Wednesday, March 23, 2011

India's media industry 'sleeping tiger': James Murdoch (AFP)

India's media industry 'sleeping tiger': James Murdoch (AFP)

India's media industry 'sleeping tiger': James Murdoch (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:43 AM PDT

Chairman and chief executive News Corporation Europe and Asia, James Murdoch, speaks during the inauguration of the Fedration of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry (FICCI) frames in Mumbai. Murdoch said that digitization and competition had the prospect of raising the size of India's media and entertainment sector.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - News Corp top executive James Murdoch on Wednesday called India's media industry a "sleeping tiger" as a report forecast the sector would double its revenues to nearly $30 billion by 2015.

Exxon Mobil: Japanese fuel terminal reopens (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:29 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo taken, Oct. 26, 2006, shows an Exxon logo seen at a Dallas gas station. Exxon Mobil Corp. said Wednesday, March 23, 2011, its Japanese division has reopened its Shiogama Terminal, enabling the delivery of increased fuel supplies to the Tohoku area of Japan that was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.(AP Photo/LM Otero, File)AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. said Wednesday that its Japanese division has reopened its Shiogama Terminal, enabling the delivery of increased fuel supplies to the Tohoku area of Japan that was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.

Fukushima fallout reaches Europe, but traces tiny (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT

AP - Minuscule particles of fallout from a damaged power plant in Japan have reached Iceland and are expected in France and elsewhere in Europe, experts said Wednesday, but stressed they don't pose a health risk.

Tokyo water unsafe for babies, food bans imposed (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PDT

A local resident rides his bicycle through rubble and debris from the March 11 tsunami and earthquake at Sendai port in the city of Natori, in Miyagi prefecture. Tokyo warned Wednesday that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water due to the crippling of a nuclear plant by Japan's massive earthquake.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - Tokyo warned Wednesday that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water due to the crippling of a nuclear plant by Japan's massive earthquake.

Former diplomats push for immediate talks with Taliban (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Former US Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering is seen in Oslo 2007. Pickering and Lakhdar Brahimi, a former UN special representative for Afghanistan, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai's US-backed government has as strong a hand as it will get.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Larsen, Haakon Mosvold)AFP - An international team of former diplomats called Wednesday on the Obama administration and its Afghan partners to push now for a negotiated settlement with the Taliban, as US-led forces near a peak.

Exxon restores Japan refineries, terminal operations (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday it has restored all four of its Japan group refineries to full operations and opened the Shiogama terminal after the earthquake and tsunami severely damaged the terminal.

Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Shelves selling bottled water are empty at a convenience store in Tokyo Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Radiation leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant has caused Tokyo's tap water to exceed safety standards for infants to drink, officials said Wednesday, sending anxiety levels soaring over the nation's food and water supply.

Libya will not divert Afghan resources: Petraeus (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Top US commander in Afghanistan, US General David Petraeus, speaks during an event hosted at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on March 18. Petraeus, the US commander of international forces in Afghanistan, played down fears Wednesday that military action in Libya would divert resources from the Afghan war effort.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - General David Petraeus, the US commander of international forces in Afghanistan, played down fears Wednesday that military action in Libya would divert resources from the Afghan war effort.

Rocket attack kills four in Pakistan: police (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PDT

A Pakistani traffic policeman examines a damaged vehicle at the site following a rocket attack in Quetta . At least four people including two traffic policemen were killed and 17 others wounded in a rocket attack in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Wednesday, police said.(AFP/Banaras Khan)AFP - At least four people including two traffic policemen were killed and 17 others wounded in a rocket attack in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Wednesday, police said.

NATO allies pledge support for Afghan forces (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:43 AM PDT

A US Marine shakes hand with Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldiers during a patrol in Garmser, Helmand Province, on March 7. The United States welcomed an announcement by President Hamid Karzai that Afghan forces will begin taking responsibility for security in several provinces this summer.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)AFP - NATO allies pledged Wednesday not to abandon Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai said local military and police would take charge of security in seven parts of the violence-hit country this summer.

Report: Time is now for talks to end Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the inauguration of the Afghan academic year in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Afghanistan's president is again inviting the Taliban to join peace talks and pleading with them to stop attacking and burning schools in the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The war in Afghanistan has reached a stalemate and the best time to jump-start a political settlement with the Taliban is now, according to a report released Wednesday by a U.S. think tank.

Rockets, bomb kill 5 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:15 AM PDT

A policeman and relatives assist a man, injured in a rocket attack, after he arrived at a hospital for treatment in Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province March 23, 2011. At least four people including two traffic policemen were killed and 17 others wounded in a rocket attack in Quetta on Wednesday, police said, Pakistan's Dawn news reported. REUTERS/Stringer (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)AP - Three rocket attacks and a bomb struck parts of western Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people, including a child, police said.

Latest in Japan's quake, tsunami, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PDT

AP - Radiation in Tokyo's tap water spikes to twice the level acceptable for infants, though it remains safe for adults, according to officials.

Developments in Japan's disasters, nuclear crisis (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:10 AM PDT

AP - • TOKYO TAP WATER NOT SAFE FOR INFANTS. Water at a treatment center in downtown Tokyo that supplies much of the city's tap water contains at one point 210 becquerels of iodine-131 per liter.

Japan's police say disaster death toll tops 9,500 (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:02 AM PDT

AP - Japan's police agency says more than 9,500 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami. Another 16,000 are missing.

Unsure future for city in shadow of nuclear plant (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Retiree Miyoko Sato, left, recalls the tsunami wave with a visiting neighbor, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Soma sits in the shadow of Fukushima Dai-ichi, a crippled nuclear facility that was badly damaged by the tsunami and has been spewing radioactivity into the air and sea, forcing tens of thousands to flee or hunker down indoors. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Hidekatsu Sato stands in the doorway of his gutted house and looks out impassively at the sea as it laps up against the harbor wall just a few meters away. Born and raised here, he went to Tokyo to work as a plumber, then returned a few years ago to live out his retirement years.

India protests Sikh golf coach's frisking in Italy (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:56 AM PDT

AP - India summoned the Italian ambassador Wednesday to protest demands by Milan airport officials that a world-class golfer's Sikh coach remove his turban during a security check a day earlier.

HK inquest faults Philippines in hostage deaths (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PDT

AP - A Hong Kong inquest concluded Wednesday that Philippine officials contributed to or caused the deaths of eight tourists from the Chinese territory who were held hostage in Manila and gunned down by a disgruntled former police officer.

Indian prime minister on defensive over WikiLeaks (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:57 AM PDT

AP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took to the floor of both houses of Parliament on Wednesday to defend himself and his party from a growing furor over a WikiLeaks cable alleging government corruption.

Uneasy tourists shun Japan amid radiation fears (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:45 AM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, March 22, 2011, Seats are almost empty in a flight bound for Tokyo, Japan, from Kimpo, South Korea. Images broadcast worldwide of Japan's crippled nuclear complex and reports of food and water contaminated by radiation have battered its reputation as a safe destination, triggering an avalanche of cancellations by foreign tourists. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Images broadcast worldwide of Japan's crippled nuclear complex and reports of food and water contaminated by radiation have battered its reputation as a safe destination, triggering an avalanche of cancellations by foreign tourists.
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