international against West Indies on Saturday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

Pakistani rape victim fears silence after acquittal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:51 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistani woman who was gang-raped and became a human rights campaigner says she worries other women will not speak out after Pakistan's highest court upheld her alleged attackers' acquittals.

Hong Kong upset Kazakhstan in Five Nations (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Keith Robertson (R) of Hong Kong is pictured in action in 2010. Hong Kong recorded a surprise win away to Kazakhstan in the Asian Five Nations rugby tournament on Saturday, while newly-promoted Sri Lanka fought to a draw against the United Arab Emirates.(AFP/File/ED Jones)AFP - Hong Kong recorded a surprise win away to Kazakhstan in the Asian Five Nations rugby tournament on Saturday, while newly-promoted Sri Lanka fought to a draw against the United Arab Emirates.

Afghan insurgents shoot down NATO chopper; 1 dead (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:13 AM PDT

An Afghan police official investigates a damaged vehicle at the site of an explosion in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 21, 2011. At least three policemen were killed and six others injured in a bomb explosion, police officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Insurgents shot down a NATO helicopter Saturday in a mountainous area of eastern Afghanistan where fighting has intensified, and one foreign service member was killed, the alliance said.

Thai-Cambodian border fighting leaves 10 dead (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Cambodian soldiers prepare a BM21 rocket launcher near the Thai-Cambodia border in Oddar Meanchey province, some 450 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh. Heavy fighting erupted again Saturday on the Thai-Cambodia border, leaving 10 soldiers dead in two days -- the worst bloodshed since a UN appeal in February for a permanent ceasefire.(AFP)AFP - Fierce clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border have left 10 dead and forced thousands to flee the worst bloodshed since a UN ceasefire appeal in February, officials said Saturday.

Pakistan army: We have broken terrorists' backbone (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Pakistani protesters burn a representation of the U. S. flag during a rally to condemn U. S. drone attacks in Pakistani territory on Friday, April 22, 2011 in Multan, Pakistan. Dozens of people gathered to condemn U. S. drone strikes in Pakistani tribal areas along the Afghanistan border where al-Qaida and Taliban militants are hiding. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Pakistan's army chief said Saturday that his forces have broken the "backbone" of Islamist militants in the country in an apparent attempt to counter American criticism over the country's campaign against extremism.

China moves to defuse Shanghai trucker protests (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in China's commercial hub of Shanghai say they are easing fees that sparked trucker protests and disrupted the flow of goods through the country's busiest port.

NATO supplies halted ahead of Pakistan protest (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:59 AM PDT

A Pakistani driver looks at the wreckage of a burnt out NATO supply truck after an attack on the outskirts of Peshawar in 2009. Pakistan suspended delivery of supplies Saturday to NATO troops in Afghanistan via its land border for three days as campaigners began a sit-in on the supply route over US drone attacks.(AFP/File/Hasham Ahmed)AFP - Pakistan suspended delivery of supplies Saturday to NATO troops in Afghanistan via its land border for three days as campaigners began a sit-in on the supply route over US drone attacks.

Pakistan has 'broken back' of militants: army chief (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Pakistan's Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani, pictured on April 18, said Saturday his forces had AFP - Pakistan's army chief said Saturday his forces had "broken the back" of Islamist militants after the United States criticised the country's efforts to quell Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked rebels.

Report: Myanmar set to ink int'l energy contracts (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:56 AM PDT

AP - Myanmar's state oil firm is set to sign contracts with companies from China, Singapore and South Korea for oil and gas exploration, state media reported Saturday.

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Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:26 AM PDT

AP - Police say suicide attack kills 5 in Pakistani region near Afghan border.

Towns altered in shadow of Japan nuclear disaster (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:54 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, part of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant overlooks a graveyard and farmland in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Having survived the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, most of Futaba was intact, but thousands had to evacuate the city in the wake of the radiation warnings from the neighboring Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear power station. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)AP - Under a brilliant, cloudless sky, a half-dozen cows and a pony wander freely, batting the flies off their ears and chewing on fresh green sprouts. A pair of friendly Shiba dogs — cautious for just a moment — trot up and wag their tails, expectantly awaiting scraps of food. At the entrance to Main Street is a sign with the town's motto: "Nuclear Power is the Energy of a Bright Tomorrow."

Cambodia claims Thai used chemical weapon in clash (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:56 AM PDT

Local Thai villagers guard their village in Kab Cherng district in Surin province, northeastern Thailand Saturday, April 23, 2011. Thai and Cambodian troops fired shells and small arms across the countries' border Saturday, killing at least 10 soldiers in a two-day clash. (AP Photo) THAILAND OUTAP - Thailand strongly rejected accusations it used chemical weapons against Cambodian troops in fighting that extended into a second day Saturday and has killed 10 soldiers and forced thousands of civilians from their homes.

Careful search for mementos slows Japan rebuilding (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:33 AM PDT

The members of a family searches for their belongings left after tsunami washed away their home in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, April 23, 2011. It was their second visit to the site after the March 11 earthquake but they left there without finding anything. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)AP - Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed.

Aust. PM: Tsunami zone is scene of great sorrow (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:26 AM PDT

A Japanese couple cooks a meal among the rubble of a house in the area devastated by March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Saturday, April 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - The first foreign leader to tour Japan's tsunami-ravaged coast, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed shock and sorrow at the devastation and visited evacuees at a shelter Saturday, giving toy koalas and kangaroos to excited children.

Hopes fade for 21 buried in Philippine landslide (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 05:41 AM PDT

Rescuers search for victims of landslide at a mining camp of Pantukan, Compostela Valley on Mindanao region in southern Philippines, Saturday April 23, 2011. Filipino rescuers who dug by hand to save people buried by a landslide were losing hope of finding 21 still missing in the disaster that killed at least three people in a remote gold mining village, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Jeoffrey Maitem)AP - Filipino rescuers who dug by hand to save people buried by a landslide were losing hope of finding 21 still missing in the disaster that killed at least three people in a remote gold mining village, officials said Saturday.

Beijing's Confucius statue mysteriously removed (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT

In this Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of a sculpture of the ancient philosopher Confucius on displayed in near the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China's capital. The mysterious removal of the statue on Saturday, April 23, 2011 has left many Chinese looking for an explanation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - The mysterious removal of a statue of Confucius opposite Beijing's Tiananmen Square sparked an online flurry of speculation Saturday by Chinese looking for an explanation. One report says the monument was simply moved inside a nearby museum.

20th arrest in Indonesian bomb plots is journalist (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:15 AM PDT

AP - A TV news cameraman arrested in Indonesian bomb plots had been recruited to film and broadcast the group's terrorist acts, including a foiled Good Friday church attack, police said Saturday.

Powerful earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:06 AM PDT

AP - A powerful earthquake struck in waters off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami was expected.

Activists: Clash kills 2 outside Tibetan monastery (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:54 PM PDT

AP - Two people have died in a clash with Chinese police raiding a Tibetan Buddhist monastery where tensions have run high over the recent suicide of a monk, an activist group said Saturday.
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