Friday, September 24, 2010

Malaysia deports Singaporean terrorist suspect (AP)

Malaysia deports Singaporean terrorist suspect (AP)

Malaysia deports Singaporean terrorist suspect (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, right, and Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak give a press briefing after bilateral meetings to address long standing issues between the two countries, at the Istana, or Presidential Palace, on Monday Sept. 20, 2010 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - Malaysia deported a Singaporean terrorist suspect Friday nearly 18 months after he was captured while on the run after staging a dramatic escape from a high-security prison in the city-state.

Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73 (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 1991 file photo U.S. President George H. Bush, accompanied by Soviet Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, left, walks past an honor guard on arrival at Moscow International Airport. A statement from Russia's Communist Party said Friday Sept. 24, 2010, Gennady Yanayev, a coup plotter who briefly declared himself president of the Soviet Union, replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73 after an unspecified lengthy illness. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)AP - Gennady Yanayev, a leader of the abortive 1991 Soviet coup who briefly declared himself president replacing Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at age 73, Russia's Communist Party announced Friday.

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:47 AM PDT

President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traded accusations about their nations' nuclear programs, but both left the door open to further negotiations about the nuclear impasse.

5-year-old murder stokes dangerous Lebanon crisis (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:37 AM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, Hezbollah fighters stand guard as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a video link in the occasion of Jerusalem Day in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. 'Justice' was the rallying cry for tens of thousands of angry Lebanese who took to the streets of Beirut five years ago after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and drove a movement that reshaped Lebanon's politics. But now the quest to uncover and prosecute his killers threatens to tear the country apart. The U.N. tribunal investigating Hariri's killing has not yet named any individuals or countries as suspects. But suspicion also has fallen on Syria's main ally in Lebanon, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - "The Truth" was the rallying cry for hundreds of thousands of angry Lebanese who took to the streets of Beirut five years ago demanding to know who was behind the assassination of their hero, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Their movement helped reshape Lebanon's politics.

Afghan official: Detained journalist released (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:31 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 - An Afghan journalist detained by coalition forces for allegedly spreading Taliban propaganda has been freed, NATO said Friday.

Vatican Bank Scandal amid Italian Money-Laundering Probe (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - As Italian prosecutors investigate the Vatican Bank for allegedly breaking anti-money-laundering laws, the bank's vow of secrecy could be coming to an end

S.Korea oil firm wins control of UK's Dana (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:04 AM PDT

The head office of Korea National Oil Corperation in Anyang. South Korea's state oil firm said Friday its takeover bid for British oil explorer Dana Petroleum has won support from holders of 64 percent of the shares.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - South Korea's state oil firm said Friday its takeover bid for British oil explorer Dana Petroleum has won support from holders of 64 percent of the shares.

Officials: Palestinians will consider compromise (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:23 PM PDT

This photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 21. 2010, shows a view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. The settlement issue is one of the thorniest in the peace talks. Some 300,000 Israelis live in settlements dotting the West Bank, in addition to 180,000 Israelis living in Jewish neighborhoods built in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians say that by gobbling up territory they claim, continued settlement expansion makes it ever more difficult to establish a viable Palestinian state. The Palestinians want all of the West Bank as part of their future state, with east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Hopes of averting a breakdown in Middle East peace talks grew Thursday as senior Palestinian officials said their side would consider an expected U.S.-brokered compromise on Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank.

Colombia: death of feared No. 2 rebel a watershed (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 28, 2001, file photo, Jorge Briceno, military commander of the Colombian rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, smiles at a rebel camp in La Macarena, Colombia. National police spokesman Wilson Vaquero told The Associated Press that Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, was killed Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Colombia's eastern plains during a military raid. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, file)AP - The powerful rebel comandante who Colombian officials say died in the bombing of a clandestine jungle camp was nicknamed "Mono Jojoy" by his comrades after a forest-dwelling worm that is white, plump and very slippery.

UN seeks to mobilize support for Somalia (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:48 AM PDT

Handout photo from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), shows an alleged fighter (C) from the Islamist group al-Shebab at the AMISOM headquarters in Mogadishu. The international community sought to mobilize both greater and more coherent support for Somalia's beleaguered government and for the African Union peacekeeping force there.(AFP/AMISOM/File/Stuart Price)AFP - The international community sought to mobilize both greater and more coherent support for Somalia's beleaguered government and for the African Union peacekeeping force there.

China panda keeper finalists begin training (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:06 AM PDT

Pandas eat bamboo shoots at the Panda Base in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province. Twelve finalists in a worldwide contest to be a panda keeper in Chengdu for one month have begun their training, learning to feed and study the endangered animals, organisers said on Friday.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Twelve finalists in a worldwide contest to be a panda keeper in China for one month have begun their training, learning to feed and study the endangered animals, organisers said on Friday.

NDP under pressure after gun vote (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Reuters - The left-leaning opposition New Democrats put on a show of unity on Thursday, a day after a parliamentary vote on gun control revealed splits that could hurt the party in the next election.

Great white sharks no cold-blooded 'Jaws' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:46 PM PDT

A great white shark swims in the Southern Ocean, off the Neptune Islands. About 300 species of shark inhabit Australia's 370,000 kilometre (229,400 mile) coastline, but only a handful are harmful to humans and attacks are very rare, says expert John West who has spent three decades studying the animals.(AFP/HO/RODNEY FOX SHARK EXPEDITIONS/Andrew Fox)AFP - "I hope the cage is as strong as a it looks," says diver James Hay, before jumping into an aluminium frame to swim with the ocean's most feared predator, the great white shark.

The Daily Show is listening to King Abdullah. Is anyone else? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - If "hipness" points count in politics, the international standing of Jordan’s King Abdullah II is about to go through the roof: Tonight he'll be appearing on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Sudan's Breakup: Can Obama Prevent Regional Conflict? (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - Southern Sudan's impending independence from the north threatens to ignite into a war that could rock the entire region. Can President Barack Obama and other world leaders convince the north to let the south go?

Why the Philippines bus hostage crisis isn't over for President Aquino (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:13 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Philippines President Benigno Aquino III faces a double-edged crisis of leadership when he returns next week from seven days in the US.

A Mother’s Agony Over Son Missing in Arizona Desert (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - PHOENIX, Sep 23 (New America Media) - Deep in her heart Fermina Lopez feels that her son is still alive. A mother knows that, she says. But it’s been more than two months since she last heard her son’s voice. Thirteen-year-old Nelson Omar Chilel Lopez talked to her from Altar, Sonora before attempting to cross over to the United States where she was living.
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