Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Power grids across north, east India fail

Power grids across north, east India fail

Power grids across north, east India fail

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:27 AM PDT

Commuters wait for buses outside a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Indian officials say the nation's northern and eastern power grids have failed, leaving about half the country without power. The collapse of the grids Tuesday afternoon came a day after the northern grid failed and left eight states without power for much of the day.(AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without government-supplied electricity in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts.

Chen, Wang dominant in China's third diving gold

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT

China's Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao compete in the women's synchronised 10m platform finalWorld champions Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao won the women's 10m synchro platform to give dominant China their third diving gold medal at the London Olympics on Tuesday.

Kazakhstan's Maneza wins women's -63kg weightlifting

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Kazakhstan's Maiya Maneza poses on the podium with her gold medalMaiya Maneza secured Kazakhstan's second gold medal of the London Olympics after patiently biding her time before producing a massive clean and jerk to win the women's under 63kg class on Tuesday.

Kim Jae-Bum gains Olympic revenge over Bischof

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Germany's Ole Bischof (white) competes with South Korea's Kim Jae-BumSouth Korean Kim Jae-Bum gained revenge for his defeat four years ago by claiming gold in the Olympic judo men's under-81kg category on Tuesday.

Japan into Olympic women's football quarters

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:15 AM PDT

South Africa's midfielder Amanda Dlamini (L) fights for the ball with Japan's midfielder Asuna TanakaWorld champions Japan advanced into the quarter-finals of the Olympic women's football tournament after a goalless draw with South Africa in Cardiff on Tuesday.

Kohli powers India to ODI series win

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli plays a shotVirat Kohli cracked a century and part-timer Manoj Tiwary bagged four wickets as India posted a comfortable six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international on Tuesday.

Hidayat sleep-walks into Lin clash

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia plays a shot during men's singles badminton match against Pablo Abian of SpainFormer gold-medallist Taufik Hidayat said he played like he was asleep Tuesday after setting up a compelling clash with Chinese champion Lin Dan in the Olympic men's badminton.

India offers farmers support after weak monsoon

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:56 AM PDT

Indian farmers plant in a paddy field at Devidanga village on the outskirts of SiliguriIndia on Tuesday offered cash and subsidies to tens of millions of farmers affected by poor monsoon rains over almost half of the country.

UN heads for flood-hit areas in North Korea

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:44 AM PDT

People walk down a flooded road in Anju city in North Korea's South Phongan provinceUnited Nations teams were heading for flood-hit areas of North Korea to assess possible aid, a UN official said Tuesday, after Pyongyang reported scores dead and tens of thousands homeless.

Zolnir claims Slovenia's first Olympic judo gold

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Slovenia's gold medalist Urska Zolnir celebrates on the podium of the women's -63kg judo contestUrska Zolnir won Slovenia's first ever Olympic judo title on Tuesday when she beat China's Xu Lili in the women's under-63kg final.

Electricity grids fail across half of India

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:25 AM PDT

Streets are packed in heavy traffics following power outage and rains in the central part of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when both its eastern and northern electricity grids collapsed, leaving 600 million people without power in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts. Traffic lights went out across New Delhi. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest blackout.

Japan utility gets $12.8B nuclear crisis bailout

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:39 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency group head Sujit Samaddar, second from left, and other experts inspect the heat exchanger at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. The 20-member IAEA mission, first at the Onagawa nuclear power plant, about 120 kilometers (74 miles) north of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, since the crisis, aims to find out the extent of damage at the plant from the magnitude 9.0 quake. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters received a 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) bailout Tuesday, putting it under government ownership, while international experts visited another plant that survived the tsunami's impact.

Thousands battle Philippine floods as deaths rise

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:02 AM PDT

The civil defence chief warned that the bad weather would last for at least two more daysTens of thousands battled neck-deep floods in the Philippines Tuesday as Typhoon Saola continued to bring heavy rains, with the death toll from the storm rising to eight, officials said.

French forces withdraw from Afghan district

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:10 AM PDT

French soldiers lower the French national flag during an official handover ceremony to the Afghan National ArmyThe French military completed an important step in its accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday as it pulled out of a district outside Kabul.

Japan warns over China military-political ties

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:08 AM PDT

A member of the People's Liberation ArmyThe shifting relationship between China's one-party government and the military is a "risk management issue" for Japan, while North Korea poses a "significant threat," Tokyo warned Tuesday.

Pakistan, US sign troop supply deal

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 12, 2012 file photo, a man sits on a NATO supply truck entering Afghanistan from Pakistan at Torkham border crossing in east of Kabul, Afghanistan. As the United States trumpets its success in persuading Pakistan to end its seven-month blockade of supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, another group privately cheers its good fortune: the Taliban. One of the Afghan war's great ironies is that both NATO and the Taliban rely on the convoys to fuel their operations a recipe for seemingly endless conflict. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)Pakistan and the U.S. say they have signed an agreement regulating the shipment of American troop supplies to and from Afghanistan.

Power cut blacks out half of India

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Women stranded at a railway station thanks to the power outageA massive power failure hit India for the second day Tuesday as three national grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in an unprecedented outage affecting over 600 million people.

India names new finance, power ministers

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:19 AM PDT

Chidambaram was praised by economists for his pro-business budgets during his previous stints as finance ministerIndian Home Minister P. Chidambaram was switched to the finance portfolio on Tuesday in a reshuffle that also saw the power minister promoted as a massive electricity failure struck the country.

Philippines hits out at Cambodia in China row

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 08:01 AM PDT

A Philippine navy ship near the South China SeaThe Philippines said Tuesday it had summoned Cambodia's ambassador to explain comments he made accusing it and Vietnam of playing "dirty politics" in trying to solve a maritime row with China.

Taiwan issues warning as Typhoon Saola nears

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:57 AM PDT

The typhoon has a radius of 220 kilometres is packing winds gusting at up to 119 kilometres a hourTaiwan Tuesday warned that approaching Typhoon Saola was likely to bring heavy rains and trigger landslides on the island after it killed eight people in the Philippines.

China's online dating market 'booming'

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Tens of millions of single Chinese people now use match-making websites to find partners or meet new friendsRevenues from China's online dating market are forecast to top two billion yuan ($315 million) in 2014 as work-stressed Chinese struggle to find partners, a new report said Tuesday.

Indians sweat and seethe over power failure

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:41 AM PDT

Limited power cuts are almost a daily occurrence in much of IndiaAnger and frustration boiled over on the streets of India's cities Tuesday, as the second mass power cut in as many days paralysed transport networks and hit small businesses across the country.

Paes, Mirza confirmed in Olympics mixed doubles

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:50 AM PDT

Leander Paes and Sania MirzaLeander Paes and Sania Mirza were confirmed as India's mixed doubles team at the Olympics on Tuesday, the final act of a blazing selection row which split the squad.

Taliban happy Pakistan reopened NATO supply line

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:31 AM PDT

In this Friday, July 6, 2012 photo, Pakistani driver, Ihsanullah, 45, speaks on his mobile phone on top of a truck carrying NATO Humvees at a terminal in the Pakistani-Afghan border, in Chaman, Pakistan. As the United States trumpets its success in persuading Pakistan to end its seven-month blockade of supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, another group privately cheers its good fortune: the Taliban. One of the Afghan war's great ironies is that both NATO and the Taliban rely on the convoys to fuel their operations a recipe for seemingly endless conflict. (AP Photo/Matiullah Achakzai)As the United States trumpeted its success in persuading Pakistan to end its seven-month blockade of supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, another group privately cheered its good fortune: the Taliban.
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