Sunday, April 10, 2011

Bob Dylan makes debut in Vietnam (AFP)

Bob Dylan makes debut in Vietnam (AFP)

Bob Dylan makes debut in Vietnam (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Bob Dylan (2nd R) and his band perform during his first-ever concert in Vietnam at the RMIT International University campus in Ho Chi Minh City. The American legendary musician, whose songs became anthems of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War era, performed in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) on April 10 for his first-ever concert in the communist nation.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Legendary American musician Bob Dylan, whose songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam war movement, played a symbolic first-ever concert in the communist country on Sunday.

Malinga fires Tendulkar's Mumbai to victory (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Mumbai Indians fast bowler Lasith Malinga throws the ball during the IPL Twenty20 match between Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. Malinga grabbed five wickets in a superb exhibition of fast bowling to set up Mumbai Indians' eight-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Lasith Malinga grabbed five wickets in a superb exhibition of fast bowling to set up Mumbai Indians' eight-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Sunday.

China posts 1st quarterly trade deficit since 2004 (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:37 AM PDT

AP - China reported its first quarterly trade deficit since 2004 on Sunday as surging prices for commodities pushed up its import bill.

Japan will 'never abandon' tsunami victims: PM (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Tsunami survivor Tadao Kamei (L) and a friend draw the words AFP - Prime Minister Naoto Kan promised Sunday he would "never abandon" survivors of Japan's tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the future, despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant.

Ishihara re-elected Tokyo governor in post-quake vote (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:38 AM PDT

Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara celebrates his victory at the Tokyo gubernatorial election office in Tokyo. Ishihara, famous for his often provocative nationalistic remarks, won a fourth term as Tokyo governor Sunday in local elections dominated by last month's massive disaster in Japan.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Shintaro Ishihara, famous for his often provocative nationalistic remarks, won a fourth term as Tokyo governor Sunday in local elections dominated by last month's massive disaster in Japan.

China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:57 AM PDT

A man rides a bicycle past a billboard located near the entrance to the studio owned by detained activist Ai Weiwei in Beijing April 8, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - The United States is beset by violence, racism and torture and has no authority to condemn other governments' human rights problems, China said on Sunday, countering U.S. criticism of Beijing's crackdown.

Thousands of 'Red Shirts' mark year since Thai clashes (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:53 AM PDT

Anti-government AFP - Tens of thousands of anti-government "Red Shirts" gathered in Bangkok on Sunday to mark a year since deadly clashes between troops and protesters during their mass rally in the capital.

Japan fails to stop radioactive discharge into ocean (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:20 AM PDT

A radiation monitor indicates 0.95 microsieverts per hour at an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which is about 20km (12 miles) from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power station, in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Japanese nuclear power plant operator TEPCO expects to stop pumping radioactive water into the ocean on Monday, days later than planned, a step that would help ease international concern about the spread of radiation from a smashed nuclear plant.

Month after quake, Japan homeless move into houses (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:18 AM PDT

A woman takes futon bed mat from her home at Soma port, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, April 10, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)AP - One month after a devastating tsunami flattened their homes, some families took a step toward normalcy and moved into temporary housing, while Japan's prime minister promised Sunday to help fishermen along the devastated coast get back to their boats.

Bomb kills 3 tribal elders in western Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:16 AM PDT

In this Tuesday, May 22, 2007 picture, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks at a map of Afghanistan marked with Canadian aid projects at a briefing at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. As prime minister and Conservative Party leader, Harper has gone on to do what many would have thought impossible: He has won two elections in a row, and despite never commanding a majority in Parliament, has managed to nudge an instinctively liberal country ever further to the right. Now he looks set for a third term when Canada goes to the polls on May 2, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Tom Hanson)AP - A roadside bomb killed three tribal elders in western Afghanistan on Sunday, possibly in retaliation for their cooperation with the government.

Beijing police halt unapproved church service (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:45 AM PDT

Chinese police officers watch an area near a building that leaders of the unregistered Shouwang house church had told parishioners to gather in Beijing, China, Sunday, April 10, 2011. Beijing police on Sunday detained at least a dozen worshippers from the Christian house church who were trying to hold services in a public space after they were evicted from their usual place of worship. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Beijing police on Sunday detained dozens of worshippers from an unapproved Christian church who were trying to hold services in a public space after they were evicted from their usual place of worship, a parishioner said.

Tokyo governor re-elected despite tsunami gaffe (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:25 AM PDT

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks to journalists and his supporters at his campaign headquarters in Tokyo Sunday night, April 10, 2011. Ishihara, 78, won re-election Sunday, exit polls showed, despite a gaffe in which he suggested a March earthquake and tsunami were 'divine punishment' for Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Tokyo's governor won re-election Sunday, exit polls showed, despite a gaffe in which he suggested a March earthquake and tsunami were "divine punishment" for Japan.

Plane crash kills 2, injures 4 in Philippine city (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:22 AM PDT

Investigators inspect the still smoldering six-seater Piper Aztec plane after it crashed in a popular mountain resort city of Baguio in the northern Philippines, Sunday, April 10, 2011 killing at least one on board, officials said. The plane crashed and burst into flames in a hilly horse-riding trail in Camp John Hay, a former U.S. military recreation center, shortly after taking off from Baguio city's Loakan airport, regional military commander said. (AP Photo)AP - A small plane carrying six people crashed in a popular mountain resort city in the northern Philippines on Sunday, killing two of those on board and injuring the others, officials said.

Thai 'Red Shirts' mark anniversary of bloody clash (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:14 AM PDT

Thummarat Thongpui hold a portrait of his slain father Boontthum Thongpui during ceremonies Sunday, April 10, 2011, in Bangkok, marking the one year anniversary of a military crackdown against Red Shirt demonstrators that left at least 25 dead. Thailand today is expecting an election within the next few months that will test the political strength of the Thaksin Shinawatra backed movement. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's anti-government "Red Shirt" movement held a peaceful rally Sunday to mark the anniversary of a clash with the army a year ago that killed 25 people and rally supporters ahead of expected elections.

7 militants killed in Pakistan's Swat Valley (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 01:02 AM PDT

Supporters of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are seen through the national flag as they gather in the thousands at a stadium in Lahore April 10, 2011. The leader of MQM Altaf Hussain, living in exile in London, addressed the people of Punjab via telephone. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Seven suspected militants were killed early Sunday in a clash with Pakistani security forces in a northwest valley once controlled by the Taliban, police said.

Filipino troops defuse 3rd bomb after hostel blast (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT

AP - Army troops defused a powerful bomb outside a school Sunday in the same southern Philippine province where the night before a blast destroyed a lodging house and another explosive was found near a hotel in attacks blamed on Abu Sayyaf extremists.
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