Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers

Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers

Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 08:24 AM PST

Pakistani relatives and mourners carry the body of aid worker Lubna Mahmoud, 26, who was killed on Tuesday, by gunmen, during her funeral procession in Swabi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Gunmen on motorcycles sprayed a van carrying employees from a community center with bullets Tuesday, killing five female teachers and two aid workers, but sparing a child they took out of the vehicle before opening fire. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)SWABI, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of villagers in northwest Pakistan turned out Wednesday to bury five female teachers and two health workers who were gunned down a day earlier by militants in what may have been the latest in a series of attacks targeting anti-polio efforts in the country.

Indian court may suspend lawmakers facing crimes

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:03 AM PST

Indian women offer prayers for a gang rape victim at Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. India's top court says it will decide whether to suspend lawmakers facing sexual assault charges as thousands of women gathered at the memorial to independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi to demand stronger protection for their safety. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition submitted following a gang-rape and murder that shocked the country.

Activist asks public to visit China Nobel wife

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:22 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2012 file image made from a video and provided by Hu Jia via AP Video, Liu Xia, right, wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, reacts to an unexpected visit by a group of activists at her home in Beijing, China. Chinese activists are urging the public to visit dissident Liu's wife to highlight that she has been under house arrest since her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. The person at left is Beijing intellectual Xu Youyu. (AP Photo/Hu Jia via AP Video) EDITORIAL USE ONLYBEIJING (AP) — Chinese activists urged the public on Wednesday to visit dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife to highlight that she has been under house arrest since her husband won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.

Pakistani villagers bury slain aid workers

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 02:18 AM PST

Pakistani men carry the body of a teacher, who was killed by gunmen, from a hospital for burial in Swabi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five female teachers and two aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)SWABI, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Pakistani villagers have turned out for the funerals of aid workers and teachers who were gunned down by militants in the country's northwest.

Taliban likens US Afghan role to Vietnam War

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 11:04 PM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban Wednesday likened the planned withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan to America's pullout from Vietnam, calling it a "declare victory and run" strategy.

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 7 teachers, aid workers

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST

A father of an aid worker, who was killed by gunmen, mourns the death of his daughter at a hospital in Swabi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed at least five female teachers and two aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles sprayed a van carrying employees from a community center with bullets Tuesday, killing five female teachers and two aid workers, but sparing a child they took out of the vehicle before opening fire.
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