Thursday, December 6, 2012

Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief

Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief

Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:34 AM PST

Afghan traffic policemen stand near the scene where Afghanistan's Intelligence Chief Asadullah Khalid was wounded in an assassination attempt on him in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Afghanistan's intelligence chief was wounded Thursday in an assassination attempt in the capital, Kabul, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a messenger of peace blew himself up near Afghanistan's newly appointed intelligence chief on Thursday, seriously wounding him, officials said.

AP Exclusive: Detained China Nobel wife speaks out

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 08:01 AM PST

Liu Xia, wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, reacts emotionally to an unexpected visit by journalists from The Associated Press at her home in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Liu trembled uncontrollably and cried Thursday as she described how her confinement under house arrest has been absurd and emotionally draining in the two years since her jailed activist husband was named a Nobel Peace laureate. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Stunned that reporters were able to visit her, Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried Thursday as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her confinement under house arrest has been in the two years since her jailed activist husband, Liu Xiaobo, was named a Nobel Peace laureate.

About 350 die in Philippine typhoon, 400 missing

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:05 PM PST

A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday.

Safety, need compete in typhoon-hit Philippines

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:32 AM PST

A survivor of Tuesday's devastating typhoon is carried into a makeshift clinic after being rescued Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in the southern Philippines. The powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed hundreds of people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)The government's geological hazard maps show why this farming community was largely washed away by a powerful typhoon: "highly susceptible to flooding and landslides." That didn't stop some villagers from rebuilding Thursday, even with bodies still lying under the mud.

Former Thai PM faces murder charge from protests

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:51 AM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva talks to reporters during a news conference on Thailand's dispute with Cambodia over an ancient temple at Government House in Bangkok. Thai law enforcement authorities announced Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, that they will file murder charges against Abhisit and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for their roles in a deadly 2010 crackdown on anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)Thai law enforcement authorities announced Thursday that they will file murder charges against former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his deputy in the first prosecutions of officials for their roles in a deadly 2010 crackdown on anti-government protests.

Afghan official: Bombing wounds intelligence chief

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:14 AM PST

A senior Afghan official says the head of Afghanistan's intelligence service has been wounded in an assassination attempt.

US: Situation 'dangerous' ahead of NKorea launch

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:03 AM PST

Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella, the commander of U.S. forces in Japan, speaks during a press conference at the National Press Club of Japan in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Angelella said that the situation ahead of North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket this month is "very dangerous." He said U.S. troops in Japan are closely monitoring activity in North Korea as it prepares for the launch. He said the United States sees the launch as a violation of U.N. restrictions in place to keep North Korea from developing its long-range missile capabilities. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)The commander of American troops in Japan said Thursday that the situation ahead of North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket this month is "very dangerous."

AP Exclusive: Detained China Nobel wife speaks

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:01 AM PST

Liu Xia, wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, reacts emotionally to an unexpected visit by journalists from The Associated Press at her home in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Liu trembled uncontrollably and cried Thursday as she described how her confinement under house arrest has been absurd and emotionally draining in the two years since her jailed activist husband was named a Nobel Peace laureate. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried Thursday as she described how her confinement under house arrest has been absurd and emotionally draining in the two years since her jailed activist husband, Liu Xiaobo, was named a Nobel Peace laureate in 2010.

In typhoon-hit Philippines, warnings were ignored

Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:53 AM PST

Relatives cross a river to bury their loved one, who died in a flash flood caused by Typhoon Bopha, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines. The powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed hundreds of people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Surrounded by steep mountains, far-flung New Bataan town has long been a tragedy waiting to happen in a valley of disasters. A government-issued geological hazard map identifies the extremely precarious location of the farming community in the southern Philippines as "highly susceptible to flooding and landslides."

Rare tornado kills 3 in New Zealand's largest city

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 11:31 PM PST

Cale Wood inspects his shed where debris was tossed around in Auckland, New Zealand, following a tornado Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. A small tornado ripped through the city killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Dean Purcell) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTAn unusually destructive tornado swept through neighborhoods around New Zealand's largest city Thursday, killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes.

China bus drivers given bail after strike

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 09:36 PM PST

Four Chinese immigrant bus drivers accused of inciting the city-state's first labor strike in 26 years have been granted bail in a case that highlighted growing social friction caused by an influx of foreign labor.

US drone kills 3 suspected militants in Pakistan

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 08:42 PM PST

A U.S. drone fired a pair of missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing three suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Death toll from Philippine typhoon rises to 325

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 06:09 PM PST

Residents cross a river with the body of a child after retrieving it from the flash flood-hit village of Andap, in New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, a day after the devastating Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Officials say the death toll in a powerful typhoon that lashed the southern Philippines has risen to at least 325 as rescuers search through mud and debris for another 379 people missing.

Rupert Murdoch's mother Elisabeth dies at age 103

Posted: 05 Dec 2012 04:38 PM PST

FILE - In a Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch sits in the audience as Queen Elizabeth II visits the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, died late Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in Melbourne, according to News Ltd., the Australian media company headed by her son. She was 103. (AP Photo/Julian Smith, Pool, File)Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent Australian philanthropist and mother of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died at age 103.
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