Saturday, December 31, 2011

AP Exclusive: US ups extremist fight in Pakistan (AP)

AP Exclusive: US ups extremist fight in Pakistan (AP)

AP Exclusive: US ups extremist fight in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:59 AM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 photo, Pakistani cleric Fazal ur Rehman speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at an Islamic seminary in Okara, Pakistan. Pakistani government spent millions of dollars on a media campaign in 2009 trying to dent some of the support for militancy it had built up over the years. The successful initiative was aimed at fostering public backing for military operations against the Pakistani Taliban, a homegrown insurgent group seeking to topple the government and responsible for killing thousands of citizens in suicide attacks. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of Islamist militants fighting in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India and even donated money to them, until he attended an innovative 40-day lecture series by a moderate cleric aimed at countering violent extremism.

Afghan president welcomes US remarks on Taliban (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 07:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in New York. The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration that the Taliban were not necessarily America's enemies.

China's Hu lauds military promotion for young Kim (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:53 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao sent congratulations to North Korea's Kim Jong-un on Saturday on his appointment as supreme military leader, in Beijing's most direct show of support for the young and untested successor to his father Kim Jong-il.

Turkey airstrike: mourners pummel local official (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 10:47 AM PST

In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 photo, women cry over the coffins of victims in a mosque as thousands of mourners gathered in Gulyazi village at the border with Iraq, southeast Turkey, for the funerals of 35 Kurdish civilians who were killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq. Turkish television footage showed people, many weeping and lamenting the dead, as they gathered after the air strikes Wednesday that killed a group of smugglers along the border, one of the deadliest episodes in the conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebels who took up arms in 1984. (AP Photo)AP - Angry Kurds on Saturday assaulted a local official who sought to offer condolences in a village in Turkey where 35 civilians were mistakenly killed in a military airstrike meant to target Kurdish rebels.

China moving to more convertible yuan: Zhou (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST

Reuters - China's central bank governor argued in comments published on Saturday that Beijing does not control the yuan's flow across borders as tightly as some think and that it is natural for the currency's trading band to be widened over time.

Myanmar artists test recent freedoms through film (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST

AP - Artists in Myanmar are testing new freedoms through films shown at a festival that for the first time in the country's recent history were not censored.

42 killed as cyclone hits southeast India (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:53 AM PST

People walk past fallen sign boards and other trash caused by heavy winds in Pondicherry, India, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. India's weather office has warned residents along parts of the country's southeastern coast that Cyclone Thane is likely to cause heavy rains and gale-force winds. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)AP - Heavy rains and winds unleashed by a cyclone over India's southeastern coast killed at least 42 people and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said Saturday.

World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:41 AM PST

Fireworks burst over the Sydney Opera House, rigfht, as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Glittering fireworks in the shapes of butterflies, hearts and a cascading waterfall exploded over Sydney's Harbour Bridge on Sunday as cheering revelers welcomed 2012 and bid a weary adieu to a year marred by natural disasters and economic turmoil.

Afghan girl tortured after refusing prostitution (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 05:08 AM PST

Reuters - A 15-year-old Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband's family for months after she refused to become a prostitute, officials said Saturday.

Cyclone Thane kills at least 33 in southeast India (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:39 AM PST

A man watches a large wave during high tide at a fishing harbour in Chennai December 28, 2011. REUTERS/BabuReuters - At least 33 people died when Cyclone Thane hit coastal southern India near the former French colony of Pondicherry, officials said Saturday, causing thousands to evacuate and damaging roads, buildings and power lines.

North Korea names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST

In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, a commemorative postage stamp featuring late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un is shown. The words on the top read 'The great leader comrade Kim Jong Il will always be with us.' (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONAP - North Korea said Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father.

Philippine fireworks, revelry gunfire injure 200 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:50 AM PST

A Filipino man buys firecrackers at a makeshift stand in downtown Manila, Philippines on Saturday Dec. 31, 2011. More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless holiday revelries, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless New Year revelries, officials said Saturday.

Arrow shot kills 8-year-old Australian girl (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:10 PM PST

AP - Australian police say an 8-year-old girl has died from being accidentally shot in the head with an arrow.

Vietnam sentences 5 to death for drug trafficking (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 06:08 PM PST

AP - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced five people to death for heroin trafficking.
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