Sunday, February 5, 2012

UN envoy says Myanmar may allow election observers (AP)

UN envoy says Myanmar may allow election observers (AP)

UN envoy says Myanmar may allow election observers (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 07:16 AM PST

U.N. human rights envoy, Tomas Ojea Quintana speaks to reporters during a press conference at Yangon International airport in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - A U.N. human rights envoy said Sunday that Myanmar is considering letting foreign observers monitor April elections that are viewed as crucial for gauging the nation's much-heralded democratic reforms.

Filipino villagers helped kill terror leader (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 05:16 AM 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.

Turkey, an imperfect example for the region (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and the Gaza Strip's Hamas premier Ismail Haniyeh salute lawmakers and supporters of Erdogan's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey. Ties between Turkey, NATO's biggest Muslim member, and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that says Israel should not exist, are blossoming. Last month, the Hamas premier visited the Turkish prime minister at his Istanbul home. Today, Turkish and Palestinian flags fly side by side at a building site in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/File)AP - For adversaries in a long-distance spat, they made an odd couple. Turkey's leader, a brash visionary who propelled his country to regional prominence, tangled with an American author who dwells on the existential in his work.

Car bomb kills nine in Afghan city Kandahar (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 09:48 AM PST

Reuters - A car bomb in the south Afghan city of Kandahar killed at least nine people and wounded 19 on Sunday, the presidential palace said in a statement.

Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city (AP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 03:25 AM PST

An Afghan security man carries his heavy machine gun at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

Wen says China has stake in helping Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 01:01 AM PST

Reuters - China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and hinting at more possible support for beleaguered exporters.

Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:40 PM PST

Workers examine damage at the Embassy of Syria in Canberra, Australia Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A mob of 50 men ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after another six Syrian embassies were attacked in Europe and the Middle East following Syrian forces reportedly killing more than 200 people in the city of Homs, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rob McGuirk)AP - Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats' offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire.

US, Japan agree to partial Marine transfer from Okinawa: media (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:22 PM PST

Reuters - The United States and Japan have agreed to tweak a six-year-old agreement on Marines based on the southern island of Okinawa, allowing Washington to deploy forces to the Pacific island of Guam regardless of the debate over moving a disputed airbase.

Chinese seeks reconstruction role in Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 11:05 PM PST

Reuters - China has sent a team of government officials and company executives to Libya to discuss post-war reconstruction and how to protect Chinese assets, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Three Tibetans self-immolate in western China: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 10:56 PM PST

Reuters - Three Tibetans in southwestern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the past year.

Report says 3 set themselves on fire in China (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 10:18 PM PST

AP - Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that already has seen ethnic violence this year, a media report and an activist group said.
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