Saturday, April 9, 2011

Japan minister visits stricken nuclear plant (AFP)

Japan minister visits stricken nuclear plant (AFP)

Japan minister visits stricken nuclear plant (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:22 AM PDT

A team from the NPO Japan Rescue Dog Association passes works with the Metropolitan Police Department in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi prefecture. Japan's industry minister on Saturday met workers battling to cool overheating reactors and plug radioactive leaks in the first government visit to the country's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Japan's industry minister on Saturday met workers battling to cool overheating reactors and plug radioactive leaks in the first government visit to the country's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.

Destroying booby-trapped Afghan towns to save them (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:29 AM PDT

** CORRECTS DATE OF AIRSTRIKES TO OCTOBER 2010 ** In this Friday April 1, 2011 picture, U.S. soldiers guard a gate at Combat Outpost Stout in Tarok Kolache, Afghanistan, named after a soldier killed in fighting in the Arghandab River Valley. U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Flynn, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 1-320th, called in airstrikes to level Tarok Kolache in October 2010 after spending 100 days fighting for control of the Arghandab River Valley, a fertile farming area and Taliban bastion. The village was deserted at the time of the bombing, but criticism of the strikes was intense. Afghan government officials said destroying the village was excessive. Human rights activists compared the strike with Vietnam-era carpet bombings and said it smacked of collective punishment. At best, it deviated from classic counterinsurgency doctrine, which emphasizes politics and development aid, rather than spectacular violence. (AP Photo/Solomom Moore)AP - Two aerial photos tell the story of this tiny village in the southern province of Kandahar. One shows a deceptively bucolic collection of mud huts amid pomegranate orchards. The second shows a field of dirt and shorn tree stumps — the same hamlet after being pulverized by 25 tons of explosives.

Petraeus says al-Qaida not on rise in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:11 AM PDT

In this photo provided by ISAF Headquarters, U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, speaks with members of the media following a farewell ceremony for Ambassador Mark Sedwill, NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo/ U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell)AP - The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces said Saturday that while some al-Qaida fighters have been searching for hide-outs in rugged areas of eastern Afghanistan, he does not think they are making a comeback inside the country.

China says U.S. human rights outcry is interference (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:11 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 - China said it was willing to discuss its differences on human rights "with mutual respect" with the U.S. on Saturday after rejecting a recent official report from Washington as interference in its internal affairs.

Blast hits hostel in southern Philippine province (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:35 AM PDT

AP - A powerful explosion destroyed a small lodging house Saturday in a southern Philippine province where al-Qaida-linked militants are active, and troops later found a separate bomb near another hotel, the military said.

Matsuyama lone amateur to make Masters cut (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:33 AM PDT

Amateur Hideki Matsuyama of Japan watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the 2011 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Matsuyama made the most of his dream opportunity by ensuring himself the low amateur's silver cup at the 75th Masters by being the only one of six amateur starters this week at Augusta National to reach the weekend.(AFP/Getty Images/David Cannon)AFP - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama almost did not play in the Masters due to the devasting earthquake and tsunami that struck his homeland last month.

Waratahs thrash Force (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Waratahs' Luke Burgess prepares to pass ball during a 2010 match. The New South Wales Waratahs thrashed cross-country rivals the Western Force in their Super 15 rugby match on Saturday night.(AFP/File/Ron Gaunt)AFP - The New South Wales Waratahs thrashed cross-country rivals the Western Force in their Super 15 rugby match on Saturday night.

Clarke leads Australia to win with century (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Australian captain Michael Clarke plays a shot during the first match of the One Day International series between Bangladesh and Australia at The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Clarke celebrated his captaincy debut with a responsible century as Australia raced to an emphatic 60-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening one-day international(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Michael Clarke celebrated his captaincy debut with a responsible century as Australia raced to an emphatic 60-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening one-day international on Saturday.

Warne's Rajasthan beat Deccan in IPL (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Rajasthan Royals' Johan Botha (R) plays a shot as wicketkeeper of Deccan Chargers Kumar Sangakkara looks on during their IPL Twenty20 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Botha showed rare skill with the bat to guide Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over a listless Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League(AFP/Noah Seelam)AFP - Johan Botha showed rare skill with the bat to guide Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over a listless Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.

Rally for Sri Lanka ex-skipper flops (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:04 AM PDT

Sri Lankan cricket fans demonstrate at Colombo's Independance Square demanding that former skipper Kumar Sangakkara be taken back to lead the national team which lost the World Cup to India. A campaign by fans of Sangakkara to demand his reinstatement ended in a flop Saturday, with only a handful of supporters turning up.(AFP/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - A campaign by fans of Sri Lanka's World Cup-losing skipper Kumar Sangakkara to demand his reinstatement ended in a flop Saturday, with only a handful of supporters turning up.

Marine nuclear rescue team stands ready in Japan (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 06:13 AM PDT

Members of Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, or CBIRF practice during a decontamination exercise at the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo Saturday, April 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Wearing gas masks and baggy gray body suits, a special U.S. Marine Corps unit trained to rescue people in chemical, biological or nuclear emergencies held drills Saturday with Japanese counterparts, standing ready to help out if needed around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

Activist ends fast as India pledges to fight graft (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:47 AM PDT

A 73-year-old Indian activist Anna Hazare gestures after breaking his hunger strike in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 9, 2011. India's government on Saturday ordered up strong anti-corruption legislation after Hazare went on a four-day hunger strike and inspired widespread public protests against graft. Hazare warned he'd resume his hunger strike if the new legislation was not passed. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)AP - India's government ordered up strong anti-corruption legislation on Saturday after a 73-year-old activist went on a four-day hunger strike and inspired a nationwide protest movement against graft.

Kashmir shuts against religious leader's killing (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:05 AM PDT

Kashmiri Muslims crowd around the body of Moulvi Showkat Ahmed Shah, the president of the religious group Jamiat-e-ahle Hadith, who was killed in a blast as he was entering a mosque in Srinagar, India, Friday, April 8, 2011. A blast outside a mosque in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday killed the prominent Muslim religious leader and wounded a bystander, police said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Shops and schools in Indian-controlled Kashmir were closed Saturday to protest the assassination of a moderate Muslim religious leader in the disputed Himalayan region.

Sister says no word from Chinese police on artist (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:47 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 GrayAP - The sister of a detained Chinese artist says police have still not told the family where he is being held or why, nearly a week after he was grabbed at a Beijing airport.

Myanmar's army recovers captured Chinese boats (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:40 AM PDT

AP - Myanmar army troops have recovered three Chinese boats and their crews who had been seized in a rare case of river piracy, Myanmar's state media reported Saturday.

World stumbles toward climate summit (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Buddhist monks gather during a demonstration in front of the United Nations Conference Center where delegates were holding UN climate talks, in Bangkok. Rich and poor nations have agreed on a roadmap for UN climate talks this year, but only after long-running feuds flared over a wide range of actions they must take to combat global warming.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AP - Nineteen years after the world started to take climate change seriously, delegates from around the globe spent five days talking about what they will talk about at a year-end conference in South Africa. They agreed to talk about their opposing viewpoints.

North Korea threatens South over mountain tours (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:42 PM PDT

This photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency in August 2009 shows N.Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (R) with Hyun Jung-Eun, chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai Group (L). North Korea has stripped Hyundai of its right to run cross-border tours in an apparent bid by the communist state to press Seoul to soften its stance towards Pyongyang.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File)AP - North Korea is threatening to strip a South Korean conglomerate of its exclusive right to conduct tours to the impoverished country over what it calls the South's strategy of isolating it through international sanctions.

Man stranded in empty Japanese town since tsunami (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:37 PM PDT

Kunio Shiga poses for a photo at his home in Minami Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in northeastern Japan Friday, April 8, 2011. The 75-year-old man was stranded alone in his farmhouse ever since Japan's monstrous tsunami struck nearly a month ago. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)AP - The farmhouse sits at the end of a mud-caked, one-lane road strewn with toppled trees, the decaying carcasses of dead pigs and large debris deposited by the March 11 tsunami.

Pakistani boy apologizes for suicide mission (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:19 PM PDT

In this picture taken on April 3, 2011, Pakistani suicide bomber Omar, 14, who took part in a suicide mission that killed more than 40 people at a Sufi shrine, and who sought forgiveness on Friday, April 8, 2011, in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. Omar was arrested after his belt of explosives failed to go off in Sunday's attack, police said. In Friday's televised interview, he said he is 'seeking forgiveness' from the families of those killed and wounded. 'I never knew that I was going to hurt Muslims. I learned it only after I failed,' said the boy. 'May Allah forgive me.' (AP Photo/Saleem Raza)AP - A Pakistani boy who took part in a suicide mission that killed more than 40 people at a Sufi shrine sought forgiveness Friday in a television interview from his hospital bed.
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