Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Pakistani president faces terror row in Britain (AFP)

Pakistani president faces terror row in Britain (AFP)

Pakistani president faces terror row in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari delivers a speech after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on August 2. British Prime Minister David Cameron defended Tuesday a warning about Pakistani support for terror, as Zardari arrived in Britain vowing to confront the charges head-on.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron defended Tuesday a warning about Pakistani support for terror, as President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Britain vowing to confront the charges head-on.

US flying army helicopters to Pakistan for flood relief (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Pakistani aid volunteers upload relief goods destined for flood survivors in Lahore. The US military is sending American pilots and helicopters to Pakistan to help with rescue and relief efforts after devastating floods, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/Arif Ali)AFP - The US military is sending American pilots and helicopters to Pakistan to help with rescue and relief efforts after devastating floods, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Pakistan's Zardari says war with Taliban being lost (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari speaks to journalists after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris August 2, 2010. REUTERS/Benoit TessierReuters - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday the international community was losing the war against the Afghan Taliban and rebuked Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron for questioning Islamabad's resolve.

Deadly flooding spreads to Pakistan's heartland (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:36 AM PDT

An Afghan family waits for help to be settled in camp after their house was submerged in flood water in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Relief work has been hampered by submerged roads, washed out bridges, and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Floodwaters surged into Pakistan's heartland and swallowed dozens of villages Tuesday, adding to a week of destruction that has already ravaged the mountainous northwest and killed 1,500 people.

Faith in Obama's handling of Afghan war at record low: poll (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:35 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama arrives to speak in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, July 2010. American public support for the Afghan war and Obama's handing of the conflict has hit an all-time low after the leak of secret military documents, a poll showed Tuesday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US public support for the Afghan war and President Barack Obama's handing of the conflict has hit an all-time low after the leak of secret military documents, a poll showed Tuesday.

Indian Kashmir protests after deaths, despite warnings (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Kashmiri women chant anti-India slogans during a funeral procession of a youth killed by Indian troops in Srinagar. Five more demonstrators died in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday as new protests erupted in defiance of pleas for calm from the region's chief minister.(AFP)AFP - Five more demonstrators died in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday as new protests erupted in defiance of pleas for calm from the region's chief minister.

China mines still deadly, as bosses ordered below (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:20 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, family members of miners wait for further information at the Sanyuandong Coal Mine in Baiping Township, Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Nine workers were killed and seven others trapped after lethal gas leaked into the coal mine in central China, a state news agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Xiang) ** NO SALES **AP - A month ago, China's premier ordered mining officials to go down into the shafts with their workers, but the step meant to improve safety in the world's deadliest mines hasn't saved lives.

White House disputes gloomy assessment of Afghan war (AFP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:14 AM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari delivers a speech after a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy on August 2 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. The White House Tuesday dismissed comments by Pakistan's president that US-backed coalition forces are losing the war in Afghanistan.(AFP/Bertrand Guay)AFP - The White House Tuesday dismissed comments by Pakistan's president that US-backed coalition forces are losing the war in Afghanistan.

Political killing stokes tensions in Pakistan city (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:09 AM PDT

A main road of central karachi is deserted as tension mounted following the killing of a local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement in Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Gunmen killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - The ruling party in Pakistan's largest city accused its main political rival of supporting Islamist militants suspected of assassinating a party leader, further stoking tensions Tuesday after 45 people died in a night of revenge attacks and arson.

Pakistan's leader says world losing Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

AP - The U.S.-led coalition's battle against the Taliban has already been lost because of its failure to win over the Afghan people, Pakistan's president warned Tuesday before tough talks this week with Prime Minister David Cameron, who has accused the country of exporting terrorism.

China villagers mourn victims of drunken rampage (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:57 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, a policeman walks near a smashed car and shop at Yuanshi county, in north China's Hebei province. A drunken shovel loader driver went on a rampage in northern China, smashing into shops and vehicles and killing 11 people, a government spokesman said Monday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Determined to end the drunken driver's homicidal rampage, 20-year-old Wang Xiaobo clung to the side of the earthmover as it scraped vehicles smashed earlier by its massive shovel. Seconds earlier, he had leaped aboard the vehicle after it became entangled in the trees where he had hidden.

6 guards fatally stabbed in Afghan bank heist (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:01 AM PDT

Hospital staff move bodies of some of six Kabul Bank security guards who were beheaded during a bank robbery in Mazar-e-Sharif, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Police spokesman said someone apparently mixed poison into the guards' food Monday night and an unknown number of robbers beheaded the guards and took about $269,000 in U.S. and Afghan currency. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)AP - Six Afghan private security guards were poisoned and fatally stabbed during a bank robbery in northern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday.

4 die as Kashmiris protest en masse despite curfew (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:43 AM PDT

Kashmiris shout slogans as they burn junk on a road to block traffic during a curfew in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Government troops fired live ammunition and tear gas into crowds of anti-India protesters as tens of thousands of people demonstrated across Indian-controlled Kashmir. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Four people were killed Tuesday as thousands of protesters ignored police warnings they would be shot on sight if they defied a round-the-clock curfew declared in Indian-controlled Kashmir in an attempt to quell weeks of deadly civil unrest against Indian rule.

Taliban code of conduct seeks to win hearts, minds (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:48 AM PDT

A Pakistani man reads code of conduct reportedly published and distributed by Taliban, in Chaman, a Pakistani border town situated along the Afghanistan border on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. An updated Taliban code of conduct urges the insurgents' fighters to avoid killing civilians and seizing weapons and money from villagers in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of Afghans who are also being courted by international forces. The title of the booklet reads ' Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, code of conduct for Mujahideen.' (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)AP - An updated Taliban code of conduct urges fighters to avoid killing civilians and forbids them from seizing weapons and money, a directive aimed at winning hearts and minds of Afghans also being courted by international forces.

Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:57 AM PDT

AP - A powerful earthquake struck waters off of eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and officials said there was no threat of a tsunami.

19 coal workers killed in two mines in China (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:53 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a rescuer exits the pit at the Sanyuandong Coal Mine in Baiping Township, Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Nine workers were killed and seven others trapped after lethal gas leaked into the coal mine in central China, a state news agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Xiang) ** NO SALES **AP - Gas exploded at a Chinese coal mine Tuesday, killing 10 people and trapping seven just hours after lethal gas leaked into another coal mine and killed nine, state media said.

NKorea threatens to retaliate against SKorea (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:26 AM PDT

A replica of South Korea's Chamsuri naval patrol boat No. 357, which was sunk during the second Yeonpyeong sea battle between the two Koreas in 2002, is displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 31, 2010. Military officers from North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command met Friday for a third round of talks about the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea's military threatened "strong physical retaliation" against planned South Korean naval drills near their disputed sea border and warned Tuesday that civilian ships should stay away from the area.

China military launches major air exercises (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:25 AM PDT

AP - China's military launched major air defense exercises Tuesday, highlighting rising capabilities that are seen as tipping the balance of power in east Asia.

North Korea begins massive dance performance (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:36 PM PDT

In this Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Koreans perform at the Arirang Festival at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Korean, in the background, reads 'Our country is prosperous.' (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - North Korea opened this year's massive dance and gymnastics performance known as the Arirang Festival, turning to propaganda to unite its people amid new U.S. sanctions on the isolated country to squeeze its nuclear program.
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