Friday, November 5, 2010

Obama revamps Asia trip as mission to create jobs (AFP)

Obama revamps Asia trip as mission to create jobs (AFP)

Obama revamps Asia trip as mission to create jobs (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:56 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland enroute to a 10-day trip through Asia that will take them to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - President Barack Obama Friday refocused his trip to Asia as a mission to pry open markets and create US jobs, as the first good news in months on the employment front came too late to save his Democrats from an elections drubbing.

Qantas 747 lands in Singapore after engine problem (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Passengers make their way out of the terminal at Singapore's Changi airport after they disembarked from Qantas flight QF6 in Singapore November 5, 2010. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - A Qantas aircraft made an emergency landing in Singapore on Friday after experiencing engine problems, an airport official and state TV said, the second such incident involving the Australian flag carrier in as many days.

Another Foxconn worker falls to death in China (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:44 AM PDT

Staff walk with in the compound at the giant Foxconn plant in Shenzen in May 2010. A male worker died Friday in an apparent suicide at a plant in southern China run by Taiwan's high-tech giant Foxconn, the firm and state media said -- the 11th such death this year at the factory.(AFP/Voishmel)AFP - A male worker died Friday in an apparent suicide at a plant in southern China run by Taiwan's high-tech giant Foxconn, the firm and state media said -- the 11th such death this year at the factory.

China's Hu visits French Riviera on lucrative state visit (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) looks on after he lays a wreath at the unknown soldier's tomb at the Arc of Triomphe, in Paris. France and China signed 20 billion dollars in industrial contracts on Thursday at the start of Hu's three-day visit, with police trying to keep rights protestors away from the Chinese leader during his stay in Paris.(AFP/POOL/Thibault Camus)AFP - China's President Hu Jintao arrived in the French Riviera city of Nice Friday on day two of a state visit that has seen the countries sign trade deals worth more than 20 billion dollars.

Passenger saw fire on engine of Qantas flight (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:36 AM PDT

A damaged part of the left wing of a Qantas passenger plane is seen through a window of the jetliner, which made an emergency landing at Singapore's Changi International Airport after having engine problems, on Thursday Nov. 4, 2010, in Singapore. Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet after one of the superjumbo jets blew out an engine Thursday, shooting flames and raining large metal chunks before making a safe emergency landing in Singapore with 459 people aboard. (AP Photo/Matthew Hewitt)AP - A Qantas Boeing 747 with 431 people on board landed safely in Singapore late Friday after an engine caught fire minutes after it took off from the city-state, the airline and a passenger said.

Afghan Taliban threaten death to all talking peace (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:31 AM PDT

In this photo taken, Nov. 2, 2010, a veteran member of the Taliban speaks to The Associated Press in Afghanistan, Nov 2, 2010. The longtime member said scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar have surfaced in mosques all over Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun heartland, threatening death to anyone who takes up a government offer to negotiate for peace. Trying to quash rumors of a break in their ranks, the Taliban have also vehemently denied reports — including one by The Associated Press — that representatives of the militant group were involved in negotiations with the Afghan government. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar have surfaced in mosques all over Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun heartland, threatening death to anyone who takes up a government offer to negotiate for peace, according to a longtime Taliban member.

Second Qantas jet in engine scare (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:21 AM PDT

Passengers from the Qantas Boeing 747-400 flight QF6 which made an emergency landing exit the terminal at the Changi International airport in Singapore.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - A second Qantas jet made an emergency landing in Singapore with engine trouble Friday, the airline said, a day after one of its A380 superjumbos was forced to return to the same airport after an engine failed.

China's Hu, Sarkozy on Riviera to talk finance (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, stands next to French Junior Minister for Veterans' affairs, Hubert Falco, left, and a military official as he pays homage after laying a wreath at the unknown soldier's tomb, at the Arc of Triomphe, in Paris, Friday Nov. 5, 2010. The three-day state visit by Hu Jintao marks a dramatic turnaround from the tense ties of two years ago, when Sarkozy threatened to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics out of anger about China's treatment of Tibet. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)AP - China's President Hu Jintao arrived Friday in the French Riviera for talks with France's Nicolas Sarkozy about the need for reform of the global monetary system.

Judge allows fraud case against translator company (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:17 AM PDT

AP - A federal judge wants a closer examination of allegations a defense contractor knowingly hired interpreters who failed language proficiency exams and sent them to work alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Suicide attack at Pakistan mosque kills 61 (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:09 AM PDT

People gather at a mosque in Akhurwall village, Pakistan, after a suicide bomb tore through the building. The blast during the main weekly prayers killed 61 people and left human remains trapped under a collapsed roof and pulverised rubble.(AFP/A Majeed)AFP - A suicide bomb destroyed a Pakistani mosque on Friday, killing 61 people during the main weekly prayers and leaving body parts under a collapsed roof and pulverised rubble.

Myanmar military set to win elections on Sunday (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Myanmar activists holding placards take part in a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on Friday Nov. 5, 2010. They demanded Myanmar's military rulers to abolish the November 7 elections and release all political prisoners. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Twenty years after the last elections here, when a landslide opposition victory was annulled by the military-run government, Myanmar is holding a nationwide vote Sunday that its secretive generals tout as "discipline-flourishing democracy."

Major militant attacks in Pakistan in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:26 AM PDT

AP - A look at some of the major attacks in Pakistan so far in 2010:

Bomb, grenades hit 2 mosques in Pakistan; 70 dead (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:25 AM PDT

A man cries on the death of his son, who was killed in a plane crash outside a morgue at Jinnah hospital in Karachi November 5, 2010. A small plane with at least 21 people on board chartered to international oil company ENI crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport on Friday, killing all on board, an aviation official said. REUTERS/Majid Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER BUSINESS)AP - A suicide bomber struck a mosque frequented by anti-Taliban tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan during afternoon prayers Friday, killing at least 67 people in one of the deadliest attacks this year.

Beijing denounces Nobel prize as a Western tool (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:22 AM PDT

AP - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a jailed democracy activist is a political attack on China, a Chinese leader said Friday, warning that countries acknowledging the honor would "bear the consequences."

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Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:02 AM PDT

AP - Police say bomb strikes second mosque in northwest Pakistan, several people wounded.

Indonesia volcano blasts searing gas; 122 now dead (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Residents flee a village in Klaten district after Mount Merapi erupted. Indonesia ordered thousands more people to evacuate as the country's most active volcano erupted again, shooting gas and ash into the sky and triggering a new aircraft exclusion zone.(AFP/Arya Bima)AP - Searing gas avalanched down an Indonesian volcano with a thunderous roar, torching houses and trees and incinerating villagers as they fled Mount Merapi's worst eruption in a century. Scores of bodies found Friday raised the death toll to 122.

Afghan police: Suicide bomber kills 9 in northwest (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Afghan policemen stand guard outside the venue for the memorial services of six lawmakers including lawmaker Mohammad Mustafa Kazmi, who were killed three-years ago in Baghlan province in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. Some hundreds of people gathered for the memorial service for the dead. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in northwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding 30 others, police said.

Earthquakes dog Clinton on overseas trips (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:26 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during an event on Antarctic cooperation at the U.S. Antarctic Program Center on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)AP - What is it about Hillary Rodham Clinton and earthquakes? Seems the secretary of state rarely takes an overseas trip that is not in some way affected by a temblor.

Facts and figures on Myanmar's election (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:49 AM PDT

AP - Facts and figures about Myanmar's general election Sunday:

Plane crash kills 21 in southern Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:33 AM PDT

*** CORRECTS NUMBER ONBOARD *** Pakistani officials and soldiers examine the site of a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. The small plane carrying 21 people crashed in Karachi after the pilot warned of engine troubles, official said. There was no survivors. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - A private plane chartered to an Italy-based oil company crashed near the airport in Pakistan's largest city Friday after the pilot warned of engine trouble, officials said. All 21 people onboard, including an Italian, were killed.
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