Tuesday, September 27, 2011

US missile strike kills 3 in northwest Pakistan (AP)

US missile strike kills 3 in northwest Pakistan (AP)

US missile strike kills 3 in northwest Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Supporters of Pakistani religious party Sunni Tehreek rally against the U.S. in Hyderabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept 27, 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/Pervez Masih)AP - An American drone fired two missiles at a house in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border Tuesday, killing three people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

At least five killed in Delhi building collapse (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Reuters - A building in the old quarters of New Delhi collapsed on Tuesday night, killing at least five people and injuring more than 20, local TV reported.

Turkish ship begins oil exploration off Cyprus (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:10 AM PDT

AP - Turkey is using its navy and air force to escort a ship conducting oil and gas exploration off Cyprus, an official said Tuesday, in the latest development in a dispute over the ownership of the divided island nation's natural resources.

Shanghai subway trains crash; hundreds injured (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:02 AM PDT

Rescue workers carry an injured passenger in the subway tunnel from a train involved in a collision in Shanghai on Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011. A Shanghai subway train rear-ended another Tuesday, injuring more than 40 people in the latest trouble for the rapidly expanded transportation system in China's commercial center. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China's commercial center.

Roadside bomb kills 16 Afghans, including 11 kids (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT

An Afghan wounded man lays down in hospital bed after he was injured by a roadside bomb in Herat province Afghanistan, Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011. A station wagon packed with Afghan civilians struck a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, triggering an explosion that killed a number of men women and children, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi )AP - A station wagon packed with Afghan civilians struck a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, triggering an explosion that killed 16 people, 11 of them children, Afghan officials said.

Pakistan pushes back against U.S., woos China (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on "all-weather friend" China.

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Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT

AP - Pakistani officials say US missile strike kills 3 in a militant stronghold near Afghan border.

Typhoon rains flood Philippine capital, kill 16 (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Debris litter the scenic Roxas boulevard near a seawall in Manila after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital and other parts of northeastern Philippines Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011. Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters, dodging branches and flying debris Tuesday as Typhoon Nesat sent surging waves crashing over seawalls and submerging entire neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters and dodged flying debris Tuesday as a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines, killing at least 16 people and sending waves as tall as palm trees crashing over seawalls.

Suicide bomb, blast kill 18 civilians in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Reuters - A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan on Tuesday killed 16 civilians, most of them children, hours after a suicide car bombing killed two people and wounded dozens in a southern city pioneering a transition to Afghan security control.

Tens of thousands stranded by floodwaters in India (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:46 AM PDT

Indian villagers with their cattle cross flood waters on a boat at Kasimpurchak near Danapur Diara in Patna, India, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Monsoon rains destroyed mud huts and flooded wide swaths of northern and eastern India in recent days, leaving hundreds of thousands marooned by raging waters, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/ Aftab Alam Siddiqui)AP - Indian air force helicopters dropped food parcels and hundreds of boats shuttled stranded people to safer ground as surging floodwaters hit eastern India.

Amnesty asks lawmakers to debate Kashmir graves (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2009 file photo, Kashmiri farmer Atta Mohammed, 70, walks past unmarked graves at a graveyard where he says he has helped bury 235 unidentified dead in Bimyar, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of Srinagar, India. An international human rights group says lawmakers in the India-controlled portion of Kashmir should discuss the recent discovery of unmarked graves containing more than 2,000 unidentified bodies. Amnesty International said late Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, that the disputed Himalayan region's assembly should demand the state government set up an independent panel and provide resources to identify the bodies. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)AP - Lawmakers in the India-controlled portion of Kashmir should discuss the recent discovery of unmarked graves containing more than 2,000 bullet-riddled bodies and demand authorities take steps toward identifying them, an international rights group said.

US ambassador to Beijing admired, reviled (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:49 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011, U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke and his family members walk out from a door for a news conference in the courtyard of his residence in Beijing, China. Locke has been praised for his down-to-earth manner since becoming the first Chinese-American ambassador to Beijing. He's also been denounced as a showboater, a neocolonialist tool and a traitor to the Chinese race. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Gary Locke has been praised for his down-to-earth manner since becoming the first Chinese-American ambassador to Beijing. He's also been denounced as a showboater, a neocolonialist tool and a traitor to the Chinese race.

Oil rises above $82 on Europe debt progress hope (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:42 AM PDT

Demonstrators against the Keystone XL pipeline hold signs outside Pershing Auditorium near the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., ahead of a hearing on the pipeline, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Opponents of the pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas through the sandhills of Nebraska expressed concern about the pipeline's effect on the Ogallala Aquifer, a vast subterranean reservoir that spans a large swath of the Great Plains and provides water to eight states, while supporters of the pipeline, which include labor unions and business groups, spoke of jobs and development and energy security. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Oil rose above $82 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, following stock markets higher amid hopes that Europe was finally girding for a major program to prevent debt-strapped Greece from going bankrupt.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Aquino confident in typhoon response (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT

AP - Philippine President Benigno Aquino III says he's confident that disaster management authorities in his country are adequately responding to flooding from a typhoon that has submerged entire sections of metropolitan Manila.

Australian women to take front-line military roles (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:33 PM PDT

AP - Australia will remove all gender barriers in its military over the next five years, opening up positions that had previously been considered too dangerous for women, including front-line combat roles, a minister said Tuesday.

Indonesian police say church bomber was wanted man (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:24 PM PDT

AP - Police say DNA tests have confirmed the man who blew himself up in an Indonesian church over the weekend was wanted for plotting an earlier suicide bombing.

Amnesty: Most casualties in Thai south civilian (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:06 PM PDT

In this photo taken June 17, 2011, a Thai soldier, right, provides security for Buddhist monks, taking up morning alms in Pattani province, southern Thailand. Amnesty International is calling on Muslim guerrillas in Thailand's southern border provinces to stop targeting civilians. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Amnesty International called on Muslim guerrillas in Thailand's southernmost provinces to stop targeting civilians, saying Tuesday that noncombatants accounted for two-thirds of the nearly 5,000 deaths reported in the conflict since insurgents took up arms in 2004.

Taiwan man sets himself alight in protest (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:49 PM PDT

AP - A Taiwanese man set himself on fire near the presidential office in downtown Taipei on Tuesday to protest actions taken by the island's judiciary.

Militants kill 6, wound 5 in Philippine attack (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:15 PM PDT

AP - The Philippine military says al-Qaida-linked militants have killed a soldier and five villagers and wounded five others in an attack in a restive southern island province.

Asian stocks jump on hopes of euro debt resolution (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:54 PM PDT

The final numbers of the day's trading is shown on a board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York in this May 6, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesAP - Asian stocks enjoyed a vigorous rebound early Tuesday after a pledge by European officials to resolve the region's debt problems helped soothe market sentiment.
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