Monday, May 30, 2011

Sri Lanka police say they shot at unruly protest (AP)

Sri Lanka police say they shot at unruly protest (AP)

Sri Lanka police say they shot at unruly protest (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:24 AM PDT

AP - Sri Lankan police shot and tear gassed an unruly labor protest on Monday, and more than 200 workers and police were wounded in the clashes, officials said.

Two new tablets unveiled ahead of top Asia IT fair (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:17 AM PDT

A ViewSonic staff, a US visual technology company, displays a seven-inch tablet called HoneyComb during a press conference in Taipei, on the eve of Asia's biggest IT trade fair Computex.(AFP/Patrick Lin)AFP - Two electronic firms unveiled new tablet computers in Taipei Monday, on the eve of Asia's biggest IT trade fair, as they try to get a slice of a lucrative market dominated by Apple's iPad.

S. Korea to survey former US bases for chemicals (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT

An official from Agent Orange victims' Association of Da Nang in 2009, looks at the area believed to be contaminated with dioxin during the Vietnam War inside the former US airbase in Da Nang. South Korea said Monday it would conduct an environmental survey of dozens of former US military bases amid concerns over the alleged burial of a highly toxic defoliant used in the Vietnam War.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - South Korea said Monday it would conduct an environmental survey of dozens of former US military bases amid concerns over the alleged burial of a highly toxic defoliant used in the Vietnam War.

Pakistan win second ODI against Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Pakistan's bowler Mohammad Hafeez lunges to catch Ireland's Paul Striling's hit during the second one-day international cricket match against Ireland at the Stormont Cricket grounds in Belfast. Pakistan beat Ireland by five wickets in the second one-day international at Stormont here on Monday to take the two-match series 2-0.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Pakistan beat Ireland by five wickets in the second one-day international at Stormont here on Monday to take the two-match series 2-0.

Australia PM ramps up carbon tax campaign (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:48 AM PDT

This frame grab from a video provided by Say Yes Australia shows Australian actress Cate Blanchett taking part in an advertising campaign supporting a carbon tax. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard defended Hollywood A-lister Cate Blanchett's decision to speak out on the issue as part of a union and greens group funded television advert urging Australians to AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday intensified her campaign for a carbon tax as more prominent citizens joined actor Cate Blanchett in backing her proposal.

Azarenka, Li poised for French Open quarter-final clash (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:34 AM PDT

China's Na Li hits a return to Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova during their Women's fourth round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Li won 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Chinese sixth seed Li Na set up a French Open quarter-final showdown on Monday, with both women bidding to reach the semi-finals for the first time.

England win first Test against Sri Lanka (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT

England's Chris Tremlett (C) celebrates taking the wicket of Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka (R) for 15 runs during Day 5 of the 1st Test cricket match at Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. England won the first Test against Sri Lanka by an innings and 14 runs at Sophia Gardens here on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Chris Tremlett inspired England to a sensational victory as they defied the elements to beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 14 runs in the first Test at Sophia Gardens here on Monday.

Suicide blasts in normally calm Afghan city kill 5 (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:22 AM PDT

An Italian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is helped by a colleague after a suicide attack outside the gates of an Italian military base, after a suicide attack in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 30, 2011. A suicide attacker blew up an explosives-packed car Monday at the gates of an Italian military base in western Afghanistan, killing several people, officials said. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed car at the gates of an Italian military base Monday in one of two attacks on the relatively secure western city of Herat, killing at least five Afghans in a major commercial center slated to be handed over by NATO to Afghan control in July.

Cambodia launches legal fight in UN's highest court (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT

L-R: Sir Franklin Berman, Var Kimhong, Minister of State and Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, sit in on the case in The Hague. Cambodia launched a bitter legal battle before the UN's highest court, asking it to order an immediate Thai troop withdrawal around an ancient temple that saw clashes this year.(AFP/ANP/Valerie Kuypers)AFP - Cambodia on Monday launched a bitter legal battle before the UN's highest court, asking it to order an immediate Thai troop withdrawal around an ancient temple that saw clashes this year.

Cambodia-Thailand border dispute at UN court (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong is seen at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, May 30, 2011. Thailand and Cambodia will face off at the United Nations' highest court Monday, in the latest move to settle a decades-old battle for control of a disputed border region that has erupted into deadly military clashes. Cambodia is asking the court to order Thailand to withdraw troops and halt military activity around a temple at the center of the dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)AP - Thailand and Cambodia traded barbs Monday at the United Nations' highest court, accusing each other of launching illegal cross-border attacks around a historic temple in a disputed border region.

Pakistan detains ex-navy personnel after raid (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:58 AM PDT

A Pakistani vendor waits for customer next to fish jars at a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistani intelligence agents have begun rounding up dismissed navy personnel over suspicions that militants who carried out a daring attack on a naval base last week had inside knowledge, security officials said Monday.

Protests break calm in China's Inner Mongolia area (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:44 AM PDT

In this May 27, 2011, photo released by Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, Mongolian Chinese paramilitary police officers scuffle with protesters in Shuluun Huh county of northern China's Inner Mongolia province. Authorities poured more police into the streets and slowed Internet service in several parts of China's Inner Mongolia on Monday, May 30, following days of protests believed to be the largest in the region in 20 years. (AP Photo/Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Calls for justice by Mongols in the resource-rich, prosperous borderland of northern China have shattered the calm there to which Chinese leaders have grown accustomed.

2 workers may have exceeded Japan radiation limit (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:46 AM PDT

Pools of water, where once there was a city street, fill a devastated neighborhood in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, in northeastern Japan, Monday, May 30, 2011 which was destroyed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Two workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant might have exceeded a radiation exposure limit amid concerns about the risks the workers face struggling to contain the crisis.

India, Pakistan discuss their glacier battlefield (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:51 AM PDT

AP - India and Pakistan worked to reduce tensions in the world's highest battlefield Monday, as their defense secretaries discussed ways to demilitarize the Siachen Glacier.

Philippines detains 122 Vietnamese fishermen (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:44 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in the Philippines say 122 Vietnamese fishermen are being held after seven boats were intercepted in Philippine waters.

Suu Kyi plans tour of Myanmar countryside in June (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:33 AM PDT

AP - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Monday she plans to tour the country next month in her first trip into the provinces since a 2003 political tour ended in her lengthy house arrest.

US medics brave fire to save lives in Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:30 AM PDT

In this picture taken Sunday, May 8, 2011, US Marine Staff Sgt. Tony Palomo of Louisiana is flown to hospital on a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift 'Dust Off', Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Forward Operating Base Edi, after being injured in an IED blast in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - U.S. Army medic Sgt. Jaime Adame hauled open the door and lunged from the helicopter into a cloud of dirt and confusion.

Afghan central bank denies fault in banking crisis (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:35 AM PDT

AP - The head of Afghanistan's central bank says he and others there are not at fault for the collapse of the nation's largest private bank after it made hundreds of millions of dollars in questionable loans.

NKorea threatens to cut off hotline with SKorea (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:26 AM PDT

Elderly people take a rest under the planes used the Korean War at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 30, 2011. North Korea is threatening to cut off a military communication channel with South Korea and to stop engaging with its southern rival. North Korea's powerful National Military Commission also said Monday, May 30, that South Korea is escalating a confrontation with the North. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea threatened Monday to cut off a military communication channel with South Korea and to stop talking with its southern rival, an apparent reversal of its recent push for dialogue.

Vietnam bans police from wearing shades, smoking (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:22 AM PDT

AP - Vietnam has banned police from wearing dark sunglasses, smoking, drinking alcohol and making personal calls on mobile phones while on duty after a widely viewed undercover video sparked outrage.
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