Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Nepal's only int'l airport shut due to grass fire (AP)

Nepal's only int'l airport shut due to grass fire (AP)

Nepal's only int'l airport shut due to grass fire (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:01 AM PST

Nepalese watch a grass fire close to the runway of Nepal's international airport in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The grass fire has closed Nepal's only international airport and forced flights to divert to India. Police spokesman Raviraj Shrestha said the fire spread close to the runway but away from the terminal building Tuesday evening. No damage or casualties were reported, and it was brought under control within hours. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)AP - A grass fire has closed Nepal's only international airport and forced flights to divert to India.

Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST

Reuters - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting insurgents, Sudan's foreign ministry said.

Up to 10,000 Myanmar refugees seek refuge in China (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:54 AM PST

Reuters - Thousands of refugees from fighting in remote northern Myanmar have flooded into makeshift tent cities erected on the other side of the long border with China, creating a humanitarian crisis and a complex diplomatic dilemma for Beijing.

Turkey's EU minister stands by genocide denial comments (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST

Reuters - Turkey's EU affairs minister repeated on Tuesday his denial that Ottoman Turks had committed genocide against Armenians nearly 100 years ago, in a challenge to Swiss officials who are investigating whether similar comments last month broke the law.

Special operations' Afghan role could be expanded (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:35 AM PST

Navy Adm. Bill McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, addresses the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Adm. Bill McRaven said Tuesday that special operations forces in Afghanistan are preparing for a possible expanded role as overall U.S. forces begin to draw down after a decade of war.

Red Cross: 29 Chinese held in Sudan were released (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:27 AM PST

AP - Twenty-nine Chinese workers abducted by rebels in Sudan more than a week ago have been released and flown to Kenya by the Red Cross, the group said Tuesday.

Exclusive: Iran defaults on rice payments to India (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:54 AM PST

Reuters - Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western sanctions.

US General to visit Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:34 AM PST

Pakistani children play snooker in slums of Rawalpindi city in Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - A senior U.S. military commander will visit Pakistan this month in what could be an important step in healing the rift between the two nations, officials said Tuesday.

Maldives leader quits after protests, VP sworn in (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:28 AM PST

A Maldives police officer, in blue, charges soldiers during a clash in Male, Maldives, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed presented his resignation in a nationally televised address Tuesday afternoon after police joined the protesters and then clashed with soldiers in the streets. (AP Photo/Sinan Hussain)AP - The first democratically elected president of the Maldives resigned Tuesday and was replaced by his vice president after the police and army clashed in the streets of the island nation amid protests over the arrest of a top judge.

Suu Kyi hits the campaign trail in Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:07 AM PST

Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, center, greets supporters on her arrival at Pathein, Irrawaddy delta, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Crowds of supporters greeted Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with thunderous applause as she embarked Tuesday on her first campaign trip since becoming an official candidate for April elections.

China vows to continue crackdown on Tibetan unrest (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 05:30 AM PST

Chinese police officers, right, monitor Tibetan residents attending a religious ceremony in Jiuzhaigou, in northwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. China on Tuesday said clashes last month between Tibetans and security forces in Sichuan province were the work of criminals and were instigated by overseas groups advocating for Tibetan independence. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China on Tuesday vowed to crack down on unrest in Tibetan areas and accused overseas activist groups and the Dalai Lama of fomenting the recent violence.

Death toll in Philippines earthquake rises to 22 (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:49 AM PST

Residents rush to higher grounds following tsunami rumors due to a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit the island province of Cebu and other central Philippine provinces Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Authorities said, over a dozen people were killed with rescuers digging with picks and shovels in trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by the strong earthquake Monday. (AP Photo)AP - Dozens of people were still missing Tuesday following a strong earthquake that triggered landslides and damaged buildings and roads on a central Philippine island. The death toll reached 22, but officials said it was likely to rise further as rescuers struggle to reach remote areas.

Age, military ties mark Kim Jong Un's inner circle (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks beside the hearse carrying the body of his late father and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang, North Korea. Escorting Kim Jong Un are, Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law and vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, second from left, top propaganda official Kim Ki Nam, left, and two military officers, Ri Yong Ho, right, vice marshal of the Korean People’s Army and People's Armed Forces Minister Kim Yong Chun. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File)AP - Wherever North Korea's young new leader goes, they're there: a group of graying military and political officials who shadow Kim Jong Un as he visits army bases, attends concerts and tours schools.

Pakistani woman saved after 31 hours under rubble (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:19 AM PST

Pakistani rescue workers carry a woman who was recovered from the debris of a collapsed building in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. A three-story factory illegally set up in a residential area of Lahore collapsed Monday after several gas cylinders inside exploded, killing at least two people and trapping over 40 others in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Rescue workers on Tuesday pulled a 65-year-old woman out alive after she was trapped for 31 hours in the rubble of a collapsed factory in an eastern Pakistan city, as the death toll from the accident rose to 18.

Vietnam arrests 9 alleged political activists (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:41 AM PST

AP - Vietnam has arrested nine members of an alleged "reactionary political organization" seeking to overthrow the government.

Official: 5 men killed in shooting in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:36 AM PST

Afghan policemen, who were wounded during a shooting are seen on beds at a hospital in Kandahar, south of of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. An Afghan official says a shooting in the southern city of Kandahar has left five dead, including two police officers and three private security guards. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - An Afghan official says a shooting in the southern city of Kandahar has left five dead, including two police officers and three private security guards.

Pakistani minister urges reopening border to NATO (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:26 AM PST

Afghan refugee children who fled their country with parents and their family members, play in a slums of Islamabad, Pakistan where thousands of families are living below the poverty line, on Monday, Feb 6, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - Pakistan's defense minister said Tuesday that the country should reopen its Afghan border crossings to NATO troop supplies after negotiating a better deal with the coalition.

US trip of China's next leader: From Obama to Iowa (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:15 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2011 file photo, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, not in the picture, attend a meeting with U.S. and Chinese business leaders at the Beijing Hotel in Beijing, China. Xi, who will take over the presidency from Hu Jintao next year, will be in the U.S. to meet President Barack Obama and other leaders and introduce himself to a U.S. audience. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool, File)AP - In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He returns next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.

Oil hovers near $97 as traders eye US supplies (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:13 AM PST

Flames shoot into the air after a gas pipeline explosion in the Sinai peninsula, 240 miles (374 kilometers) southeast of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan. The blast that took place Sunday at dawn is the twelfth successful attack on the line since the popular uprising that ousted longtime Egyptians leader Hosni Mubarak in February last year. The official says the attack by presumed Islamist militants caused huge fires, but fire engines put it out hours later. (AP Photo/Khaled Kandil)AP - Oil prices hovered near $97 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid trader concern U.S. crude supplies will continue to rise because of weak demand.

Taiwanese-Japanese star implicated in beating (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:59 AM PST

AP - Prosecutors say Taiwanese-Japanese starlet Makiyo has been barred from leaving Taiwan pending a probe into her alleged involvement in the beating of a taxi driver in Taipei.
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