Thursday, May 26, 2011

Suicide truck bomb kills at least 26 in Pakistan (AP)

Suicide truck bomb kills at least 26 in Pakistan (AP)

Suicide truck bomb kills at least 26 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Pakistani security personnel gather at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in the town of Hangu. A Taliban suicide car bomb struck Pakistani police on Thursday for a second day, killing 32 people as the militia vowed no reprieve in their quest to avenge the US killing of Osama bin Laden.(AFP)AP - A suicide bomber in a pickup truck detonated his explosives near several government offices in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 26 people, in the latest violence to hit the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

US official: CIA to get access to bin Laden house (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 11:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2011 file photo, taken by a local resident, shows the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where according to officials, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Secret until now, stealth helicopters may have been the key to the success of the Osama bin Laden raid. But the so far unexplained crash of one of the modified Black Hawks at the scene apparently compromised at least some of the aircraft's secrets. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair, File)AP - A U.S. official says Pakistan has agreed to give the CIA access to the compound where Osama bin Laden lived before his killing in a May 2 raid by Navy SEALs.

Tata Motors reports booming profit (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:52 AM PDT

A television camerman films the Tata Motors 'Magic IRIS' during the model's launch in Mumbai in May last year. India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors on Thursday reported a nearly fourfold increase in annual profit, boosted by booming sales and strong demand for British brands Jaguar and Land Rover.(AFP/File/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors on Thursday reported a nearly fourfold increase in annual profit, boosted by booming sales and strong demand for British brands Jaguar and Land Rover.

Suicide car bomb kills 32 in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Pakistani security personnel and local residents search for blast victims through the rubble of a destroyed building following a suicide car bomb attack in the town of Hangu. A Taliban suicide car bomb struck Pakistani police on Thursday for a second day, killing 32 people as the militia vowed no reprieve in their quest to avenge the US killing of Osama bin Laden.(AFP)AFP - A Taliban suicide car bomb struck Pakistani police on Thursday for a second day, killing 32 people as the militia vowed no reprieve in their quest to avenge the US killing of Osama bin Laden.

Activists refuse to send Gaza aid via Israel (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT

A handout photo taken on May 11, 2011 and released on May 16, 2011 by the Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) shows activists and crew onboard the MV Finch in the Greek port of Piraeus leaving for Gaza. Activists on the Malaysian aid ship that had been bound for Gaza refused to hand their cargo to Egypt on Thursday, saying they feared it would end up in Israel.(AFP/Perdana Global Peace Foundation)AFP - Activists on a Malaysian aid ship that had been bound for Gaza refused to hand their cargo to Egypt on Thursday, saying they feared it would end up in Israel.

8 NATO service members die in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Helicopters carrying U.S. Army soldiers from the 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, take off from Combat Outpost Terra Nova as the soldiers head home following a 10-month deployment in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar April 23, 2011. REUTERS/Bob StrongAP - Eight NATO service members were killed Thursday in Afghanistan, including seven who died when a powerful bomb exploded in a field where they were patrolling on foot, the international military coalition and Afghan police said.

Roadside bomb kills seven NATO troops in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Seven members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the coalition said, the worst single incident involving foreign troops in a month.

NATO 2014 Afghan pullout premature: Russian envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Reuters - NATO's plans to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and transfer security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 are premature, a Russian envoy said on Thursday.

Seven NATO troops killed in Afghan blasts (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) om patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand province. Seven soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - Seven soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said.

Locke vows to raise rights concerns with China (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:24 AM PDT

Gary Locke, the nominee to be the next US ambassador to China, pictured here in March 2011, promised Thursday he would be a AFP - Gary Locke, the nominee to be the next US ambassador to China, promised Thursday he would be a forceful advocate for human rights while seeking broad cooperation with Beijing.

Major attacks in Pakistan since bin Laden's death (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:32 AM PDT

AP - Major attacks in Pakistan since the May 2 U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden:

(AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:41 AM PDT

AP - NATO says 7 international troops have been killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan.

India, US pledge to boost intelligence cooperation (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:36 AM PDT

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao after a meeting at the foreign ministry office in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with top Indian officials on Thursday as part of a security dialogue to increase cooperation in counterterrorism, intelligence sharing and cybersecurity between the two countries.

Explosions in south China city kill 2, wound more (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:10 AM PDT

In this 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 Thursday, May 26, 2011. Explosions, some from car bombs, occurred within a half-hour outside three government buildings in the south China city Thursday, killing two people, officials said. A car exploded outside the prosecutor's office in Fuzhou city around 9:15 a.m., then 10 minutes later an explosion went off at the building and 15 minutes later another car exploded outside a drug administration office. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Ke) NO SALESAP - Homemade bombs exploded at three government buildings in a south China city within a half hour Thursday, killing two and wounding at least six others in what state media said was a revenge attack by a middle-aged jobless man.

Japanese from nuke town make brief visit to homes (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:20 AM PDT

Residents pray in front of a makeshift incense stand in Namie, northeastern Japan, Thursday, May 26, 2011. Evacuees returned the area their houses used to stand before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, inside the 20-kilometer (12-mile) exclusive zone around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Donning white protective suits, neighbors of Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant returned home Thursday for the first time since March when the crisis began. But they barely had time to fill garbage bags with belongings and pray at a makeshift shrine before they had to leave.

Political turmoil looms over Nepal's peaks (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:55 AM PDT

AP - Amongst Nepal's Himalayan peaks and glacier-fed rivers is a capital with only a few hours a week of running water. The country had no prime minister much of the past year, and risks having no government at all by the weekend.

HK police charge Nina Wang feng shui master (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT

AP - Hong Kong police lodged forgery charges on Thursday against a feng shui master who tried to inherit the multibillion-dollar fortune of late developer Nina Wang, news reports said.

World stocks rebound following Wall Street rally (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:14 AM PDT

CEO Abe Reichental of 3D Systems Corporation rings The Opening BellSM at the New York Stock Exchange on May 26, 2011. (Ben Hider/NYSE Euronext)AP - World stocks were mostly higher Thursday as higher oil prices revived investor interest in commodity companies and corporate announcements in Japan helped investors shake off worries over the European debt crisis.

Oil at $101 amid weak dollar, mixed demand signs (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:32 AM PDT

Workers from Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA take part in a protest against U.S. sanctions against the company in Maracaibo May 25, 2011. Red-clad oil workers rallied in Venezuela on Wednesday to denounce AP - Oil prices hovered above $101 a barrel Thursday in Asia amid a weaker dollar and mixed signs about U.S. crude demand heading into the summer driving season.

Malaysia police detain 105 Indonesian migrants (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:02 AM PDT

AP - Malaysian marine police say they have detained 105 illegal immigrants from Indonesia who were trying to sneak out of the country on a boat.
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