Saturday, January 1, 2011

Taliban accuses France over captive journalists (AFP)

Taliban accuses France over captive journalists (AFP)

Taliban accuses France over captive journalists (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:22 AM PST

On the first anniversary of the kidnapping of French journalists Stephane Taponier and Herve Guesquiere in Afghanistan, 365 candles are lit in Strasbourg, eastern France. The Taliban said Saturday that France had AFP - The Taliban said Saturday that France had "not paid much attention" to their demands for securing the release of two French journalists held captive for more than a year.

Karzai, US homeland security chief talk border security (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

The US Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, pictured in December 2010, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday to discuss border security as Afghanistan battles a nine-year Taliban insurgency.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The US Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday to discuss border security as Afghanistan battles a nine-year Taliban insurgency.

Afridi, Waqar to appear in ICC spot-fixing hearing (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:13 AM PST

Pakistan cricket chiefs said on Saturday they would allow one-day captain Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis (R) to appear at a hearing into spot-fixing allegations in Doha during the coming week.(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AFP - Pakistan cricket chiefs said on Saturday they would allow one-day captain Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis to appear at a hearing into spot-fixing allegations in Doha during the coming week.

India ready to make history in final SA Test: Dhoni (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:04 AM PST

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Saturday that his team were ready to make history when they face South Africa in the series-deciding third and final Test starting at Newlands on Sunday.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Saturday that his team were ready to make history when they face South Africa in the series-deciding third and final Test starting at Newlands on Sunday.

Japan's DoCoMo new tablet aims to take on iPad (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:58 AM PST

A man takes a picture with his mobile phone at an exhibition in Tokyo. Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo is to launch a tablet computer running Google software to challenge Apple's hot-selling iPad, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Japan's top carrier NTT DoCoMo is to launch a tablet computer running Google software to challenge Apple's hot-selling iPad, a report said Saturday.

Blast kills bomb squad pair in Thai south: police (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:55 AM PST

Bomb squad members and soldiers inspect the site of a bomb attack blamed by police on separatist insurgents in the Sungaipadi distrist of Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat, January 1, 2011. Two bomb disposal policemen were killed and nine other people wounded in the blast in the Thai south on Saturday after warnings of New Year violence in the restive region, police said.(AFP/Madaree Tohlala)AFP - Two bomb disposal policemen were killed and nine other people wounded in a blast in the Thai south on Saturday after warnings of New Year violence in the restive region, police said.

India's dirty old writer releases 'last' book (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 07:46 AM PST

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, Khushwant Singh, 96, sits in his house in New Delhi. The famously grumpy writer, known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, has been a giant of India's literary world for more than sixty years. The lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer insists his latest book will be his last. The work is a novel about two old men, written by a 96-year-old who says he can't have much time left. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - This book, he insists, will be his last.

Lethal bird flu confirmed in S.Korea wild duck (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:46 AM PST

A thermal camera system monitors passengers' body heat as they arrive at Incheon Airport in South Korea. One of five wild ducks found dead in South Korea this week was confirmed Saturday to have been infected with a lethal strain of the bird flu virus as the country battles its first outbreak in over two years.(AFP/File/Byun Yeong-Wook)AFP - One of five wild ducks found dead in South Korea this week was confirmed Saturday to have been infected with a lethal strain of the bird flu virus as the country battles its first outbreak in over two years.

U.S. missile strikes kill 15 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:36 AM PST

Reuters - Suspected U.S. drone aircraft strikes killed 15 Muslim militants in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, suggesting there will no letup this year in a campaign Washington says is hurting al Qaeda-linked groups.

3 US missile attacks kill 18 in northwest Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 05:50 AM PST

Pakistani youths chant slogans during a rally calling for peace in the New Year in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Three U.S. missile strikes hours apart killed 18 people in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.

US to bolster Afghan border, customs training (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 05:49 AM PST

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano addresses media at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Napolitano said on Saturday she will send more U.S. experts to train Afghan police and customs officials to better manage the country's porous border crossings. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - The U.S. will send more American experts to train Afghan police and customs officials to better manage the country's porous border crossings, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Saturday, noting that such training was critical to preparing for the eventual exit of foreign troops.

Taliban: Demands not met for French hostages (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 05:31 AM PST

AP - France has "done nothing" to win the release of two French journalists who were taken hostage by the Taliban more than a year ago, a spokesman for the Afghan insurgent group said Saturday.

NKorea warns war would bring 'nuclear holocaust' (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:33 AM PST

North Koreans visit the giant statue of late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the New Year Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea welcomed the new year Saturday with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war 'will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust.' (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICAAP - North Korea welcomed the new year Saturday with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war "will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust."

Australian residents evacuate as floodwaters near (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 03:40 AM PST

A wallaby stands on a large round hay bail trapped by rising flood waters outside the town of Dalby in Queensland, Australia Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Days of torrential downpours have left parts of central and southern Queensland state inundated, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, cutting off roads and forcing the entire populations of two towns to evacuate. (AP Photo/Anthony Skerman)AP - Residents of an Australian coastal city were evacuated Saturday as surging floodwaters edged closer to their community, with one official describing the devastation as reaching "biblical proportions."

Japanese whalers, activists clash off Antarctica (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 02:15 AM PST

ALTERNATE CROP OF TOK801 - In this photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Japanese whaling ship No. 3 Yushin Maru shoots a water cannon at Sea Shepherd's inflatable boat in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. The anti-whaling activists were chasing the fleet in the hopes of interrupting Japan's annual whale hunt, which kills up to 1,000 whales a year. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd, Barbara Veiga) MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Japanese whalers shot water cannons at anti-whaling activists on Saturday, the conservationist group's founder claimed, hours after the activists tracked down the hunting fleet in the remote and icy seas off Antarctica.

Beijing launches car quota to counter gridlock (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:55 AM PST

Chinese people strike the Yongle Bell at a temple to celebrate the New Year, in Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Chinese people believe striking the bell at the beginning of the New Year will bring them best wishes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - For thousands of hopeful commuters in China's capital, 2011 started with a click, not a bang.

Philippine holiday firecracker injuries total 546 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 11:12 PM PST

AP - Powerful firecrackers have injured at least 546 people as Filipinos welcomed the new year in a tradition that is among the world's most festive and dangerous.

Japan population shrinks by record in 2010 (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:45 PM PST

AP - Japan's population fell by a record amount last year as the number of deaths climbed to an all-time high in the quickly aging country, the government said Saturday.

Freed Indian rebel leader invites peace dialogue (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:54 PM PST

AP - A separatist leader released on bail Saturday said he was committed to peace talks with the Indian government to end his group's 30-year insurgency in the northeastern state of Assam.

NKorea vows better ties with SKorea (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:59 PM PST

AP - North Korea, which has conducted two nuclear tests in the past, on Saturday welcomed the new year with calls for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, better ties with rival South Korea and a promise to boost its military strength.
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