Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Cricket: Tsotsobe, Botha restrict Pakistan to 119 (AFP)

Cricket: Tsotsobe, Botha restrict Pakistan to 119 (AFP)

Cricket: Tsotsobe, Botha restrict Pakistan to 119 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 11:00 AM PDT

South African bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe(R), seen here deliver a ball, and captain Johan Botha took three wickets apiece as South Africa's disciplined bowling backed by superb fielding restricted Pakistan to a paltry 119 in the first Twenty20 at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Tuesday.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe and captain Johan Botha took three wickets apiece as South Africa's disciplined bowling backed by superb fielding restricted Pakistan to a paltry 119 in the first Twenty20 at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton to visit China on Asia-Pacific trip (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will make a brief stop in China during her October 27-November 8 trip to the Asia Pacific region, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.

Japan, Vietnam PMs to discuss nuclear energy, minerals (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks in Tokyo on October 25. The leaders of Japan and Vietnam are expected to discuss a nuclear energy pact and the joint development of rare earth minerals when they meet in Hanoi this weekend, a Japanese official said Tuesday.(AFP/Pool/File/Everett Kennedy Brown)AFP - The leaders of Japan and Vietnam are expected to discuss a nuclear energy pact and the joint development of rare earth minerals when they meet in Hanoi this weekend, a Japanese official said Tuesday.

Author Arundhati Roy defends Kashmir statements (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:41 AM PDT

The Booker prize winning Indian author, Arundhathi Roy, reads a passage from her novel, AFP - Indian author Arundhati Roy, facing possible sedition charges over remarks she made about disputed Indian Kashmir, said on Tuesday she had only been calling for "justice" for the region.

India says growth returning to robust pre-crisis levels (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a news conference in Mumbai on June 2010. AFP - India is set to return to the "robust" nine percent growth it enjoyed before the global economic crisis, giving the country scope to restore fiscal discipline, the finance minister said Tuesday.

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupts (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

A picture of Indonesia's Mount Merapi taken from Umbul Harjo village in Sleman, Yogyakarta, shows the volcano spewing smoke. Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted three times on Tuesday, causing thousands to flee and claiming the life of a three-month-old baby as it emitted searing clouds and volcanic ash.(AFP/Clara Prima)AFP - Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupted three times on Tuesday, causing thousands to flee and claiming the life of a three-month-old baby as it emitted searing clouds and volcanic ash.

Suu Kyi party says Myanmar vote will prolong dictatorship (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:25 AM PDT

A member of various human rights groups with a T-shirt showing detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi stands in front of a placard during a protest in front of the United Nations building in Bangkok. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party warned Tuesday that next month's elections would only AFP - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party warned Tuesday that next month's elections would only "prolong the military dictatorship", describing the rules as "totally unfair".

Fake chips from China sold to U.S. defense contractors (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Shannon Wren ran what appeared to be a low-key computer business in Florida but had a love for fast and fancy cars, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a Rolls Royce, a Ferrari Spider, a Bentley Arnage and motorcyles.

Further clan member held over Philippines' worst massacre (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:11 AM PDT

This photo taken on July 2010 shows Maguindanao massacre suspect Andal Ampatuan Jnr. entering in the courtroom at a maximun security prison in Taguig, south of Manila. Ampatuan Jnr., who allegedly led the killings, his father and namesake, three brothers and an uncle, as well as police officers and bodyguards are among 196 people accused of being involved in the massacre.(AFP/File/Noel Celis)AFP - Philippine police have arrested another member of a powerful Muslim clan accused of orchestrating the country's worst political massacre, but said Tuesday that 119 other suspects remained at large.

Malaysia urged to be 'clear and firm' in fighting graft (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:11 AM PDT

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak presents the 2011 Budget at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on October 15. Razak came to power last year with a pledge to tackle corruption, which is endemic in Malaysian politics and society and a key factor behind the government's disastrous performance in the 2008 national polls.(AFP/File/Kamarul Akhir)AFP - Malaysia must have a "clear and firm" commitment to fighting corruption or risk failing to achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020, an anti-graft watchdog warned Tuesday.

Culture war brews in Indian city of Mumbai (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:28 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, activists of the Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena and the Shiv Sena, a Mumbai-centered political party known for regional chauvinism and Hindu fundamentalism, burn copies of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed 1991 novel 'Such a Long Journey' during a protest in Mumbai, India. In a battle for the cultural soul of Mumbai brewing between Hindu radicals and the cosmopolitan urbanites, the radicals appear to be winning. In the last few weeks, the Shiv Sena group has blocked the broadcast of a hit reality show, after its mob tried to storm the filming set, and convinced the prestigious University of Mumbai to ban from its curriculum the novel, saying it offends the local Marathi-speaking people. (AP Photo)AP - A battle for the cultural soul of Mumbai is brewing between Hindu radicals and the cosmopolitan urbanites who are the global face of this Indian city. The radicals appear to be winning.

Tsunami, volcano eruption strike Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:14 AM PDT

An Indonesian rescue team prepares to evacuate earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra on October 26. At least 108 people were killed and more than 500 missing, including a group of Australian surfers, after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit a remote Indonesian island chain, destroying villages in its path.(AFP/RUS AKBAR)AP - Rescuers battled rough seas Tuesday to reach remote Indonesian islands pounded by a 10-foot tsunami that swept away homes, killing at least 113 people. Scores more were missing and information was only beginning to trickle in from the sparsely populated surfing destination, so casualties were expected to rise.

UN chief urges Myanmar to free political prisoners (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:44 AM PDT

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, talks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during Ban's visit to Government House in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Ban started a four-country Asian tour Tuesday in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul, Pool)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar's military government Tuesday to release political prisoners before upcoming elections, saying "it is not too late" to make the polls more fair and inclusive.

Chinese boy survives 20-story fall from window (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:11 AM PDT

AP - A 10-year-old Chinese boy has survived falling 20 stories from an apartment window and landing on a parked car.

Vietnamese fishermen detained a month arrive home (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT

AP - Nine Vietnamese fishermen returned home Tuesday after an ordeal at sea that included a month of detention by China and a week lost on stormy seas.

Myanmar's democracy icon sidelined for election (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi exits the Inya Lake Hotel after meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi carried her party to a landslide win in Myanmar's last election in 1990. The ruling generals ignored the results and have kept the Nobel Peace Prize winner locked up on-and-off ever since. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)AP - On the morning of Myanmar's first election in 20 years, the woman who has come to symbolize the struggle for democracy in her country will rise at 4 a.m. to meditate.

Wife of jailed Nobel winner invites dozens to Oslo (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:58 AM PDT

AP - The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has invited dozens of Chinese activists and luminaries to go to the Nobel award ceremony in Oslo on her behalf because mainland authorities are likely to block her from going.

Bomb kills 4 police in west Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:47 AM PDT

Australian soldiers at a forward operating base in southern Uruzgan province's Mirwais in January 2010. Australia said Tuesday that July's release by WikiLeaks of thousands of classified documents had not had a major impact on its operations in Afghanistan, as it probed fresh leaks about the war in Iraq.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AP - A bombing in western Afghanistan on Tuesday killed four Afghan policemen, including a local police chief.

Vietnam arrests 2 bloggers over past week (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:45 AM PDT

AP - Police in southern Vietnam have arrested two bloggers over the past week in an apparent crackdown before a crucial Communist Party Congress, rights group and state media reported.

China's Three Gorges Dam reaches maximum capacity (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:29 AM PDT

This general view shows the massive Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze river, China's longest, as the water depth reached its design limit of 175 metres (577 feet)on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Str)AP - Water rose to the maximum level at China's Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, driving electricity output to full capacity at the world's largest hydropower plant for the first time since it began operating two years ago, its operator said.
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