Thursday, September 9, 2010

India mulls 11-billion-dollar fund for power generation (AFP)

India mulls 11-billion-dollar fund for power generation (AFP)

India mulls 11-billion-dollar fund for power generation (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:12 AM PDT

An Indian electrician repairs a streetlight in Allahabad in June 2010. Energy-hungry India is considering setting up an 11-billion-dollar fund to help finance the expansion of power companies' generation capacities, the country's power secretary said Thursday.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - Energy-hungry India is considering setting up an 11-billion-dollar fund to help finance the expansion of power companies' generation capacities, the country's power secretary said Thursday.

Top US intel chief in Afghan leaving for new post (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:53 AM PDT

AP - The top U.S. and NATO intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn, is moving to a senior intelligence job in Washington, two defense officials said Thursday.

India will raise Ohio outsourcing ban with US: minister (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:41 AM PDT

Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma answers a question in New Delhi in March 2010. India said Thursday it will formally raise its concern with the United States over a ban imposed by the US state of Ohio on offshore outsourcing at a high-level meeting in Washington.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AFP - India said Thursday it will formally raise its concern with the United States over a ban imposed by the US state of Ohio on offshore outsourcing at a high-level meeting in Washington.

Afghans protest Quran burning plan, torch US flag (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Pakistani lawyers burn a U.S. flag while rallying in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran in Multan, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)AP - Hundreds of angry Afghans burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to the Christians" on Thursday to protest plans by a small American church to torch copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Afghan election threatened by violence, says watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:31 AM PDT

An Afghan woman walks past electoral banners featuring images of Afghan politicians in Kabul in August, 2010. Taliban violence and intimidation are threatening Afghanistan's parliamentary elections as the government fails to protect candidates, especially women, a human rights watchdog said Thursday.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - Afghanistan's parliamentary elections are being threatened by Taliban violence and intimidation as the government fails to protect candidates, especially women, a human rights watchdog said Thursday.

Japan's Miike unsheathes '13 Assassins' at Venice filmfest (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Japanese film director Takashi Miike poses during the photocall of AFP - Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike unsheathed his swashbuckling samurai period piece "13 Assassins" at the Venice film festival on Thursday, saying he had young people's education in mind.

US drone strike kills six in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:26 AM PDT

A US 'Predator' drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2009. A US drone attack Thursday killed six militants in Pakistan -- the fourth strike in 24 hours -- officials said, amid an upsurge in violence across the country.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - A US drone attack Thursday killed six militants in Pakistan -- the fourth strike in 24 hours -- officials said, amid an upsurge in violence across the country.

Cannes-winning Thai film flops at box office (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:22 AM PDT

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, seen here in Bangkok in July 2010. Weerasethakul's Cannes-winning reincarnation movie AFP - A Thai director's Cannes-winning reincarnation movie "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" opened to rave reviews in France but has flopped at the box office, industry data showed Thursday.

India calls for media black-out of planned Koran burning (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:57 AM PDT

Young Indian Muslim men burn US flags in Ahmedabad to protest the plans to burn the Koran by a US church. India called on Thursday for the United States to take AFP - India called on Thursday for the United States to take "strong action" to prevent a planned Koran burning ceremony and demanded a media black-out of the "deplorable act".

World waits for unveiling of NKorean heir apparent (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:11 AM PDT

A woman walks by a North Korean flag attached with a picture of North leader Kim Jong Il during a rally held against pro-North Korean groups in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The youngest son of leader Kim Jong Il is widely expected to make his public debut as the Dear Leader's heir apparent at a rare Workers' Party convention, the nation's biggest political gathering in 30 years. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korean children are already singing the praises of the young man in line to become the reclusive nation's next leader, analysts say, but the rest of the world doesn't even know the age, or, until recently, how to spell the name of Kim Jong Il's youngest son.

Chinese blind activist lawyer released from prison (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:03 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo released by his supporters, blind activist Chen Guangcheng sits in a village in China. Police prepared Wednesday, Sept 8, 2010, for the release from prison of the blind, self-taught activist lawyer in much the same way they treated him before his jailing four years ago: putting his family under surveillance and ringing his rural east China home with plainclothes security. (AP Photo/Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, File)AP - Blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng returned home Thursday after a four-year prison stint to find that very little had changed — he was cut off from communication, monitored by security agents, his family still harassed and intimidated.

Rights group: Violence threatens Afghan elections (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:31 AM PDT

A Canadian soldier with the 1st RCR Battle Group, the Royal Canadian Regiment, patrols with a sunflower stuck to his helmet in the Panjwaii district, near Salavat, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliamentary elections is severely threatened by insurgent attacks on candidates and the lack of security provided by the government, an international rights group said Thursday.

Dynasty speculation on North Korea's founding day (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 05:20 AM PDT

A tourist looks at a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, painted by North Korean defector Sun Moo, at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. North Korea requested a shipment of rice, cement and heavy equipment days after South Korea offered relief aid to its communist neighbor to help it recover from recent flooding, the Unification Ministry said Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent.

EU: Suspension of Iran stoning case not enough (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:42 AM PDT

A demonstrator holds a picture of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, in front of the Iranian Embassy in Rome September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniAP - The European Union presidency said Thursday that Iran's suspension of a stoning sentence against a woman convicted of adultery is not enough and demands it be completely overturned.

China: Japan trial of boat captain will harm ties (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:36 AM PDT

Chinese protesters hold up banners, one of which reads 'Japan get out of Diaoyu island' as they march towards the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands and Tokyo arrested the boat's captain.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Japan will damage its relations with China if it decides to prosecute the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands, Beijing warned Thursday.

Philippines says police might have shot hostages (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:27 AM PDT

Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team take their position as a body lies on the steps of the bus during the assault on a bus with tourists being held hostage at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. Philippine police commandos crouched around a bus where a sacked former policeman was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila on Monday and shots were heard at the scene, TV pictures and a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/ Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)AP - Some victims in a botched hostage rescue of a tourist bus in the Philippines may have been hit by police fire, the nation's top law enforcement official said Thursday.

SKorea indicts pastor over illegal trip to NKorea (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 04:16 AM PDT

AP - A news report says South Korean authorities have indicted a Christian activist who made an unapproved visit to North Korea.

4th missile strike in Pakistan in 24 hrs kills 5 (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 03:15 AM PDT

People mourn the death of their family member following a Tuesday night bombing in Kohat, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Peshawar, Pakistan, during a funeral on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. A car bomb ripped through a police compound killing 18 people, including 14 women and children and four officers, the latest in a string of attacks proving that Islamist militants remain a potent force in the country. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intelligence official said, the fourth such attack on suspected insurgent targets there in 24 hours.

Afghan AG: West should not lead corruption fight (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:54 AM PDT

Afghans read a letter posted at a mosque by the Taliban warning people against voting in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. The Taliban vowed to attack polling places in Sept. 18 parliamentary elections, warning Afghans not to participate in what it called a sham vote.(AP Photo/ Nishanuddin Khan)AP - Afghanistan's top prosecutor said Thursday that while President Hamid Karzai backs the work of Western-supported anti-corruption teams, he wants investigations to be led by Afghans and free of interference from international advisers.

Militants release British journalist in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 02:14 AM PDT

AP - A British journalist held captive by Islamist militants in northwestern Pakistan since March has been released, the British High Commission in Pakistan said Thursday.
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