Thursday, November 29, 2012

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 08:13 AM PST

A Buddhist monk who suffered burn injuries when security forces cracked down protesters lies in a hospital bed in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Security forces cracked down on protesters occupying a copper mine early Thursday, using water cannons and other devices to break up the rally hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs Thursday to clear protesters from a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks in the biggest use of force against demonstrators since the reformist government of President Thein Sein took office last year.

Roadside blasts kill at least 12 Afghan civilians

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:04 AM PST

Two roadside bombs exploded on Thursday in eastern and southern Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring 16 others, officials said.

Roadside blast kills 10 Afghan civilians

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:45 AM PST

A roadside bomb struck a minivan in a remote part of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding eight more, officials said.

Suicide bomber wounds prominent Pakistani militant

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:59 AM PST

In this April, 20, 2007 photo, Pakistani militant commander Maulvi Nazir meets his associates in South Waziristan near the Afghani border. Pakistani intelligence and government officials say a suicide bomber targeted Nazir, a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest, wounding him and killing numbers of people. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact with the army, wounding him and killing seven people, officials said.

Official says 10 Afghan civilians killed by bomb

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:53 AM PST

A provincial official says a roadside bomb has killed 10 people and wounded eight in a remote part Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province.

Sources: North Korea replaces defense minister

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:24 AM PST

FILE - In this April 15, 2012 file photo, North Korean soldiers march in front of flower waving civilians during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea has replaced its defense minister with a hardline military commander believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, diplomats in Pyongyang said Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. It is the latest in a series of high-profile appointments leader Kim Jong Un has made since he took power nearly a year ago. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)North Korea has replaced its defense minister with a hardline military commander believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, diplomats in Pyongyang said Thursday. It is the latest in a series of high-profile appointments leader Kim Jong Un has made since he took power nearly a year ago.
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