Wednesday, July 27, 2011

N. Korea warns of new nuclear arms race ahead of US talks (AFP)

N. Korea warns of new nuclear arms race ahead of US talks (AFP)

N. Korea warns of new nuclear arms race ahead of US talks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:07 AM PDT

North Korea's UN ambassador Sin Son Ho addresses a press confrence at the UN headquarters in New York in 2010. North Korea said Wednesday, ahead of landmark talks with the United States, that a US missile defense shield will set off a AFP - North Korea said Wednesday, ahead of landmark talks with the United States, that a US missile defense shield will set off a new nuclear arms race.

At least 36 killed as torrential rains hit S. Korea (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:37 AM PDT

South Korean rescuers carry a dead body after a mudslide hit the mountainous Chuncheon area. At least 36 people were killed and dozens missing Wednesday after the heaviest rains in decades pounded South Korea, triggering landslides and inundating hundreds of homes.(AFP/Kim Mi-Ok)AFP - At least 36 people were killed and dozens missing Wednesday after the heaviest rains in decades pounded South Korea, triggering landslides and inundating hundreds of homes.

Thai officials agree imam death payout: court (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Thai soldiers are seen in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat, January 2011. Thai security forces have agreed to pay compensation to the family of an imam who died in military custody three years ago in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, a court confirmed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Madaree Tohlala)AFP - Thai security forces have agreed to pay compensation to the family of an imam who died in military custody three years ago in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, a court confirmed Wednesday.

Calls for peace after 200 deaths in Karachi (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Pakistani activists of Peace Coalition light candles in Karachi. Pakistan's government on Wednesday launched a campaign to end bloody clashes in the city of Karachi after at least 200 people were killed since the beginning of the month.(AFP)AFP - Pakistan's government on Wednesday launched a campaign to end bloody clashes in the city of Karachi after at least 200 people were killed since the beginning of the month.

Turban bomber kills Kandahar mayor in troubled Afghan south (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:12 AM PDT

An undated photo provided by the Kandahar media office shows Ghulam Haidar Hameedi, the mayor of Kandahar. Hameedi -- a close ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai -- has been assassinated in a suicide attack. The attack was the latest in a string of political murders in the key southern region.(Kandahar Media Office)AFP - The mayor of Kandahar, a close ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was assassinated in a suicide attack Wednesday -- the latest in a string of political murders in the key southern region.

Three Afghan civilians killed by French soldier: officials (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT

French army soldiers are seen in Kabul in April 2011. Three Afghan civilians were shot dead and three wounded when a French soldier opened fire on their vehicle in Kapisa province, north of the capital, the French military and the Afghan presidency said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Three Afghan civilians were shot dead and three wounded when a French soldier opened fire on their vehicle in Kapisa province, north of the capital, the French military and the Afghan presidency said.

China boosts naval power with carrier program: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:41 AM PDT

A vessel reported to be the Ukrainian-made aircraft carrier Reuters - China is building two aircraft carriers as part of a military modernization program that is causing concern among other Asian countries, sources said on Wednesday.

S. Korea says N. Korea rejects more joint tourism talks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT

South Korean tourists sit in front of a bill board that reads AFP - North Korea has rejected a South Korean offer of fresh talks to settle a festering dispute about a joint tourism resort in the communist country, a Seoul official said Wednesday.

Suicide bomber kills Kandahar mayor in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

In this undated image made available by the provincial media center Kandahar Mayor Ghulam Haider Hamidi addresses a press conference in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The mayor of Kandahar was assassinated on Wednesday July 27, 2011 by a suicide bomber who hid explosives in his turban Afghan officials said. The Taliban say they sent the suicide bomber who killed the mayor of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Hamidi was the third major powerbroker from the south to be slain this month. (AP Photo/Provincial Media Center )AP - A suicide bomber hiding explosives in his turban assassinated the mayor of Kandahar on Wednesday, just two weeks after President Hamid Karzai's powerful half brother was slain in the southern province that is critical to the U.S.-led war effort.

China orders rail crash probe be made public (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:04 AM PDT

The wreckage of high-speed train carriage is carried on a truck from Shuangyu, on the outskirts of Wenzhou in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. The Chinese cabinet has ordered that the results of an investigation into a deadly high-speed train crash be made public, amid a growing outcry over official handling of the accident.(AFP)AFP - The Chinese cabinet on Wednesday ordered that the results of an investigation into a deadly high-speed train crash be made public, amid a growing outcry over official handling of the accident.

Rains, mudslides submerge SKorean capital, kill 36 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:58 AM PDT

South Korean rescue workers carry a survivor who was rescued from a collapsed house as a midnight landslide caused by torrential rains swept away several houses in Chuncheon, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Heavy rain sent the landslide barreling into a resort in a northern South Korean town Wednesday. (AP Photo/Lee Sang-hak) KOREA OUTAP - Walls of mud barreling down a hill buried 10 college students sleeping in a resort cabin and flash floods submerged the streets and subway stations in Seoul, killing at least 36 people Wednesday in South Korea's heaviest rains this year.

Thai election body clears way to open Parliament (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Thai soldiers are seen in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat, January 2011. Thai security forces have agreed to pay compensation to the family of an imam who died in military custody three years ago in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, a court confirmed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Madaree Tohlala)AP - Thailand's Election Commission has certified enough winners of this month's election for the new Parliament to convene on schedule.

Graft probe accuses top officials in Indian state (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT

AP - An anti-corruption panel recommended hundreds of government officials be prosecuted for accepting bribes on mining contracts in southern India, news reports said Wednesday.

HRW urges fairness in Bangladesh mutiny trial (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:12 AM PDT

AP - A human rights group expressed concerned about group indictments and trials of hundreds of border guards accused in a bloody 2009 mutiny and urged Bangladesh to ensure international standards for fair trials were followed.

Japanese police practice for dolphin hunt protests (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:31 AM PDT

Japanese police officers block mock protesters during their security drill in Taiji, a Japanese fishing village under fire for dolphin hunts, Wakayama prefecture, central Japan Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Wakayama prefectural police says the drill Wednesday was aimed at guarding the Taiji town and its residents from violent protests by atavists ahead of a hunting season starting September. About 100 police and coast guard officers gathered in the bay - the scene of an Oscar-winning film 'The Cove'. (AP Photo/Kumano Shimbun via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Japanese police and coast guard officers practiced chasing a protest boat and arresting activists Wednesday in preparation for annual dolphin hunts that are attracting more foreign opponents to a sleepy fishing village.

2 police killed, railway bombed in south Thailand (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:56 AM PDT

AP - The southernmost part of Thailand's rail system was shut down Wednesday after two bombs damaged the tracks, while suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead two policemen riding a motorcycle.

India, Pakistan say relations are on right track (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna, left, and his Pakistan counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar arrive for talks in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The ministers met Wednesday for the first time since the nuclear-armed rivals resumed peace talks in February. Those talks were suspended after Pakistan-based militants attacked the city of Mumbai in November 2008. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan spoke of entering a new era in relations between their nuclear-armed nations, after meeting Wednesday for the first time since bilateral peace talks resumed this year.

Slow Philippine storm leaves 25 dead, 31 missing (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:28 AM PDT

Philippine National Police remove fallen trees Wednesday, July 27, 2011 which were toppled at the onslaught of a slow-moving storm Nock-ten in Legazpi city, Albay province in northeastern Philippines. Nock-ten unleashed massive floods and landslides Tuesday in northeastern Philippines killing at least 14 people with 9 more missing and several towns isolated, officials said Wednesday. The storm is expected to make a landfall Wednesday in Quezon province, south of Manila. (AP Photo)AP - Heavy rains and floods battered the northeastern Philippines for a third day Wednesday, swamping homes of about a half million people and raising the death toll to at least 25 with 31 others missing.

China premier orders probe into deadly train crash (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:06 AM PDT

Relatives of the victims in Saturday's train crash talk to the media as they hold a banner demanding pursuit of truth of the accident during a protest at Wenzhou South Railway Station in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The Chinese government on Tuesday ordered a two-month, nationwide safety campaign for its railway system after a collision between two bullet trains killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday ordered a sweeping and transparent probe into the weekend collision between two bullet trains that killed at least 39 people and raised public anger about the government's handling of the accident.

North Korea demands peace treaty with US (AP)

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:02 AM PDT

North Korean tourists, top on balcony, look at U.S. Army Gen. James Thurman, center bottom, and other U.S. and U.N. military officers who visited the truce village of Panmunjom to mark the 58th anniversary of the cease-fire of the 1950-53 Korean War, in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on Wednesday July 27, 2011. Thurman, the commander of the U.S. forces in South Korea, attended a ceremony commemorating the cease-fire. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)AP - North Korea demanded Wednesday that the United States sign a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War, as a senior North Korean diplomat visited New York to negotiate ways to restart six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.
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