Monday, April 11, 2011

Pakistan PM boosts team morale after WCup defeat (AFP)

Pakistan PM boosts team morale after WCup defeat (AFP)

Pakistan PM boosts team morale after WCup defeat (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) wave to spectators prior to the start of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup second semi-final between India and Pakistan at The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali in March 2011. Gilani on Monday feted the national cricket team, honouring them with cash awards and praise.(AFP/POOL/File/Daniel Berehulak)AFP - Pakistani prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday feted the national cricket team which reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, honouring them with cash awards and praise.

Toyota warns US dealers of summer car shortages (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:22 AM PDT

AP - Toyota Motor Corp. is telling U.S. dealers that new vehicles could be in short supply this summer.

Kallis stars for Kolkata (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Kolkata Knight Riders player Jacques Kallis(L) bats during the IPL Twenty20 match against Deccan Chargers at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Kallis, 35, hit seven fours and a six in his 45-ball 53 as Kolkata piled on 163-4 before restricting Deccan to 154-8 off 20 overs.(AFP)AFP - Jacques Kallis hit his second half-century in a row to set up a nine-run win for Kolkata Knight Riders against Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League on Monday.

US calls for renewal with Pakistan after crises (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT

US ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, seen here in 2010, called on Monday for a renewal of ties in a bid to overcome a series of damaging rows that have hampered efforts to cooperate in the war on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - The US ambassador to Pakistan on Monday called for a renewal of ties in a bid to overcome a series of damaging rows that have hampered efforts to cooperate in the war on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Aftershock hits Japan as nuclear evacuation zone grows (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT

A month after the tsunami divastation, two year old Ayaka (C) and family members pray for her missing grandmother and great grandmother at a vacant lot where they lived in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture. Japan added to the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear plant on Monday, as a powerful aftershock rattled the nation a month after its biggest recorded earthquake wrought devastation.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Japan added to the evacuation zone around a stricken nuclear plant on Monday, as a powerful aftershock rattled the nation a month after its biggest recorded earthquake wrought devastation.

Mendis looks to rebuild Sri Lanka cricket (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:06 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's new chief selector Duleep Mendis(L), seen here with sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage at a press conference in Colombo, said he has to inject new blood into the national team after the recent World Cup defeat to India.(AFP/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Sri Lanka's new cricket chief selector Duleep Mendis on Monday said he has to inject new blood into the national team after the recent World Cup defeat to India.

Japan expands nuclear evacuation, stops radiated water dumping (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Japan expanded the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear plant to avoid exposing residents to high levels of accumulated radiation, as the struggle to contain the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl entered its second month.

World Cup leaves Sri Lanka with $23 mln debt (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:41 AM PDT

A view of the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo during the cricket World Cup in March 2011. Sri Lanka Cricket said Monday it is saddled with a $23-million-dollar debt after cost overruns and hefty bills incurred building stadiums for the World Cup.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)AFP - Sri Lanka Cricket said Monday it is saddled with a $23-million-dollar debt after cost overruns and hefty bills incurred building stadiums for the recent World Cup.

Debris, challenges pile up in Japan 1 month later (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:40 AM PDT

A Japanese family walks along the flooded street at an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the port town of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on Monday, April 11, 2011. Exactly a month ago today a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeastern coastal region. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - A month after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, the challenges seem as daunting as ever: Thousands are missing and feared dead, tens of thousands have fled their homes, a leaking nuclear plant remains crippled and powerful aftershocks keep coming.

Official: EU to ease Myanmar sanctions (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:31 AM PDT

AP - A European Union official says the EU is likely to ease sanctions on the government of Myanmar on Tuesday.

China ordains new Vatican-approved Catholic bishop (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 06:36 AM PDT

AP - China has ordained a new Catholic bishop approved by the Vatican for the first time since ties between the sides soured last year, according to church figures with knowledge of the events.

Tajik Muslims to ban text message divorces (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:35 AM PDT

AP - Tajik religious authorities say divorce by text message will soon be banned, as they seek to stamp out the practice in the mainly Muslim Central Asian nation.

US envoy tries to patch up ties with Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:32 AM PDT

Pakistani children cross sewage as they search for recyclable items, in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - The United States is committed to improving its relationship with Pakistan, despite tensions over the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor, the U.S. ambassador told a skeptical audience Monday.

Indonesian lawmaker caught watching porn resigns (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 04:33 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Friday, April 8, 2011, Indonesian parliament member from Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Arifinto watches a porn video on his tablet computer. The conservative lawmaker who helped pass a controversial anti-pornography law resigned Monday, April 11, 2011 after he was caught watching explicit videos on his computer during a parliamentary session. (AP Photo/Media Indonesia, M. Irfan) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO ARCHIVE, NO SALESAP - An Indonesian lawmaker who helped pass a tough anti-pornography law resigned Monday after he got caught watching sexually explicit videos on his computer during a parliamentary debate.

Japan's nuclear refugees confused by policy shifts (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:26 AM PDT

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu, in blue, hands his business card to an official with the secretary division of the Fukushima prefectural government office at Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Monday April 11, 2011. The Fukushima governor declined to meet Shimizu who came far away from Tokyo on Monday to apologize for the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant as the nation marked one month since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeast coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - After nearly two weeks of uncertainty, the recommendation finally came on Monday: Evacuate.

Stocks dip on worries over oil, Japan's recovery (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:49 AM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Most stock markets fell Monday as investors continued to worry about soaring oil prices and Japan's struggle to recover from its worst-ever earthquake.

Afghan president: West shares in Kabul Bank fiasco (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:13 AM PDT

Afghan university students burn the U.S. flag during a demonstration against the burning of the Quran in Khost, Afghanistan, Saturday April 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Nishan Ahingar)AP - Afghanistan's president said Monday he is working to reform the beleaguered Kabul Bank but that foreign advisers share a large part of the blame for the country's banking crisis and will face criminal investigation along with the bank managers and shareholders.

Oil above $112 amid Mideast turmoil, weak dollar (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:11 AM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 4, 2011 file photo shows environmental activist Alex Moore, left, joining protestors gathered across the White House in Washington, during a rally against the 1,900-mile oil pipeline from the Alberta tar sands which would stretch through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to Texas. A proposed tar sands mine on Utah's eastern Uinta basin, that would be the first commercial project of its kind in the U.S. has environmentalists concerned that shortsightedness may trump reason. A Canadian company aims to mine roughly 62 acres on the Uinta basin to produce bitumen, a tar-like form of petroleum, from oil-soaked sands. For decades, other Utah operators have used oil sands as a poor-man's asphalt, and Canada has been wringing oil from the dirt for years, but nobody has yet tried to produce petroleum from U.S. soil on such a large scale. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Oil prices fell slightly to above $112 a barrel Monday in Asia as traders eyed fresh Middle East tension and a wobbly U.S. dollar.

Kazakh presidential adviser hints at new party (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:06 AM PDT

AP - A top adviser to Kazakhstan's president has proposed transforming a business lobbying group into a political party that could break up the Nur Otan party's monopoly grip on parliament.

Filipino TV show goes off air over crying child (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:20 PM PDT

AP - The Philippines' most popular TV game show has been pulled off the air amid a public uproar against the host for letting a crying 6-year-old mimic a striptease dancer.
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