Friday, November 30, 2012

Pakistan agrees to free more Taliban prisoners

Pakistan agrees to free more Taliban prisoners

Pakistan agrees to free more Taliban prisoners

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:47 AM PST

Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul, left, poses for photographers with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar prior to their meeting at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Afghanistan's top diplomat will press Pakistan to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war, an official said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)Pakistan agreed on Friday to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war in Afghanistan.

Shoppers' habits not changed by garment plant fire

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, file photo, two Black Friday shoppers walk past a large Christmas Tree at Union Square in San Francisco. A horrific fire that killed 112 people, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at a Bangladesh garment factory owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd has put the spotlight back on those factory workers and their sometimes treacherous work environment. The factory made clothing for several retailers around the globe including Wal-Mart, Sears and The Walt Disney Co. The companies said they didn't know the vendors were using the factory and according to a report by the Associated Press, holiday shoppers have also buffered themselves from the tragedy. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Before purchasing a shirt, shoppers will run their hands over the fabric, look at the price tag and wonder how it will hold up in the washing machine. Some might even ask if it makes them look fat.

Suu Kyi wants gov't apology for violent crackdown

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:57 AM PST

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reaches for supporters as she leaves after a public meeting close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said authorities must apologize for a violent crackdown on monks and other foes of a mine in northwest Myanmar, but she also stuck to the government's view that the country must follow through on its commitment to build the project.

N. Korea rocket preparations might be a bluff

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:15 AM PST

FILE - In this April 8, 2012 file photo, a North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between April 12-16, at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. Rocket sections are apparently being trucked into North Korea's northwest launch site, but some analysts are asking whether it's just a calculated bluff meant to jangle the Obama administration and influence South Korean voters ahead of Dec. 19 presidential elections in three weeks. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)Rocket sections are apparently being trucked into North Korea's northwest launch site, but some analysts are asking whether it's just a calculated bluff meant to jangle the Obama administration and influence South Korean voters ahead of presidential elections in three weeks.

Afghanistan presses Pakistan to free Taliban

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:53 AM PST

Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul, left, poses for photographers with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar prior to their meeting at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Afghanistan's top diplomat will press Pakistan to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war, an official said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)The Afghan foreign minister pressed Pakistan on Friday to free more Taliban detainees in Islamabad's custody in a bid to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war in Afghanistan, officials said.

Suu Kyi decries crackdown that injured protesters

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:36 PM PST

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reaches for supporters as she leaves after a public meeting close to Letpadaung mine in Monywa, northwestern Myanmar, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi publicly criticized the forcible crackdown on protesters at a mine in northwestern Myanmar and said Friday that the public needed an explanation of the violence that injured dozens, including Buddhist monks.

AP Exclusive: Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:21 PM PST

In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslim refugees walk as Myanmar police officers stand guard at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Myanmar's government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June. Questions over whether the region's Muslim Rohingya population qualify for citizenship are at the heart of a crisis that has killed nearly 200 people and displaced 110,000 more. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Myanmar's government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June.

Afghanistan wants Pakistan to free more Taliban

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:21 PM PST

Afghanistan's top diplomat will press Pakistan Friday to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war, an official said.
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