Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Two plead guilty in China microchip case: US (AFP)

Two plead guilty in China microchip case: US (AFP)

Two plead guilty in China microchip case: US (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:08 AM PDT

The seal of the Department of Justice. Two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to smuggle radiation hardened microchips to companies controlled by Beijing in violation of a US arms embargo, the Justice Department said.(AFP/File)AFP - Two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to smuggle radiation hardened microchips to companies controlled by Beijing in violation of a US arms embargo, the Justice Department said.

Japan's PM faces no-confidence motion (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a debate with opposition party leaders at the parliament in Tokyo. Japan's centre-left prime minister, struggling with the quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster recovery and a flagging economy, had a no-confidence motion tabled against him by his opponents Wednesday.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japan's centre-left prime minister, struggling with the quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster recovery and a flagging economy, had a no-confidence motion tabled against him by his opponents Wednesday.

AP Exclusive: Doc recalls kids from bin Laden home (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:44 AM PDT

This picture was taken on May 3, 2011, journalist and local residents gather next to pile of empty medicine boxes and other stuff at outside a house, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The agents said they traced a Pakistani pediatrician Mehar Dil Wazir from prescriptions for common medicines signed by him that they found in the house were bin Laden was living. Wazir said he was shocked to know that Arshad had links with bin Laden but that he didn't know. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - For pediatrician Mehar Dil Wazir, they were a normal bunch of kids, like the dozens of others he treats daily for tummy upsets, coughs and colds. He thought the same about the two men who brought them to his simple clinic, a well-dressed pair who said they were cousins.

Turkish PM pledges more investment for Kurds (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:37 AM PDT

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a campaign meeting in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Erdogan pledged more investment for the country's restive Kurds but stopped short of any commitment sought by Kurdish leaders for a political solution to bloody conflict.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkey's prime minister Wednesday pledged more investment for the country's restive Kurds but stopped short of any commitment sought by Kurdish leaders for a political solution to bloody conflict.

Pakistan general rules out Waziristan offensive (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Pakistani army troops patrol in Jhanda, in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region along the Afghan border, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. A top Pakistani army commander said that the military has no imminent plans to launch an offensive in the North Waziristan tribal region, home to numerous militants who focus on attacking U.S. and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A top Pakistani commander said Wednesday the army intends to start operations against militants in a strategic tribal region that juts deep into Afghanistan, part of a rolling campaign to elimate insurgents on its side of the border.

Pakistan spy agency denies role in killing (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:26 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's main intelligence agency issued a rare media statement Wednesday to deny it was behind the abduction and killing of a journalist who was investigating terrorism.

Afridi asks Pakistan president for help (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Former captain Shahid Afridi, pictured in March 2011, appealed to Pakistan's president for help on Wednesday after his central contract was suspended when he announced his retirement from international cricket.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)AFP - Former captain Shahid Afridi appealed to Pakistan's president for help on Wednesday after his central contract was suspended when he announced his retirement from international cricket.

Polish troops cleared over Afghan civilian deaths (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Polish soldiers march before flying on a NATO mission to Afghanistan in 2007. A military court on Wednesday cleared seven soldiers over the deaths of a group of civilians in Afghanistan at the end of the first ever Polish court martial involving troops fighting the Taliban.(AFP/File/Wojtek Radwanski)AFP - A military court on Wednesday cleared seven soldiers over the deaths of a group of civilians in Afghanistan at the end of the first ever Polish court martial involving troops fighting the Taliban.

Hundreds bury Pakistan reporter tortured to death (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:03 AM PDT

Relatives and members of the media carry the coffin of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad at the airport in Karachi. Grief-stricken relatives demanded that Pakistan investigate the torture and murderof Shahzad whose disappearance was blamed on the country's shadowy intelligence services.(AFP/Asif Hassan)AFP - Hundreds of mourners turned out Wednesday for the burial of a Pakistan journalist who had said he was being threatened by the country's intelligence services before he was tortured to death.

Malaysia's Fernandes bids for West Ham (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:39 AM PDT

AirAsia X founder Tony Fernandes, pictured in March 2011, has announced he has bid for West Ham following their recent relegation from the English Premier League.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes announced Wednesday he had bid for West Ham following their recent relegation from the English Premier League.

Afghan civil unrest threatening peace effort (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:36 AM PDT

AP - As thousands paid their respects this week to a slain northern Afghanistan police commander, a top lawmaker sounded an ominous warning: He and three other minority faction leaders are on a Taliban hit list and could be next.

NATO: Arrests made in deadly north Afghan bombing (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT

Afghan children walk past a damaged communication mast belonging to Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (Etisalat) after it was burnt and destroyed by Taliban militants in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)AP - NATO and Afghan forces captured a man they believe took part in a bomb attack that killed two prominent Afghan police officials and wounded the German general who commands troops in northern Afghanistan, the coalition said Wednesday.

Report: US should delay some aid to Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:08 AM PDT

AP - The U.S. should hold back much of its $7.5 billion aid package to Pakistan until it reforms dysfunctional policies related to energy, taxes and other areas, according to a new report that criticizes the American aid program's focus in a country beset by corruption, poverty and militancy.

Rare execution in India prompts search for hangman (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT

In this May 30, 2011 photograph, Mahendra Nath Das's sister Latuki, left, tries to console her wailing mother Kusumbala at their residence at Bhari village near Gauhati, India. Mahendra Das was convicted of a murder so gruesome India's courts gave him a rare death sentence and the president rejected his plea for clemency. Only one thing is keeping him from the gallows: There is no hangman. (AP Photo/Sunil Das)AP - Mahendra Nath Das was convicted of a murder so gruesome India's courts gave him a rare death sentence and the president rejected his plea for clemency. Only one thing is keeping him from the gallows: There is no hangman.

Japan's PM faces no-confidence vote over crisis (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:57 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to Sadakazu Tanigaki, the leader of main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, not in photo, during the one-on-one debate at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Kan refused to resign Wednesday as opposition lawmakers criticizing his disaster management prepared to file a no-confidence motion in parliament. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Japanese opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who refused to resign earlier Wednesday over his handling of the crisis caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

US trolling for Taliban to open talks (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, then Taliban Army Supreme Commander, talks to reporters in Miram Shah, Waziristan, Pakistan. After 10 years of bloody battle in Afghanistan, the United States is trolling for Taliban officials to talk peace with before the July drawdown of American troops. (AP Photo/Mohhammad Riaz, File)AP - After 10 years of bloody battle in Afghanistan, the United States is trolling for Taliban officials to talk peace with before the July drawdown of American troops.

China's response to latest unrest follows pattern (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:30 AM PDT

In this photo taken May 29, 2011 and released by Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, paramilitary police water cannon trucks are parked in Hohot in northern China's Inner Mongolia province. China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances. (AP Photo/Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances.

North Korea rejects South's proposal for summits (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:00 AM PDT

South Korean Marines watch the TV news carrying file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. North Korea says it has rejected South Korea's proposal for a series of meetings between the countries' leaders because the South leaked information on a secret preparatory meeting. The Korean read ' North Korea say, a secret meeting was held before Lee's Berlin announcement.' (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea on Wednesday said South Korea begged for talks between the two countries' leaders and offered "envelopes of cash," but that it rejected the proposal because Seoul leaked distorted information about a secret preparatory meeting.

IAEA team says Japan underestimated tsunami threat (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:19 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA fact-finding team leader Mike Weightman, right, of Britain gives a summary report on the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station to Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, at prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The experts wrapped up an onsite investigation at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station. (AP Photo/Franck Robichon, Pool)AP - U.N. inspectors faulted Japan on Wednesday for underestimating the threat of a devastating tsunami on its crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant but praised its overall response to the crisis as exemplary.

Afghanistan discusses defense ties with India (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:45 AM PDT

AP - Afghanistan's defense minister and his Indian counterpart talked Wednesday on defense cooperation as the war-torn country prepares to handle its own security by 2014.
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