Wednesday, May 25, 2011

NATO pushes Taliban back in east Afghan district (AP)

NATO pushes Taliban back in east Afghan district (AP)

NATO pushes Taliban back in east Afghan district (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:23 AM PDT

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, right, addresses a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, unseen, as an Afghan Presidential bodyguard holds the NATO flag, left, at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists in Kabul that the 'transition is on track' for the hand over of seven of Afghanistan's 34 provinces in July. Both Fogh Rasmussen and Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgent fighters to lay down their weapons and embrace an ongoing peace process. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - Airborne NATO and Afghan soldiers expelled Taliban fighters Wednesday from a government building they occupied in a remote eastern district and forced them to flee to surrounding mountains, a local official said, the latest fighting in a region bordering Pakistan's lawless tribal area.

Japanese PM pledges 10 mn solar-powered homes (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Japanese Prime minister Naoto Kan delivers a speech during the OECD 50th anniversary forum at the OECD headquarters in Paris. Japan will have ten million solar-powered homes by 2020, Kan pledged Wednesday as the country makes a major push towards renewable energy following its nuclear crisis.(AFP/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - Japan will have ten million solar-powered homes, Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Wednesday, as the country makes a major push in coming years towards renewable energy following its nuclear crisis.

Cairn India reports record quarterly profit (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Cairn India, long coveted by British resource giant Vedanta, reported on Wednesday a 10-fold leap in quarterly profit thanks to a surge in crude oil prices and production.(Cairn Energy)AFP - Cairn India, long coveted by British resource giant Vedanta, reported on Wednesday a 10-fold leap in quarterly profit thanks to a surge in crude oil prices and production.

Dilshan won't go back to Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Captain of Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan addresses the media during a training session at Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Dilshan said Wednesday he would not play cricket in Pakistan again after an invitation for his side to return to the troubled nation, two years after they were attacked there, was rejected.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said Wednesday he would not play cricket in Pakistan again after an invitation for his side to return to the troubled nation, two years after they were attacked there, was rejected.

I got tactics wrong, says defeated Nishikori (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Japan's Kei Nishikori hits a return to Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky during their Men's second round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Nishikori saw his French Open campaign ended by Stakhovsky on Wednesday and admitted he got his tactics all wrong.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Japan's Kei Nishikori saw his French Open campaign ended by Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky on Wednesday and admitted he got his tactics all wrong.

Pakistan seizes $44 million worth of heroin (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Pakistani Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) officers show piles of heroin and hashish in Karachi in 2004. Pakistan said Wednesday it had seized its largest ever heroin haul, impounding 375 kilograms (825 pounds) of the narcotic worth an estimated $44 million on the international market.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Pakistan said Wednesday it had seized its largest ever heroin haul, impounding 375 kilograms (825 pounds) of the narcotic worth an estimated $44 million on the international market.

South Korea outlast Denmark in badminton epic (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Jung Jae Sung (L) of South Korea returns a shot with his partner Lee Yong Dae (R) against Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark during the Group 1D match of the 2011 Sudirman Cup world mixed team championships in Qingdao, the coast city in Shandong province. The South Koreans won 25-23, 16-21, 21-14.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - South Korea overpowered Denmark in a thrilling late-night encounter Wednesday to emerge as the biggest threat to reigning champions China at the Sudirman Cup.

Dalai Lama rejects ceremonial role (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:02 AM PDT

The Dalai Lama (C) arrives to address the exiled Tibetan delegates who have been discussing ways to transfer his powers and responsibitities to the elected leadership in Dharamsala. The Dalai Lama has rejected an offer to become the AFP - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has rejected an offer to become the "symbolic" head of state, a Tibetan official said Wednesday.

Troops reclaim Afghan district, 28 rebels dead (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 09:35 AM PDT

A map locating the province of Nuristan. Coalition and Afghan troops on Wednesday retook control of a remote Afghan district in the northeast after fierce fighting that left 28 Taliban rebels dead, officials said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Coalition and Afghan troops on Wednesday retook control of a remote Afghan district in the northeast after fierce fighting that left 28 Taliban rebels dead, officials said.

Philippines on alert as Songda turns into typhoon (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Gener Quitlong, a Philippine weather forecaster, points to a satellite image showing the position of Songda during a media briefing at the weather bureau's office in Manila. A fierce storm approaching the Philippines intensified into a typhoon on Wednesday, the government said, warning it would unleash heavy rains across the main island of Luzon.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)AFP - A fierce storm approaching the Philippines intensified into a typhoon on Wednesday, the government said, warning it would unleash heavy rains across the main island of Luzon.

Philippines braces for typhoon, evacuation ordered (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:27 AM PDT

AP - Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of residents in areas prone to floods and landslides Wednesday as Typhoon Songda roared toward the country's northeast.

IAEA probing nuclear accident in Japan (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:48 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear safety review mission team leader Michael Weightman of Britain, left, and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto take their seats for a meeting at Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The major international mission to investigate Japan's flooded, radiation-leaking Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex opened Tuesday as new information emerged on just how serious the crisis was in the early days after the March 11 tsunami. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - The head of a United Nations nuclear fact-finding mission says he has no concerns about working with the Japanese government as his team investigates what happened at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant.

North Korea's Kim in Beijing, likely to meet Hu (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:48 AM PDT

A stretch limousine believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il drives ahead of a convoy of cars traveling towards the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Kim reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence the economic powerhouse has with the isolated regime struggling to feed its people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il's secrecy-shrouded tour of China came to the capital Wednesday for a likely summit with President Hu Jintao as the North appeals for food aid and Beijing presses its communist ally to reform its ailing economy.

Dalai Lama turns down ceremonial role (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:24 AM PDT

The Dalai Lama arrives at the Tsuglakhang temple to meet with officials of the Tibetan government-in-exile and delegates of a special meeting in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Tibetan exiles in India planned Tuesday to urge the Dalai Lama to stay on as the ceremonial head of state of their government-in-exile even though he has turned political authority over to an elected leader. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - The Dalai Lama on Wednesday turned down pleas from the Tibetan community to accept a ceremonial role in the Tibetan government-in-exile after giving up his position as political leader.

Kim visit highlights China ties to shunned regimes (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:16 AM PDT

A Chinese police man gestures for journalists to leave the area outside the entrance to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be staying in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Kim reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence the economic powerhouse has with the isolated regime struggling to feed its people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Visits to Beijing this week by top officials from North Korea, Myanmar, and Iran are spotlighting China's cozy ties with nations widely shunned for human rights abuses and threatening behavior.

US cable: Pakistani officers get anti-US lessons (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:22 AM PDT

AP - Instructors at a prestigious Pakistani defense institution are giving anti-American lessons to senior officers attending courses, according to a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable, a revelation that suggests a deep bias against Washington at the highest levels of the military.

Suicide bomber kills 6 at Pakistan police building (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:01 AM PDT

One of Pakistani men reacts as they walk out of a police building after it was attacked by a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden pickup truck in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. A suicide bomber leveled a police building in Pakistan's northwest, killing five police officers and wounding at least 30 people in the latest round of bloodshed to rattle the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden pickup truck leveled a police building in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six people and wounding 30 in the latest attack to rattle the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Bomb items found after threat to Indonesia flights (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:56 AM PDT

Members of Indonesian navy force remove a suspicious package found at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Officials say bomb-making materials were found in an airport lounge after a threat was made against flights in Indonesia. (AP Photo)AP - Officials say bomb-making materials were found in an airport lounge after a threat was made against flights in Indonesia.

China's rich help private jet market take flight (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 03:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, visitors tour the Bombardier Global Express XRS corporate jet during the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong. China's soaring economy is creating a class of wealthy entrepreneurs who have plenty of money to spend on one of the ultimate symbols of success: the executive jet. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China's private jet market is cleared for take-off.

India's political prince battles criticism (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 29, 2004 file photo, Congress party candidate Rahul Gandhi holds hands of an elderly woman in Musafirkhana area of Amethi constituency, India. Rahul Gandhi, the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Indian prime ministers, has spent years positioning himself to seize what is almost seen as his birthright and take charge of the country should his Congress party win the next election. But a series of electoral setbacks, an embarrassing Wikileaks document and his accusation, without proof, that police killed and raped protesting farmers in an opposition-led state in May, 2011, has left some questioning whether Gandhi has the skill, experience and discipline to lead India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)AP - The golden boy of Indian politics may be losing some of his sheen.
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