Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Top civilian sees progress in southern Afghan city (AP)

Top civilian sees progress in southern Afghan city (AP)

Top civilian sees progress in southern Afghan city (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:58 AM PDT

A man killed in a blast is surrounded by his relatives in 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 - The government of Afghanistan's Helmand province is squirming to its feet eight months after NATO troops stormed a key Taliban stronghold there, a top civilian official said Tuesday.

India, Pakistan start off with field hockey thrilling wins (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:57 AM PDT

Pakistan's Waqas (R) celebrates a goal with Shakeel Abbasi (L) and Abdul Haseem Khan during their field hockey match against Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Pakistan made a winning start to their campaign by winning the match 3-0.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - Arch-rivals India and Pakistan launched their Commonwealth Games campaign here Tuesday with thrilling victories in their Pool A matches.

Europe, Asia call for urgent 'binding' climate deal (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT

ASEM leaders attend the Closing Ceremony/Round Table on the second day of the eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 8) at the Royal Palace in Brussels. Two months before a key UN climate conference, European and Asian leaders pledged Tuesday to seek an urgent, legally-binding deal on global warming that would include deep cuts in emissions.(AFP/BELGA/Frederic Sierakowski)AFP - Two months before a key UN climate conference, European and Asian leaders pledged Tuesday to seek an urgent, legally-binding deal on global warming that would include deep cuts in emissions.

Shakib stuns Kiwis in rain-hit one-dayer (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Bangladeshi cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim (L) celebrates with his teammate Raqibul Hasan (R) after the dismissal of the New Zealand cricketer Shanan Stewart during the first one-day-international match between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by nine runs to take the lead in the five-match series.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Shakib Al Hasan shone with bat and ball to help Bangladesh to a morale-boosting win over New Zealand in a rain-curtailed one-day international on Tuesday.

Organisers defend Games as Australia, India shine (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Commonwealth Games volunteers are seen amid empty spectator seating during the first round men's singles tennis match between Bahamas' Rodney Carey and Scotland's Jamie Murray at the R. K. Khanna Stadium in New Delhi. Organisers have defended the Games and insisted that empty stadiums would fill up.(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Commonwealth Games organisers defended the Delhi showpiece and insisted Tuesday that empty stadiums would fill up as Australia and India took a stranglehold on the medals table.

Indian companies set to raise record amount of funds: broker (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Indian pedestrians walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai in September 2010. With Indian shares near historic peaks, firms look set to raise a record amount of funds in 2010 through initial public offerings (IPOs) and other stock issues, a leading brokerage forecast Tuesday.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - With Indian shares near historic peaks, firms look set to raise a record amount of funds in 2010 through initial public offerings (IPOs) and other stock issues, a leading brokerage forecast Tuesday.

Germany says investigating US drone strike deaths (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:38 AM PDT

Pakistani soldiers patrol the mountaineous region of North Waziristan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Germany said Tuesday it was in contact with Pakistani authorities over five German Islamists killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Germany said Tuesday it was in contact with Pakistani authorities over five German Islamists killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt.

Insurgent attack kills civilians in Afghan south (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:29 AM PDT

A man killed in a blast is surrounded by his relatives in 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)Reuters - At least eight civilians and one policeman were killed and more than 20 people were wounded when insurgents ambushed a police convoy in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar Tuesday, an official said.

Zero interest rates back in Japan (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:29 AM PDT

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa arrives at the head office of the Bank of Japan in central Tokyo on Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010 to attend Tuesday's session of a two-day policy meeting. Japan's central bank cut its key interest rate to virtually zero Tuesday and said it may set up a $60 billion fund to buy government bonds and other assets in a surprise move to inject life into a faltering economy. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Japan's central bank cut its key interest rate to virtually zero in a surprise move Tuesday and is looking to set up a $60 billion fund to buy government bonds and other assets as it tries to inject life into a faltering economy.

3 killed in explosion at Thai apartment building (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:22 AM PDT

Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal officials examine the blast site at the residential building in Nonthaburi province, central Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. At least two people were killed Tuesday in an explosion at a residential building in a suburb of the Thai capital, emergency workers and police said. The source of the blast was unclear, but a string of small bombings thought to be politically motivated have hit Bangkok and surrounding areas this year. (AP Photo) **THAILAND OUT**AP - A blast blew out the side of a residential building in a Bangkok suburb Tuesday killing three people and injuring nine, emergency workers said, as police speculated the explosion could have been caused by a bomb.

Australia police say 13 Taser shocks were too much (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:10 AM PDT

In this image made from August 2008 video released by the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia State, a man is held by police officers in the foyer of a police watch-house during an incident in which he was repeatedly stunned by a Taser. Graphic video of police repeatedly stunning an unarmed man with a Taser has helped restart a debate about whether stun guns are being overused by authorities in Australia. Western Australia state police said the incident was totally unacceptable, and not typical of Taser use by the force. (AP Photo/Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia State via APTN) ** AUSTRALIA OUT **AP - Police say a graphic video of an unarmed man who was zapped with a Taser 13 times shows an unacceptable misuse of stun guns, as questions are raised about how much the devices are used in Australia.

2 explosions rock southern Afghan city, killing 8 (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:36 AM PDT

A man killed in a blast is surrounded by his relatives in 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 - Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday, the second night of deadly explosions in the southern Afghan city where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas long held by the Taliban.

NKorea's Kim Jong Un joins father at army drill (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo released on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, right, poses for a group photo with newly elected members of the central leadership body of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK), including his third son Kim Jong Un, left, and Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho, and participants to the WPK conference in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's heir apparent Kim Jong Un appeared Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, for the first time in the country's state media reports on visits by his father, supreme leader Kim Jong Il, to review troops and factories. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - North Korea's heir apparent observed military drills with his father, according to a state media report Tuesday, heralding a growing public profile for Kim Jong Un as he takes on a more prominent role in the reclusive nation.

Japan says maritime spat with China over (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:47 AM PDT

AP - Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month and the two countries agreed to resume exchanges and projects that had been stopped because of the incident.

Thai court clears way for Viktor Bout extradition (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:26 AM PDT

Suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, center, is led by armed Thai police commandoes as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. The Thai court on Monday dismissed a request to drop new charges against Bout, a 44-year-old former Soviet air force officer, a move that means more delays to his long-awaited extradition to the United States. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - An alleged Russian arms smuggler dubbed "The Merchant of Death" was led off by masked commandos after a Thai court Tuesday removed a key legal obstacle to his U.S. extradition, which has landed Thailand in the midst of a diplomatic tussle between Washington and Moscow.

Flash floods in eastern Indonesia kill at least 56 (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:13 AM PDT

Residents gather to inspect the damage suffered by an area affected by a flash flood in Wasior, Papua province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Heavy rain unleashed flash floods and mudslides, killing dozens of people in a remote corner of the country that rescuers were still struggling to reach days after the storms began, officials and witnesses said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Abdul Muin)AP - Heavy rain unleashed flash floods and mudslides, killing at least 56 people in a remote corner of Indonesia that rescuers were struggling to reach, officials and witnesses said Tuesday.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi sues to keep her party intact (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:31 AM PDT

AP - Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday launched a legal battle against the ruling military junta, suing to keep her political party intact after it was disbanded earlier this year under Myanmar's new party registration law, her lawyer said.

Hong Kong judge: Transgender woman can't marry man (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:09 AM PDT

AP - A transgender woman lost a legal challenge Tuesday against Hong Kong marriage rules that prevent her from marrying her boyfriend.

Small bomb damages NATO oil tanker in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:53 AM PDT

Pakistani fire fighters struggle to extinguish burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, early Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Police say suspected militants have attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were en route to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - A small bomb damaged a truck in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday that was carrying oil to NATO troops in Afghanistan — the latest attack on stalled supply convoys since Pakistan shut a key border crossing to international forces last week.

Taiwan official says China threat growing: reports (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:59 PM PDT

AP - A senior Taiwanese official has told a defense forum in the United States that despite rapidly warming commercial relations with Taipei, China's military threat against the island is growing, Taiwanese media reported Tuesday.
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