Friday, September 2, 2011

China state paper urges Internet rethink to gag foes (Reuters)

China state paper urges Internet rethink to gag foes (Reuters)

China state paper urges Internet rethink to gag foes (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Reuters - China's Communist Party control is at risk unless the government takes firmer steps to stop Internet opinion being shaped by increasingly organized political foes, a team of party writers warned in a commentary published on Friday.

Turkey expels Israel ambassador over flotilla raid (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, centre left, leads advisors as he arrives to speak to the media in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. Turkey said Friday it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and cutting military ties with Israel over the last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Davutoglu said Turkey was downgrading diplomatic ties to the level of second secretary and that the ambassador and other high-level diplomats would leave the capital Ankara by Wednesday.(AP Photo)AP - Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and will cut military ties with the country over its refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, officials said Friday, further straining a relationship that had been a cornerstone of regional stability.

NATO races to secure violent, porous Afghanistan-Pakistan border (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:56 AM PDT

A U.S. Army soldier from Alpha Company 2nd battalion 27th infantry regiment, Task Forces Bronco smokes a cigarette as he takes a break in the bunker at OP Mace in eastern Afghanistan Kunar province, near the border of Pakistan August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - Alim Mohammad surveys the stretch of land he has guarded for the last four years, squinting under the sunlight from a cliff overlooking what the United States calls the most dangerous place in the world.

Turkey expels Israeli diplomats after U.N. report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara, September 2, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and suspended military cooperation with the Jewish state on Friday after a U.N. report on the deaths of nine Turks in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship failed to trigger an apology.

New Zealand eager to play as Rugby World Cup host (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:17 AM PDT

A child holds a banner welcoming Argentine rugby team as he waits for the them to arrive at Dunedin's airport, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 ahead of the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Argentina will play their opening Pool B match against England in Dunedin on Sept. 10. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Ox and his mates are hitting the road to watch their beloved All Blacks play in the Rugby World Cup, making a trip they've been working on for months.

Japan's PM picks fresh faces, unifiers for Cabinet (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:02 AM PDT

New Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during his first press conference as the Japanese leader at his official residence in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. Noda chose fresh faces and political unifiers for his Cabinet Friday, promising to steer the troubled nation through disaster recovery, a nuclear crisis and a lengthy economic slump.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan's new prime minister chose fresh faces and political unifiers for his Cabinet Friday, promising to steer the troubled nation through disaster recovery, a nuclear crisis and a lengthy economic slump.

Millions hit by heavy floods in north and eastern India (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Surging flood waters in northern and eastern India have affected millions of people, forcing many from their homes as swollen rivers wash away roads and make rescue work difficult, government and aid officials said on Friday.

China says ConocoPhillips hasn't ended Bohai spill (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:18 AM PDT

AP - China's oceanic agency has ordered ConocoPhillips China to do more to prevent and clean up offshore spills in the Bohai Bay that have raised an outcry among fishermen and environmentalists.

Japan's PM picks cabinet and vows pragmatic reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:48 AM PDT

Japan's ruling Democratic Party Secretary General Katsuya Okada walks out after a meeting at the party headquarters in Tokyo, in this December 13, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/FilesReuters - Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda unveiled on Friday a government that will face the task of engineering an economic recovery without blowing a hole in its stretched finances, promising swift fiscal reforms but with an eye on growth.

Second plane this week skids off runway in India (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:28 AM PDT

Reuters - A Turkish Airlines aircraft carrying 104 passengers skidded off the runway at Mumbai Airport on Friday, the second incident in a week to raise concerns that some Indian airports are over-stretched.

Philippine police accuse ex-president's husband (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:26 AM PDT

AP - Police in the Philippines filed a plunder complaint Friday against the husband of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for allegedly conspiring to sell to police two helicopters he owned but passed off as new.

Medvedev urges regional solution to Afghan issues (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:19 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, talks to Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon, center, while Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai walks nearby at a residence outside Dushanbe, Takjik capital on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. The leaders of the four nations gathered to discuss reconstruction in Afghanistan and the joint fight against drug trafficking and terrorism. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that the fate of Afghanistan and surrounding nations should be decided by regional powers, an apparent call for reduced U.S. engagement.

Chinese investor defends plan for Iceland resort (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:41 AM PDT

Huang Nubo, chairman of Zhong Kun Group, reacts as he introduces his land-purchasing plan in Iceland to the press at a meeting room of his company's headquarters building in Beijing, China, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. The Chinese real estate tycoon has defended his plan to buy a large tract of wilderness in Iceland to build a resort in a proposal that has stirred unease in the northern Atlantic nation about the environment and Beijing's role. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Iceland is having a China crisis.

Pakistan official: 30 boys abducted in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:36 AM PDT

Champa, 45, has colour applied on her face as she prays with others on the first day of AP - Suspected Taliban militants were holding a group of around 30 Pakistani boys on Friday after luring them into Afghanistan and kidnapping them, Pakistani officials said.

India says ship near Vietnam was warned by China (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:05 AM PDT

AP - Indian officials say a naval vessel on a trip to Vietnam was warned by China that it was allegedly violating Chinese waters.

Philippine Muslim rebels say peace talks still on (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:35 AM PDT

Marvic Llonen, the government chief negotiator with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, gestures during a forum with the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 in a hotel in suburban Mandaluyong City, east of Manila, Philippines. The government and the Muslim rebels said their peace negotiations have not broken down despite the rebel negotiator's rejection of a government proposal for autonomy in the country's south. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - The Philippine government and Muslim rebels said Friday peace talks have not broken down even though rebel negotiators oppose a government plan for autonomy in the country's south.

Sri Lanka completes its first survey of elephants (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:12 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2011 file photo, a herd of Asiatic wild elephants gather at a national park in Minneriya, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Colombo, Sri Lanka. The first national survey of Sri Lanka's wild elephants shows that the Indian Ocean island has a population of more than 5,800 — slightly higher than previous official estimates, officials said Friday Aug. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, File)AP - The first national survey of Sri Lanka's wild elephants shows that the Indian Ocean island has a population of more than 5,800 — slightly higher than previous official estimates, officials said Friday.

Poor Filipinos have 9/11 victim to thank for homes (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:09 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 3, 2011 in Manila, Philippines, Felisa Morta, right, with her family pause outside their home in a village named after Marie Rose Abad who died during the Sept. 11 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City. Unlike many victims of the 2001 attacks who are remembered mostly by their family and friends, Marie Rose Abad's legacy lives on half-way around the world in a once-notorious Manila slum now turned into a tidy village that carries her name. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A street sign in Manila shows an American businesswoman and Sept. 11 victim smiling down on a community whose transformation would have warmed her heart: children frolicking on tidy brick alleys near brightly colored houses.

Oil falls to near $88 ahead of key US jobs report (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:29 AM PDT

A U.S. Park Police officers speaks to demonstrators in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, during a protest against the Keystone oil pipeline in the US, and the Tar Sands Development in Alberta Canada . (AP Photo/Luis M. Avarez)AP - Oil prices fell to near $88 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors awaited a key jobs report later in the day for evidence about the strength of the U.S. economy.

World markets fall ahead of US jobs report (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:02 AM PDT

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Global stock markets slumped Friday ahead of the release of U.S. employment figures that are under close scrutiny for further clues about the state of the world's largest economy.
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