Monday, September 5, 2011

Turkey tells Israeli diplomats to leave (AP)

Turkey tells Israeli diplomats to leave (AP)

Turkey tells Israeli diplomats to leave (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:06 AM PDT

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks to the media during a news conference with Nabil Shaath, advisor to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, after their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Turkey on Monday vowed to strive for widespread Palestinian state recognition at the United Nations and formally notified high-level Israeli diplomats they have two days to leave the country, deepening the diplomatic rift with its former ally Israel.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkey deepened its rift with Israel on Monday by vowing to work for the recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations and by saying it has notified high-level Israeli diplomats they have two days to leave the country.

China loses WTO appeal against U.S. tire tariffs (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States was entitled to impose extra safeguard duties on imports of Chinese tires, the World Trade Organization's top court said on Monday, upholding a ruling made in December 2010.

Afghan police chief: missing Germans shot to death (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:35 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 - Two Germans who disappeared nearly three weeks ago while hiking in the Hindu Kush mountains were shot to death, a police general said Monday.

Pakistan detains top al-Qaida suspect (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:54 AM PDT

CORRECTS SOURCE OF IMAGE In this image displayed on Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations website shows al-Qaida member Younis al-Mauritani, seen in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Sept 5, 2011. Working with the CIA, Pakistani spies arrested three members of al-Qaida, including al-Mauritani a top operative alleged to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden to target American economic interests around the world, Pakistan's army said Monday. (AP Photo/Inter-Services Public Relations)AP - A battered al-Qaida suffered another significant blow when Pakistani agents working with the CIA arrested a senior leader believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the globe, Pakistan announced Monday.

Killer typhoon brings more misery to Japan (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:40 AM PDT

AP - Japan braced for more heavy rain and floods Monday as the death toll from the worst typhoon to hit the country in seven years climbed to 34. Rescuers searched for 55 others who remained missing, and tens of thousands of families struggled without power or telephone service.

Pakistani tech wiz harnesses Internet for the poor (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:29 AM PDT

In this Aug, 29, 2011 photo, Umar Saif, left, stands with his colleague Yaser Awan in Lahore, Pakistan. While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, 32-year-old Umar Saif is working to bring the networking power of the Internet to millions of Pakistanis who don't have access to the Web — and could shake up the country's politics in the process. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - While many young tech wizards strive to invent the next iPad, Umar Saif is working to bring Internet-style networking to millions of Pakistanis who don't have access to the Web. He could shake up the country's politics in the process.

Eek! Mouse in pantry halts Nepal flight to Bangkok (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:58 AM PDT

AP - Airline officials say flight attendants spotted a mouse in the pantry of a Boeing 757, prompting Nepal Airlines to cancel a Bangkok-bound flight, evacuate passengers and tow the jet to a hangar to hunt for the rodent.

U.S. must stay in Afghanistan or risk more attacks: envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States must keep fighting the Taliban or risk more attacks like those of September 11, 2001, because the insurgent group is a ruthless enemy that has not cut ties to al Qaeda, the U.S. ambassador to Kabul said.

Pakistan says captures al Qaeda leader (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:12 AM PDT

Senior Al Qaeda leader Younis al- Mauritani is shown in this undated picture posted on the website of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan's administrative military organization which coordinates military information with the media and the public, on September 5, 2011. ISPR said Younis al- Mauritani was arrested in Quetta by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Pakistan said on Monday its main intelligence service has captured a Reuters - Pakistan said on Monday it has captured a "senior al Qaeda leader" named Younis al- Mauritani who was responsible for conducting international operations and ordered by Osama bin Laden to hit U.S., European and Australian economic targets.

China confirms visit from Gadhafi representatives (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:55 AM PDT

AP - China confirmed on Monday that representatives of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi visited in July in a bid to buy arms, news that could further damage Beijing's relations with the new opposition government in Tripoli.

Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:46 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan township, Agusan del Sur Province, pretends to measure a huge crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan late Saturday in southern Philippines. Elorde said Monday that dozens of villagers and experts ensnared the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male crocodile along a creek in his township after a three-week hunt. It was one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in the Philippines in recent years. (AP Photo)AP - Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an official said Monday.

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Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:31 AM PDT

AP - Afghan police chief says 2 missing Germans were shot to death in Hindu Kush mountains.

Japan FM: China should play fair under world rules (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:27 AM PDT

AP - Japan's new foreign minister said Monday that the international community should encourage China to observe global rules and play fair rather than become a threat.

Thai citizen accused of insulting king on Facebook (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:30 AM PDT

AP - Police have arrested a Thai computer programmer on charges of insulting the nation's revered king on a Facebook page, his lawyer said Monday. The charges carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

Floods kill 136 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:44 AM PDT

Pakistani youngsters play during heavy rainfall in Islamabad, Pakistan Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A Pakistani relief official says monsoon rains have killed 136 people in the south of the country and flooded hundreds of thousand of rice, cotton and sugarcane crops.

India, Bangladesh to help people stuck in enclaves (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:31 AM PDT

Villagers extract jute at Tinbigha corridor that leads to the Dahagram enclave near the India Bangladesh border, India, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. A victim of absurd map drawing during the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, the enclave has been all but abandoned by both nations. (AP Photo/Tamal Roy)AP - The village of Votbari is a tiny island of India surrounded by a sea of Bangladesh.

Vann Nath, survivor of Khmer Rouge prison, dies (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:30 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 9, 2010, a Cambodian survivors, Vann Nath, 66, speaks at a press conference at Tuol Sleng genocide museum, formerly Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Nath lapsed into a coma in late August, 2011, after developing breathing difficulties, and his daughter Vann Chan Simen says he passed away on Monday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)AP - Vann Nath, an artist who was among only seven people to survive Cambodia's most notorious prison of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime and who later depicted the facility's horrific torture, has died, his daughter said Monday. He was 66.

Buddhist monks from 2 Koreas hold joint service (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:26 AM PDT

Sim Sang Jin from North Korea's Buddhist Association, left, shakes hands with Ri Kyong-sik of South Korea's Jogye Buddhist sect at 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 - Buddhist monks from North and South Korea prayed together in a rare joint religious service Monday in the North amid recent hopeful signs that animosity is easing between the rivals.

India lawmaker arrested over mining scandal (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:22 AM PDT

AP - India's top investigating agency on Monday arrested a state lawmaker and former minister indicted in a multibillion-dollar scam involving the granting of illegal mining contracts.

AP-GfK Poll: Japanese support for US bases grows (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:18 AM PDT

AP - Japanese have become more welcoming to the U.S. military presence in their country over the past six years as fears spread that neighboring China and North Korea are threats to peace, an Associated Press-GfK poll has found.
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