Monday, August 29, 2011

Deputy chief of Maoists sworn in as Nepal's new PM (AP)

Deputy chief of Maoists sworn in as Nepal's new PM (AP)

Deputy chief of Maoists sworn in as Nepal's new PM (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, left, chats with Baburam Bhattarai of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) during swearing in of the later as the prime minister of Nepal in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. The deputy leader of Nepal's former Maoist rebels took the oath of office Monday as the new prime minister and began forming a government that will attempt to complete the country's contentious and long-delayed peace process. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)AP - The deputy leader of Nepal's former Maoist rebels took the oath of office as prime minister Monday and began forming a government that will attempt to complete a contentious and long-delayed peace process.

Knife attack at Chinese daycare center wounds 8 (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 09:31 AM PDT

AP - A worker slashed children with a knife at a daycare center for migrant workers in eastern China on Monday, wounding eight of them, one seriously.

Turkish military: Up to 160 Kurdish rebels killed (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:38 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's military said Monday that its air strikes and artillery fire on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq have killed an estimated 145 to 160 guerrillas and wounded as many as 100.

China says to get tougher in fight against hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 08:21 AM PDT

Reuters - China's Supreme Court and prosecutors office will step up the fight against computer hacking by toughening penalties for those caught doing it, state media said on Monday.

China blog site shuts accounts over 'rumors' (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:37 AM PDT

AP - China's most popular microblogging site is cracking down on what it says is the spread of false rumors after the ruling Communist Party told Internet companies to tighten control over information online.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Afghans scuttle US-Taliban talks (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:30 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo reportedly shows the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar. Infuriated that Washington met secretly at least three times with a personal emissary of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Afghan government intentionally leaked details of the clandestine meetings, scuttling the talks and sending the Taliban intermediary into hiding, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/ File)AP - Infuriated that Washington met secretly at least three times with a personal emissary of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Afghan government intentionally leaked details of the clandestine meetings, scuttling the talks and sending the Taliban intermediary into hiding, The Associated Press has learned.

Moody's, S&P cut Sino-Forest ratings as CEO exits (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:27 AM PDT

The company logo of Sino-Forest is displayed at the entrance of its office in Hong Kong June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Xavier NgReuters - Credit rating agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's slashed their ratings on the debt of Chinese forestry company Sino-Forest on Monday, a day after Allen Chan, chairman and CEO of the Toronto-listed company, stepped down in the face of fraud accusations.

Analysis: China keeps world guessing on yuan plan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Figuring out what the People's Bank of China is doing can be as perplexing as parsing a statement from Alan Greenspan, the notoriously opaque former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman.

Chinese general's spy talk leaked onto YouTube (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 06:07 AM PDT

AP - Footage of a Chinese general discussing sensitive spying cases has been leaked onto Google Inc.'s video sharing site YouTube, in what appears to be an embarrassing failure of secrecy for the usually tightlipped military.

Japan's finance minister to be new PM (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 05:57 AM PDT

Japan's Trade Minister Banri Kaieda attends a news conference in Tokyo August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was chosen on Monday to become the sixth prime minister in five years, but he needs to overcome a divided parliament and deep rifts in the ruling party if he is to make more of a mark than his recent predecessors.

Typhoon floods homes in Taiwan, heads for China (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 05:49 AM PDT

A Taiwanese man wades through a flash flood triggered by typhoon Nanmadol in Manchu, Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Nanmadol slammed into Taiwan, closing schools, workplaces and government offices. (AP Photo) TAIWAN OUTAP - A typhoon that flooded homes, roads and farmland in Taiwan with more than 20 inches (half a meter) of rain left the island Monday and headed to southeastern China.

Criminal cases of 1,200 Kashmiris to be dropped (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 05:16 AM PDT

Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addresses a press conference in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Authorities in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir are dropping about 1,200 criminal cases against young Kashmiri men for allegedly throwing stones during violent protests against Indian rule last year, officials said.

New Zealand's penguin visitor starts journey home (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 05:13 AM PDT

The wayward emperor penguin, found on a New Zealand beach in June and known to the world as Happy Feet, checks out his new enclosure aboard the research vessel Tangaroa at Burnham Wharf in Wellington, New Zealand Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Happy Feet will be released after four days at sea at a latitude of 51 degrees south. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - The wayward emperor penguin dubbed Happy Feet craned his head, flapped his flippers and seemed a little perturbed as he started his journey home to cooler southern waters Monday.

FM Noda faces challenges as Japan's next leader (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 04:31 AM PDT

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda stands up and bows after he was elected as the new leader of the Democratic Party of Japan during an election by the party lawmakers in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Japan's ruling party elected Noda as its new chief Monday, paving the way for him to be the next prime minister and inherit the daunting task of recovering from the huge tsunami and nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)AP - Japan's finance minister was voted ruling party leader Monday in a step toward becoming prime minister and taking on a mind-boggling mix of challenges_ tsunami recovery, a nuclear crisis and bulging national debt, to name a few.

Tibet monk given 11 yrs in colleague's immolation (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 03:29 AM PDT

AP - A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan Buddhist monk to 11 years in jail Monday after ruling he hid another monk who set himself on fire, thereby preventing him from receiving emergency treatment.

Medical train only hope for Indians left behind (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 02:19 AM PDT

In this July 18, 2011 photo, an Indian tribal villager is given cataract surgery inside the Lifeline Express, a charitable mobile hospital, in Jagdalpur, Chattisgarh state, India. The Lifeline Express, a five-coach train with specialist doctors and operating rooms, is the only hope for the nearly 1.4 million people of this forested eastern area stuck between Maoist violence and government apathy. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Dozens of elderly villagers, tribal tattoos marking their scrawny arms, sit in a dimly lit hall. Hidden behind large sunglasses or with white bandages wrapped across one eye, they're all recovering from cataract surgery.

Oil below $86 as US refineries survive hurricane (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Ahmed Bani, (L) spokesman for the rebel military council, addresses a news conference in Benghazi August 28, 2011. A natural gas pipeline from Libya to Italy has been repaired, paving the way for resumed shipments, Bani said on Sunday. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ENERGY)AP - Oil prices rose to near $86 a barrel Monday in Asia after a hurricane left minimal damage among refineries along the U.S East Coast.

Vietnam to free more than 10,000 prisoners (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:44 PM PDT

AP - Vietnam's president has ordered more than 10,000 prisoners freed as part of the country's annual National Day amnesty.

Sounds heard from Chinese mine where 22 missing (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:00 PM PDT

AP - Rescuers heard knocking sounds Monday from a flooded Chinese mine where 22 workers have been trapped for nearly a week.

Asian stocks up after Fed chief speech (AP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:46 PM PDT

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP - Asian stock markets rose Monday, after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke's prediction of long-term U.S. economic growth fueled a Wall Street rebound.
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