Thursday, September 23, 2010

China will not buckle on national interests: premier (AFP)

China will not buckle on national interests: premier (AFP)

China will not buckle on national interests: premier (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:34 AM PDT

China's Primer Wen Jiabao addresses the 65th General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Wen vowed before the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not threaten another nation but would not yield in disputes over its national interests.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - China's Premier Wen Jiabao vowed before the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not threaten another nation but would not yield in disputes over its national interests.

Obama tells Wen China must do more on currency (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:28 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (R) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold a bilateral meeting at the United Nations. Obama told Wen that Beijing must do more to solve rising tensions over the value of China's yuan currency, a senior US official said.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday that Beijing must do more to solve rising tensions over the value of China's yuan currency, a senior US official said.

Pakistani scientist sentenced to 86 years in US prison (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Courtroom drawing shows Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui with Judge Richard Berman in New York. A US federal court Thursday sentenced Siddiqui to 86 years in prison for the attempted murder of US officers in Afghanistan, in a high-profile case closely watched in Islamabad.(AFP/Shirley Shepard)AFP - A US federal court Thursday sentenced a Pakistani woman scientist to 86 years in prison for the attempted murder of US officers in Afghanistan, in a high-profile case closely watched in Islamabad.

Myanmar must free prisoners before elections: Amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:19 AM PDT

Activists of the Free Burma Coalition protest at the Myanmar embassy in Manila in June 2010. Amnesty International urged Myanmar to free all political prisoners Thursday ahead of elections in November, as it marked three years since a deadly crackdown on protests led by Buddhist monks.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AFP - Amnesty International urged Myanmar to free all political prisoners Thursday ahead of elections in November, as it marked three years since a deadly crackdown on protests led by Buddhist monks.

India scrambles to save Commonwealth Games (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:13 AM PDT

An Indian security force officer stands guard outside the weightlifting venue near Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games, following an incident with the interior ceiling in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a 'knife-edge.' (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Indian officials scrambled Thursday to salvage the rapidly approaching Commonwealth Games as a growing number of competitors delayed their arrival to allow organizers time to finish their frantic preparations.

Two killed as NATO tankers, containers blown up in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:05 AM PDT

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil supply tankers in 2009. Militants Thursday blew up four oil tankers and three containers carrying fuel and other supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing two people, officials said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - Militants Thursday blew up four oil tankers and three containers carrying fuel and other supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing two people, officials said.

Afghanistan's first female army officers graduate (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Afghan National Army (ANA) female officers attend their graduation ceremony at the ANA training centre in Kabul. Afghanistan's first female officers trained by NATO passed out Thursday to join the national army in its quest to take over responsibility for the country's security within four years.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghanistan's first female officers trained by NATO passed out Thursday to join the national army in its quest to take over responsibility for the country's security within four years.

China says 4 Japanese suspected of illegal filming (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:09 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during the opening plenary session of the World Economic Forum at the Meijiang Convention Centre in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin September 13, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China is investigating four Japanese suspected of entering a military zone and illegally videotaping military targets, Xinhua news agency said, the latest row to threaten ties between Asia's biggest economies.

China says 4 Japanese filmed military targets (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:03 AM PDT

AP - Chinese state media said Thursday that four Japanese are being investigated after being accused of entering a military zone without authorization and illegally filming military targets.

N.Korean foreign delegate dismisses succession reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:54 AM PDT

This undated picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on September 13, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) visiting the Manpo Unhwa factory in Jagang province. A Spaniard who acts as a delegate overseas for North Korea said he did not believe reports that a communist party meeting next week will pave the way to a transfer of power from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)AFP - A Spaniard who acts as a delegate overseas for North Korea said Thursday he did not believe reports that a communist party meeting next week will pave the way to a transfer of power from leader Kim Jong-Il to his son.

Speeding train kills 7 elephants in eastern India (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:52 AM PDT

AP - A speeding freight train struck a herd of elephants in a densely forested region in eastern India, killing seven, an official said Thursday.

Afghan president calls for release of journalists (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:14 AM PDT

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun of Elkhart Ind., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Department of Defense says Calhoun was killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for the quick release of three Afghan journalists — arrests that analysts said were reminiscent of a strategy the U.S. military used in Iraq to detain local journalists as a way to disrupt insurgents' propaganda networks.

First partial Afghan poll results released (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:25 AM PDT

An Afghan woman walks past election posters of parliamentarian candidates in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Afghan authorities said it was too early to judge the validity of the country's parliamentary ballot despite observers' reports of widespread fraud in the vote that was to help consolidate its shaky democracy. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan officials released the first partial results from last week's parliamentary elections on Thursday amid mounting allegations of fraud in a poll seen as a test of the Afghan government's commitment to rooting out corruption.

Philippine Muslim rebels drop independence demand (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:39 AM PDT

AP - The chief government negotiator in peace talks with Muslim rebels on Thursday welcomed a rebel leader's statement that his group is no longer demanding independence from the Philippines and instead is seeking a status similar to a U.S. state.

Cambodian opposition leader convicted in absentia (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Cambodian opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, stands in front of the municipal court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia's main opposition party leader was sentenced in absentia Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, to 10 years in prison for a politically sensitive comment about a border dispute that critics say is another example of the government trying to intimidate its opponents. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)AP - Cambodia's main opposition party leader was convicted in absentia Thursday and sentenced to 10 years in prison for a politically sensitive comment about a border dispute, in what critics said was another example of the government's intimidation of its opponents.

Tajik army hunts militants in the mountains (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:18 AM PDT

AP - An unsettled valley in ex-Soviet Tajikistan has become the scene of a major security sweep to quash what authorities see as an international Islamic militant uprising.

Former Indonesia policeman admits ties to al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:14 AM PDT

Mohammed Sofyan Tsauri, who is accused of involvement in plots targeting foreigners and Western embassies in the country, listens to the indictment filed against him during his first trial on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in a district court in Depok, Indonesia. The former police officer said he helped al-Qaida train 170 members of a new terror network in Aceh province soon after he left the police force. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)AP - A former Indonesian police officer said Thursday he helped al-Qaida train 170 members of a new terror network in Aceh province soon after he left the police force.

Indian court delays verdict on holy site dispute (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:26 AM PDT

AP - India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to delay a verdict in a religious dispute over a holy site in Ayodhya that has shaken the core of modern India and led to repeated outbreaks of Hindu-Muslim violence.

India floods kill 17 as millions flee rising water (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:21 AM PDT

People who had to leave the banks of the overflowing Yamuna river, take shelter with their belongings under a metro railway track in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. A tributary of one of India's main rivers, the Ganges, the Yamuna is small but swells during monsoon rains. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Raging floodwaters triggered by heavy rain in northern India have killed at least 17 people, washed away thousands of homes and forced some 2 million people to evacuate in a 24 hour period, officials said Thursday.

Typhoon kills 54 in China, dozens missing (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:03 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, people walk across a flood-damaged bridge in Qianpai Town in Xinyi, south China's Guangdong Province, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Typhoon Fanapi swamped Guangdong province after making a direct hit on the island of Taiwan on Sunday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Yehua) ** NO SALES **AP - Floods and landslides from the strongest storm to hit China this year have killed at least 54 people and left dozens missing since it struck earlier this week, officials said Thursday.
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