Wednesday, September 28, 2011

(AP)

(AP)

(AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:08 PM PDT

AP - NATO: three international troops have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.

US 'threat' unites Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:23 AM PDT

People rally against the U.S. in Multan, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Pakistan lashed out at the U.S. for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American targets in Afghanistan - the most serious allegations against Islamabad since the beginning of the Afghan war. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - U.S. accusations that Pakistan is supporting Afghan insurgents have triggered a nationalist backlash and whipped up media fears of an American invasion, drowning out any discussion over the army's long use of jihadi groups as deadly proxies in the region.

China: Taiwan arms sale will disrupt US exchanges (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:52 AM PDT

AP - China's military exchanges with the U.S. will suffer after Washington announced a $5.85 billion arms package for Taiwan, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, confirming expectations that Beijing would retaliate over the sale.

Senator presses Obama for views on China yuan bill (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:31 AM PDT

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) talks to reporters about the Senate's vote on debt ceiling legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)Reuters - A senior Republican senator on Wednesday pressed the Obama administration to state its position on a bill to crack down on China's currency practices that senators are to vote on next week.

More insecurity, civilian casualties in Afghanistan: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Pakistani protesters shout slogans during a rally against the United States in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Pakistan lashed out at the U.S. for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American targets in Afghanistan, the most serious allegations against Islamabad since the beginning of the Afghan war. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)Reuters - Afghanistan has become more insecure in 2011, with a sharp rise in security incidents and higher numbers of civilian casualties, displaced people and complex suicide attacks, a UN report said on Wednesday.

White House won't second Mullen on Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT

A displaced flood-affected girl with a skin disease takes refuge in a camp after fleeing her home in Umerkot, Pakistan Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. The flood have killed over 220 people and destroyed some 665,000 homes displacing 1.8 million people in Sindh province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - The White House is refusing to endorse controversial criticism of Pakistan leveled by the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

8 Afghan policemen killed at checkpoint (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:53 AM PDT

Pakistani protesters shout slogans during a rally against the United States in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Pakistan lashed out at the U.S. for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American targets in Afghanistan, the most serious allegations against Islamabad since the beginning of the Afghan war. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Gunmen killed eight policemen at checkpoint in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, while the United Nations said the average number of armed clashes, roadside bombings and other violence in the country each month is running 39 percent higher in 2011 compared to last year.

U.S. blacklists two from Pakistan-based militant group (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it was blacklisting two officials of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the largest Islamic militant groups in South Asia.

SKorean military hit by 2,770 hacking attempts (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:51 AM PDT

AP - A ruling party lawmaker says South Korean military websites have been hit by more than 2,770 hacking attempts in the past year.

India says agrees to boost trade with Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Reuters - Arch rivals India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to further liberalize trade in a tentative move seen as bolstering a fragile peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals.

Philippines repairs after typhoon kills 21 (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:07 AM PDT

Debris litter the scenic Roxas boulevard near a seawall in Manila after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital and other parts of northeastern Philippines Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011. Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris Tuesday as Typhoon Nesat sent surging waves crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Forecasters sounded alarms over a new storm headed for the Philippines Wednesday, even as workers repaired seawalls demolished by a typhoon that killed at least 21 people and left scores stranded in swamped communities.

8 killed in fighting in Indian-held Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:40 AM PDT

AP - At least eight people have died in three days of fierce fighting between rebels and government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Wednesday.

Commentator breaks Australian discrimination law (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:31 AM PDT

AP - A popular right-wing commentator was found guilty Wednesday of breaking Australian discrimination law by implying that fair-skinned Aborigines chose to identify as indigenous for profit and career advancement.

Insurgents kill 4 soldiers guarding Thai school (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:39 AM PDT

In this photo taken June 17, 2011, a Thai soldier, right, provides security for Buddhist monks, taking up morning alms in Pattani province, southern Thailand. Amnesty International is calling on Muslim guerrillas in Thailand's southern border provinces to stop targeting civilians. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Muslim insurgents disguised as paramilitary rangers attacked troops guarding a school in southern Thailand on Wednesday, killing four soldiers and wounding two others, police said. A 6-year-old boy was shot in the stomach during the assault.

Indonesia's only female sex therapist goes online (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:25 AM PDT

In this Sept. 27, 2011 photo, Zoya Amirin who bills herself as the country's only female sex therapist, poses on a bed in Jakarta, Indonesia. Zoya has decided to launch a weekly podcast to provide some frank, accurate talk about the bedroom in the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Zoya Amirin has come across every myth imaginable in her job as sex psychologist in Indonesia: An uncircumcised girl will become sex-crazed. Clove cigarettes increase virility. A gecko's saliva can cure AIDS.

Pakistani police re-arrest militant leader (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:34 AM PDT

A displaced flood-affected girl with a skin disease takes refuge in a camp after fleeing her home in Umerkot, Pakistan Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. The flood have killed over 220 people and destroyed some 665,000 homes displacing 1.8 million people in Sindh province. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A Pakistani militant leader who was released last month after spending 14 years in jail has been re-arrested after making inflammatory speeches against the country's Shiite Muslim minority, a police officer said Wednesday.

Indonesian passenger ferry catches fire; 8 dead (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:08 AM PDT

AP - A docked ferry has caught fire in central Indonesia, triggering a stampede that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured.

Residential building crumbles in Old Delhi; 7 dead (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:28 PM PDT

Indian rescue workers dig the rubble from the decades-old building that fell Tuesday night in the Old Delhi area of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Broken beams and mounds of clay lay in heaps Wednesday where the four-story residential building collapsed in the Indian capital. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - Broken beams and mounds of clay lay in heaps Wednesday where a three-story residential building collapsed in the Indian capital, killing at least seven people and highlighting the dangerous housing conditions among the city's poor.

Gas explosion hits Malaysian mall; 4 injured (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:42 PM PDT

AP - Malaysia's fire department says a suspected gas leak has led to an explosion at a shopping mall in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur. Four people have been injured in the blast.

HK's No. 2 official quits, mulls leadership bid (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:52 PM PDT

AP - Hong Kong's second-highest ranking government official has resigned in a move widely seen as the first step in his campaign to be chosen the city's leader next year.
Posted by Harshad at 12:18 PM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)