Monday, February 28, 2011

British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot (AFP)

British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot (AFP)

British Airways worker guilty of plane terror plot (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:45 AM PST

A British Airways aircraft taxis past other parked British Airways aircraft at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport in west London, 2010. A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty on Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways was found guilty on Monday of plotting to blow up a plane after conspiring with radical US-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.

Air India chief quits after criticising government (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:40 AM PST

Air India's Austrian chief operating officer resigned, reports said, after less than year at the troubled state-run company during which he struggled with government interference. The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency quoted an unnamed company spokesman as saying Gustav Baldauf (pictured in 2005) handed in his notice on Monday morning, without elaborating.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Air India's Austrian chief operating officer resigned on Monday, the airline said, after less than year at the troubled state-run company during which he struggled with government interference.

Scientists: Reconstructing Afghan Buddha possible (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:14 AM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo, the world's tallest statue of Buddha, measuring up to 180 feet high, is seen in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. German scientists say it is possible to reconstruct at least one of the giant 1,500 year-old Buddha statues in central Afghanistan that had been dynamited by the Taliban ten years ago despite a worldwide outcry. Erwin Emmerling of Munich's Technical University said Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, his researchers studied several hundred fragments of the statues that once towered up to 180 feet high in Bamiyan province. (AP Photo/File)AP - German scientists said Monday it may be possible to reconstruct one of two giant 1,500 year-old Buddha statues dynamited by the Taliban in central Afghanistan 10 years ago, which prompted a worldwide outcry and left behind only towering cliff caverns.

US, S. Korea launch war games amid N. Korea threat (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:45 AM PST

A South Korean marine squad aboard a rubber boat crosses the river near the border with North Korea during a cross-country drill in Gimpo, northwest of Seoul, on February 25. US and South Korean troops on Monday launched major annual land, sea and air exercises, amid North Korean threats to turn Seoul into a AFP - US and South Korean troops on Monday launched major annual land, sea and air exercises, amid North Korean threats to turn Seoul into a "sea of flames" in the event of any provocation.

Court in Peshawar rejects bail for US man (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:27 AM PST

A court in northwest Pakistan Monday rejected the bail application of an American said to have been working for a private security company who is accused of overstaying his visa.(AFP/File/PAUL J. RICHARDS)AFP - A court in northwest Pakistan Monday rejected the bail application of an American said to have been working for a private security company who is accused of overstaying his visa.

Vote recounts underway in 10 Afghan provinces (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:41 AM PST

Afghan election workers open a ballot box from September's parliamentary election to be recounted at the main election office in Herat, Afghanistan Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Election officials say vote recounts that could throw doubt on the legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliament are underway in 10 provinces even as the legislature starts work with its newly elected speaker. (AP Photo)AP - Vote recounts that could throw doubt on the legitimacy of Afghanistan's parliament are under way in 10 provinces even as the legislature starts work with its newly elected speaker, election officials said Monday.

South Korea, U.S. brush off North threat, begin big drills (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:19 AM PST

VIDEO: South Korea's military held a live-fire drill at the Pocheon range, 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of the tense land border with North Korea. Duration: 00:51.(AFPTV/AFPTV)Reuters - South Korean and U.S. forces began on Monday military exercises that they say are defensive but which have raised tension and led to North Korean threats to use nuclear weapons and turn Seoul into a "sea of flames."

4 rare Javan rhinos photographed in Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:57 AM PST

In this undated frame grab released by WWF-Indonesia and Ujung Kulon National Park Authority, a female Javan rhino walks with her calf in Ujung Kulon National Park. Four of the world's most rare rhinoceroses were captured by camera traps installed in an Indonesian national park, an environmental group said Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/WWF-Indonesia and Ujung Kulon National Park Authority, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO ARCHIVES, NO SALESAP - Four of the world's most rare rhinoceroses were captured by camera traps installed in an Indonesian national park, an environmental group said Monday.

Manager arrested over Indian maternity ward deaths (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:14 AM PST

Indian police have arrested the manager of a company that made intravenous fluids suspected of killing 13 pregnant women at a state-run hospital(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Indian police have arrested the manager of a company that made intravenous fluids suspected of killing 13 pregnant women at a state-run hospital, they said Monday.

NATO: 4 service members killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:51 AM PST

Marine Corps Funeral Director Gunnery Sgt. William J. Dixon, right, delivers condolences to the Pyeatt family, from left, Cynthia Pyeatt, her husband Lon Pyeatt, and their daughter Emily Smalley, during funeral services for their son U.S. Marine Sgt. Lucas T. Pyeatt at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester, Ohio, was killed Feb. 5th while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Four NATO service members, including a 37-year-old Italian lieutenant, were killed across Afghanistan on Monday by roadside bombs and an insurgent attack, the coalition said.

Diplomats slam China harassment of journalists (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:29 AM PST

AP - U.S. and European diplomats have criticized the harassment of foreign reporters in China who were trying to cover calls for peaceful protests like those that swept the Middle East.

US repositions troops in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:13 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2010 file photo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates walks with Maj. Gen. John Campbell, left,, commanding general of the 101st Air Assault, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. The U.S. military will start carrying out more counterterrorism missions against insurgents in eastern Afghanistan and work more closely with Pakistani forces in operations against insurgents along the porous and rugged frontier, the U.S. general commanding the region said. Maj. Gen. Campbell, commander of NATO coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan, said he has been repositioning some of his troops since last August to make them more effective in the region that borders Pakistan. The area has seen an upsurge in violence and is a main route for insurgents infiltrating into Afghanistan from safe havens in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool, File)AP - The U.S. military will start carrying out more counterterrorism missions against insurgents in eastern Afghanistan and work more closely with Pakistani forces in operations against insurgents along the porous and rugged frontier, the U.S. general commanding the region said.

Thailand: Japanese journalist's death not solved (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:18 AM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo released by Reuters, Japanese TV cameraman Hiro Muramoto smiles at his office in Tokyo. Thailand's Department of Special Investigation said Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 it has determined that Reuters journalist Muramoto who was killed during political protests in Bangkok on April 10, last year does not appear to have been shot by security forces, a reversal from preliminary findings that raised immediate questions about the inquiry. (AP Photo/Reuters, FILE) NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A Japanese journalist killed during protests in Bangkok last year does not appear to have been shot by security forces, Thai investigators said Monday, reversing their preliminary findings and raising immediate questions about the inquiry.

China says its population has passed 1.34 billion (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:03 AM PST

AP - China's population grew to 1.34 billion people last year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Monday, marking a modest jump for a massive population and leading experts to suggest China may relax its generation-old one-child policy.

Vietnam dissident detained for revolution calls (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:15 AM PST

AP - One of Vietnam's most prominent pro-democracy dissidents has been detained after calling for a revolution to overthrow the Communist government following a wave of Middle East uprisings, state-controlled media reported Monday.

SKorea, US begin annual drills amid NKorean threat (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:55 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011 file photo, South Korean marines on an inflatable boat aim their machine guns during a military exercise to prepare for a possible North Korea's surprise attack on the Han River in Gimpo, South Korea. North Korea's military threatened Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 to fire at South Korea, as Seoul prepared to start annual joint drills with U.S. troops, maneuvers Pyongyang says are a rehearsal for an invasion. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)AP - South Korean and U.S. troops began annual military drills Monday that North Korea warned could trigger a nuclear war on the divided peninsula.

Oil above $99 as Libya's oil industry in chaos (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:41 PM PST

Evacuees from Libya stand with their luggage after disembarking from a Greek ferry in the port of Piraeus. Libya, one of Africa's biggest oil producers, had a huge multinational workforce before the current crisis including construction workers, oil industry workers and domestic helpers from Bangladesh, China, Egypt and the Philippines.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AP - Oil prices jumped above $99 a barrel Monday in Asia as Libya's violent power struggle continued to disrupt crude output in the OPEC nation. Violent protests in Oman also raised fears political upheaval could impact other crude exporters.

Virtually all 30,000 Chinese in Libya evacuated (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 09:22 PM PST

AP - State media in China say virtually all 30,000 Chinese citizens living in Libya have left the turbulent North African country.

Infant boy the first NZ quake victim laid to rest (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:16 PM PST

Joanne Fagan-Oslawskyj weeps as she attends a church service at St. Barnabas with her son eight-year-old Jamie in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. New Zealand's premier said Tuesday's quake may be the country's worst disaster ever, as officials raised the death toll nearly 150 and more than 200 missing. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A 5-month-old boy was laid to rest Monday at the first funeral for the victims of New Zealand's devastating earthquake, as the confirmed death toll rose to 148 and the government considered a nationwide levy to help pay for reconstruction.

Canada says citizen missing in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:49 AM PST

AP - The Canadian government says one of its citizens visiting Afghanistan as a tourist is missing.
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