Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Theron restricts flawed Pakistan in second Twenty20 (AFP)

Theron restricts flawed Pakistan in second Twenty20 (AFP)

Theron restricts flawed Pakistan in second Twenty20 (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq eyes the ball after playing a shot during the second Twenty20 international match against South Africa at the Abu Dhabi Cricket Stadium. South Africa restricted Pakistan to another low score of 120-9.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Paceman Rusty Theron took a career-best 4-27 to help clinical South Africa restrict Pakistan to another low score of 120-9 in the second Twenty20 international here on Wednesday.

US missionary says NKorea jailers tortured him (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Korean-American missionary Robert Park speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Park released following 43 days of captivity for illegally crossing into North Korea said Wednesday that he had been tortured in the communist country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - A Korean-American missionary held captive in North Korea for six weeks after illegally crossing into the country late last year alleged Wednesday that his interrogators tortured him.

Summary Box: SKorea's economic growth slows (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT

AP - LOSING STEAM: South Korea's economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter. Gross domestic product expanded 0.7 percent, slowing from 1.4 percent growth in the previous quarter.

N.Korea demands massive rice, fertiliser aid from S.Korea (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

A North Korean farmer works on a field of dried corn stalks on the banks of the Yalu River close to the border with China. North Korea Wednesday demanded massive food aid from South Korea in return for concessions over a programme to reunite families separated by war six decades ago, a Seoul official said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - North Korea Wednesday demanded massive food aid from South Korea in return for concessions over a programme to reunite families separated by war six decades ago, a Seoul official said.

Turkish group slams Israeli praise of Gaza boat raid (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers stand guard on a missile ship as the Israeli navy intercepts a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea on May 31, 2010. A Turkish rights group denounced Wednesday the praises showered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the naval commandos whose raid on a Gaza-bound aid boat killed nine Turks.(AFP/Pool/File/Uriel Sinai)AFP - A Turkish rights group denounced Wednesday the praises showered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the naval commandos whose raid on a Gaza-bound aid boat killed nine Turks.

More than 40 women, children killed at Afghan wedding (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:15 AM PDT

Map locating the province of Baghlan where a roof collapsed at an Afghan wedding party, killing more than 40 women and children.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A roof collapsed at an Afghan wedding party, killing more than 40 women and children on Wednesday in a remote northern village in the war-torn and impoverished country, an official told AFP.

Afghan district holds lessons as US makes gains (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:55 AM PDT

In this Sept. 29, 2010 photo, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Seth Little, of Bremen, Ga., carries his weapon during a patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan. Eight months after U.S.-led forces launched the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents from the southern poppy-growing district of Marjah, the U.S. military is still struggling to route guerrillas staging complex hit-and-run attacks relentlessly here every day. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - With bandoliers of bullets wrapped over both shoulders, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Seth Little knelt in a trench, his machine gun pointing toward a clutch of farmers in a field who stared silently back.

Victory against Taliban in Afghan operation 'in sight' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:46 AM PDT

US soldiers on patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on October 25. Afghanistan said on Wednesday that a major military operation against the Taliban in their southern heartland was coming to an end, claiming that victory was in sight.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Afghanistan said on Wednesday that a major military operation against the Taliban in their southern heartland was coming to an end, claiming that victory was in sight.

Obama sends condolences after tsunami in Indonesia (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:35 AM PDT

An Indonesian rescue team loads a ship to prepare for the evacuation and rescue of earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra. 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)AFP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday voiced sadness at the lives lost in a tsunami in Indonesia and pledged US help.

Afghan ban on security firms delayed by 2 months (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:26 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 - Afghanistan will extend a deadline for private security firms to disband through early next year, the president said Wednesday in a face-saving compromise that could preserve foreign reconstruction projects worth billions of dollars.

Indonesia struggles as tsunami, volcano tolls rise (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:18 AM PDT

This aerial photo shows a damaged building in a village flattened by Monday's earthquake triggered tsunami on Pagai island, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Planes and helicopters packed with rescue workers and supplies landed for the first time Wednesday on remote Indonesian islands that were pounded by a 10-foot (three-meter) tsunami, sweeping away villages and killing at least 154 people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Helicopters with emergency supplies finally landed Wednesday on the remote Indonesian islands slammed by a tsunami that killed more than 300 people, while elsewhere in the archipelago the toll from a volcanic eruption rose to 30, including the mountain's spiritual caretaker.

Indonesia volcano kills 30 including spirit keeper (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:12 AM PDT

A villager walks past a buffalo killed in Mount Merapi eruption in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia, spasms from the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. (AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara)AP - Rescuers scoured the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano for survivors Wednesday after it was rocked by an eruption which killed at least 30 people, including an old man who refused to abandon his ceremonial post as caretaker of the mountain's spirits.

65 killed in roof collapse in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT

AP - A roof collapsed on Wednesday during a wedding in a remote area in northern Afghanistan, killing 65 people, nearly all women and children, said police.

Pro, con on dolphin hunt to meet in Japan village (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:14 AM PDT

AP - A Japanese town whose annual dolphin hunt was bloodily depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" is hosting the first-ever meeting between anti-hunting activists and its fishermen to try to find common ground between the two sides.

NKorea demands SKorea resume large-scale food aid (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:46 AM PDT

South Korean truck drivers hang on banners at their trucks loaded with sacks of flour, rice and milk powder for flood victims in North Korea before leaving for North Korean city of Kaesong near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday,, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. The letters read ' Flour, rice and milk powder to help flood victims in North Korea.' (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea demanded that South Korea resume large-scale food aid and joint economic projects in return for regular reunions of family members separated by the Korean War more than a half century ago, South Korea's Red Cross said Wednesday.

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Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:20 AM PDT

AP - Police: 65 dead as roof collapses in wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan.

Suspected US missile strikes kill 7 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:08 AM PDT

Afghan refugee girls look out of a Mosque's window in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at a house and a vehicle in a militant-infested area of northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Wednesday, killing seven people, intelligence officials said.

2 weeks of flooding in Thailand kills 57 people (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:42 AM PDT

A man sits on sand bags at a flooded street in Bangkok October 27, 2010. Floodwaters from northeast provinces, which have swamped thousands of acres of farmland, have spread to the Thai capital. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)AP - Heavy downpours that caused rivers to burst around Thailand have killed 57 people in nearly two weeks of flooding that officials are calling the worst in decades, authorities said Wednesday.

China tells zoos to do better amid abuse concerns (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:53 AM PDT

AP - China has urged zoos to stop serving wild animal products and holding wildlife performances in an attempt to improve the treatment of tigers, bears and other animals amid concerns over widespread abuse in zoos and wildlife parks.

Sri Lankan sentenced in attack on ex-president (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:59 AM PDT

AP - A Sri Lankan man was convicted Wednesday of conspiring to kill the country's former president in a suicide bomb attack and was sentenced to 30 years of hard labor, an official said.
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