Sunday, September 26, 2010

Israeli settlement freeze to end at midnight (AP)

Israeli settlement freeze to end at midnight (AP)

Israeli settlement freeze to end at midnight (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:00 AM PDT

A Palestinian shepherd walks near the Jewish settlement of Revava, near the West Bank Village of Salfit, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Danny Danon, a pro-settler lawmaker in Netanyahu's Likud Party, said Saturday that settlers have already moved equipment into the Revava settlement in the northern West Bank. He said activists would lay the cornerstone for a new neighborhood on Sunday, the last day of the slowdown, and planned additional construction Monday after the restrictions formally end.'Building will begin there tomorrow afternoon and continue there on Monday,' Danon said.(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)AP - Israel's 10-month slowdown in West Bank settlement construction is set to end at midnight, threatening to upend the fragile new round of Mideast peace talks.

Japanese leader says no apology to China (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:52 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese fishing boat captain Zhan Qixiong, front right, is accompanied by his wife and son after arriving safely in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, by a chartered plane. Japan on Saturday morning released the captain involved in a collision near disputed islands, following intense pressure from China in the worst spat between the Asian neighbors in years. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Kehong) ** NO SALES **AP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday rejected China's repeated demand that Tokyo apologize and offer compensation for the arrest of a Chinese boat captain whose detention caused relations between the Asian neighbors to plunge to their lowest level in years.

Plane arrives in Pakistan after false bomb threat (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:32 AM PDT

A Pakistan International Airlines airplane at Manchester Airport Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. The aircraft was held earlier in the day in Stockholm when Swedish police evacuated the plane carrying 273 people and detained one passenger after Canadian authorities received a tip-off that he was carrying explosives. However, no explosives were found on the man, who was released after questioning by police, or on the Boeing 777. (AP Photo/Jon Super)AP - Relatives thronged an airport in southern Pakistan on Sunday to greet passengers whose flight from Canada was diverted to Sweden after a baseless report that a man aboard had explosives. Canadian officials investigated whether someone with a grudge called in the threat.

Chavez aiming to keep control in legislative vote (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:57 PM PDT

A poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez covers the side of a phone booth where a man uses a public phone in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Venezuela will hold legislative elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - President Hugo Chavez was seeking to hold on to his dominant control of Venezuela's congress on Sunday in elections that put his popularity to a critical test.

Japanese protest plans for downtown Nike park (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:12 AM PDT

Protesters march down Tokyo streets on Saturday Sept. 26, 2010. About 200 protesters banged drums and waved 'No Nike' signs while marching Sunday in downtown Tokyo to oppose plans for a Nike-sponsored skateboarding park where construction has displaced dozens of homeless squatters. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)AP - About 200 protesters banged drums and waved "No Nike" signs while marching Sunday in downtown Tokyo to oppose plans for a Nike-sponsored skateboarding park where construction has displaced dozens of homeless squatters.

Tensions Rise as Israel's Settlement Deadline Looms (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Time.com - The U.S. may have the leverage to keep Palestinians in the peace talks even if Israel resumes building in settlements, but the showdown underscores the bleak outlook for negotiations

Italian bank chief's exit sparks concern (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

The ouster of Alessandro Profumo, pictured in a file photo, from the top post at Unicredit this week has sparked concern about future governance at Italy's largest bank as other shake-ups rattle the European banking world.(AFP/File/Giuseppe Cacace)AFP - The ouster of Alessandro Profumo from the top post at Unicredit this week has sparked concern about future governance at Italy's largest bank as other shake-ups rattle the European banking world.

AP photographer wounded during West Bank protest (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:38 PM PDT

AP - An Associated Press photographer suffered a broken rib on Saturday while being detained by Israeli security forces during a protest in the West Bank.

Storm shreds aging tents in Haiti earthquake camps (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:43 PM PDT

A girl ties her hair next to her tent after it fell down due to heavy rain at a camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. A storm blasted through Haiti's capital on Friday, killing at least five people as it tore down trees, billboards and tent homes, authorities said.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - The sudden, powerful storm that ripped through Haiti's battered capital destroyed thousands of tents in the homeless camps where more than 1.3 million people live eight months after the earthquake destroyed their homes, shelter officials said Saturday.

Ethiopians want more from sacred Nile waters (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:39 PM PDT

Followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox church are seen near spring water that forms the Blue Nile, in northern Ethiopia, a sparkling stream at Gish Abay that spills first into Lake Tana then makes its way toward Sudan.(AFP/File/Aaron Maasho)AFP - Here in the shadow of Mount Gish, the spring water that forms the Blue Nile is believed to have healing powers, but Ethiopians say that is the only benefit they get from the mighty river.

Extensive work still needed: Commonwealth Games chief (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:57 AM PDT

Indian women sweep a pavement as their children play in front of a Commonwealth Games hoarding in New Delhi. Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said on Saturday, warning of the damage done to India's image(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AFP - Extensive work remains to be done on the crisis-hit Delhi Commonwealth Games with barely a week to go, federation chief Mike Fennell said on Saturday, warning of the damage done to India's image.

Impasse threatens Australian PM Gillard's rule (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 12:18 AM PDT

Australian leader Julia Gillard, pictured, has moved into the prime minister's official residence, but a political standoff threatened to derail her fragile rule just two days before parliament was due to begin.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australian leader Julia Gillard moved into the prime minister's official residence Sunday, but a political standoff threatened to derail her fragile rule just two days before parliament was due to begin.

Trapped (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Time.com - How the Trapped Chilean Miners Are Surviving Underground
Posted by Harshad at 1:32 AM

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