Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Summary Box: India's economy up 8.8 percent in 2Q (AP)

Summary Box: India's economy up 8.8 percent in 2Q (AP)

Summary Box: India's economy up 8.8 percent in 2Q (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:22 AM PDT

AP - INDIA'S ECONOMY REBOUNDS: India's economy grew 8.8 percent in the June quarter, its fastest pace in over two years. That's up from 6 percent a year ago, at the height of the global recession.

Five US soldiers killed as Afghan casualties mount (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:15 AM PDT

US soldiers are seen during a military parade in Kandahar province on August 9. Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, NATO announced, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO said, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.

China slump again at worlds (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Renaldo Balkman of Puerto Rico(R) jumps for a rebound with China's Zhizhi Wang during their World Championship preliminary round basketball game in Ankara. Puerto Rico won 84-76(AFP/Aris Messinis)AFP - China suffered another disappointing day at the World Basketball Championships on Tuesday, letting go of an early lead to fall 84-76 to Puerto Rico.

Citigroup to hire up to 7,500 in China: report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Citigroup Inc plans to almost triple its workforce in China by hiring up to 7,500 people in the next three years, an executive told Bloomberg in an interview published on Tuesday.

Obama warns of 'tough fight' ahead in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:56 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with Iraq war veterans at Fort Bliss, Texas. Obama Tuesday warned the United States faced a AFP - President Barack Obama Tuesday warned the United States faced a "very tough fight" in Afghanistan, with more casualties and "heartbreak" to come.

Summary Box: AIG's sale of Taiwan unit on rocks (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:46 AM PDT

AP - NO WAY: Taiwanese regulators have rejected Primus Financial Holdings' planned purchase of AIG's Taiwan life insurance unit.

Flood victim gives birth in graveyard in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT

A Pakistani boy helps his father rebuild their flood-damaged house in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Jannah Soorjo was forced to give birth Tuesday in a sprawling Muslim graveyard in southern Pakistan filled with hundreds of thousands of flood victims, a reminder of the pain and despair gripping the country even as the floodwaters begin to flow out to sea.

Pakistan says no suspensions over betting probe (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Pakistani cricket fans hold a burning effigy of national cricket team captain Salman Butt during a protest against a match fixing scandal, in Lahore. Pakistan's cricket board said Tuesday it would not suspend players accused in a betting scam while the claims are investigated, as British authorities arrested three people over the scandal.(AFP)AFP - Pakistan's cricket board said Tuesday it would not suspend players accused in a betting scam while the claims are investigated, as British authorities arrested three people over the scandal.

India to distribute grain free to poor (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Indian farm labourers use shovels to separate grains of wheat from the husk at a grain market on the outskirts of Amritsar in April 2010. India's agriculture minister promised Tuesday that the government would carry out an order by the Supreme Court to distribute grain to the poor instead of letting it rot in warehouses.(AFP/File/Narinder Nanu)AFP - India's agriculture minister promised Tuesday that the government would carry out an order by the Supreme Court to distribute grain to the poor instead of letting it rot in warehouses.

Eight Bangladesh militants jailed for life (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Bangladeshi special security force members of the Rapid Action Battalion keep guard outside the Secretariat building in Dhaka on August 17, 2005. A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday sentenced eight Islamic militants to life in prison for their role in a series of blasts across the Muslim-majority country five years ago, police said.(AFP/File/Farjana K. Godhuly)AFP - A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday sentenced eight Islamic militants to life in prison for their role in a series of blasts across the Muslim-majority country five years ago, police said.

5 more American troops die in Afghan fighting (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:45 AM PDT

US soldiers are seen during a military parade in Kandahar province in early August. Five US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, NATO announced, as the number of Americans to die in the war in the past four days climbed to 22.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AP - Five more American troops were killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday, ending the month with a spike in bloodshed that has claimed the lives of 19 U.S. service members in only four days.

Pakistan: Military jets kill 8 militants (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, makes a statement in the Grand Foyer of the White House after meetings with Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. A bribery probe involving a top adviser to President Hamid Karzai threatens to put U.S. relations with Afghanistan on a collision course just three months after a White House visit that seemed to smooth ties at a critical stage in the war. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP - A Pakistani official says government airstrikes have killed eight suspected insurgents in the Khyber tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Petraeus: Afghan concern about Pakistan is legit (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of ISAF and U.S. forces in Afghanistan speaks to the media at his office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The top NATO commander in Afghanistan says international forces will gradually hand over security to Afghan forces in small areas of the country as security allows rather than giving them responsibility for whole provinces at once. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - President Hamid Karzai's recent complaints that international forces should focus on militant leaders hiding in neighboring Pakistan instead of Afghan villages doesn't mean the government no longer supports the U.S. war strategy, the top NATO commander said Tuesday.

Panel: India must secure elephant reserves (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:17 AM PDT

FILE -- In this April 9, 2007 file photo, a herd of wild elephants play at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. India unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 to save its dwindling elephant population with a multi-pronged strategy including creating new reserves, improvement of habitats and strict norms for elephants in captivity. 'Elephant corridors' which the animals use to move across forested regions straddling different states would be secured and protected by law to prevent encroachment by mining, irrigation or industrial projects leading to the destruction of the habitat Jairam Ramesh, minister for environment and forests said while declaring the elephant India's 'National Heritage Animal.” (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)AP - India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended Tuesday.

Philippines counts cost of China's fury at deaths (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:09 AM PDT

Philippine National Police officers light candles and offer prayers at the flower bedecked site where eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a nearly 12-hour bus hostage standoff on Aug. 23, 2010, involving a dismissed police officer, at Manila's Rizal Park in the Philippines, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The 'Mass for Peace and Non-violence' was held as the Philippines worked to calm China's outrage over the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - China is angry after a violent hostage drama in the Philippines killed eight tourists from Hong Kong, and the Southeast Asian nation can do little to soothe the powerhouse, as a raft of visitor cancellations has hit the country's tourism industry.

Japan political veteran says he'll vie for PM job (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister and ruling Democratic Party of Japan President Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference following his meeting with veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug, 31, 2010. Kan announced his candidacy in an internal party election next month, being challenged for the top job by 68-year-old Ozawa, a powerbroker in the party but unpopular with the public. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - A Japanese ruling party veteran confirmed Tuesday he will run in an internal party election next month, mounting a challenge to a prime minister who has been in office less than three months.

Birthplace of the Taliban: The next battleground (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:13 AM PDT

American soldiers of the 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, participate in a memorial service for an Afghan Army officer from a partner unit who was killed in an insurgent ambush a day earlier, at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Friday Aug. 27, 2010. American soldiers, and their Afghan partners in Zhari, operate in a district which as the birthplace of the Taliban movement holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with an organized support network providing explosives and safe haven. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - As some 400 U.S. and Afghan soldiers gather to honor their first fallen comrade, mournful Muslim prayers mingle with the stutter of machine gun fire and the thud of exploding grenades just beyond their heavily fortified camp.

Grenade hits Thai state TV station; no wounded (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:06 AM PDT

AP - A grenade exploded in the compound of Thailand's state-run broadcaster Tuesday, damaging several vehicles but causing no injuries in the latest in a spate of unclaimed attacks in the capital.

Japan says too early to resume Korea nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:10 AM PDT

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, left, reacts prior to meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei , right, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)AP - Japan rejected North Korea's apparent interest in a quick resumption of six-party talks on Pyonyang's nuclear program, saying Tuesday that the time was not right for fresh discussions.

HIV discrimination case filed in China (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:54 PM PDT

AP - A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state media reported Tuesday.
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