Sunday, June 26, 2011

Kiwi Smith confident of turning up heat on Japan (AFP)

Kiwi Smith confident of turning up heat on Japan (AFP)

Kiwi Smith confident of turning up heat on Japan (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:47 AM PDT

New Zealand captain Rebecca Smith, pictured in 2007, has high hopes of her side causing an upset in their opening match against Japan at the Women's World Cup here on Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - New Zealand captain Rebecca Smith has high hopes of her side causing an upset in their opening match against Japan at the Women's World Cup here on Monday.

Afghan officials say Taliban used girl for bombing (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:43 AM PDT

A map locating the Logar province of Afghanistan where at least 38 people, including women and children, were killed in a suicide car bombing at a hospital.(AFP/Graphic)AP - Afghan security officials say insurgents gave an 8-year-old Afghan girl a concealed bomb and detonated it as she approached police in the country's south, killing her.

Afghan hospital suicide bomb toll rises to 38 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:24 AM PDT

A map locating the Logar province of Afghanistan where at least 38 people, including women and children, were killed in a suicide car bombing at a hospital.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - The toll from a suicide car bombing at an Afghan hospital rose to 38 Sunday, a local official said, days after President Barack Obama said 10,000 US troops would leave the country this year.

Afghan MPs appeal to UN over poll row (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a ceremony for newly-elected Members of Parliament in Kabul in January 2011. Afghan lawmakers Sunday urged the United Nations to support their resistance to moves by a special election tribunal to throw over 60 of them out of parliament over alleged vote fraud.(AFP/POOL/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghan lawmakers Sunday urged the United Nations to support their resistance to moves by a special election tribunal to throw over 60 of them out of parliament over alleged vote fraud.

China's Wen visits Britain amid release of activist (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech during his visit to the MG motor plant in Birmingham. Wen toured Britain on Sunday and sought to strengthen trade links, as Bejing freed dissident activist Hu Jia in a move seen as defusing tensions over human rights.(AFP/POOL/Phil Noble)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao toured Britain on Sunday and sought to strengthen trade links, as Bejing freed dissident activist Hu Jia in a move seen as defusing tensions over human rights.

Karzai rules out asking for more US troops (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT

US soldiers from Viper Company (Bravo) 1-26 Infantry head for a foot patrol at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province, east of Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai ruled out Sunday asking the United States for more troops if the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates during or following the US military drawdown.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai ruled out Sunday asking the United States for more troops if the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates during or following the US military drawdown.

Super skipper Sawa wants to lift Japan football (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 09:15 AM PDT

Japan's veteran captain Homare Sawa insisted on Sunday that the time is finally right to bring Japanese football to the next level by winning the Women's World Cup title.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - Japan's veteran captain Homare Sawa insisted on Sunday that the time is finally right to bring Japanese football to the next level by winning the Women's World Cup title.

Afghans step up as U.S. troops withdraw: Karzai (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 10:53 AM PDT

A map locating the Logar province of Afghanistan where at least 38 people, including women and children, were killed in a suicide car bombing at a hospital.(AFP/Graphic)Reuters - The Obama administration's plan to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a welcome sign the country can start defending itself, President Hamid Karzai said in remarks aired on Sunday.

China releases human rights activist Hu Jia (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT

One of China's most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, seen here in 2007, has returned after completing a jail term for subversion. He looks likely to be muzzled however along with other top dissidents.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - One of China's most prominent prisoners of conscience, Hu Jia, returned home Sunday after completing a jail term for subversion but looked likely to be muzzled along with other top dissidents.

Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia's Papua province (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:51 AM PDT

AP - A strong earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's Papua province on Sunday, causing panic among residents but no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

A decade on, no clear answers in Afghanistan war (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 2, 2008 file photo, U.S. Marines, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, return fire on Taliban positions near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan. For 10 years, ever since the towers fell, the United States has fought a war in a distant land — in hopes, it says, of protecting American interests and making the world safer from terrorism. Now, as President Barack Obama plans to end U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan by 2014, the question remains as muddy as ever: What happened here? (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)AP - For 10 years, ever since the towers fell, the United States has fought a war in a distant land — in hopes, it says, of protecting American interests and making the world safer from terrorism. Now, as President Barack Obama plans to end U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan by 2014, the question remains as muddy as ever:

14 killed as bus crashes into trench in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT

AP - A passenger bus has plunged from a hill into a trench in Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 14 people.

Thai leader defends leaving UN heritage site body (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, June 23, 2011, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva addresses a campaign rally for his Democrat Party in Bangkok, Thailand. On Sunday, June 26, 2011, Abhisit defended his country's decision to quit the U.N.'s World Heritage Convention, saying its consideration of a Cambodian plan to manage the Preah Vihear temple on the border with Thailand would increase tensions between the two neighbors. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Thailand's prime minister on Sunday defended his country's decision to quit the U.N.'s World Heritage Convention, saying its committee's consideration of a Cambodian plan to manage a protected temple on Thailand's border would increase tensions.

China says it, Vietnam agree talks needed over sea (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 06:27 AM PDT

AP - China and Vietnam have agreed to settle their dispute over the South China Sea through negotiations, Beijing said Sunday as protesters in Hanoi marched for the fourth straight week to voice their outrage at their country's more powerful neighbor.

Pakistan Taliban use husband, wife suicide bombers (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 04:42 AM PDT

People offer funeral prayers for a police officer killed in the gun-battle with Taliban militants during an attack on a police station, Sunday, June 26, 2011 in Kolachi near Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban say they used a female suicide bomber for the first time in an attack on the police station in northwestern Pakistan. (AP Photo/Kashif Naveed)AP - The Pakistani Taliban said Sunday the group had sent a husband and wife suicide squad to carry out an attack on a police station in northwestern Pakistan that killed 10 people, a rare instance of militants using a woman as a bomber.

Australian airlines to resume flights to NZealand (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 03:34 AM PDT

AP - Airlines say they plan to resume flights between Australia and New Zealand after a five-day suspension of services caused by volcanic ash from Chile.

Malaysia detains about 60 activists ahead of rally (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:35 PM PDT

AP - Activists say Malaysian police detained dozens of opposition supporters amid efforts to prevent a massive rally seeking electoral transparency.

Cambodian tribunal set to try Khmer Rouge leaders (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:31 PM PDT

Human skulls of the Khmer Rouge's victims are on display at Choeung Ek stupa, former Khmer Rouge killing field in the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, June 25, 2011. On Monday a U.N.-backed tribunal, comprising Cambodian and foreign jurists, will begin trying four of the top surviving members of the Khmer Rouge's ruling elite on charges including crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture in the tribunal called Case 002. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP - Now old and infirm, four of the top surviving members of the Khmer Rouge's ruling elite are about to face justice, decades after their plans for a Communist utopia in Cambodia left an estimated 1.7 million people dead by execution, medical neglect, overwork and starvation.

Lawmaker: Japan PM could resign before August (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:25 PM PDT

AP - A senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling party says the prime minister could resign before August.

Chinese dissident freed; more surveillance feared (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 6, 2007 file photo, Hu Jia, right, and Zeng Jinyan, husband-and-wife activists, pose for a picture at their home in Beijing. Zeng said she visited Hu, who was jailed for sedition more than three years ago, in prison June 20, 2011. Jia was released Sunday, his wife said. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - A prominent Chinese political activist imprisoned for sedition was released Sunday at the end of his more than three-year sentence, his wife said, though his freedom could be limited by continued surveillance.
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