Friday, August 26, 2011

Japan PM resigning as opinion sinks after tsunami (AP)

Japan PM resigning as opinion sinks after tsunami (AP)

Japan PM resigning as opinion sinks after tsunami (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows after giving a speech at the Japan's Democratic Party lawmakers meeting in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Kan announced he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. The Democrats will vote Monday for a new leader, who will almost certainly become Japan's next prime minister, the sixth since 2006. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he would resign after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.

Rahul Gandhi says Indian's fast is bad precedent (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:32 AM PDT

AP - The scion of India's most powerful political family praised a reform activist for galvanizing anger against corruption but said Friday that using a hunger strike to force lawmakers to adopt an anti-corruption bill set "a dangerous precedent for a democracy."

Police: Bomb explodes at outdoor mosque, kills 4 (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Afghan woman stands near her wounded son at a hospital in Herat, Afghanistan, Friday Aug. 26, 2011. One civilian was killed and ten more wounded when explosives planted near the provincial police headquarters went off in western Herat city on Friday, said Ghulam Farooq, a senior police officer. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi )AP - A bomb exploded Friday at an outdoor mosque in northwest Afghanistan, killing four worshippers, police said.

Japan nuke plant radiation leak exceeds Hiroshima (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:59 AM PDT

Relatives clad in protective gear bring out belongings of evacuated residents of a nursery home in Okuma, the town where the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is located, in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Nearly 150 evacuees from areas within 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) of the plant were allowed to visit their homes and the welfare facility for about two hours in the towns of Futaba and Okuma in the prefecture, on Friday for the first time in five and a half months since the complex was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, local media said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - The amount of radioactive cesium that has leaked from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II, Japan's nuclear agency said Friday.

Seoul mayor leaving after losing school-lunch vote (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:34 AM PDT

Oh Se-hoon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, gets into a car to leave the Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Oh announced his resignation Friday, saying he would take responsibility for his failed attempt to block the free lunch program in a referendum earlier this week. (AP Photo/AhnYoung-joon)AP - Seoul's mayor is stepping down after losing a referendum on free school lunches.

Kim renews push for resuming NKorean nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 07:31 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, is greeted by Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. Kim renewed a push to restart talks on swapping aid for his country's nuclear disarmament during the stop in northeastern China on Friday on his return journey from Russia. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lan Hongguang) NO SALESAP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il renewed a push to restart talks on swapping aid for his country's nuclear disarmament during a stop in northeastern China on Friday on his return journey from Russia.

Indians look to activist to solve their woes (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:44 AM PDT

AP - Rice will be cheaper. Police won't accept bribes. Politicians will be honest. And if you're better qualified, you'll get that promotion over the boss' son.

China charges 3 in death of Buddhist monk (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:15 AM PDT

AP - Authorities in southwestern China will charge three Buddhist monks with murder over the death of a monk who set himself on fire in an alleged protest against Chinese government policies, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

Exclusive: China plans to mop up bank liquidity (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:11 AM PDT

Chinese one yuan coins are placed on 100 yuan banknotes in this illustrative photograph taken in Beijing December 30, 2010. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/FilesReuters - China has ordered banks to include their margin deposits in required reserves at the central bank to mop up excessive liquidity, banking sources said on Friday, the latest move in Beijing's campaign to rein in worrisome inflation.

China law change would allow secret detentions (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:04 AM PDT

AP - Activists said Friday that proposed changes to Chinese criminal law would effectively legitimize the disappearances used against high-profile dissidents.

China bars some Lady Gaga hits from download sites (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT

In this music video image released by Interscope Records, a sceen from Lady Gaga's “Born This Way” video is shown. The video is nominated in the new category Best Video with a Message at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday Aug. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Interscope Records)AP - China's Ministry of Culture has ordered music download sites to delete songs by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars within two weeks or face punishment.

Police: Son of slain Pakistani governor kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:01 AM PDT

The body of a would be suicide bomber seen at the doorstep of a mosque in Kabal town of Pakistani northwestern Swat valley on Friday Aug 26, 2011, where soldiers and members of a local tribal militia shot him dead after an exchange of fire. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)AP - Gunmen abducted the son of a liberal Pakistani politician who was murdered by an Islamist extremist earlier this year, police said Friday. The victim's brother said he suspected extremists were behind the kidnapping.

Singapore politics turn feisty amid president vote (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:04 AM PDT

AP - Choi Bee Tong makes for an unusual political rebel, especially in straight-laced Singapore.

Endangered Siam Crocodiles hatched in Laos (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:47 AM PDT

In this Aug. 18 ,2011 photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a baby Siamese crocodile hatches from an egg at the Lao Zoo outside Vientiane, Laos. Environmentalists say rare Siam Crocodiles have hatched in a zoo in Laos and will be released into the wild once they are old enough to fend for themselves. Chris Hallam with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society says the 20 baby crocodiles hatched last week from eggs found in a lake in southern Laos. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society) ONE TIME USE ONLY, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - One of the world's rarest crocodile species has moved a little bit further from extinction with the hatching of 20 wild eggs plucked from a nest found in southern Laos.

China Foreign Ministry increases news conferences (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:44 AM PDT

AP - China's Foreign Ministry says it will hold news conference every weekday starting from September.

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Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:03 AM PDT

AP - Police: Gunmen kidnap son of Pakistani governor slain last year by a militant.

Oil hovers near $85 as Bernanke speech awaited (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:01 AM PDT

David Daniel of Texas, center, speaks to fellow activists from California, Texas and Nebraska, who have converged in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, to present their case against a proposed tar sands oil pipeline. Several activists were on their way to an ongoing White House protest against the pipeline, or had just come from it after being arrested. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Oil prices hovered above $85 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors awaited a key policy speech later in the day from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

'Cove' star urges dolphin watching, not killing (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 12:12 AM PDT

AP - The star of the Oscar-winning movie about dolphin killing in Japan has only praise for Miyakejima — a Tokyo island that thrives on snorkeling with dolphins. Ric O'Barry is urging the town of Taiji to follow Miyakejima's example.

Chinese surgery patient dies as doctors flee fire (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 11:22 PM PDT

AP - A man in China died on the operating table after his doctors fled from a fire that broke out in the next room, a hospital official said Friday.

Sydney neurosurgeon imprisoned over drug deaths (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 11:10 PM PDT

AP - A drug-addicted neurosurgeon was sentenced Friday to almost eight years in prison after two prostitutes died of overdoses during sex and cocaine binges nine months apart in his exclusive Sydney apartment.
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