Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Pakistani Kashmir elects new PM (AFP)

Pakistani Kashmir elects new PM (AFP)

Pakistani Kashmir elects new PM (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, newly-elected prime minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, addresses the assembly in Muzaffarabad.(AFP/Sajjad Qayyum)AFP - Veteran politician Chaudhry Abdul Majeed was elected prime minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Tuesday following the state assembly election last month, officials said.

Indian 'held in Nepal over Mumbai blasts' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Indian police stand guard near a blast site in the Dadar Kabutarkhana district of Mumbai on July 13. Nepalese police have detained an Indian man in connection with the triple bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 24 people, media reports said and a police source told AFP.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Nepalese police have detained an Indian man in connection with the triple bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 13 that killed 24 people, media reports said and a police source told AFP on Tuesday.

Catholic priest says denied entry to China (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Father Franco Mella leads a hunger strike protest outside the Hong Kong's Legislative Council building on July 20. Mella said Tuesday he has been denied entry into China due to an escalating row between the Vatican and Beijing over the ordination of bishops.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - An outspoken Hong Kong Catholic priest said Tuesday he has been denied entry into China due to an escalating row between the Vatican and Beijing over the ordination of bishops.

China seeks to muzzle reporting on train crash (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT

Workers prepare the wreckage of a high-speed train carriage for transportation, two days after a fatal collision, in Shuangyu, on the outskirts of Wenzhou in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. China has ordered its media not to probe a deadly high-speed train crash that has triggered public anger and raised questions over the rush to develop the rail system, reports said Tuesday.(AFP)AFP - China has ordered its media not to probe a deadly high-speed train crash that has triggered public anger and raised questions over the rush to develop the rail system, reports said Tuesday.

Pakistan warned one year after worst-ever floods (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT

A Pakistani man carries construction materials across a footbridge a year after floods swept away homes and livelihoods in the country's Swat valley. Pakistan has failed to invest in prevention measures since last year's floods that killed 1,750 people and is vulnerable to another disaster this monsoon season, Oxfam said Tuesday.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - Pakistan has failed to invest in prevention measures since last year's floods that killed 1,750 people and is vulnerable to another disaster this monsoon season, Oxfam said Tuesday.

Pakistan foreign minister in India for peace talks (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (C) speaks to the press as she arrives in New Delhi. Khar urged India and Pakistan to shed the AFP - Pakistan's first woman foreign minister urged India and Pakistan to shed the "burden" of history as she arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday for peace talks between the nuclear-armed rivals.

Family fears for arrested Vietnam priest's health (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Dissident Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly is pictured in 2007. The family of Ly, who is one of Vietnam's best-known dissidents expressed concern over his health Tuesday following his re-arrest after more than a year of medical leave from jail.(AFP/File)AFP - The family of a Catholic priest who is one of Vietnam's best-known dissidents expressed concern over his health Tuesday following his re-arrest after more than a year of medical leave from jail.

Atomic power to grow despite Fukushima: IAEA head (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Former residents of the town of Okuma, located near the stricken TEPCO Fukushima nuclear power plant, are seen in protective outfits at a memorial service at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture on July 24. The head of the UN atomic watchdog said Tuesday that nuclear power will keep growing in the world despite the crisis at the tsunami-hit plant, which he visited the previous day.(AFP/File)AFP - The head of the UN atomic watchdog said Tuesday that nuclear power will keep growing in the world despite the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, which he visited Monday.

Vietnam PM re-elected amid economic troubles (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:02 AM PDT

Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) is seen near the mausoleum of late president Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. Vietnam's one-party parliament has elected Dung for a second term as premier on Tuesday in a widely expected move, a parliamentary source said.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Vietnam's one-party parliament waved through Nguyen Tan Dung for another term as prime minister on Tuesday, confirming him as the country's most powerful politician at a time of economic instability.

Family of slain Taiwan skipper protests US report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Wu Hui-hua (2nd left) -- the daugther of Taiwan skipper Wu Lai-yu -- carries father's portrait during a protest outside the American Institute in Taipei. The family of a Taiwanese skipper killed when US forces attacked his fishing boat, which had been captured by Somali pirates, mounted a protest Tuesday at the US mission in Taipei.(AFP/Sam Yeh)AFP - The family of a Taiwanese skipper killed when US forces attacked his fishing boat, which had been captured by Somali pirates, mounted a protest Tuesday at the US mission in Taipei.

Broom, then pepper spray subdue Outback kangaroo (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT

AP - A 94-year-old woman struck an attacking kangaroo with a broom and managed to crawl to safety in her house in the Australian Outback before police subdued the animal with pepper spray.

Thai graft complaint names 3 ex-Cabinet ministers (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 07:51 AM PDT

AP - Thailand's anti-corruption body has filed complaints against three former Cabinet ministers and an ex-governor of Bangkok that allege wrongdoing in a contract to buy fire trucks and boats for the Thai capital.

Mumbai probe focuses on local Indian terror group (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:38 AM PDT

FILE- In this July 27, 2008 file photo, a policeman stands amongst vehicles destroyed in an explosion outside the Trauma Ward of the Civil Hospital in Ahmadabad, India. The shadowy domestic terror group Indian Mujahideen (IM), which sprang out of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India and Indian officials say is linked to Pakistani extremists, appears to be emerging as prime suspect in the July 13, 2011 triple bombing in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)AP - The prime suspect in the deadly bomb attack in Mumbai — the Indian Mujahedeen — has re-emerged three years after authorities believed they virtually wiped out the terror group in a crackdown that left many of its leaders dead, in jail or hiding abroad.

Video shows rare Sumatra tiger dying in boar trap (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:07 AM PDT

AP - A video released by Greenpeace shows an endangered Sumatran tiger in Indonesia dying a slow agonizing death seven days after being ensnared in a wild boar trap.

10 dead, 10 missing as storm lashes Philippines (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Filipino women carry their babies under the rain as they cross a street in suburban Manila, Philippines on Tuesday July 26, 2011. Tropical storm Nock-ten, locally named Juaning, has entered the country, causing suspension of classes up to the high-school level in some parts of the country, including the capital of Manila. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - A slow-moving storm unleashed massive floods and landslides Tuesday in the northeastern Philippines, killing at least 10 people with 10 missing and several towns isolated.

American surfer missing in waters off Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:23 AM PDT

AP - A helicopter, fishing boats and divers scoured waters off western Indonesia on Tuesday in search of an American surfer who disappeared after coming off a powerful 10-foot (3-meter) wave.

Report: Nepal arrests man linked to Mumbai blasts (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT

AP - Nepal's official media say police have arrested a man suspected of links to the triple bomb blasts in Mumbai this month that killed 20 people.

India, Pakistan see progress in resumed talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:37 AM PDT

AP - High-level Indian and Pakistani officials held talks Tuesday against the backdrop of a recent terror attack that killed 20 people in India's financial capital.

Afghan leader: security forces must meet challenge (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:34 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a gathering with high ranking Afghan military officials at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Afghanistan's president has told his country's soldiers and police that they face a difficult year ahead as they take on more security responsibilities, but he wants them to push ahead so that Afghanistan can eventually defend itself. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - With foreign troops preparing to withdraw, President Hamid Karzai told Afghan soldiers and police Tuesday that they face a difficult year ahead as they take on more security responsibilities but urged them to push ahead so that Afghanistan can eventually defend itself.

Plunder complaint filed vs ex-Philippine president (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:21 AM PDT

AP - A left-wing political party on Tuesday filed a fourth plunder complaint in a year against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, alleging she benefited from government money.
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