Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Brazil beat Australia in their women's World Cup opener (AFP)

Brazil beat Australia in their women's World Cup opener (AFP)

Brazil beat Australia in their women's World Cup opener (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Brazil's defender Rosana (R) scores the 1-0 goal during the group D football match of the FIFA women's football World Cup Brazil vs Australia at the Stadion im Borussen-Park in Moenchengladbach, western Germany. Brazil won 1-0.(AFP/Patrik Stollarz)AFP - Brazil's Samba Queens got their bid for a first women's World Cup title off to a winning start here on Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over Australia in their Group D opener.

AP, NKorea news agency plan AP bureau in Pyongyang (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT

AP - The Associated Press and the North Korean state news agency have signed a series of agreements, including one for the opening of a comprehensive AP news bureau in Pyongyang, the organizations announced Wednesday.

Myanmar warns Suu Kyi her tour could trigger riots (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:22 AM PDT

Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters at her National League for Democracy Party headquarters on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's state media warned the pro-democracy leader on Wednesday that her plans to travel outside Yangon to meet supporters could trigger riots. A commentary in the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper also drew attention to the status of her National League for Democracy, which was deregistered as a party last year by the government but still operates as a nationwide organization. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Myanmar's state media warned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday that her planned tour to meet supporters outside Yangon could trigger riots.

Key US Senate panel approves new Afghan chief (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 11:11 AM PDT

The US Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve US Marines Lieutenant General John Allen, pictured June 28, to be the new US commander in Afghanistan, a key step towards final confirmation.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - The US Senate Armed Services Committee voted Wednesday to approve US Marines Lieutenant General John Allen to be the new US commander in Afghanistan, a key step towards final confirmation.

Obama vows to keep pressure on crippled Al-Qaeda (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:07 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama vowed to keep pressure on the Al-Qaeda terror group following the death of Osama bin Laden in last month's daring US raid in Pakistan.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to keep pressure on the Al-Qaeda terror group following the death of Osama bin Laden in last month's daring US raid in Pakistan.

Blues owner Yeung in Hong Kong criminal inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung, pictured here in 2010, is AFP - Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung is "assisting the Hong Kong Police in relation to criminal investigations" in his homeland according to a club statement on Wednesday.

2 French journalists in Afghanistan freed (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - A Dec. 29, 2010 file photo of a banner on Paris city hall showing French TV journalists Herve Ghesquiere, right, and Stephane Taponier, who were kidnapped a year ago east of Kabul, Afghanistan, in front of Paris city hall. The banner in back, reads: 'One year! Let us free them and their Afghan fixers'. The French government announced Wednesday June 29 2011, that the two hostages have been freed after being held 547 days. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, file)AP - Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan since December 2009 were freed Wednesday in good health, bringing cheers and joyful tears in France which has been united in its campaign to bring the two men home.

Battered Kabul hotel long a haven and watchpost (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Reuters - The foreign military gunship hovered low above the hotel and a group of bearded men in flat felt caps on a nearby hill brandished fists and apparently ancient rifles at it.

Myanmar tells Suu Kyi to stay out of politics (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Visiting Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Foreign Minister Makiko Kikuta (C) poses with Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd R) following their meeting at the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon. Myanmar's new military-backed government has warned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party to halt all political activities.(AFP/Soe Than Win)AFP - Myanmar's regime Wednesday told pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to halt all political activities and warned her that plans for a first national tour since being freed could spark riots and chaos.

Sharma fortifies India's hold on second Test (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Indian bowler Ishant Sharma (C) celebrates after taking the wicket of West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, during the second day of the second test match between West Indies and India, at Kensington Oval in Georgetown, Barbados. The West Indies were 82 for five, in response to India's first innings total of 201, at lunch.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Ishant Sharma grabbed two quick wickets before lunch to give India the upper hand and leave West Indies reeling on 82 for five in the second Test on Wednesday.

Humans will help lost penguin start long swim home (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Wellington Zoo resident vet Dr. Baukje Lenting, left, and manager of veterinary science Dr. Lisa Argilla care for an Antarctic penguin that wound up stranded on a New Zealand beach at Wellington Zoo in Wellington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. It may be months before the young emperor penguin - affectionately dubbed Happy Feet - fully recovers, and officials are uncertain about when or how it could return home about 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) away. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTAP - A young emperor penguin won't be getting a free ride all the way back to its Antarctic home, but its human friends in New Zealand will help it get a little closer.

NATO-Afghan raid ends hotel assault; 19 dead (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Afghan fire brigade drives into the Inter Continental hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. A more than four-hour standoff between militants and Afghan police at the Western-style hotel ended early Wednesday when NATO helicopters fired rockets at gunmen on the rooftop of the besieged hotel and Afghan security forces stormed the top of the building. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - The first sign that militants were attacking one of Kabul's premiere hotels was an explosion that pierced Jawid's eardrums, prompting him to jump out the window of his room on the first floor into a chaotic scene that quickly turned into a grisly morass of bodies, gunfire and shattered glass.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei appeals tax bill, fines (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 07:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 23, 2011 file photo, activist artist Ai Weiwei opens the gate to talk to journalists gathered outside his home in Beijing, China. Liu Xiaoyuan, a close friend of Ai said Tuesday, June 28, 2011, Beijing's tax authorities are seeking nearly $2 million in back taxes and fines from the government critic who was recently released from detention. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's design firm on Wednesday challenged the $1.85 million tax bill delivered by authorities shortly after Ai was released from nearly three months in detention, a lawyer for the company said.

As China Communist Party turns 90, a debate erupts (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:51 AM PDT

Employees of a real estate development company dressed as communist Red Army soldiers sing Red Army songs during a gathering to celebrate upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Party in Yan'an, in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Yan'an is celebrated as the birthplace of China's communist revolution. Communist forces led by Mao Zedong, ousted from bases in the south, retreated to Yan'an during the Long March and from there plotted the revolution that brought them to power in 1949. China marks the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party on July 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - China is marking the 90th birthday of the Communist Party with its typically over-the-top celebrations and an unusually rancorous debate about whether the government needs a major change in direction to sustain the country's resurgence.

7 charged in videotaped slaying of Pakistani youth (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:24 AM PDT

Pakistani police officers escort security officials who were allegedly involved in the killing of a boy, at an anti-terrorist court in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Pakistani authorities are investigating a video that appears to show paramilitary forces shooting to death an unarmed teenage boy in the southern port city of Karachi. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - A Pakistani prosecutor says an anti-terrorism court has indicted six paramilitary Rangers and a civilian on charges related to the videotaped fatal shooting of an unarmed young man.

Tour boat abandons US snorkeler on Australian reef (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:17 AM PDT

AP - Australian officials said Wednesday they were investigating a dive boat company that accidentally left behind a U.S. tourist snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, forcing the panicked man to swim to another boat for help.

Flash floods in Philippines kill 25; 15 missing (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:44 AM PDT

A house leans by the river side Wednesday June 29, 2011 in the outskirts of Davao city in southern Philippines after being swept away by flash floods overnight. The flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed at least 11 people, mostly children, swept away dozens of houses in at least five villages and also triggered a deluge that reached 10 feet (3 meters) in some areas, according to Civil defense officer Fe Austria Kalimpo. (AP Photo)AP - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains swept away dozens of houses in the southern Philippines and killed at least 25 people, mostly children, officials said Wednesday. At least 15 other people were missing.

NKorea vows military retaliation against SKorea (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT

A group of South Korean government officials and businessmen leaves for North Korea's Diamond mountain at the inter-Korean immigration office in Goseong, South Korea, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. North Korea has threatened to launch a 'sacred war' against South Korea for slandering the country, ahead of a meeting on a stalled joint tourism project.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Jong-gun) KOREA OUTAP - North Korea's military vowed Wednesday to retaliate for anti-Pyongyang signs posted at front-line South Korean army units, as rare talks between the rivals on a stalled joint tourism project broke down.

Bin Laden raid has fallout for Pakistani students (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 03:28 AM PDT

In this picture taken on June 24, 2011, students of Pakistani Government Girls Comprehensive Higher school study in their classroom in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A group of British schools cut off a partnership with teachers and students in the Pakistani town where Bin Laden was killed for fear of negative publicity, upsetting Pakistani participants who note that a key purpose of the program was eradicating stereotypes. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed)AP - A group of British schools, fearing negative publicity, cut off a partnership with teachers and students in this town where Osama bin Laden was killed, upsetting Pakistani participants who note that a key purpose of the program was eradicating stereotypes.

World stocks up on hopes of Greece debt resolution (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:52 AM PDT

A passer-by is reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. The Nikkei Stock Average rose 148.28 points, or 1.54 percent, from Tuesday to 9,797.26. Signs that a global economic slowdown may be less serious than previously thought and a recovery in manufacturing in post-quake Japan sent Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Hopes that Greece will enact an unpopular set of austerity measures to prevent the country from defaulting on its massive debts sent world stocks higher Wednesday.
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