Friday, July 1, 2011

Jayawardene century sets up Sri Lanka win (AFP)

Jayawardene century sets up Sri Lanka win (AFP)

Jayawardene century sets up Sri Lanka win (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene bats during the second One Day International cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley in Leeds. Jayawardene's career-best 144 provided the platform for Sri Lanka's 69-run victory against England on Friday.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Mahela Jayawardene's career-best 144 provided the platform for Sri Lanka's 69-run victory against England in the second one-day international at Headingley here on Friday.

Official: 2 Swiss kidnapped in SW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:25 AM PDT

AP - A government official says gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss man and woman in southwestern Pakistan.

Marchers vent anger on Hong Kong prices, policies (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:02 AM PDT

A protester is cleaned with water after being hit by pepper spray when police used them against protesters as they broke through a police cordon to carry out a sit-in protest in the Hong Kong's central business district Friday, July 1, 2011, Tens of thousands people march to vent their anger over skyrocketing property prices and government policies, the 14th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Tens of thousands of people vented anger over Hong Kong's skyrocketing property prices and government policies Friday at an annual march held on the anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule.

Indonesian president names relative to lead army (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

AP - Indonesia's president has appointed his brother-in-law as army chief, raising speculation about political succession.

UK, Pakistani leaders hold terror talks in London (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, poses for pictures with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari as he welcomes him outside his official residence at 10 Downing street Street in London, prior to their meeting, Friday, July 1, 2011, (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Pakistan has agreed to cooperate more closely on counterterrorism issues with Britain after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the prime minister's office said Friday.

Swiss couple kidnapped in SW Pakistan: official (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Pakistani soldiers stand guard on a mountain ridge in tribal district of Mohmand Hills on June 1. A Swiss couple have been kidnapped while travelling in southwestern Pakistan, a senior government official said, triggering a police search.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - A Swiss couple have been kidnapped while travelling in southwestern Pakistan, a senior government official said on Friday, triggering a police search.

Sri Lanka beat England to win second ODI (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:32 AM PDT

England's Ian Bell (R) bats watched by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara during the second One Day International cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley in Leeds. Sri Lanka beat England by 69 runs.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sri Lanka beat England by 69 runs to win the second one-day international at Headingley here on Friday and level the five-match series at 1-1.

Pakistan college contest: Praise for bin Laden (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:26 AM PDT

AP - Two months after the covert U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, posters emblazoned with images of the burning World Trade Center towers appeared at the country's largest university advertising a literary contest to glorify the slain al-Qaida chief.

Doping hits Indian Olympic track medal hopes (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT

India's hopes of a coveted track medal at next year's Olympic Games in London have taken a hit after two of the country's Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallists failed drug tests.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - India's hopes of a coveted track medal at next year's Olympic Games in London have taken a hit after two of the country's Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallists failed drug tests.

Water in India's famed Goa 'unfit for bathing' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Agonda beach in Goa. Indian scientists have said that the water in the holiday resort state of Goa was unfit for bathing and fishing due to high levels of bacteria from untreated sewage.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - Scientists warned on Friday that water off the famed beaches of the Indian holiday state of Goa was unfit for bathing and fishing due to high levels of bacteria from untreated sewage.

Landslide kills at least 12 people in Bangladesh (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Volunteers and firefighters look for bodies at the site of a landslide in Chittagong, 216 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 1, 2011. A landslide triggered by days of incessant rain buried thatched huts as residents slept in Chittagong, fire official Farid Ahmed said. A concrete wall constructed to prevent landslides collapsed, he said. (AP Photo/Shinku Dhar)AP - A landslide triggered by days of incessant rain killed at least 12 people Friday in southeastern Bangladesh, a fire official said.

Candidates rally ahead of vote in divided Thailand (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:16 AM PDT

AP - Thailand's two biggest political parties exhorted their supporters in rain-soaked rallies Friday ahead of elections that are the latest battle in a five-year struggle between supporters of an ousted prime minister and his rivals.

Dalai Lama says China has no role in picking heir (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 06:46 AM PDT

Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in the hill station town of Dharmsala, northern India, Friday, July 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - The Dalai Lama said Friday that China's Communist leadership can play no role in deciding who succeeds him as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism upon his death and called Beijing's meddling in the issue "a disgrace."

Ex-Taiwan President Lee denies stealing from fund (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2009 file photo, former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui smiles during a forum in Tokyo, Japan. A Taiwanese prosecutor said Lee, who served as president between 1988 and 2000, was indicted Thursday, June 30, 2011, on a charge of embezzlement. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)AP - Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui has denied prosecutors' accusations that he stole $7.8 million of state money.

China's communists mark 90th, hail party's success (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:49 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers his speech during the celebration of the Communist Party's 90th anniversary at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 1, 2011. Celebrating the Communist Party's 90th anniversary Friday, Hu said that its ability to adapt made China affluent and powerful and that the party must fight corruption to retain public support and continue its uncontested rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao celebrated the Communist Party on its 90th anniversary Friday for its ability to adapt and said it must use that skill to fight corruption and ease social conflict if it is to stay in power.

World stocks up as Greece clears bailout hurdle (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:12 AM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 23. US stocks opened slightly lower after four straight, solid rises in trading expected to be thin ahead of the long July 4 holiday weekend.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AP - World markets posted muted gains Friday, with Tokyo rising to an eight-week high, as investors took heart from debt-strapped Greece's approval of harsh austerity measures but remained wary following signs of slowing growth in China.

Oil prices slip below $95 on China production data (AP)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:06 AM PDT

A car is drives past a poster of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez in Havana July 1, 2011. Venezuela's flamboyant socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, presenting a serious challenge to his near-total dominance of the South American OPEC nation since 1999. The banner reads AP - Oil dipped below $95 per barrel Friday after China reported manufacturing rose at the slowest pace in over two years in June, pointing to a possible slowdown in energy demand.

Aussie doctor imprisoned for genital mutilation (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT

AP - A former Australian gynecologist was sentenced on Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for mutilating a patient's genitals, indecently assaulting two other patients and ignoring a ban on practicing obstetrics.

NATO blames Haqqani for attack on Afghan hotel (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:31 PM PDT

ALTERNATE CROP OF XGA101 -Western-style Inter Continental hotel is on fire during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. A more than four-hour standoff between militants and Afghan police at the Inter-Continental 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 U.S.-led coalition on Thursday blamed an al-Qaida affiliated network working jointly with Taliban fighters for a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul — an assault that raised doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to handle security as foreign troops withdraw.

(AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT

AP - Afghan official: 20 Afghan civilians killed when bus strikes roadside bomb in south.
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