Saturday, May 28, 2011

Suicide bomber attacks Afghan governor's compound (AP)

Suicide bomber attacks Afghan governor's compound (AP)

Suicide bomber attacks Afghan governor's compound (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:53 AM PDT

An Afghan policemen stands guard as an aerial view of Kabul city is seen from atop a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up during a meeting at a provincial governor's compound Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing six people, including two German soldiers, and wounding the top German commander in the country, officials said.

Typhoon approaches Japan, may threaten nuclear plant (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:34 AM PDT

Fish workers ride past the Nanfangauo fishing harbor in Ilan county as typhoon Songda approaches eastern Taiwan on May 27. Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is not fully prepared to deal with violent storms, officials admitted Saturday, as the country braced for Typhoon Songda to hit.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is not fully prepared to deal with violent storms, officials admitted Saturday, as the country braced for Typhoon Songda to hit.

US detainee freed by N. Korea arrives in Seoul (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:32 AM PDT

This handout picture, taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 24, shows delegation of the US Department of State, led by Robert King (2nd R), special envoy for Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues, arriving at the Pyongyang airport. The delegation left N.Korea on Saturday.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File/Kns)AFP - An American citizen released after six months' detention in North Korea arrived in Seoul Saturday after he left the communist state with a US delegation, South Korean news media said.

Sharapova restores order at shock-hit French Open (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Russia's Maria Sharapova serves to Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan during their Women's third round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Sharapova comfortably reached the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3 win.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Maria Sharapova helped restore order at the French Open on Saturday after Roland Garros had been shellshocked by the loss of its top two seeds before the fourth round stage, a 40-year low point for Paris.

Culture clash complicates China's Brazil push (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Asian descendants work in a Chinese store in Liberdade neighborhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday May 23, 2011. Chinese companies' direct investment in Brazil jumped to $17 billion last year, nearly 60 times the investment the previous year, according to SOBEET, a Brazilian economic think tank. At the same time, more Chinese companies are hiring local workers rather than following their old practices of bringing in Chinese laborers. That new reality has meant frequent contact between two cultures that hold vastly different expectations about the role of workers, government regulations and unions. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Stocking shelves in a Chinese grocery store, Thiago warned that he didn't want to be caught chatting during working hours. Within seconds, however, the Brazilian unleashed a pent-up flood of complaints about the owners, who lingered just beyond hearing distance.

Denmark, China power into Sudirman final (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Tine Baun of Denmark celebrates after winning over Adriyanti Firdasari during the semi-finals of the 2011 Sudirman Cup world mixed team championships in Qingdao, the coast city in Shandong province. Tine won 21-13, 21-13 and the Danish team won 3-1.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Denmark downed plucky Indonesia 3-1 on Saturday to reach the Sudirman Cup final, where they face holders and firm favourites China after they brushed aside South Korea by the same scoreline.

Nepal's leaders battle to avert fresh crisis (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 09:53 AM PDT

A Nepalese resident with his face painted that reads AFP - Thousands of people gathered outside Nepal's parliament on Saturday to press lawmakers to extend the term of the assembly and avert a looming constitutional crisis in the troubled Himalayan nation.

Rich nations don't want to give up IMF power: India (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seen here in April 2011, said there appeared little hope that an emerging nation candidate would be chosen to head up the International Monetary Fund in the current contest.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - India's prime minister Saturday said there appeared little hope that an emerging nation candidate would be chosen to head up the International Monetary Fund in the current contest.

Vijay, Hussey power Chennai to big total (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 09:47 AM PDT

Chennai Super Kings batsman Murali Vijay raises his bat to the crowd as he walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal during the IPL Twenty20 cricket final match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at The M.A.Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Vijay carted 95 off just 52 balls to help Chennai Super Kings pile up an imposing 205-5.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Murali Vijay carted 95 off just 52 balls to help Chennai Super Kings pile up an imposing 205-5 in the Indian Premier League final against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday.

China reprimands Vietnam over offshore oil exploration (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Reuters - China criticized Vietnam on Saturday for its offshore exploration of oil and gas in the contested South China Sea after Hanoi complained that three Chinese patrol boats had challenged a Vietnamese ship.

Suicide bomber kills 8 tribesmen in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 07:31 AM PDT

Supporters of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami attend an anti-American rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, May 27, 2011. Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that relations between the United States and Pakistan had reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden and Islamabad must take 'decisive steps' in the days ahead to fight terrorism. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A suicide bomber targeted pro-government tribal elders in Pakistan's northwestern frontier Saturday, killing eight men, officials said, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a visit here implored Pakistanis to take decisive steps to fight terrorism.

Japan train operator comes under fire in accident (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:38 AM PDT

Smoke comes out of a tunnel where Japan Railway's express train made an emergency stop in Shimukappu village, northern Japan, Saturday, May 28, 2011. The operator of the train that derailed and caught fire Friday night in northern Japan came under criticism Saturday for acting too slowly to evacuate the passengers. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - The operator of a train that derailed and caught fire in northern Japan came under criticism Saturday for acting too slowly to evacuate the passengers.

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Posted: 28 May 2011 05:59 AM PDT

AP - Police: suicide bomber attacks a governor's house in northern Afghanistan, casualties reported.

NKorea freed American without aid promise, US says (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 04:24 AM PDT

Robert King, left, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and U.S. citizen Eddie Jun, right, prepare to leave Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday May 28, 2011. The American held by North Korea for a half year reportedly for proselytizing is returning to the United States, brought out by the U.S. envoy who negotiated his release. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - North Korea freed an American it held for a half year for reportedly proselytizing, handing him Saturday to a U.S. envoy who said Washington had not promised to provide aid in exchange for the man's release.

China police seal off restive Inner Mongolia towns (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:44 AM PDT

AP - Police sealed off parts of two county seats in China's Inner Mongolia for a second day Saturday in what residents described as a kind of martial law after protests triggered by the death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver.

Blast at bus company kills 1 in central China (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 12:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a damaged vehicle sits at the site of an explosion near the Linchuan district government building in Fuzhou city, east China's Jiangxi Province. Hours after homemade bombs blasted government buildings, some Chinese were quick to glorify the disgruntled bomb-setter — a sign of the bitterness many feel toward the government for chasing growth while neglecting justice. Hundreds of admiring — and some mournful — messages were posted Friday on the blog of Qian Mingqi, a 52-year-old jobless man who authorities say killed himself and two other people when he set off three bombs Thursday in Fuzhou city. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Ke, File) NO SALESAP - An explosion at a bus company killed an employee and injured at least two others in central China on Saturday, state media reported, days after a bombing spree in another city rattled the country.

Afghan army salary theft shows fraud widespread (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 11:39 PM PDT

In this photo of April. 26, 2011, an Afghan man testifies during a trial of three Afghan army finance officers,unseen, the accused were charged with stealing others' salaries, at the court in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province north of Kabul, Afghanistan.The theft only took a few keystrokes. They changed a couple numbers on a spreadsheet and suddenly a soldier's monthly salary was dumped into someone else's bank account. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)(AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)AP - The theft took just a few keystrokes — a couple of numbers changed on a spreadsheet and suddenly one soldier's salary was dumped into another's bank account.
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