Monday, October 24, 2011

Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties (AP)

Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties (AP)

Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:42 AM PDT

AP - China urged ally North Korea to improve its strained ties with longtime foes the United States and South Korea, state media reported Monday, as U.S. and North Korean diplomats began talks about restarting negotiations on the North's nuclear programs.

Turks weep as survivors, bodies pulled from rubble (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Rescuers work to save people from of collapsed buildings in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. . At least 270 people are killed after a powerful quake in eastern Turkey and dozens of people are still trapped in hills of debris, but authorities hope the death toll may not rise as high as initially feared. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkish families wept in joy and sorrow Monday as a few lucky survivors and many more victims were pulled out of the rubble after a 7.2-magnitude quake leveled over a hundred apartment and office buildings.

Turkish tanks move on N.Iraq, near PKK camp -sources (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Turkish tanks and armored vehicles crossed into northern Iraq headed in the direction of a Kurdish militant camp, Turkish security sources said Monday.

Turkey quake kills at least 279, hundreds missing (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Rescue workers work to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, early October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Umit BektasReuters - Rescuers searched the rubble of collapsed buildings Monday for survivors and victims of a major earthquake that killed at least 279 people and injured more than 1,300 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey.

New floods force displaced Thais to move again (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Houses are soaked in floodwaters at Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra issued a dramatic warning to residents of the Thai capital to prepare for floodwaters to roll deeper into the city from suburban areas already choking under the deluge. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Supanee Pansuwan has already picked up and moved four times since fast-rising floodwaters began swallowing her home in central Thailand a month ago. Now, as the murky waters threaten the shelter on the outskirts of Bangkok where she's lived for the past two weeks, she's being asked to flee again.

U.S. and North Korea hold "useful" talks in Geneva (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Ri Kun, North Korean envoy for United States (R) leaves his hotel for the United States Mission in Geneva October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - U.S. and North Korean negotiators made "useful presentations" on Monday, a U.S. special envoy said at the start of a two-day meeting, the second such encounter since six-party talks on nuclear disarmament collapsed more than two years ago.

Aussie coast fears rogue shark may have killed 3 (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:08 AM PDT

This undated photo provided by Wanda Brannon shows George Thomas Wainwright. Wainwright, 32, was fatally attacked Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, by a great white shark while diving solo off a boat near Rottnest Island, a few miles from the city of Perth in southwest Australia. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Wanda Brannon)AP - The sudden death of an American diver in the jaws of a great white shark off Australia's southwest coast has raised the specter of a rogue man-eater preying on a renowned aquatic playground and killing three men in two months.

Afghan, NATO forces kill or capture 200 militants (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Afghan people stand by their homes in a neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)AP - Tens of thousands of Afghan and NATO troops killed or captured 200 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan during two operations targeting the violent Haqqani network blamed for the majority of attacks in Kabul, the U.S.-led coalition said Monday.

US special envoy to Myanmar begins second visit (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT

AP - The United States' special envoy to Myanmar began his second visit in less than two months on Monday amid hope that the country's new government is serious about political reform.

Khmer Rouge defense files suit against Hun Sen (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 06:05 AM PDT

AP - Defense lawyers in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge genocide trial filed a complaint Monday accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of interfering in the proceedings.

Philippine prosecutors to summon ex-president (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:27 AM PDT

AP - Philippine prosecutors are summoning former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and 35 other people for a preliminary investigation into complaints they rigged elections in 2007.

Panetta criticizes North Korea for 'reckless' acts (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 05:13 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta meets with service members at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in Fussa, west of Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Panetta arrived in Japan Monday on the second leg of a weeklong Asia tour. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday lashed out at North Korea for "reckless and provocative" acts and criticized China for a secretive expansion of its military power.

UN urges US, NKorea to avoid aid talk in Geneva (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:49 AM PDT

Guyanese Valerie Amos, undersecretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations, listens to a question during a press conference at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Amos said that nuclear talks in Switzerland between the United States and North Korea should avoid discussing humanitarian assistance to the chronically hungry Asian country. She visited North Korea last week for five days. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The U.N.'s top relief official says nuclear talks in Switzerland between the United States and North Korea should avoid discussions of humanitarian assistance for the chronically hungry Asian country.

Costly Iraq war may mark shift in US approach (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT

Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, left, shakes hands with his U.S. counterpart Leon Panetta during their bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. Panetta will join 10 ASEAN defense ministers in a meeting beginning in Bali on Monday. Indonesia is Panetta’s first stop during his first official Asian tour, which will also include Japan and South Korea. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)AP - In the final days of the U.S. war in Iraq, the outlook for America's military entanglements is markedly different from the confusing, convulsive first days.

Insurgents kill 7 in Thailand's restive south (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:07 AM PDT

AP - Police say suspected Muslim insurgents have killed seven people and injured 10 more in Thailand's violence-plagued south.

Australia: Serial killer's relative convicted (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:19 PM PDT

AP - A teenage relative of a notorious Australian serial killer was convicted of murder Monday after officials say he used an ax to slay a friend and left the body in the same forest where his infamous relative killed seven backpackers.

Vietnam confiscates 1 ton of elephant tusks (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 08:29 PM PDT

AP - Vietnamese authorities say they have uncovered more than a ton of elephant tusks that smugglers were attempting to illegally take to China.

Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 06:41 PM PDT

AP - A Chinese leader is urging ally North Korea to improve its strained ties with the United States as U.S. and North Korean diplomats prepare to talk about restarting nuclear disarmament negotiations.
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