Monday, February 6, 2012

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake (AP)

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake (AP)

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 08:33 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 - Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides.

Factory collapse in Pakistan kills 9, traps dozens (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:52 AM PST

Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors in the debris of a building that collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. A three-story factory illegally set up in a residential area of an eastern Pakistani city 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 struggled to reach dozens of people trapped in the rubble of a factory that collapsed in an eastern Pakistani city Monday, killing at least nine, officials said.

Myanmar panel says Suu Kyi can run for Parliament (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:36 AM PST

Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right in front, accepts candidate list of her National League for Democracy at Yangon District Elections Commission Office for upcoming elections Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. The commission on Monday gave Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, another step toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly a half-century of iron-fisted military rule. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - An elections panel Monday affirmed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's candidacy for Myanmar's Parliament in another step toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly a half-century of iron-fisted military rule.

Syria protesters hurl rocks at China embassy in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:33 AM PST

Reuters - Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

Children among 12 dead as quake hits Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:54 AM PST

Reuters - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing at least 12 people, including two children, officials said.

Internet giants pull content after warning in India courts (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:44 AM PST

Reuters - Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.

Google, Facebook remove content on India's order (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:34 AM PST

AP - Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world's largest democracy, media reported Monday.

China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:25 AM PST

Reuters - China defended its rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, with a top state newspaper saying Western intervention in Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq exposed the risks of forced regime change.

NATO helicopter down in Afghanistan, no one killed (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:09 AM PST

An Afghan family walks along a snow-covered street in Kabul February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)AP - NATO forces say one of their helicopters has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, and all aboard survived.

Pakistan factory collapses in gas blast, 5 dead, many trapped (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:04 AM PST

Reuters - A three-storey factory collapsed on Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least five people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said.

Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST

People ride on the roof of a commuter train in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop. 'For anyone who is still up there, it'll be like a whip,' said Ahmad Sujadi, of the state-run railway, PT Kereta Api Indonesia.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Indonesia has another bizarre way to keep commuters off the roofs of trains: swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop.

China defends its veto of UN measure on Syria (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:02 AM PST

AP - China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but denied playing spoiler and said it wants to see an end to violence there.

Russian team abandons K2 winter ascent after death (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 03:48 AM PST

AP - A spokesman for a Russian mountaineering team seeking to be the first to climb K2 in winter says it has abandoned the attempt after one of its members died on the mountain.

Vietnam gives condolences for AP war correspondent (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:50 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 1966 file photo, AP special correspondent George Esper poses with a Vietnamese boy in Quang Ngai Province, south of Da Nang. Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, told the AP on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo, file)AP - Vietnam has extended its condolences for late Associated Press correspondent George Esper, who covered both war and peace in the country he came to love.

China stresses need to keep Tibet stable (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:03 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, armed Chinese police officers patrol a Tibetan area of Chengdu in China's Sichuan province, neighboring Tibet, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. China on Monday, Feb. 6, warned government officials in Tibet that failing to maintain stability could result in job loss or criminal prosecution, the latest sign of heightened ethnic tensions in the remote Himalayan region. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - China on Monday warned government officials in Tibet that failing to maintain stability could result in job loss or criminal prosecution, the latest sign of heightened ethnic tensions in the remote Himalayan region.

Correction: Australia helicopter deaths story (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST

AP - In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north.

Island nation of Vanuatu jolted by several quakes (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 06:34 PM PST

AP - The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu continues to be jolted by several moderate to strong earthquakes after a magnitude 7.1 temblor hit last week.

Aussie PM says she will lead government to victory (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 06:03 PM PST

AP - Embattled Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will lead her unpopular government to victory at elections next year despite persistent media reports that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is plotting to overthrow her in an internal power struggle.

Filipino villagers may have helped kill terrorist (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 05:51 PM PST

AP - Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail had deviated from the brutal image of his al-Qaida-linked militant group by playing doctor to poor Filipino villagers, whose backing he needed to stay safe from military troops. But those villagers may have been used by the military to finally track him down last week.
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