Friday, October 1, 2010

NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed (AP)

NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed (AP)

NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT

A Pakistani border guard stands near Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks parked on the roadside in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. (AP Photo/Qazi Rauf)AP - NATO said Friday it captured several insurgent leaders in recent days and detained at least 438 suspected militants over the last month, as three coalition soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan.

Three NATO soldiers die in Afghan south (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT

US soldiers watch tower at Combat Outpost Nolen in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley in September 2010. Three international soldiers, two of them Romanian, died Friday in volatile southern Afghanistan, officials said, while an air strike killed 15 militants in the northeast near the Pakistan border.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - Three international soldiers, two of them Romanian, died Friday in volatile southern Afghanistan, officials said, while an air strike killed 15 militants in the northeast near the Pakistan border.

US urges Pakistan to probe video showing apparent execution (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 11:08 AM PDT

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley updates reporters inside the briefing room of the US State Department February 2010 in Washington, DC. The United States is urging Pakistan to investigate video clips on the Internet that appear to show Pakistani soldiers summarily executing six blindfolded young men.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The United States is urging Pakistan to investigate video clips on the Internet that appear to show Pakistani soldiers summarily executing six blindfolded young men.

Nine killed as Indian army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard outside a State Legislative Assembly complex in Srinagar. Indian troops on Friday killed eight suspected militants, five of them when they tried to sneak into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, officials said.(AFP/Rouf Bhat)AFP - Indian troops on Friday killed eight suspected militants, five of them when they tried to sneak into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, officials said.

Ex-Pakistani leader admits mistakes while in power (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan, aknowledges the applauf of his supporters as he arrives for the announcement of the launch of his new political party, the 'All Pakistan Muslim League' in central London, Friday Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf apologized Friday for mistakes made during his last term in office, as he launched a bid to return to power.

Police accused of beating AP reporters in Kashmir (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:10 AM PDT

AP - Two Associated Press journalists were assaulted by police Friday at a roadblock in Indian-controlled Kashmir, and one was knocked out by blows from rifle butts and batons.

Gunmen torch NATO supply vehicles in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Trucks and tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan burn following an attack by gunmen in Shikarpur district of the southern Sindh province early. Heavily armed gunmen in Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen trucks and tankers carrying fuel and supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, one day after Pakistan closed the border to the convoys.(AFP/Shahid Ali)AFP - Heavily armed gunmen in Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen trucks and tankers carrying fuel and supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, one day after Pakistan closed the border to the convoys.

Musharraf launches comeback bid with new Pakistan party (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:55 AM PDT

Exiled former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf addresses a press conference in London. Musharraf vowed Friday to return to politics as he launched a new party in London, where he has spent the past two years in self-imposed exile.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf vowed Friday to return to politics as he launched a new party in London, where he has spent the past two years in self-imposed exile.

Holbrooke doubts Pakistan border will stay closed (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:38 AM PDT

A United Nations helicopter which was being used to distribute food aid to Pakistani flood affected people, lies in floodwater after it was unbalanced while trying to land, in Dadu district in Pakistan's Sindh province on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Several people were injured in the hard landing a UN official said. Many flood affected areas are hard to reach and the UN forced to rely on helicopter missions to deliver aid. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)AP - The Obama administration is confident that Pakistan will soon remove its restriction on the flow of NATO supply convoys across the border into Afghanistan, the administration's special representative for the two countries said Friday.

Medvedev may visit Kurils on Japan trip: source (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev may combine a visit to the disputed South Kuril islands with a trip to Japan, a source in his administration said on Friday, a gesture certain to anger Tokyo.

Second attack on NATO convoy in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 08:06 AM PDT

Pakistani flood affected residents pass by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Assailants in Pakistan launched two separate attacks Friday on vehicles carrying fuel for NATO and American forces in Afghanistan, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing.

Poll: US strikes unpopular in Pakistan tribal belt (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:54 AM PDT

AP - Most people in Pakistan's tribal regions strongly oppose U.S. missile strikes in their territory, with nearly half believing they kill mainly civilians, according to a rare opinion poll that may raise doubts about a key plank of the Obama administration's anti-terror strategy.

NATO coalition works to hand business to Afghans (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Sept. 8, 2010, an Afghan man works on part of an army boot at the Kabul Milli boot factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. Contracting with the U.S. military to make boots for Afghan soldiers and police doubled the work force at the factory and guaranteed steady business for months, and possibly years, to come. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)AP - Contracting with the U.S. military to make boots for Afghan soldiers and police doubled the work force at Farhad Saffi's factory and guaranteed steady business for months — and possibly years — to come.

Amid games chaos, India is still a rising power (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:02 AM PDT

Youths play soccer early in the morning near the India Gate in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. New Delhi will host the Commonwealth Games, which are scheduled to begin on Sunday. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - The British empire's athletes first gathered 80 years ago, facing one another in friendly competitions as a way to bind together the king's vast dominions.

Koreas agree to 1st family reunions in 1 year (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:15 AM PDT

A South Korean worker watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's late father Kim Il Sung, right, and third son Kim Jong Un, as she waits to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office for North Korea near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. North Korean authorities confirmed to TV news agency APTN in Pyongyang that the man shown in the footage is Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Red Cross officials from the two Koreas agreed Friday to hold reunions for families separated by the Korean War amid mixed signals from North Korea on easing tensions over the sinking of a South Korean warship.

Myanmar abuzz over possible release of Suu Kyi (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:36 AM PDT

Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured in 2009, will be released in November, just days after Myanmar's first election in two decades, officials in the junta-ruled country said.(AFP/File/Hla Hla Htay)AP - The detention of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi expires early next month, but officials said Friday that only the ruling junta chief knows exactly when she will be granted freedom.

India less tense after court verdict on holy site (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:24 AM PDT

Hindu priests celebrate after hearing the first reports on the court verdict in Ayodhya, India, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site that has sparked bloody communal riots across the country in the past should be divided between the Hindu and Muslim communities. However, the court gave the Hindu community control over the section where the now demolished Babri Mosque stood and where a small makeshift tent-shrine to the Hindu god Rama rests. While both Muslim and Hindu lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court, the compromise ruling seemed unlikely to set off a new round of violence, as the government had feared. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)AP - Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

Australian mother jailed for starving her children (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 12:19 AM PDT

AP - An Australian mother who admitted spending welfare money on cigarettes and gambling was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for starving, beating, and neglecting her children.

UN chopper crash lands in Pakistan; 3 hurt (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:12 PM PDT

AP - Officials say a U.N. helicopter has crash-landed in southern Pakistan while delivering food for flood victims.

Japan PM warns on China as 3 freed Japanese return (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:08 PM PDT

One of three Japanese, center, who had been detained by Chinese military and released today, is escorted by company's officials upon arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai Thursday Sept. 30 2010. China on Thursday released three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone, as tensions over a maritime dispute began to unwind. (AP Photo)AP - Japan's prime minister has raised concerns about China's widening maritime activity across Asia, including waters near disputed islands where a ship collision ignited a bitter diplomatic feud.
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