Suicide car bomber kills 35 at Afghan clinic (AP)

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• Suicide car bomber kills 35 at Afghan clinic (AP)
• Burqa-clad Taliban kill 10 police in Pakistan siege (AFP)
• Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan to combat terrorism (AFP)
• Llodra ends Lu's run in third round (AFP)
• Jayawardene seals Sri Lanka thrashing of England (AFP)
• Militants raid Pakistan police station; 10 killed (AP)
• Afghan MPs vote no confidence in top judge (AFP)
• Peng sinks Czink to set up Sharapova clash (AFP)
• Story of a raid: US night operations anger Afghans (AP)
• Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens (Reuters)
• Ill penguin stranded in NZ is offered a lift home (AP)
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• 26 charged in Shanghai fire, blamed on corruption (AP)
• Taiwan's legislature may open to Chinese tourists (AP)
• Colleagues of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released (AP)
• Vietnam releases pro-democracy dissident to US (AP)

Suicide car bomber kills 35 at Afghan clinic (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT AP - A suicide car bomber blasted a small clinic Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, causing the building to collapse as mostly women and children lined up for vaccinations, maternity care and other services. At least 35 people were killed in one of the deadliest attacks against civilians this year.

Burqa-clad Taliban kill 10 police in Pakistan siege (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:12 AM PDT AFP - At least 10 policemen were killed Saturday when Taliban militants in suicide vests, some of them clad in burqas, laid siege to a police station in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan to combat terrorism (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 10:57 AM PDT AFP - Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to jointly fight militancy as they attended a counter-terrorism summit overshadowed by an Afghan hospital bombing that killed at least 20 people.

Llodra ends Lu's run in third round (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 10:54 AM PDT AFP - Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun failed to repeat his giant-killing heroics at Wimbledon as the world number 57 was thrashed 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 by French 19th seed Michael Llodra in the third round on Saturday.

Jayawardene seals Sri Lanka thrashing of England (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 10:25 AM PDT AFP - Mahela Jayawardene's unbeaten 72 saw Sri Lanka to a crushing nine-wicket victory against England in the lone Twenty20 international here on Saturday.

Militants raid Pakistan police station; 10 killed (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 10:17 AM PDT AP - Two militants attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, fighting gunbattles before blowing themselves up during a five-hour standoff that killed at least 10 officers, authorities said.

Afghan MPs vote no confidence in top judge (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:53 AM PDT AFP - Afghanistan's parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the country's chief justice and five other members of the supreme court Saturday as a political impasse deepened.

Peng sinks Czink to set up Sharapova clash (AFP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT AFP - China's Peng Shuai beat Hungary's Melinda Czink 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) in the Wimbledon third round on Saturday to set up a clash with Maria Sharapova for a place in the quarter-finals.

Story of a raid: US night operations anger Afghans (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:26 AM PDT AP - The American soldiers stormed into the Afghan family's compound in the middle of the night, kicking in doors and shouting. They ordered everyone into the yard, bound their hands, covered their heads and interrogated them for hours before taking away three men who had done nothing wrong.

Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:10 AM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's political crisis worsened Saturday with lawmakers voting to sack the five most senior judicial officials and international consternation growing after a presidential tribunal threw out a quarter of parliament.

Ill penguin stranded in NZ is offered a lift home (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:57 AM PDT AP - A young emperor penguin stranded in New Zealand has survived two medical procedures and now has an offer of a lift home.

(AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:24 AM PDT AP - Afghan government raises death toll in cab bombing at medical clinic to 60.

26 charged in Shanghai fire, blamed on corruption (AP) Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT AP - Prosecutors in China's commercial hub of Shanghai have charged 26 people with bribery and other crimes related to an apartment-building fire that killed 58 people last year, a local government website reported Saturday.

Taiwan's legislature may open to Chinese tourists (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:03 PM PDT AP - Taiwan's parliamentary speaker has said he will consider opening the legislative floor to Chinese tourists so they can learn from the island's freewheeling democracy.

Colleagues of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:02 PM PDT AP - Colleagues of Ai Weiwei who were detained along with the outspoken Chinese artist were released around the same time he was, a close friend of Ai's said Saturday.

Vietnam releases pro-democracy dissident to US (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:36 PM PDT AP - Vietnam has released a dissident writer and pro-democracy activist and deported her to the United States on humanitarian grounds, officials said Friday.

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