Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Myanmar now the only active landmine user: campaigners (AFP)

Myanmar now the only active landmine user: campaigners (AFP)

Myanmar now the only active landmine user: campaigners (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST

A Myanmar soldier stands guard in Taungoo township, some 180 kilometers north of Myanmar's capital city Yangon in 2006. Myanmar is now the only government still laying landmines after Russia stopped using such weapons, campaigners said Wednesday, noting that 2009 marked the lowest usage of the deadly explosives in a decade.(AFP/File/Hla Hla Htay)AFP - Myanmar is now the only government still laying landmines after Russia stopped using such weapons, campaigners said Wednesday, noting that 2009 marked the lowest usage of the deadly explosives in a decade.

US hits Pakistani charity with terror sanctions (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

AP - The Obama administration is adding a Pakistani charity affiliated with a prominent al-Qaida-linked militant group to its terrorism blacklist.

Pakistani Christian family flee death threats (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:26 AM PST

Ashiq Maseeh, husband of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother sentenced to death, along with his daughters Sidra (2nd R) and Esham submit their application to Pakistani Minister of Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti (R) at his office in Islamabad. Asia Bibi has been sentenced to hang after being convicted of defaming the Prophet Mohammed.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - A Pakistani Christian family whose mother has been sentenced to death for insulting Islam has gone into hiding because of death threats, they said Wednesday.

Liu wins redemption as another drugs case tars Asian Games (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:19 AM PST

Liu Xiang of China celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 110m hurdles final in the athletics competition at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. Superstar Liu Xiang stormed to victory in the men's 110 metres hurdles, winning his third successive Asian Games gold to the delight of China's watching millions.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Superstar hurdler Liu Xiang won redemption Wednesday in front of home fans for his Beijing Olympic disaster by claiming Asian Games gold on a day tarnished by a second positive doping test.

Indian police arrest eight in massive alleged finance scam (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:08 AM PST

An Indian banker counts rupee notes in Kolkata. Indian federal police said Wednesday they had arrested eight people, including senior executives of top state banks, over suspected bribes paid to secure large corporate loans.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Indian federal police said Wednesday they had arrested eight people, including senior executives of top state banks, over suspected bribes paid to secure large corporate loans.

Vatican slams Chinese ordination as 'serious violation' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:05 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Eucharistic celebration before giving a ring to the 24 newly appointed cardinals at St Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, November 21. The Vatican has described the ordination of a bishop by China's state-run church in a ceremony that had not been approved by the pope as AFP - The Vatican on Wednesday described the ordination of a bishop by China's state-run Catholic church as "a serious violation" of religious freedom in a sharp escalation of tensions.

US-S.Korea war games planned as attack toll rises (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:03 AM PST

Destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island after North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells on November 23. South Korea Wednesday pulled the bodies of two civilians from wreckage left by North Korea's bombardment of a border island, fuelling calls for revenge on what one newspaper called a AFP - South Korea Wednesday pulled the bodies of two civilians from wreckage left by North Korea's bombardment of a border island, fuelling calls for revenge on what one newspaper called a "mad dog" regime.

Afghanistan unveils final results from fraud-marred vote (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:01 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a conference in Kabul. Afghanistan has released final results from its controversial parliamentary election after massive fraud saw nearly a quarter of votes cancelled and 24 winners disqualified.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - Afghanistan on Wednesday released almost all the final results from its controversial parliamentary election after massive fraud saw nearly a quarter of votes cancelled and 24 winners disqualified.

Obama spares turkeys 'shellacking' he got at polls (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:01 AM PST

President Barack Obama pets 'Apple,' the National Thanksgiving turkey during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. National Turkey Federation Chairman Yubert Envia, left, and first daughters, Sasha, second from right, and Malia, right, watch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Barack Obama performed an annual rite of presidents on Wednesday, pardoning a pair of turkeys on Thanksgiving eve and cracking jokes about the competition that brought them to his famous doorstep.

Pakistani protesters oppose pardon for Christian (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:01 AM PST

Supporters of a Pakistani religious group rally, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan to condemn the release of a Christian woman Asia Bibi who had been sentenced to death. The case against Bibi, which started with a spat over people of different religions drinking from the same cup, has renewed calls for reform of Pakistan's blasphemy law, which critics say have been used to settle grudges, persecute minorities and fan religious extremism. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Around 250 hard-line Muslims staged a demonstration in the central Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, warning the president not to pardon a Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting Islam.

Afghan prosecutor announces new election probe (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 07:34 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, during a women's right ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. President Hamid Karzai said he was happy the results from the Sept. 18 elections were being announced, and called on losing candidates not to take their complaints to the streets but instead to those empowered to deal with them. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghanistan's top prosecutor announced a new investigation Wednesday into allegations of ballot manipulation, potentially dealing another setback to a fraud-marred parliamentary election just as many had hoped a declaration of final results would allow the country to move on.

Fear of bridge collapse set off Cambodia stampede (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:57 AM PST

CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER'S ID - In this Nov. 23, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Cambodian police officials examine the bridge where a stampede took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital Monday night, leaving more than 330 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Phearum) NO SALESAP - As a suspension bridge in the Cambodian capital swayed under the weight of thousands of revelers, some began to shout that the structure was going to collapse. Others pushed, heaved and even jumped off the span as a panic took hold that ended in the deaths of more than 350 people.

Indian pol wins election on his record, not caste (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:48 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2010 file photo, Bihar state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar displays the indelible mark on his finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Bakhtiyarpur, India. Kumar has won a landslide re-election victory Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010 after a campaign that emphasized his efforts to bring development to Bihar and broke away from traditional caste-based politics. (AP Photo/Prashant Ravi, File)AP - The top elected official of one of India's poorest states won a landslide re-election victory Wednesday by emphasizing efforts to bring development to Bihar and break away from traditional caste-based politics.

SKorea reports 2 civilian deaths in NKorea clash (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:40 AM PST

An aerial view shows destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, one day after North Korea's artillery attack on the island. Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in the attack — the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival Koreas. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae) KOREA OUTAP - Rescuers found the burned bodies Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack — the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival Koreas.

Thai king leaves hospital to open river projects (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 05:21 AM PST

AP - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has been hospitalized for more than a year, has made a rare public appearance to open a new sluice gate and two bridges on Bangkok's outskirts.

Former Mao translator, diplomat Huang dies at 97 (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 04:50 AM PST

AP - Huang Hua, a former translator for Mao Zedong who oversaw China's formation of diplomatic ties with the United States in 1979, died Wednesday at age 97.

Indonesian cleric jailed for marrying 12-year-old (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 02:21 AM PST

AP - An Indonesian Muslim cleric who sparked a national outcry by marrying a 12-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.

Indian village bans cell phones for unwed women (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 02:20 AM PST

AP - A northern Indian village has banned unmarried women from using cell phones for fear they will arrange forbidden marriages that are often punished by death, a local official said Wednesday.

Bomb kills 1 Pakistani soldier in northwest (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:45 PM PST

Freida Holtzberg, right, and Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, center, parents of Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg who was killed in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, stand at the gate of the Chabad House Nariman House in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. The future of Mumbai's Chabad House is caught in a court battle between the parents of the rabbi who died there during the November 2008 terror attack and the Jewish organization that runs the center. Nearly two years after ten Pakistani gunmen rampaged through India's financial capital, killing 166, the High Court of Bombay has taken formal possession of the nondescript building. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - Intelligence officials say one Pakistani soldier was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb exploded during a foot patrol in northwestern Pakistan.

17 sentenced over Kyrgyz ethnic violence (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:25 PM PST

AP - A court in southern Kyrgyzstan has sentenced 17 people to life in jail for mass killings and rioting during ethnic violence that wracked the region in June.
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