Sunday, October 2, 2011

Afghanistan says Rabbani's killer was Pakistani (Reuters)

Afghanistan says Rabbani's killer was Pakistani (Reuters)

Afghanistan says Rabbani's killer was Pakistani (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Afghanistan said on Sunday that the suicide bomber who assassinated Afghan peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani was a Pakistani national.

Afghanistan urges Pakistan to take steps for peace (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Afghan men shout anti-Pakistan slogans during a rally, protesting against Pakistan's interference in Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - The Afghan government urged neighboring Pakistan on Sunday to take concrete steps to help end the Taliban insurgency and use its influence to bring the militants to direct peace talks.

Congress addresses Chinese currency manipulation (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Tourists gather near an electric signboard saying '62nd anniversary of establishment of Republic of China' in Tiananmen Square on China's National Day in Beijing Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Hundreds of thousands foreign and domestic tourists are expected to flock to the square to celebrate the 62nd National Day over the week-long holidays starting Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - After years of trying, Congress is taking another stab at retaliating against what many see as Chinese manipulation of its currency to make its exports to the United States cheaper and U.S. goods more expensive in China.

Pakistan denies spy agency tied to Afghan killing (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:10 AM PDT

A supporter of the religious group Sunni Tehreek holds a poster of Mumtaz Qadri, the confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani governor, with wording 'Qadri, we salute your courage,' during a rally to condemn a court decision against Qadri, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan. A Pakistani court convicted and sentenced Qadri to death for the killing of a liberal governor earlier this year, a murder that led to fears the country was buckling under the weight of extremism. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Pakistan has denied the Afghan government's claim that the country's spy agency was involved in the assassination of Afghanistan's envoy for Taliban peace talks.

Filipinos still trapped on roofs; typhoons kill 59 (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:50 AM PDT

Residents evacuate to safer grounds as massive flooding continues for the second day Saturday Oct. 1, 2011 at Calumpit township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Nalgae, the second typhoon in a week to hit the rain-soaked northern Philippines, added misery to thousands of people, some of whom are still perched on rooftops while several other Asian nations also reeled from flooding. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-back typhoons have left at least 59 people dead.

Dreaded militant hit squad goes rogue in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:02 AM PDT

Jalaluddin Haqqani (R), the Taliban's Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan while his son Naziruddin (L) looks on in this October 19, 2001 file photograph. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - A blindfolded man stands on explosives, trembling as he confesses to spying for the CIA in Pakistan. Armed men in black balaclavas slowly back away. Then he is blown up.

China state media takes aim at U.S. currency bill (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:19 AM PDT

Reuters - China's official news agency derided on Sunday U.S. lawmakers' efforts to pressure Beijing over its currency policy as "expedient and shallow," saying they were resorting to an old habit of deflecting blame on China.

Japan eyes private firms help on cyber attacks: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Japan plans to work more closely with private companies by sharing information on cyber attacks after defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was hacked, Nikkei business daily reported Sunday.

Philippines mops up after two typhoons in a week (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Philippine authorities were struggling on Sunday to reach communities in northern provinces of Luzon island that were hit by two powerful typhoons in less than week, as concern grew about a third storm forming off the coast.

Indonesia arrests key suspect in suicide bomb attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Indonesia authorities said on Sunday they had captured one of their four most-wanted militants in connection with two suicide-bomb attacks this year that rekindled fears of religion-related violence in the world's largest Muslim country.

Jailed China Nobel winner's wife still silenced (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:17 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, a woman walks across from a police vehicle stationed outside the apartment, center top floor, where Liu Xia, wife of jailed democracy campaigner and Novel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, is believed to be held incommunicado in Beijing, China. In the quiet, leafy neighborhood of Beijing, Liu Xia has been living in enforced isolation watched by police, without phone or Internet access and prohibited from seeing all but a few family members. Her apparent misdeed: being married to the Nobel Peace Prize winner the Chinese government calls a criminal. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - In a quiet, leafy neighborhood of Beijing, a woman has been living in enforced isolation in her book-lined, fifth-floor apartment. Her apparent misdeed: being married to a Nobel Peace Prize winner the Chinese government calls a criminal.

Reports say Tibetans protest in southwest China (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:03 AM PDT

AP - Angry Tibetans protested in a tense area of southwestern China on the country's National Day after a Tibetan flag and a photo of the Dalai Lama were torn down, a news report said Sunday.

Cambodia says 150 killed in worst floods in decade (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:14 AM PDT

AP - Cambodia says flash floods have killed at least 150 people in the Southeast Asian nation since August.

APNewsBreak: Thai PM's Twitter account hacked (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 11:01 PM PDT

AP - A mocking hacker took over the Twitter account of Thailand's recently elected prime minister on Sunday, questioning her ability to defend the country if she cannot even secure her own tweets.

Indonesia arrests a most-wanted Muslim militant (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 10:25 PM PDT

AP - Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has arrested one of the country's most wanted Muslim militants for allegedly plotting suicide attacks.

AP Enterprise: Global Islamic group rising in Asia (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 09:00 PM PDT

In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, members of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia wave flags during a protest against corruption outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. At a time when al-Qaida seems to be faltering, the recruitment of an educated, somewhat mainstream following is raising fears that Hizbut Tahrir ('The Party of Liberation'), an enigmatic global movement, could prove more effective at radicalizing the Islamic world than outright terrorist groups. Arabic writings on the flags say 'There is no god but Allah and Mohammad is His prophet.' (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - The chanting crowd at the radical Muslim protest in Indonesia stood out for its normalcy: smartly dressed businessmen, engineers, lawyers, smiling mothers, scampering children.
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