Saturday, December 8, 2012

Storm that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

Storm that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

Storm that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:36 AM PST

Relatives cry upon seeing the remains of their relative at a damaged public market which serves as a makeshift mortuary for typhoon's Bopha's victims at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Saturday Dec. 8, 2012. Search and rescue operations following a typhoon that killed nearly 600 people in the southern Philippines have been hampered in part because many residents of this ravaged farming community are too stunned to assist recovery efforts, an official said Saturday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)A typhoon that had left the Philippines after killing nearly 600 people and leaving hundreds missing in the south has made a U-turn and is now threatening the country's northwest, officials said Saturday.

NKorea says it may change rocket launch window

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:59 AM PST

This Dec. 4, 2012 satellite image taken by GeoEye and annotated and distributed by North Korea Tech and 38 North shows the Sohae launching station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. New satellite images show that heavy snowfall may have slowed North Korean rocket launch preparations but that Pyongyang could still be ready for liftoff starting Monday, Dec. 10. This image was shared with the AP by the 38 North and North Korea Tech websites, which collaborate on analysis of the satellite imagery. (AP Photo/GeoEye via North Korea Tech and 38 North) MANDATORY CREDITNorth Korea said Sunday that scientists are "seriously examining" the possibility of changing a launch window for a rocket the country had planned to fire sometime after Monday.

Karzai: Afghan spy chief bomber came from Pakistan

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:44 AM PST

Afghan president Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Karzai said Saturday that Thursday's assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in neighboring Pakistan but he did not provide any evidence to back up his claim, and was careful not to accuse the Pakistani government of having any role in the suicide attack. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the recent assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in Pakistan, but vowed it would not stop him from seeking Islamabad's help in coaxing militants to the negotiating table.

China's Xi leads campaign to cut pomp

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 12:33 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping gestures as he attends a meeting with foreign experts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. New communist leader Xi is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering leaders to take a knife to the pomp, formality and waste that have alienated many among the public. (AP Photo/Ed Jones, Pool)New communist leader Xi Jinping is on a mission to soften the image of Chinese officialdom, winning kudos for his breezy personal style and ordering leaders to take a knife to the pomp, formality and waste that have alienated many among the public.

Philippine typhoon rescue operations hampered

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 12:11 AM PST

Rescuers work to retrieve another flash flood victim from the debris of Tuesday's Typhoon Bopha at New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Rescuers were digging through mud and debris Friday to retrieve more bodies strewn across a farming valley in the southern Philippines by a powerful typhoon. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Search and rescue operations following a typhoon that killed nearly 600 people in the southern Philippines have been hampered in part because many residents of this ravaged farming community are too stunned to assist recovery efforts, an official said Saturday.

Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:27 PM PST

In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 photo, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi attends a press conference to release the poll manifesto for the upcoming state assembly elections in Ahmadabad, India. Eleven years after Modi became the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat - and 10 years after brutal anti-Muslim rioting left over a 1,100 people there dead - Modi is campaigning for his third term. Nearly everyone expects him to be swept into office, and the top leadership of his rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party is already hailing him as a future prime minister. But few politicians in India are as polarizing as Modi. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the economic landscape of his part of India. But still they gasp when the curtains open and Modi — suddenly, magically — appears in front of them.
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