Thursday, September 22, 2011

Sparks fly as U.S. and Pakistan spar over Afghan bloodshed (Reuters)

Sparks fly as U.S. and Pakistan spar over Afghan bloodshed (Reuters)

Sparks fly as U.S. and Pakistan spar over Afghan bloodshed (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:51 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 - The United States and Pakistan inched closer to open confrontation on Thursday, the top U.S. military officer accusing Pakistan's intelligence agency in the strongest terms yet of involvement in violence against U.S. targets in Afghanistan.

North Korea says wants more talks with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT

North Korea's nuclear envoy Ri Yong Ho, center top, talks to journalists outside the private Chang An Club after talks with South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. The representatives of North and South Korea met Wednesday for crucial talks, renewing optimism that Pyongyang could be persuaded to resume discussions on ending its nuclear program after it walked out two years ago. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Reuters - North Korea wants to hold a second round of dialogue with the United States, possibly next month, as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the North's nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Thursday.

Senators eye October approval of China currency bill (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:00 AM PDT

A 100 Yuan note is seen in this illustration picture in Beijing March 7, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - A bipartisan group of senators said on Thursday they expected the Senate to pass a bill in October that would crack down on Chinese currency practices that they said are costing American jobs.

Afghan president: Rabbani's killer was impostor (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT

As the Afghan national flag flies at half staff to honor the death of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, as a presidential palace security person stands guard before Hamid Karzai's press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani extended a hand to his assassin and greeted him at his home with the words "Welcome. Welcome."

U.S. says Pakistan's ISI supported Kabul embassy attack (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Reuters - The Haqqani militant network is a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's powerful ISI intelligence service, which supported the group as it launched a startling attack last week on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday.

Senators to unveil bill aimed at China yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:31 AM PDT

A yuan banknote is displayed next to a U.S. dollar banknote (back) for the photographer at a money changer inside the Taoyuan International Airport March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday was set unveil a new bill to "crack down" on China currency practices that they blame for millions of lost American jobs over the past decade.

Report: Kurdish militants claim car bomb attack (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Firefighters are seen working at the site after a suspected car bomb exploded in a busy street in the Turkish capital Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, killing three people and wounding 15 others, authorities said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the attack comes at a time when Kurdish rebels fighting for autonomy in southeastern Turkey have escalated their attacks on Turkish targets. The rebels carried out deadly bomb attacks in Turkish cities in the past.(AP Photo)AP - A Kurdish militant group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack near a school in the Turkish capital that killed three people and wounded 34, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported.

Ex-Afghan president lured into deadly trap: survivor (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 07:18 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C), standing amongst other high ranking government officials, speaks about the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, at the presidential palace in Kabul September 22, 2011. Rabbani was killed by a suicide attacker in his house on September 20 in Kabul. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - The suicide bomber who killed former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani had claimed he was representing a mysterious figure mediating between the government and the Taliban's senior leadership, a survivor of the attack said on Thursday.

Choppers rescue tourists caught by Cambodian flood (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:35 AM PDT

AP - Flash floods at a centuries-old temple in northeastern Cambodia stranded about 200 foreign tourists Thursday, forcing officials to use helicopters to evacuate them to a nearby town.

China steps up condemnation of U.S. over Taiwan arms (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 06:01 AM PDT

Reuters - China stepped up its condemnation of the United States on Thursday for selling arms to Taiwan saying they could disrupt military exchanges, a warning that is likely to unsettle, but not derail, ties with Washington.

4 killed, several missing in Nepal landslide (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:46 AM PDT

AP - An official says a landslide has buried workers building a canal in a mountain village in west Nepal, killing at least four people and leaving several people missing.

Pakistan orders detention of prominent militant (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:12 AM PDT

Mourners attend funeral prayer of the victims of Tuesday's shooting incident in Quetta, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling by bus through southwest Pakistan on their way to in Iran, killing 26 people, officials and survivors said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - The Pakistani government placed a prominent Islamist militant under temporary house detention because of his attempts to stoke conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims since his release from prison two months ago, police said Thursday.

Remote India villages reached; quake toll hits 106 (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:36 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 - Rescuers on Thursday finally reached some of the villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake in the Himalayan region last weekend, as the death toll in the disaster climbed past 100.

SE Asia risks China's ire to discuss sea dispute (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:33 AM PDT

AP - Southeast Asian maritime experts were close to endorsing a Philippine plan for settling a long-standing dispute over potentially oil-rich islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by six countries including China.

Plane with American pilot crashes in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:18 AM PDT

AP - Police say a small plane has crashed in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua, killing all three people on board, including the American pilot.

SKorean sex workers rally to protest stricter laws (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:12 AM PDT

South Korean prostitutes wearing caps and masks to cover their identities beat their balloon sticks in a rally against the enacted anti-prostitution law in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Hundreds of prostitutes gathered to denounce the anti-prostitution law that they say threatens their livelihoods. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Hundreds of South Korean sex workers have rallied to call for the abolishment of laws that toughened the punishment for prostitution.

Yao Ming, Branson join to fight shark fin trade (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:25 AM PDT

British tycoon Richard Branson speaks at a press conference for a campaign against eating shark fins in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Branson and recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming made an appeal Thursday in Shanghai against the consumption of shark fins to a group of 30 of China's richest and most influential businesspeople. (AP Photo)AP - Recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is taking the fight against eating shark fins back to his homeland, where demand for the traditional delicacy is soaring despite efforts to ban their use and trade.

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

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:26 AM PDT

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.

Deadly typhoon leaves Japan; nuclear plant intact (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:22 AM PDT

Surging waves hit against the breakwater in Udono in a port town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. A powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast Wednesday, approaching a nuclear power plant crippled in that disaster and prompting calls for the evacuation of more than a million people. (AP Photo/Chunichi Shimbun, Daiji Yanagida) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - The second major typhoon in a month made its way out of Japan on Thursday after triggering landslides and floods that left at least 16 people dead or missing but sparing a crippled nuclear plant from major damage.

Oil falls below $85 as Fed warns of economic risks (AP)

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, center, addresses an investment forum in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Energy companies EdF SA, Eni SpA and Wintershall AG on Friday signed a shareholder deal in Sochi with Russian gas exporting monopoly Gazprom to take 50 percent in a European gas pipeline project. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Oil prices fell below $85 a barrel Thursday in Asia, extending losses from the previous session after the U.S. central bank warned of major risks to economic growth.
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