Friday, December 3, 2010

Obama in Afghanistan: no terror 'safe haven' (AP)

Obama in Afghanistan: no terror 'safe haven' (AP)

Obama in Afghanistan: no terror 'safe haven' (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:50 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks to the troops at a rally during an unannounced visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama told U.S. troops during a surprise holiday-season visit that they are making important progress in the war, and he pledged that Afghanistan would never again be a "safe haven for terrorists" who want to attack the United States.

Obama: Afghanistan will never be a terrorist haven (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:34 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the United States will never let Afghanistan be a safe haven for terrorists to attack America.

Island attack gets attention of South Korean youth (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:29 AM PST

South Korean football fans cheer during a rally for the bid for the 2022 World Cup, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 in Gwacheon, South Korea. In the end Russia won the bid for 2018 and Qatar took 2022. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - South Korea's young men and women have gotten used to living with a belligerent neighbor. They've learned to brush aside the threatening language from North Korea. Routine air-raid drills didn't mean much to them.

Obama, in Afghanistan, says US will succeed (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:24 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says U.S. troops in Afghanistan are making progress, achieving their objective, and will succeed in their mission.

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Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST

AP - Obama: We'll never let Afghanistan be a safe haven for terrorists to attack America.

Obama visits Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:04 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama visited Afghanistan Friday but stayed on a U.S. military base, cancelling a planned trip to Kabul to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai because of bad weather.

Obama on surprise trip to Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:27 AM PST

US President Barack Obama walks off Air Force One upon landing for an unscheduled visit to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Friday. He was met by General David Petraeus, commander of US troops in Afghanistan, and US ambassador Karl Eikenberry, and went straight to a base hospital to meet with wounded soldiers.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday paid a surprise lightning visit to Afghanistan to huddle with leaders and troops as his administration takes a hard look at whether its war strategy is working.

'Substantial progress' on US-S.Korea trade deal (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:21 AM PST

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, seen here in September 2010, said Friday that the United States and South Korea have made AFP - The United States and South Korea on Friday reported major progress on free trade negotiations, raising prospects of approval of their sweeping agreement held up for three years by disputes.

Afghan government hits back at 'stupid' US leaks (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:06 AM PST

Afghan government officials on Friday hit back at AFP - Afghan government officials on Friday hit back at "stupid" allegations made in leaked US diplomatic cables about corruption but refused to comment on a damning assessment of President Hamid Karzai.

Philippines, communists to resume peace talks (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:05 AM PST

Luis Jalandoni, chief negotiator of the Communist Party of the Philippines, speaks during a media forum in 2004 in Manila. The Philippine government and communist rebels said Friday they would restart peace talks after a nearly five-year hiatus in a bid to end a decades-long conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.(AFP/File)AFP - The Philippine government and communist rebels said Friday they would restart peace talks after a nearly five-year hiatus in a bid to end a decades-long conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.

WikiLeaks: Bribery, graft rampant in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:02 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for the OSCE Summit at the Palace of Independence in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The OSCE Summit offers a unique opportunity to address urgent security challenges including transnational threats such as terrorism and trafficking, and the recent unrest in Kyrgyzstan and the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - U.S. diplomatic cables revealed Friday portray Afghanistan as rife with graft to the highest levels of government, with tens of millions of dollars flowing out of the country and a cash transfer network that facilitates bribes for corrupt Afghan officials, drug traffickers and insurgents.

Pakistani cleric calls for Christian to be killed (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:42 AM PST

AP - A hardline Pakistani cleric offered a cash reward Friday for anyone who kills a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy against Islam.

NATO reveals new details on slaying of 6 US troops (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:23 AM PST

This combination of 6 undated photos provided by the U.S. Army shows from the top left, Pvt. Buddy W. McLain of Mexico, Maine; Pvt. Austin G. Staggs of Senoia, Ga.; Sgt. Barry E. Jarvis of Tell City, Ind.; and bottom from left, Spec. Matthew W. Ramsey of Quartz Hill, Calif.; Pfc. Jacob A. Gassen of Beaver Dam, Wis.; and Staff Sgt. Curtis A. Oakes of Athens, Ohio. The six U.S. soldiers were killed by a rogue Afghan policeman on Monday Nov. 29, 2010 when the border policeman turned his gun on his American trainers as the group headed to shooting practice. The gunman was killed in the shootout in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)AP - The Afghan border policeman who killed six U.S. troops this week in eastern Afghanistan shared tea with his coalition partners before gunning the Americans down during a training drill, NATO said Friday.

Pakistan arrests 5 suspects linked to 2009 attack (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:41 AM PST

Labourers fix a pair of hands that symbolises for praying on a roof top of the Central Cathedral Church in Lahore December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)AP - Pakistani police say they have arrested five militant suspects linked to last year's attack on the country's military intelligence agency that killed 30 people.

US, Japan begin war games; China denounces drills (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:34 AM PST

An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to be launched off the deck of the USS George Washington during a joint military exercise off South Korea's West Sea Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier and South Korean destroyer took up position in the tense Yellow Sea on Sunday for joint military exercises that were a united show of force just days after a deadly North Korean artillery attack. (AP Photo/Korea Pool) KOREA OUTAP - In an ongoing show of force following a deadly North Korean attack on a front-line island, the U.S. and Japan began one of their biggest-ever military exercises Friday, mobilizing more than 44,000 troops, hundreds of aircraft and a U.S. supercarrier.

Philippines, communist rebels resume talks in Feb (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:04 AM PST

AP - The Philippine government and communist rebels announced Friday they will resume peace negotiations to end the 41-year-old Maoist insurgency early next year after the talks were suspended more than six years ago.

China blocks famous artist, economist from flights (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:44 PM PST

Pro-democracy protesters hold boxes containing greeting post cards which they have collected from supporters of the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo before they send them to Liu outside a post office in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. The protesters demand Chinese authorities to release the imprisoned this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to travel to Oslo and accept the award. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - China's crackdown before next week's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony has widened to block a well-known artist and an economist who's more than 80-years old from traveling overseas.

Vietnam's planned sale of tiger paste protested (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:31 PM PST

AP - A local conservation group voiced opposition Friday to the planned sale of tiger paste by Vietnamese authorities, amid warnings by the international community that the animal's survival is in serious jeopardy.

Chinese passenger train breaks world speed record (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:09 PM PST

Journalists photograph the bullet trains of a new high-speed railway linking Shanghai with Hangzhou Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway start the operation Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China's railway ministry says a Chinese passenger train has set a new record for speed, hitting 302 miles per hour (486 kilometers per hour) during a test run.

Indonesian terrorist suspect captured in Malaysia (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:22 PM PST

AP - Malaysian police announced Friday the arrest of an Indonesian terrorist suspect who was hunted for a "long time," and said he would be detained under a strict security law pending deportation.
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