Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Olympic medallists win India's top sports award

Olympic medallists win India's top sports award

Olympic medallists win India's top sports award

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Indian shooter Vijay Kumar (R) receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna AwardPistol shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt were on Wednesday presented with India's top sports award after winning medals at the London Olympics.

China coal mine blast traps 50 underground: Xinhua

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:52 AM PDT

China's mines are known for being among the world's most deadlyA gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has trapped 50 miners underground, state media said Wednesday, in the latest disaster to hit the country's troubled mining industry.

Threat forces Air China flight back to Beijing

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Air China flight 981 returned to the Beijing Capital International AirportAn Air China plane bound for New York was forced to return to Beijing on Wednesday after receiving a "threatening message" but nothing unusual was found, the airline and state media said.

'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT

The outlet, which sells Western menswear, opened 10 days ago in Ahmedabad city in the western state of GujaratThe owner of an Indian clothing store said Wednesday that he would only change its name from "Hitler" if he was compensated for re-branding costs, amid a growing row over the new shop.

Militants attack Pakistan army post, kill 8 troops

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:36 AM PDT

A Pakistani army soldier arranges weapons reportedly recovered from hideouts of militants in tribal areas, as they are displayed in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)Taliban militants ambushed a Pakistani army post near the Afghan border before dawn Wednesday, killing eight soldiers, in a reminder of the threat posed by insurgents despite numerous military offensives against them.

AP's fabled Saigon team thins, with recent deaths

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 1965 file photo, Associated Press Saigon correspondent Malcolm Browne goes on patrol near Binh Hia, South Vietnam with South Vietnamese troops. The recent deaths of Browne, photographer Horst Faas, correspondent George Esper, and writer Roy Essoyan represent the slipping away of a generation of war reporters that brought the reality of the conflict to the living rooms of America in often horrifying close-up and inspired scores of combat journalists in their wake. (AP Photo, File)It's been a cruel year for the fabled crew of reporters that covered the Vietnam War for The Associated Press.

Notorious Pakistan A-bomb scientist tries politics

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb, 6, 2009 file photo, Pakistan's nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan waves outside his residence in Islamabad, Pakistan. Khan, who made Pakistan into a nuclear power and later took responsibility for leaking atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya has started a new movement aimed at shaking up the country's political scene ahead of upcoming national elections. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)The man who made Pakistan into a nuclear power and later admitted to leaking atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya is going into politics, aiming to shake up the country ahead of national elections.

Indonesia graft watchdog faces off against police

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Investigators from the corruption commission haul documents from traffic police HQIndonesia's corruption watchdog is taking on the notoriously graft-ridden police in a confrontation that sees two law enforcement agencies facing off against each other.

Afghan president moves to replace security chiefs

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:20 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed the national intelligence chief Wednesday, and lawmakers said he will submit nominees to replace the defense and interior ministers who were removed earlier this month by parliament.

Indian diplomatic bag found on Mt Blanc after 46 years

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:15 AM PDT

The diplomatic bag was "sitting as if someone had just placed it there"A bag of Indian diplomatic mail is set to be delivered more than 46 years late after it was found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, close to where an Air India plane crashed in January 1966.

2nd typhoon threatens battered Korean Peninsula

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 06:54 AM PDT

A Chinese fishing boat navigates through rough waves caused by Typhoon Bolaven in waters off Seogwipo on Jeju Island, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ho-cheon) KOREA OUTThe Korean Peninsula cleaned up Wednesday after one powerful typhoon and girded itself for another that could be particularly damaging to North Korea, which is still recovering from earlier floods.

Japan toilet maker unveils 'poop-powered' motorbike

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 06:17 AM PDT

Despite the motorcycle using animal waste rather than human, it is still equipped with a toilet seatJapan's best-known toilet maker on Wednesday unveiled a "poop-powered" motorcycle that can travel as far as 300 kilometres (180 miles) on a tank filled with animal waste.

Sri Lankan airline swaps paper manuals for iPads

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:56 PM PDT

Sri Lankan regulators have given the national airline permission to store manuals on iPadsSri Lanka's national carrier announced Wednesday it had jettisoned pilots' bulky paper manuals weighing 84 kilogrammes (184 pounds) in favour of iPads that weigh just 660 grams.

Japan, N. Korea in first face-to-face talks since 2008

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:54 PM PDT

The talks come as governments seek clues about the emerging foreign policy of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-UnJapan and North Korea on Wednesday held their first face-to-face talks in four years, in an attempt to lay the groundwork to overcome decades of mutual distrust.

Afghan president dismisses spy chief

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:31 PM PDT

Rahmatullah Nabil leaves as Karzai decided no intelligence chief could serve longer than two years, Karzai's office saidAfghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday announced the dismissal of his intelligence chief ahead of an imminent cabinet reshuffle involving the top security ministries.

Japan estimates monster quake could kill 320,000

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT

About 19,000 were killed or remain missing from the 2011 disasterJapan's government on Wednesday unveiled a worst case disaster scenario that warned a monster earthquake in the Pacific Ocean could kill over 320,000 people, dwarfing last year's quake-tsunami disaster.

Death penalty confirmed for Mumbai attacks gunman

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:13 PM PDT

Ten gunmen laid siege to India's financial capital in attacks that lasted nearly three daysIndia's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed.

Indians prefer arranged marriages: survey

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:05 PM PDT

A total of 74 percent of respondents voted in favour of traditional "arranged" marriagesAn overwhelming majority of Indians prefer marriages arranged by family members instead of "love matches", a survey showed Wednesday, despite rapid social change in the country over recent decades.

China official flees country with funds: report

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:03 PM PDT

A Chinese study last year estimated officials have siphoned off more than $120 billion in less than two decadesAn official in northeast China has fled the country, allegedly taking tens of millions of dollars with him, amid a probe into corruption, a state newspaper said Wednesday.

Oil prices fall amid calls for increased output

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:42 AM PDT

Crude prices fell Wednesday after finance ministers from the world's leading industrialized economies called on oil producers to increase output and said they stood ready to ask the International Energy Agency to release strategic reserves.

Japan opposition censures prime minister

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:21 AM PDT

Public support ratings for Yoshihiko Noda's cabinet were down to 30 percent in recent surveysJapan's upper house on Wednesday slapped Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda with a censure motion that effectively stalls parliament and heaps pressure on the premier to call snap elections.

'Penis-head' fish discovered in Vietnam

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:08 AM PDT

The Phallostethus cuulong had not been described scientifically beforeA new species of fish with a penis on its head has been identified in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, researchers said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Karzai dismisses intelligence chief

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:06 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office says he has dismissed the country's top intelligence official, a move that comes just as he prepares to name new defense and interior ministers.

Forest dam threatens Thailand's tigers: WWF

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:02 AM PDT

Fewer than 300 tigers remain in the wild in ThailandA proposed dam that would flood part of a national park in western Thailand represents a "significant new threat" to the kingdom's tigers, wildlife group WWF warned on Wednesday.
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