Thursday, November 1, 2012

No pigeons, planes, pingpong balls at China meet

No pigeons, planes, pingpong balls at China meet

No pigeons, planes, pingpong balls at China meet

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:39 AM PDT

A window handle on the door at the back seat is seen removed in a taxi in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Beijing is tightening security as its all-important Communist Party congress approaches, and some of the measures seem bizarre. Not only have taxi drivers removed the window handles from their doors, but their passengers must sign agreements promising to keep their windows and doors locked. Most of the security measures were implemented in time for Thursday's opening of a meeting of the Central Committee. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Don't roll down the taxi windows. Don't buy a remote-controlled plane without a police chief's permission. And don't release your pigeons.

Cyclone weakens after displacing 150K in India

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Ambulances stand on shore as people look at Indian ship Pratibha Cauvery that ran aground with people on board, reportedly due to strong winds on the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. More than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes Wednesday as a tropical storm hit southern India from the Bay of Bengal, officials said. Rain lashed the region and strong winds uprooted trees in some places. Weather officials said the storm packed winds of up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour as it made landfall near Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)A tropical storm weakened Thursday after slamming into southern India, bringing heavy rain and a storm surge and displacing 150,000 people. Six deaths have been reported in India and Sri Lanka.

Huge N. Korea hotel begun in 1980s might soon open

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel stands above others in Pyongyang, North Korea. International hotel operator Kempinski AG said Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 it will manage the pyramid-shaped hotel that is expected to open next year with shops, offices, ball rooms and restaurants and 150 rooms. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)The 105-story, pyramid-shaped hotel that has stood over North Korea's capital city like a mountain for more than 20 years just might be on the verge of opening for the first time.

China bans toy planes, pigeons to secure congress

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 05:24 AM PDT

A window handle on the door at the back seat is seen removed in a taxi in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Beijing is tightening security as its all-important Communist Party congress approaches, and some of the measures seem bizarre. Not only have taxi drivers removed the window handles from their doors, but their passengers must sign agreements promising to keep their windows and doors locked. Most of the security measures were implemented in time for Thursday's opening of a meeting of the Central Committee. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Don't roll down the taxi windows. Don't buy a remote-controlled plane without a police chief's permission. And don't release your pigeons.

Worker: Japan nuke crisis crew not told of danger

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:29 AM PDT

FILE - This July 3, 2011 photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), taken through a window of a fork lift, shows iron sheets which protect workers from radiation on the ground floor of the Unit 3 reactor building at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a tsunami-triggered meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings, a worker said in a legal complaint filed Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Asked about the allegations, a TEPCO spokesman said the plant was aware of water leaks elsewhere but couldn't anticipate the water problem in Unit 3's basement. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLYThe operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that went into a tsunami-triggered meltdown knew the risks from highly radioactive water at the site but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings, a worker said in a legal complaint.

China: Pigeons must stay in coops during congress

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 03:22 AM PDT

A window handle on the door at the back seat is seen removed in a taxi in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Beijing is tightening security as its all-important Communist Party congress approaches, and some of the measures seem bizarre. Not only have taxi drivers removed the window handles from their doors, but their passengers must sign agreements promising to keep their windows and doors locked. Most of the security measures were implemented in time for Thursday's opening of a meeting of the Central Committee. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Don't roll down the taxi windows. Don't buy a remote-controlled plane without a police chief's permission. And don't release your pigeons.

China's communist elite readies for power transfer

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 02:48 AM PDT

China's ruling communist elite began a closed-door meeting Thursday to finalize preparations for a painstakingly choreographed but still fraught transfer of power to a younger generation of leaders.

Raft of office-buying fuels disgust from Chinese

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:26 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, retired employees of a government office have a light moment at an old hospital administration building in Xilinhot in northern China's Inner Mongolia. Buying and selling office is so rampant in China that it has eroded public trust in officialdom, undermining the ruling Communist Party's image as an institute that promotes the competent, not the connected. Even though Chinese leaders have vowed to eradicate the practice, it has showed no sign of abatement. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)In a small town in northern China's Inner Mongolia where sheep and cattle easily outnumber humans, Fan Chen paid a Communist Party boss three times an average urban resident's annual salary to become a local police chief.

China think tank urges gov't to end 1-child policy

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:41 PM PDT

A Chinese woman plays with her grandchild at the Ritan Park in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. A government think tank says China should start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015. It remains unclear whether Chinese leaders are ready to take that step. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)A government think tank is urging Chinese leaders to start phasing out China's one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015, a daring proposal to do away with the unpopular policy.

Afghans set presidential poll date; Taliban jeer

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT

An Afghan man passes by a giant poster of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012. Presidential elections considered crucial to Afghanistan's security and stability will be held on schedule in April 2014, the country's election commission announced Oct 31. The decision eased concerns that President Hamid Karzai would seek to delay the election despite his repeated assurances that he would not. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Afghans will elect a new president in the spring of 2014 in a ballot considered crucial for their country's stability and security after more than 11 years of war.
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