Friday, September 23, 2011

Fresh focus on No. 1 Afghan militant threat (AP)

Fresh focus on No. 1 Afghan militant threat (AP)

Fresh focus on No. 1 Afghan militant threat (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:19 AM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 22, 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. The U.S. fired scores of missiles into its Pakistani safe haven over the last two years and made stopping its operations a top priority. Yet the Haqqani militant network has thrived and is now considered the No. 1 threat to American troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, File)AP - The top U.S. military officer made headlines this week when he said a particularly ruthless Islamic militant group killing Americans in Afghanistan "acts as a veritable arm" of the intelligence service of America's nominal ally Pakistan.

U.S. presses Pakistan to break ties with militants (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. officials pressed Pakistan on Friday to sever ties with the Haqqani militant network, renewing charges that Islamabad's spy agency supported the Taliban-affiliated group in attacks on American targets.

US outreach to Pakistan continues despite attacks (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:44 AM PDT

A man pulls his motorcycle rickshaw as he wades out of the flood waters in the Badin district of Pakistan's Sindh province September 23, 2011. The latest floods, triggered by monsoon rains, have killed more than 230 people, destroyed or damaged 1.2 million houses and flooded 4.5 million acres (1.8 million hectares) since late last month, officials and Western aid groups say. More than 300,000 people have been moved to shelters. Some 800,000 families hit by last year's floods are still homeless. Aid groups have warned of a growing risk of fatal diseases. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)AP - Obama administration officials said Friday that the U.S. wants to continue working with Pakistan, even as they expanded on assertions that Islamabad's spy agency supported and encouraged attacks by Haqqani network extremists on the American embassy in Afghanistan last week.

Pakistan blasts US comments about spy agency (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT

A Pakistani protester shouts slogans at an anti-American rally in Multan, Pakistan on Friday, Sept 23, 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 - Pakistan's army chief dismissed U.S. allegations that his spy agency had helped Afghan militants attack the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, saying Friday the charges were baseless and part of a public "blame game" detrimental to peace in Afghanistan.

Pakistan warns U.S.: "You will lose an ally" (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:46 AM PDT

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company 2nd battalion 27th infantry (the Wolfhounds), Task Force No Fear climb upon arrival to Observation Post Mace from FOB Bostick in eastern Afghanistan Naray district, Kunar province near border of Pakistan August 26, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - Pakistan warned the United States it risks losing an ally if it continued to accuse Islamabad of playing a double game in the war against militancy, escalating the crisis in relations between the two countries.

Insight: Haqqani chief says U.S. will suffer if it tries attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:30 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers from Task Force Reuters - Sirajuddin Haqqani does not carry a gun or wear a turban as he moves stealthily through the Waziristan wilderness along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, hoping to avoid detection and getting hit by a U.S. missile from a drone aircraft.

Kyrgyz PM steps aside to run for president (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:13 AM PDT

AP - Kyrgyzstan's prime minister said Friday he will step aside and hand duties over to his deputy in order to run in the Central Asian nation's Oct. 30 presidential election.

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Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:09 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's army chief denies US claims the country's spy agency is backing Afghan militants.

Turkey thwarts resort bombing by Kurdish rebels (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 07:56 AM PDT

This undated Hillsborough County jail booking photo shows Scott Sciple. When Marine Capt. Sciple was arrested for the drunk driving crash that killed a 49-year-old man in Tampa, Fla, military officials did an investigation of their own on the man who had previously been awards three Purple Hearts and a bronze star for bravery during combat in Iraq. Now his lawyer says the effects of combat have resulted in such severe post-traumatic stress disorder that his client frequently blacks out in dissociative episodes, which is what happened the night of the crash. He plans to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Jail)AP - Paramilitary police on Friday defused a powerful bomb believed to be planted by Kurdish rebels on a bridge in the country's southeast, and police also averted a possible attack in western resort town popular with foreign tourists.

Distraught followers bury slain Afghan ex-leader (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Afghan soldiers carry the coffin of slain Afghanistan High Peace Council and former President Burhanuddin Rabbani during his funeral at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Friday Sept. 23, 2011. Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed to continue efforts to broker a peace deal with the Taliban on September 23 as he led thousands of mourners at the funeral of his assassinated peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani. Kabul police deployed thousands of extra officers as part of a security lockdown designed to protect the funeral prayers being offered at the presidential palace from increasingly brazen gun and suicide attacks. (AP Photo/Shah Marai/Pool)AP - A surging crowd of mourners on Friday touched and kissed the coffin of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, slain by a suicide bomber claiming to carry a Taliban peace message, and vented at their own government and its efforts to reconcile with the insurgency.

Soldiers reach last of India's quake-hit villages (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:27 AM PDT

Members of Indian National Disaster Response Force evaluate the damage of a school building before starting their operation to remove a body, believed to be under its rubble, in Chungthang, India, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Rescuers in helicopters on Thursday reached some of the villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake that rattled the Himalayan region last weekend. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Soldiers in India's northeast have reached the last villages cut off by landslides from a powerful earthquake that shook the Himalayan region last weekend and killed more than 100 people, an army officer said Friday.

Massacred village in Indonesia awaits Dutch amends (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:10 AM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 photo, Cawi binti Baisa gestures at the heroes' cemetery in Rawagede, West Java , Indonesia. Six decades after dutch troops massacred hundreds of men and boys in the village, relatives of the dead are still waiting for justice and compensation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Six decades have passed, but Kadun bin Siot's voice still trembles as he recalls the morning Dutch troops surrounded his tiny Indonesia village and nearly wiped out its entire male population.

Malaysian resort forced to scrap Miss Bikini night (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:26 AM PDT

AP - A beach resort in Muslim-majority Malaysia on Friday scrapped a publicity event for an international "Miss Bikini" pageant after officials warned it could promote indecent behavior.

Villagers riot in southern China over land dispute (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 01:20 AM PDT

AP - Protests by hundreds of villagers over a land dispute in southern China turned violent this week, with residents smashing buildings, overturning vehicles and clashing with police, a villager and the local city government said Friday.

SKorean reporters detained by China near NKorea (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:57 AM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities detained a group of South Korean journalists and others for a fourth day Friday on suspicion of spying while on a reporting trip near China's border with North Korea, officials in Seoul said.

Australia 'collar bomb' suspect extradited from US (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2011 12:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, Paul Douglas Peters, left, of Sydney, Australia, is escorted from the Federal Courthouse in Louisville, Ky., after he was arraigned in connection with a bomb hoax in Australia. The Australian man accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck as part of an extortion attempt is being extradited from the U.S. to Australia. New South Wales police said Friday Sept. 23, 2011 that Australian detectives were sent to the U.S. to assist in the extradition (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Sam Upshaw Jr., File)AP - An Australian investment banker accused of chaining a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck in a bizarre extortion attempt was being extradited Friday from the U.S. to face a slew of charges at home, police said.

Asia markets sharply lower as recession fears soar (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 07:06 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP - Asian stocks faced sharp losses early Friday following a precipitous session of trading of Wall Street sparked by fears that a global recession may already be under way.

China man held on suspicion of keeping sex slaves (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:55 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese man has been detained on suspicion of keeping six women in a basement as his sex slaves for two years and killing two of them.

Little fallout seen from US arms sale to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2007 file photo, Taiwanese air force F-16 fighter jets fly in formation as they drop anti-missile deterrents during the second day of the annual Hankuang military exercises. China denounced a decision by the United States to upgrade Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets, summoning the U.S. ambassador and warning that military ties and overall relations will suffer, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)AP - Despite Beijing's bluster and hints of another break in military exchanges, little fallout is expected from Washington's decision to upgrade Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets.

Magnitude-6.2 quake shakes Tonga (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:38 PM PDT

AP - A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rattled the island nation of Tonga in the South Pacific on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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