Friday, October 8, 2010

Pakistan probes video of apparent army executions (AP)

Pakistan probes video of apparent army executions (AP)

Pakistan probes video of apparent army executions (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:53 PM PDT

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers following a Taliban attack in Nowshera on October 7, 2010. The US has apologised for a deadly helicopter strike on Pakistani soil in a move Washington hopes will encourage Islamabad to reopen a blocked NATO supply route to Afghanistan that has been repeatedly attacked by Taliban militants.(AFP/A. Majeed)AP - Pakistan's army chief ordered an inquiry Friday into video clips that show men in soldiers' uniforms gunning down a group of bound and blindfolded detainees. The footage has raised concern over possible extrajudicial killings by a military that receives billions in U.S. aid.

Chinese, Afghan activists favorites for Nobel (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested after co-authoring a bold manifesto urging civil rights and political reform, outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police arrested five pro-democracy protesters after demonstrators scuffled with officers guarding the central Chinese government's local liaison office Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. The clash broke out when about 100 protesters marked National Day by marching to the liaison office denouncing Beijing's 'authoritarian rule' and demanding the release of dissident Liu, who is serving an 11-year jail term for inciting subversion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - A Chinese dissident and human rights activists from Afghanistan and Russia are possible candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, announced on Friday.

Official: 6 Afghan militiamen killed in US strike (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:34 AM PDT

US soldier Sergeant Bill Myers, from Phoenix, Arizona, from Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to patrol after a break near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An official says six Afghan militiamen who fired on a U.S. helicopter have been killed in retaliatory fire in eastern Afghanistan.

BlackBerry wins UAE reprieve; looming ban halted (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:38 AM PDT

A woman walks past a BlackBerry smart phone advertisement in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates said on Friday that a planned ban on BlackBerry services that had been due to come into effect next week will not go ahead.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AP - The United Arab Emirates says it won't go ahead with a planned ban on key BlackBerry services slated to begin Monday.

Nobel a platform for outspoken Vargas Llosa (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:52 PM PDT

Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa attends a news conference Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in New York. The Peruvian won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday as the academy honored one of the Spanish-speaking world's most acclaimed authors and an outspoken political activist who once came close to being elected president of his tumultuous homeland. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The Nobel Prize in literature brings a long-awaited accolade to Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, and also a new platform for him to assail leftist leaders Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro of Cuba.

As Fallujah Rebuilds, the Bitterness of War Remains (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The city that was synonymous with the anti-American insurgency and rebellion has been largely rebuilt. But a former U.S. solder finds memories of war long and unforgiving

Police acted 'lawfully' in barrister shooting: court (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:44 AM PDT

Armed policemen secure a road in London's Chelsea district on May 6. A barrister who brandished a shotgun during a drunken confrontation with police was lawfully killed by marksmen, an inquest jury ruled.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Police who shot dead an armed barrister during a drunken stand-off were adjudged to have acted lawfully by an inquest jury, but came in for criticism from the country's media on Friday.

Israelis, Palestinians signal deal on settlements (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli official Ilan Harari attend a meeting during Netanyahu visit in the Israeli town of Lod, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Netanyahu has agreed to hold a vote on a controversial citizenship bill in what appears to be a move aimed at garnering support for an extension of a West Bank settlement slowdown. (AP Photos/Jack Guez, Pool)AP - In the clearest sign that a deal may be emerging to keep the troubled U.S. Mideast peace push alive, a top Palestinian official said Thursday that his side would accept an American proposal for Israel to curtail settlement construction for two months.

Mexico: US wavers in drug war with Calif. pot vote (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:46 AM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - President Felipe Calderon said Thursday that a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana represents hypocrisy in U.S. drug policy for encouraging consumption while at the same time demanding that Mexico and other countries crack down on drug trafficking.

Sudan launches manhunt for kidnapped UN staffer (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:15 AM PDT

UN Security Council ambassadors Mark Lyall Grant (C), Ruhakana Rugunda (C-L) and Susan Rice (C-R) are welcomed by a UNAMID honour guard on arrival at El-Fasher airport in North Darfur. Sudanese forces were conducting a manhunt in the north Darfur state capital El Fasher on Friday after gunmen kidnapped a UN staffer during a visit by the ambassadors.(AFP/UNAMID/Olivier Chassot)AFP - Sudanese forces were conducting a manhunt in the north Darfur state capital El Fasher on Friday after gunmen kidnapped a UN staffer during a visit by Security Council ambassadors.

Marines in key Afghan town face full-blown insurgency (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:56 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 photo, Lance Cpl. Wesley Samuels, of Winter Haven, Fla., with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines' Echo Company, fires at Taliban insurgents during as gunbattle in Marjah, Afghanistan. Eight months on, the Taliban are still in Marjah in force, waging a full-blown guerrilla insurgency that rages daily across a bomb-riddled landscape of agricultural fields and irrigation trenches. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - The young Marine had a simple question for the farmer with the white beard: Have you seen any Taliban today?

Canada frets about winning Security Council seat (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:41 AM PDT

Reuters - The Canadian government is sounding nervous ahead of a key vote to decide who gets a seat on the United Nations Security Council -- a prize Canada would have once taken for granted but which is now in some doubt.

Australia renews push for regional immigration centre (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:32 AM PDT

Chinese asylum-seekers huddle together on the roof of the Villawood detention centre during an immigration protest near Sydney on September 23, 2010. Australia will urge Indonesia, Malaysia and East Timor to back its proposal for a regional centre to process asylum-seekers during talks next week, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Friday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia will urge Indonesia, Malaysia and East Timor to back its proposal for a regional centre to process asylum-seekers during talks next week, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Friday.

Why Sweden's far-right, anti-immigrant party made powerful gains (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Throughout much of Europe, the far right is on the rise, gaining support with a message against the political establishment, multiculturalism, and immigration that appears to be resonating with many disillusioned Europeans.

Ethiopia: Was Birtukan Mideksa's Release Just for Show? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Time.com - The decision by Ethiopia's government to free political dissident Birtukan Mideksa may have more to do with image control than democracy

Will Abbas get, and accept, a two-month settlement freeze? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 02:21 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has signaled that his side will not abandon peace talks if Israel extends a West Bank settlement construction slowdown for two months.

Funding Falls Short for Global Fight Against AIDS (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 03:23 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Oct 6 (IPS) - The 11.7 billion dollars pledged Tuesday to replenish the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the coming three years falls significantly short of the 20 billion dollars hoped for, threatening to undo the progress made in the fight against these diseases - the three largest infectious killers in the world.
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