Saturday, September 3, 2011

Turkey says it will challenge Gaza blockade (AP)

Turkey says it will challenge Gaza blockade (AP)

Turkey says it will challenge Gaza blockade (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks 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 is preparing to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Saturday, ratcheting up tensions between the once close allies.

NATO kills ex-Gitmo detainee in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:32 AM PDT

Afghans are reflected in blood mixed water at the scene where Sabar Lal Melma, a former Guantanamo detainee, was killed in a NATO and Afghan forces raid in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. NATO and Afghan forces killed the man who had become a key al-Qaida affiliate after returning to Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - NATO and Afghan forces have killed a former Guantanamo detainee who returned to Afghanistan to become a key al-Qaida ally, international officials said Saturday.

10 dead, 2 missing in China coal mine flood (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 07:36 AM PDT

AP - 10 miners have died and two more are missing after a coal mine in southwestern China flooded.

Nuclear legacy: photos tell tale of 2 ghost towns (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 07:07 AM PDT

AP - Twenty-five years after a reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and melted down, its surroundings are well-explored territory, including the abandoned workers' town of Pripyat, two kilometers (about a mile) from the plant. The guides who take visitors through the area know exactly where to go and, more important, what to avoid.

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

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 06:19 AM PDT

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara, September 2, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Turkey expelled Israel's envoy and froze 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.

Typhoon Talas dumps rain on southern Japan; 2 dead (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:50 AM PDT

A local rescuer rows a rubber boat on floodwaters brought about by Typhoon Talas in Tanabe city, Wakayama prefecture, central Japan, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. Because of the slow moving, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of heavy rain and strong winds centered in south-central Japan that could lead to flooding and landslides. (AP Photo/Kiiminpo via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Powerful Typhoon Talas inched across south-central Japan on Saturday, dumping rain and buffeting a wide swath of the archipelago with strong winds. At least two people died and five others were reported missing.

Pakistani Taliban claim holding 30 abducted boys (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:26 AM PDT

Wrestling judges sit on the ground following a local wrestling competition in the Pakistani border town of Chaman along the Afghanistan border, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)AP - The Pakistani Taliban said Saturday they are holding around 30 Pakistani boys who were abducted three days ago after being lured across the border into Afghanistan.

SKoreans visiting North Korea for Buddhist service (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:02 AM PDT

Sim Sang Jin from North Korea's Buddhist Association, center in suit, South Korean Buddhist Ri Kyong Sik, standing at Sim's right, and other South Korean Buddhists from the Jogye Sect pose for a photo outside Pyongyang airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. Due to political tensions, South Korean citizens are prohibited from traveling to North Korea without government permission. However, the religious delegation received approval in Seoul to make the rare trip to attend a ceremony at ancient Pohyon Temple in the mountains northwest of the North Korean capital. (AP Photos/APTN)AP - A religious delegation from South Korea arrived in the North Korean capital on Saturday to mark an anniversary celebrated by Buddhists on both sides of the heavily fortified border.

Post-Soviet leaders' summit soured by disputes (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 04:26 AM PDT

AP - Leaders from eight former Soviet states gathered Saturday to celebrate enduring cooperation over the two decades since their nations collectively gained independence, but mutual acrimony and recriminations cast a shadow over the event.

US sends aid to flood-stricken North Korea (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 04:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2011 file photo, men check a plow and tractor in a field along the highway near the southern city of Kaesong, south of Pyongyang, North Korea. The United States sent a plane loaded with a small but symbolic shipment of emergency aid that was due to arrive in flood-stricken North Korea on Saturday, Sept. 3, in the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the countries. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)AP - The United States sent a plane loaded with a small but symbolic shipment of emergency aid that was due to arrive in flood-stricken North Korea on Saturday, in the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the countries.

Indian government, rebel group sign accord (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 04:06 AM PDT

AP - A leading separatist group in India's remote northeast signed a cease-fire accord with the Indian government on Saturday aimed at resolving a three-decade-old insurgency, a government official said.

New Japan PM gets approval rating of 63 percent (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 03:04 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 Yoshihiko Noda and his Cabinet received an initial support rating of 62.8 percent, a Kyodo News agency poll showed Saturday, a day after he announced his Cabinet and promised to guide the nation through its disaster recovery.

UN chief urges Turkey and Israel to mend relations (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:53 PM PDT

AP - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged Turkey and Israel to mend their relationship for the good of the Middle East peace process after Ankara expelled the Israeli ambassador in the latest fallout over last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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