Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Nepal's parliament fails to elect new PM for the tenth time (AFP)

Nepal's parliament fails to elect new PM for the tenth time (AFP)

Nepal's parliament fails to elect new PM for the tenth time (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:25 AM PDT

Nepali Congress party vice-chairman Ram Chandra Paudel leaves parliament after casting his vote for the prime minister's post in Kathmandu. Nepal's parliament failed to elect a new prime minister for a tenth time on Wednesday, more than three months after the last government collapsed, leaving the country in political limbo.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Nepal's parliament failed to elect a new prime minister for a tenth time on Wednesday, more than three months after the last government collapsed, leaving the country in political limbo.

Rumours 'not confined to one country': PCB chief (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:24 AM PDT

Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt, seen here in September 2010 and who accused England players of match-fixing after his own side were embroiled in scandal, said Wednesday such allegations were AFP - Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt, who accused England players of match-fixing after his own side were embroiled in scandal, said Wednesday such allegations were "not confined to any single country".

US apologizes for attack on Pakistani soldiers (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:19 AM PDT

Drivers of Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicles are parked at Pakistani border town of Torkham wait on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The U.S. apologized Wednesday for a recent helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers at an outpost near the Afghan border, saying American pilots mistook the soldiers for insurgents they were pursuing.

US astronaut excited about upcoming space mission (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:02 AM PDT

US astronaut Scott Kelly, crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, looks on during a news conference at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Start of the new Soyuz mission is scheduled on Friday, October 8. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly says he's looking forward to traveling to the International Space Station this week, and meeting up with his brother there next year.

Uncertainty over US plans as war enters 10th year (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 4, 2006 file picture, a woman looks out through a destroyed window after a bomb exploded in Kabul, Afghanistan in front of a cinema near the presidential palace, wounding at least four people, police said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) PHOTO PACKAGE FOR USE WITH AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY STORIESAP - It's make-or-break time in Afghanistan.

Aussies in charge, Delhi battles to save reputation (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Australian swimmer Leisel Jones competes in the final of the women's 200 metre breaststroke for The Commonwealth Games at the S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Centre in New Delhi. Jones won a third successive 200m breaststroke with Sarah Katsoulis and Tessa Wallace completing an Australian 1-2-3.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Australia tightened their Commonwealth Games gold medal grip Wednesday as embattled Delhi organisers scrambled desperately to salvage the crisis-hit, publically-shunned event's crumbling reputation.

US envoy apologises for deadly helicopter strike in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:51 AM PDT

The US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson, pictured in 2008, on Wednesday apologised for a helicopter strike last week that killed Pakistani soldiers, an embassy statement said.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - The US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson on Wednesday apologised for a helicopter strike last week that killed Pakistani soldiers, an embassy statement said.

US backs Afghan-Taliban talks, but says not involved (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, seen here in September 2010. The Washington Post had reported that the Taliban and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai had begun high-level talks over a negotiated end to the war, which it said were authorized by Taliban leader Mohammad Omar.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - The White House Wednesday backed the idea of Afghan government reconciliation talks with the Taliban, but said the United States was not a party to reported contacts between Kabul and militia leaders.

Carbon atom pioneers share Nobel chemistry prize (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Japanese scientist Akira Suzuki receives a flower bouquet at Hokkaido University. Richard Heck and Japanese counterparts Ei-ichi Negishi and Suzuki were awarded the Nobel Chemistry Prize for forging a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms. Their work paves the way for new drugs to fight cancer and for revolutionary plastics.(AFP/JIJI Press)AFP - Three scientists shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for forging a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms, paving the way for new drugs to fight cancer and for revolutionary plastics.

Vietnam flood death toll 49: officials (AFP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT

A boy looks for cooking wood swept in the Gianh river near flooded houses in the central province of Quang Binh on October 5. The death toll from floods that devastated central Vietnam in recent days has jumped to 49, disaster officials said Wednesday.(AFP)AFP - The death toll from floods that devastated central Vietnam in recent days has jumped to 49, disaster officials said Wednesday.

Spoils of war for sale in Pakistan border town (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

In this picture taken on Sept. 27, 2010, a soldier of Pakistani para military force arranges equipment stolen from NATO trucks, displayed for media in Peshawar, Pakistan. drivers stand at a terminal where NATO containers are kept in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - In a rundown market here along the road to Afghanistan, you can buy U.S. Army gear stamped with soldiers' names, booklets marked "for official use only," even a manual that illustrates how "jammers" can stop remote-controlled bombs.

Kyrgyz mob storms party headquarters ahead of vote (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:13 AM PDT

A protester throws flags and campaign posters of the leading political Ata-Zhurt party outside its headaquarters in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. A mob stormed the headquarters of a leading political party in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions days ahead of a decisive parliamentary election in the Central Asian country. Protesters seized the building of the nationalist Ata-Zhurt party, which includes several representatives of the former government led by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was ousted during bloody street protests in April. (AP Photo/Dalton Bennett)AP - A mob stormed the headquarters of a leading political party in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions days ahead of a decisive parliamentary election in the Central Asian country.

Taliban set preconditions for formal peace talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Taliban militants brandish their weapons at a mosque in Ghazni province in 2009. A suicide attacker on an explosives-laden motorcycle has killed a deputy Afghan governor and up to five other people in a direct attack on his vehicle, officials said.(AFP/File/Mohammad Yaqubi)AP - Taliban officials have engaged in periodic, discreet contacts with Afghan and U.S. officials for months but are unwilling to move to formal peace negotiations until the U.S. agrees to a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign troops, according to a Pakistani intelligence official and members of a newly formed Afghan peace council.

Limited progress in climate talks in China (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:52 AM PDT

AP - U.N. climate talks being held in China this week are making limited progress as rich and poor nations remain divided on key issues, negotiators said Wednesday.

Cheers as Delhi lets ladies behind the bar (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:24 AM PDT

AP - Twenty-year-old scotch whisky, vintage champagne. You can find almost anything in the sparkling high-end bars of India's capital, except a female bartender.

Fireworks explode in Vietnam, killing 4 (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:11 AM PDT

An ambulance is parked outside My Dinh National Stadiuim in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 following a fireworks explosion that killed four people and injured three others. Fireworks intended for Hanoi's upcoming 1000th birthday celebration exploded prematurely Wednesday, killing four people and injuring three foreign technicians, a police officer and state media said. (AP Photo)AP - Fireworks intended for Hanoi's upcoming 1000th birthday celebration exploded prematurely Wednesday, killing four people and injuring three others, police said.

5 Afghan children among 9 dead in Kandahar blasts (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:50 AM PDT

A man wounded in a blast is brought to a hospital in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas long held by the Taliban. At least eight people were killed and another 22 were wounded in the blasts, according to the province's officials. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - President Hamid Karzai condemned the "enemies of Afghanistan" on Wednesday after roadside bombs killed nine people, including five children, as insurgents fight intensified NATO-led operations in the south.

Suspect in Thai blast linked to protest group (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:44 AM PDT

Debris litter at the scene of an overnight blast Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 that left at least three people dead. Police had yet to establish the cause of the blast, which took place around 6 p.m., and there was no obvious reason that the 5-story apartment block in Nonthaburi province just north of the Thai capital might be a target. (AP Photo)AP - A man suspected of accidentally blowing up an apartment building in a Bangkok suburb is linked to the "Red Shirt" protest movement and had bomb-making materials in his room, officials said Wednesday, lending support to accusations that the movement is behind a series of explosions in the Thai capital.

Vietnam demands China release 9 fishermen (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

AP - Vietnam demanded on Wednesday that China release nine fishermen arrested in the South China Sea, in the latest row in the region over islands claimed by Beijing.

Death toll from Asian floods nears 110 (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:23 AM PDT

Rescuers carry the bodies of flash flood victims in Wasior, Papua province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Heavy rain unleashed flash floods and mudslides in the remote corner of the country, sweeping away residents in a fast-moving wall of sludge, rocks and heavy logs and leaving thigh-high water in its wake. (AP Photo/Abdul Muin)AP - Helicopters dropped food to isolated villages and security forces helped clear debris and search for survivors as the number of people killed by floods and landslides across Asia climbed Wednesday to nearly 110.
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