Tuesday, December 11, 2012

US: Afghans resisting efforts to track cash exodus

US: Afghans resisting efforts to track cash exodus

US: Afghans resisting efforts to track cash exodus

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:48 AM PST

A U.S. watchdog agency said Tuesday that Afghan officials were resisting U.S. efforts to help track billions of dollars being flown out of Kabul airport every year, some likely linked to crime and drugs.

Kazakh border guard convicted of killing comrades

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:29 AM PST

This photo of a relayed televised image from a courtroom shows Vladislav Chelakh struggling with guards Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, during the last day of his trial in the southern Kazakhstan city of Taldykorgan. Chelakh, a conscript in Kazakhstan's army, is accused of killing 14 fellow soldiers and a park ranger in a May massacre that shocked the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/Peter Leonard)The crime was grisly, the trial was bizarre and the defendant's confession was widely doubted — but border guard Vladislav Chelakh was convicted Tuesday of killing 14 of his comrades along with a park ranger and sentenced to life in prison.

Taliban popular where US fought biggest battle

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:17 AM PST

In this Oct. 23, 2012 photo, a young Afghan girl shops with her mother in a crowded bazaar in the heart of Lashkar Gah, southern Helmand's provincial capital. After 11 years of war residents of southern Helmand, one of the deadliest battlefields, are frustrated by the lack of development and widespread insecurity. The International community is also increasingly worried that the gains made by women after the collapse of the Taliban are slowly slipping away. In deeply conservative Helmand women have worn the all encompassing burqas for centuries yet they too say the increasing insecurity makes them afraid even from behind their veils and shopkeepers say burqa sales are up. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan, angry residents of Helmand province say they are too afraid to go out after dark because of marauding bands of thieves.

UN: Despite law, Afghan women still suffer abuse

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:16 AM PST

Afghan relatives and villagers prepare to offer funeral prayers over the body of Najia Sediqi, Laghman's head of the women's affairs department in Laghman, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Gunmen shot and killed the head of the women's affairs department for the eastern Laghman province, said Sarhadi Zewak, a spokesman for the provincial government. (AP Photo/Khalid Khan)Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence under a 3-year-old law, according to a report issued Tuesday by the United Nations.

Experts: Station's royal hoax call may be illegal

Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:42 AM PST

In this image made off video footage recorded Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 and aired later in the day in "A Current Affair" program by Australia's Channel Nine, Australian radio DJs Michael Christian, left, and Mel Greig appear during an interview with the TV station. The two managed to impersonate Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles and received confidential information about the Duchess of Cambridge's medical condition, which was broadcast on-air. The controversial prank took a dark twist three days later with the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha, a 46-year-old mother of two, who was duped by the DJs despite their Australian accents. (AP Photo/Channel Nine) AUSTRALIA OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYThe Australian radio station behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated could face criminal charges for airing the conversation, legal experts said Tuesday.

Meeting delay a sign of cooling US-Vietnam ties

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:13 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo, Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist Nguyen Quoc Quan is seen in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Quan, 59, was arrested at Ho Chi Minh City airport in April soon after arriving on a flight from the United States, where he has lived since fleeing Vietnam by boat as a young man. The detention and looming trial of the democracy activist may be the clearest example of Hanoi's unwillingness to listen to American concerns over human rights. (AP Photo/ Vietnam News Agency, File)The U.S. and Vietnam, former enemies who share concerns about China's rise, are finding that one issue — human rights — is keeping them from becoming closer friends.

NKorea extends window, still readies rocket launch

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:14 PM PST

North Koreans wait for a bus in snow-covered Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREANorth Korea is pressing ahead with preparation for a long-range rocket launch after extending its liftoff window by another week until Dec. 29 because of technical problems.
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