Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Family confirms US civilian death in Afghanistan (AP)

Family confirms US civilian death in Afghanistan (AP)

Family confirms US civilian death in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Afghan police vehicles are seen parked near to the area where the bodies of two Germans were found in Salang, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Two Germans who disappeared nearly three weeks ago while hiking in the Hindu Kush mountains were shot to death, a police general said Monday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - An American civilian working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been strangled to death in Afghanistan, officials and family members said Tuesday.

Crikey! Huge crocodile captured in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:00 AM PDT

AP - What a croc!

Turkey ups naval presence amid tension with Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:59 AM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan visits the Seyidka camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu August 19, 2011. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - Turkey said on Tuesday it was freezing defense trade with Israel and stepping up naval patrols in the eastern Mediterranean, a sign of growing tension between the two major U.S. allies in the Middle East.

India, Bangladesh agreed to deeper cooperation (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:54 AM PDT

AP - Bangladesh and India agreed Tuesday to cooperate in trade and to resolve border disputes, but left river water sharing and transit issues for further discussions.

Turkey warns of more sanctions against Israel (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

AP - Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday his nation's navy will step up its surveillance of the eastern Mediterranean Sea — a move that could potentially lead to confrontation with Israel — and warned of more sanctions against Israel as relations between the former allies deteriorated further.

Indian politician says WikiLeaks founder is insane (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:46 AM PDT

India's Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Mayawati addresses a press conference in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Mayawati lashed out at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying he is either insane or being used as a tool of her opponents for releasing U.S. Embassy cables that describe her as megalomaniac and corrupt. An October 2008 cable called this powerful leader of the nation's bottom caste untouchables, a 'virtual paranoid dictator' who once sent a private jet to Mumbai to pick up a new pair of sandals. (AP Photo/Ajay Kumar Singh)AP - A top Indian politician lashed out at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, saying he is either insane or being used as a tool of her opponents for releasing U.S. Embassy cables that describe her as megalomaniac and corrupt.

Thai police arrest 2 for smuggling dogs to Vietnam (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:58 AM PDT

AP - Thai authorities have arrested two men who tried to smuggle 120 dogs to Vietnam to be sold for human consumption, police said Tuesday.

New ordeal for Indonesian who escaped Saudi sword (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:57 AM PDT

In this photo taken Aug. 24, 2011, Darsem binti Dawud Tawar stands at her father's house in Trungtum, West Java's Subang district, Indonesia. An Indonesian maid is beheaded in Saudi Arabia. For a second one on death row, strangers at home rally to her cause and raise tens of thousands of dollars. She not only escapes the sword, she's now rich. And hated. Darsem, 22, shot to fame earlier this year in Indonesia after spending more than three years in a Saudi prison accused of killing a man who allegedly tried to rape her. But when she safely returned to her small fishing village, the public tide swiftly turned against her. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - One Indonesian maid is beheaded in Saudi Arabia. For a second one on death row, strangers at home rally to her cause and raise tens of thousands of dollars. She not only escapes the sword, she's now rich. And hated.

Strong quake jolts west Indonesia; 3 people killed (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Residents take their properties from a damaged house Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 in Subulussalam, Aceh Province, Indonesia. A powerful earthquake rocked the region in western Indonesian island of Sumatra early in the day, killing a 12-year-old boy and sending people streaming from houses, hotels and at least one hospital in panic. (AP Photo/Ali Sakti)AP - A powerful earthquake jolted western Indonesia early Tuesday, killing three people, damaging buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes, hotels and even a hospital.

Doctor who helped CIA barred from leaving Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:59 AM PDT

Pakistani Air Force personnel march at the Mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan on the occasion of Defence Day on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - A doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been barred from leaving Pakistan, a commission investigating the killing of the al-Qaida leader said Tuesday.

Air drops bring aid to typhoon-isolated Japanese (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:30 AM PDT

An excavator works at the site where part of a road is washed away by flood water in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, central Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Typhoon Talas dumped record rain, killing dozens of people in Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Helicopters ferried supplies Tuesday to thousands of people still cut off by Japan's worst storm in 28 years. Typhoon Talas left at least 46 dead and 54 missing in a nation still struggling to recover from its devastating tsunami just six months ago.

Australian standoff ends; 1 in custody, girl safe (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:55 AM PDT

A man believed to be holding a child hostage gestures after smashing a window at a lawyers office in suburban Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Australian police cordoned off a Sydney building Tuesday in a tense standoff with the man who claimed to have a bomb, smashed a window and issued threats from the lawyer's office where he holed up with his teenage daughter. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and said he had a bomb in his backpack was taken into custody Tuesday after a tense, 12-hour standoff with police.

Indian police arrest lawmaker accused of bribery (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:36 AM PDT

AP - Indian police have arrested a federal lawmaker for alleged involvement in a cash-for-votes scandal during a crucial confidence vote faced by the ruling Congress party in 2008.

Suspected insurgents kill 3 in Thailand's south (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:22 AM PDT

AP - Police say suspected Muslim insurgents have killed three people and injured five others in several attacks in Thailand's violence-plagued south.

Eager for trade, North Korea looks to China (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:34 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, a North Korean man sits top of a cart pulled by an ox on the road from the Wonjong border crossing to Rason city, North Korea. Rason, the special economic zone, lies in the far northeastern tip of North Korea, 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A paved Chinese highway edged with telecommunications towers and electricity lines comes to a halt at the border with North Korea, giving way to a landscape seemingly frozen in time.

2-day strike shuts down Indian-held Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:25 AM PDT

AP - A two-day general strike demanding the release of hundreds of street protesters in the Indian-ruled portion of Kashmir has shut down most businesses and schools in the disputed region.

Malaysian customs seize third African ivory haul (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:47 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, Malaysian customs officers inspect elephant tusks which had been seized on Sept. 2, in Port Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian authorities have confiscated some 700 African elephant tusks worth about 3 million ringgit ($1 million) destined for China, the third seizure of illegal ivory since July. (AP Photo)AP - Malaysian authorities have confiscated some 700 African elephant tusks worth about 3 million ringgit ($1 million) destined for China. It was the third seizure of illegal ivory in the country since July.

UN leader urges world to unite and act on Syria (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:33 AM PDT

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world community on Tuesday to take action on the situation in Syria.

Myanmar establishes human rights commission (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:26 AM PDT

AP - Myanmar's nominally civilian government has formed a National Human Rights Commission to investigate reported abuses, state-run media reported Tuesday, although a similar body in 2000 failed to have any impact.

China says to tighten control over weapons dealers (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:41 AM PDT

AP - China said Tuesday it will strengthen control over arms exports after revelations of a meeting in July between Chinese weapons makers and representatives of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
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