Thursday, December 29, 2011

North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader' (AP)

North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader' (AP)

North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader' (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST

In this image made from KRT video, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un is seen during a memorial service for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUTAP - North Korea's power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong Un the country's supreme leader for the first time at a massive public memorial Thursday for his father, cementing the family's hold on power for another generation.

India's southeast coast braces as cyclone approaches (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:43 AM PST

Reuters - India's weather office called on Thursday for villages to be evacuated, farmers to protect their crops and fishermen to stay ashore hours before a cyclone was due to strike the southeast coast.

Two French soldiers shot dead by rogue Afghan soldier (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:31 AM PST

Reuters - Two French soldiers were killed on Thursday when an Afghan army soldier shot at them deliberately while their unit was engaged in a support mission for Afghanistan's forces in the Tagab valley, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said.

Turkey: Strikes kill 35 people mistaken for rebels (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:36 AM PST

People look at bodies lying on the ground after Turkey's air force attacked suspected Kurdish rebel targets across the border in Iraq, killing some tens of people, many of them believed to be smugglers mistaken for guerrillas, near the Turkish village of Ortasu in Sirnak, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 29. 2011. The Turkish military confirmed the Wednesday night raids, but said its jets struck an area of northern Iraq that is frequently used by Kurdish rebels to enter Turkey, after drones detected a group approaching Turkey's border.(AP Photo)AP - Turkish warplanes mistakenly killed 35 smugglers and other villagers in an operation targeting Kurdish rebels in Iraq, a senior official said Thursday, one of the largest one-day civilian death tolls during Turkey's 27-year drive against the guerrillas.

Turkey acknowledges killing civilians in Iraq strike (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 10:18 AM PST

Reuters - Turkish warplanes killed 35 civilian smugglers in northern Iraq after mistaking them for Kurdish militants, Ankara's ruling party said on Thursday, promising not to allow a cover-up of an incident that threatens to wreck relations with minority Kurds.

Gunmen kill prominent Pakistani police surgeon (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:31 AM PST

Pakistanis ride donkey-carts along a dusty road during the sunrise on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)AP - Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday killed a police surgeon who had received threats for his role in investigating the deaths of five foreigners at the hands of security forces earlier this year, police said.

Camera traps capture 35 rhino in Indonesian park (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:28 AM PST

AP - Dozens of camera traps installed in an Indonesian national park earlier this year captured images of 35 critically endangered Javan rhinos, including five calves, officials said Thursday.

North Korea hails nuclear, military feats of Kim Jong-il (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:17 AM PST

Reuters - North Korea lauded the military might built up by deceased leader Kim Jong-il on Thursday, likely tying his young successor to the same policies that have set Northeast Asia on edge as the impoverished state inches closer to nuclear weapons capability.

Pakistani Death Squads Target Informants Who Help Drone Attacks (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:09 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Related: What We Know About Crashed Flight in Pakistan

Afghan soldier kills 2 French NATO troops (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:34 AM PST

FILE - This file photo provided by the San Bernardino Police Department shows Ruben Ray Jurado, 19, of San Bernardino. Juraso is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting Afghanistan war veteran Christopher Sullivan at his homecoming party Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. Jurado is scheduled to appear in court Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/San Bernardino Police Department, File)AP - An Afghan army soldier shot and killed two French NATO troops Thursday, the French government said in what was the latest attack by members of Afghan security forces against their coalition partners.

China reveals its space plans up to 2016 (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:01 AM PST

AP - China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan released Thursday that shows the country's space program is gathering momentum.

China executes 12 people in single day (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:58 AM PST

AP - China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office.

Chinese lawyer goes on trial in dissent crackdown (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:57 AM PST

AP - A former lawyer and veteran activist left disabled by past police mistreatment went on trial Thursday, the third dissident in a week to be prosecuted as China presses a sweeping crackdown to deter popular uprisings like the ones that shook the Arab world.

(AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:43 AM PST

AP - NATO: Man in Afghan army uniform kills 2 service members in eastern Afghanistan.

Fire kills 17 in Myanmar's main city of Yangon (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST

Smoke and blaze rise from a warehouse in Pazundaung township, eastern Yangon suburb, Myanmar early Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Officials said the warehouse fire quickly spread to neighboring homes and buildings, killing at least more than a dozen. (AP/Khin Maung Win)AP - A fire followed by several explosions engulfed state warehouses and neighboring homes in Myanmar's main city of Yangon on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 108.

Asian stocks mostly down on Europe bank worries (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:14 AM PST

Traders await the start of the trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as traders shied away from riskier assets as the year drew to a close, but hopes for a successful bond issue in Italy boosted shares in Europe.

Suspect in Italian's killing in Philippines nabbed (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:14 PM PST

AP - The main suspect in the killing of an Italian missionary priest who had campaigned for indigenous people's rights was arrested Thursday in the restive southern Philippines, the Philippine justice secretary said.

Can Web-savvy activist moms change Japan? (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, a smartphone shows a list of types and amounts of radiation on a package of Maitake mushrooms which is part of a radiation sampling test at a Tokyo market. Japan's nuclear crisis has turned a 41-year-old mother into one of a small but growing number of Internet-savvy activist moms. In the days and weeks following the March 11 tsunami, frustration over the sketchy information coming from the government about the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant drove many Japanese to Twitter and alternative media webcasts. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)AP - Japan's nuclear crisis has turned Mizuho Nakayama into one of a small but growing number of Internet-savvy activist moms.

Police shoot 7 'terrorists' in China's Muslim west (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:16 PM PST

AP - Police in China's restive Central Asia border area fatally shot seven members of a Muslim ethnic group in what officials said Thursday was an attempt to end a kidnapping by terrorists, but what a rights group said was excessive force.

Oil hovers below $100 after US supplies soar (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 09:43 PM PST

Azeri Energy Minister Natik Aliev (L) and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz attend the signing ceremony of The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project in Ankara December 26, 2011. The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project, which will carry Azeri gas across Turkey to Europe, has a capacity of around 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) and can carry 16-24 bcm annually, officials from Turkey and Azerbaijan said on Monday. Azeri state energy company SOCAR, Turkey's state pipeline company Botas and Turkey's state energy company TPAO will be the initial partners in the project and other international oil and gas companies may join the consortium during the process. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES POLITICS ENERGY)AP - Oil prices hovered below $100 a barrel Thursday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies jumped last week, a sign demand could be weakening.
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