Saturday, February 25, 2012

Gunman kills 2 US advisers in Afghan ministry (AP)

Gunman kills 2 US advisers in Afghan ministry (AP)

Gunman kills 2 US advisers in Afghan ministry (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 11:12 AM PST

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (Pakistan's Movement for Justice) stand on top of a U.S. flag during an anti-American demonstration in Quetta February 25, 2012. About 50 supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf gathered during a rally to condemn the burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan on Tuesday. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - A gunman killed two American military advisers inside a heavily guarded government building in the heart of Kabul Saturday as protests over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a U.S. base raged across the country for a fifth day.

US condemns killing of American officers in Kabul (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 11:03 AM PST

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (Pakistan's Movement for Justice) stand on top of a U.S. flag during an anti-American demonstration in Quetta February 25, 2012. About 50 supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf gathered during a rally to condemn the burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan on Tuesday. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is condemning what he calls the murder of two American military officers in Afghanistan's capital.

Pakistan begins demolition of bin Laden's compound (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:23 AM PST

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (Pakistan's Movement for Justice) stand on top of a U.S. flag during an anti-American demonstration in Quetta February 25, 2012. About 50 supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf gathered during a rally to condemn the burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan on Tuesday. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - Pakistan on Saturday began demolishing the three-story compound where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by U.S. commandos last May, eliminating a concrete reminder of the painful and embarrassing chapter in the country's history.

American officers killed in Afghan Interior Ministry (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:17 AM PST

Reuters - Two American officers were shot dead at close range inside Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, a U.S. official said, as rage gripped the country for a fifth day over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base.

Taliban militants say they shot down US drone (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:14 AM PST

Reuters - A U.S. drone crashed on Saturday in North Waziristan, not far from the Afghan border, Pakistan intelligence officials said, while Taliban militants said they had shot it down.

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Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST

AP - Intelligence officials, local residents say a suspected US drone has crashed in Pakistan.

Taliban didn't shoot down drone in Pakistan: US official (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST

Reuters - A U.S. official denied Taliban claims on Saturday that the militants shot down a U.S. drone in Pakistan but declined further comment.

AP investigation of US drone strikes in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:29 AM PST

AP - The Associated Press conducted a rare, on-the-ground investigation of casualties from U.S. drone missile strikes in Pakistan, interviewing around 80 villagers at the sites of 10 of the deadliest attacks over the past 18 months in North Waziristan, the main sanctuary for militants in the rugged tribal region along the Afghan border. Details from those accounts are included below:

AP IMPACT: New light on drone war's death toll (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 07:22 AM PST

AP - American drone strikes inside Pakistan are killing far fewer civilians than many in the country are led to believe, according to a rare on-the-ground investigation by The Associated Press of 10 of the deadliest attacks in the past 18 months.

Thai lawmakers take first step to charter change (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 05:46 AM PST

Refugees make a temporary shelter at the Um-Piam refugee camp after a fire a engulfed big part of it near Mae Sot February 24, 2012. According to local officials, around 5000 people lost their homes in Um-Piam, the second largest refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border which houses more than 17,600 refugees. The refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border house more than 140,000 people from Myanmar who fled the country due to economic hardship, abuses and discrimination, and fighting between the army and ethnic armed groups. Many have been living in the camps for decades. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER)AP - A joint session of Thailand's Parliament has taken the first contentious steps toward revising the country's constitution, implemented after a 2006 military coup.

India shuts aid groups it says rally nuke protests (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:19 AM PST

AP - India has shut down three aid organizations it says were diverting foreign funds toward rallying protests against a Russian-built nuclear plant in the south, but one group on Saturday denied any involvement in the protests while another said its efforts were entirely homegrown.

Aussie rivals: Voters like Rudd, insiders Gillard (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 AM PST

AP - Kevin Rudd has screen presence and a common touch, but he aggravated Australian officials as prime minister with chaotic leadership and a bad temper. His successor, Julia Gillard, gets higher marks among many insiders, but to much of the public she seems cold or insincere.

China: US, Europe have hegemonistic goals in Syria (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 02:17 AM PST

AP - The United States and Europe are "harboring hegemonistic ambitions" in Syria, China's state news agency said Saturday, a day after Beijing was condemned at an international conference held to find a way to halt the Syrian regime's nearly year-old suppression of an anti-government uprising.

US envoy calls for better inter-Korean ties (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 01:44 AM PST

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies (L) shakes hands with South Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-Nam during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul February 25, 2012. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)AP - Ties between the rival Koreas should improve before North Korea and the United States can achieve real progress in their relationship, a U.S. envoy said Saturday after holding nuclear talks with North Korean officials in Beijing.

India removed from WHO list of nations with polio (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 01:37 AM PST

AP - India has marked a major success in its battle against polio by being removed from the World Health Organization's list of countries plagued by the crippling disease.

Hogs going wild in Pakistani capital (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 12:19 AM PST

AP - With a police officer wounded and the presidential palace breached, the Pakistani capital has launched a fresh offensive against a uniquely feared enemy in the Muslim country — the city's ever expanding population of wild boar.

Bus plunges into ravine in north China, killing 15 (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 11:59 PM PST

AP - At least 15 people were killed Saturday when tourist bus plunged off a highway into a ravine in northern China, a state news agency reported.
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