Friday, October 7, 2011

Clapper: US-Pakistan spies rebuild ties (AP)

Clapper: US-Pakistan spies rebuild ties (AP)

Clapper: US-Pakistan spies rebuild ties (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:08 PM PDT

AP - U.S. and Pakistani officials say Pakistan's spy agency has quietly stepped up cooperation with the CIA to hunt al-Qaida, despite a string of public criticism by U.S. officials.

Afghan war anniversary draws attack on US outposts (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a lecture on the last day of his two-day official visit, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Afghanistan signed a strategic partnership with India on Tuesday, a move likely to enrage neighboring Pakistan at a time when its relations with the Afghans and the West are sharply strained over alleged links of its spy agency to militants blamed for high-profile attacks across the border. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - A suicide bomber and rocket fire struck U.S.-run outposts near the Pakistani border as the war in Afghanistan hit the 10-year mark Friday. The Afghan president said there will be no end to the war until militants can no longer operate freely in Pakistan.

South Korean president invited to address Congress (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:06 AM PDT

AP - House Speaker John Boehner says he has invited South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (lee myuhng bahk) to address a joint meeting of Congress on Oct. 13.

U.S. worried by North Korea food crisis, but no aid yet (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States said on Friday it was worried about North Korea's food crisis but that it had made no decision on resuming aid because of concerns over whether the help will truly reach the needy.

Ten years on, Taliban says "victory is with us" (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Reuters - The Taliban vowed to keep fighting until all foreign forces left Afghanistan in a statement on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in the country.

Obama on 10-year mark of Afghan war: America safer (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2011, a U.S Army flight medic Spc. Zacharye Menzie, right, from Albuquerque N.M, along with medical nurses of U.S. Marines, carry a wounded Afghan Army soldier to a medevac helicopter from the U.S., Army's Task Force Lift 'Dust Off', Charlie Company 1-71 Aviation Regiment, after he was wounded by a roadside bomb at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. The Afghanistan conflict, which marks its 10th anniversary Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, is in many ways a helicopter war. Army aviators fly attack missions, ferry troops and supplies and evacuate the wounded; they are in ever-increasing demand even as America eyes the exit in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)AP - President Barack Obama says the United States is safer thanks to the sacrifice of troops, diplomats and intelligence analysts during the now decade-long war in Afghanistan.

France urges Turkey to recognize Armenian genocide (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:17 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Armenian President Serge Sarkisian applaud at the French Square, in Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Sarkozy has urged Turkey to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Sarkozy said Friday during a news conference in the Armenian capital that Turkey's refusal to do so would force France to change its law and make such denial a criminal offense. (AP Photo/PanARMENIAN, Tigran Mehrabyan)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Turkey to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as a genocide in remarks Friday that drew sharp criticism from Ankara.

Japan ruling party powerbroker hospitalized (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Vietnam goalkeeper Bui Tan Truon looks at the ball after Japan's forward Tadanari Lee, right, scored the decisive goal during the first half of a friendly soccer match against Japan in Kobe, western Japan, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - The behind-the-scenes powerbroker in Japan's ruling party has been hospitalized with ureter stones hours after going on trial in a political funding scandal.

Turkey tells France to confront colonial past (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:37 AM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Benghazi, Libya, August 23, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriReuters - Turkey said France should confront its colonial past before giving lessons to others on how to face history, in an angry response Friday to a call by President Nicolas Sarkozy for Ankara to recognize the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Karzai says he let Afghans down on security (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in an interview broadcast on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. military campaign, said his government and its foreign backers had failed to provide ordinary Afghans with security.

Philippine shipyard accident kills 5, injures 8 (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:18 AM PDT

AP - Police in the Philippines say an accident at a northern shipyard has killed five workers and seriously injured eight others.

Australia wants boy drug suspect in Bali back home (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:08 AM PDT

AP - Australia's foreign minister said Friday that he will do everything possible to secure the return of a 14-year-old boy arrested for alleged marijuana possession while on a family vacation in Indonesia.

At 100, Taiwan's government faces uncertain future (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:04 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1996 file photo, tens of thousands of performers and guests attend the Republic of China's National Day celebrations in Taipei. Spurned by the international community, ignored in the land of its founding, and ridiculed by many of its own people, the Republic of China celebrates the 100th anniversary of its birth Monday, trying to stave off extinction. (AP Photo/Chang Liang-yi, File)AP - Spurned by the international community, ignored in the land of its founding, and ridiculed by many of its own people, the Republic of China celebrates the 100th anniversary of its birth Monday, trying to stave off extinction.

Pakistani accused of spy links in US dies (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT

AP - A doctor charged in the United States with working for Pakistan's spy agency to influence American lawmakers on their policy toward the disputed Kashmir region has died in Islamabad after suffering a stroke.
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