Saturday, April 2, 2011

Stoner grabs Jerez pole (AFP)

Stoner grabs Jerez pole (AFP)

Stoner grabs Jerez pole (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:14 AM PDT

Repsol Honda Team's Casey Stoner rides during the MotoGP qualifying session of the Spanish Prix at Jerez's racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera. Stoner grabbed his second pole position of the MotoGP season ahead of local hero Dani Pedrosa for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday.(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)AFP - Australia's Casey Stoner grabbed his second pole position of the MotoGP season ahead of local hero Dani Pedrosa for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday.

India charges ex-minister in telecom graft scandal (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Police escort former telecom minister A. Raja (centre) to a New Delhi courthouse in February 2011. Indian police on Saturday charged Raja with abuse of power and conspiracy in an alleged mobile spectrum fraud that cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenue.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Indian police on Saturday charged a former telecom minister with abuse of power and conspiracy in an alleged mobile spectrum fraud that cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenue.

World Cup dream comes true for Tendulkar (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is carried on his teammates shoulders after India defeated Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final played at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Tendulkar failed with the bat but still ended a World Cup-winner for the first time on Saturday as India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final.(AFP/William West)AFP - Sachin Tendulkar failed with the bat but still ended a World Cup-winner for the first time on Saturday as India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final.

Azerbaijani police break up pro-democracy rally (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Police officers detain opposition activists taking part in an unauthorised pro-democracy rally in central Baku. Riot police staged a show of force in the capital of ex-Soviet Azerbaijan on Saturday to stop an unauthorised pro-democracy rally and seize protesters who defied the ban.(AFP)AFP - Riot police staged a show of force in the capital of ex-Soviet Azerbaijan on Saturday to stop an unauthorised pro-democracy rally and detained dozens of protesters who defied the ban.

History-defying India lift Cricket World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Indian batsmen Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) and Gautum Gambhir (R) run between the wickets during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final between India and Sri Lanka at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Gambhir and Dhoni starred as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the World Cup final.(AFP/William West)AFP - Gautam Gambhir made 97 and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 91 off 79 balls as India won the World Cup for the first time since 1983 with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Anger over Quran burning spreads in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:49 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers stand guard in front the gate of a U.S. base after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Three insurgents attacked a NATO base on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Saturday but were killed by coalition forces before they could enter the compound, NATO and Afghan police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Anger over the burning of the Muslim holy book at a Florida church fueled a second day of deadly violence half a world away in Afghanistan, where demonstrators set cars and shops ablaze Saturday in a riot that killed nine protesters, officials said.

Pakistani militant group a global terror threat (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:36 AM PDT

In this Jan. 4, 2011 photo, Hafiz Saeed, the leader of a banned Islamic group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an alias of the proscribed Lashkar -e-Taiba terror group, addresses rally against India and United States in Lahore, Pakistan. Created by Pakistan to wage a proxy war against India, the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group has moved its jihad onto the global stage and could match al-Qaida in strength and organization, according to officials, experts and group members. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Created by Pakistan to wage a proxy war against India, the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group has moved its jihad onto the global stage and could match al-Qaida in strength and organization, according to officials, experts and group members.

Gambhir and Dhoni star as India win Cricket World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Indian batsmen Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) and Gautum Gambhir (R) run between the wickets during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final between India and Sri Lanka at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Gambhir and Dhoni starred as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the World Cup final.(AFP/William West)AFP - Gautam Gambhir and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni starred as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.

Gov't focus on nuke crisis angers tsunami victims (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, center, walks past the rubble in front of municipal building Saturday, April 2, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - As Japan's prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave.

Factbox: Japan's disaster in figures (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Reuters - The following lists the impact of the earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeast coast of Japan on March 11 and the subsequent crisis at a nuclear power plant.

As India rises, northeast state wracked by chaos (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:48 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, March 9, 2011 photo, a security officer pulls at vegetables as he scuffles with a vegetable vendor at a market area in Imphal, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. While India tries to assume its place as a rising world power, it is vexed by the conflict in Manipur and the other seemingly endless chain of hidden wars that challenge its ability to fully govern its own country. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)AP - In his years as a police officer in the badlands of Manipur, Khaidem Muhi had his weapon seized by insurgents so many times that he was banned from the force for 12 years.

Japan: post-tsunami, town wonders if to rebuild (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 08:38 AM PDT

This photo taken Wednesday, March 23, 2011 shows the gutted Disaster Emergency Center in the earthquake- and tsunami-destroyed town of Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan. The headquarters, which sounded the tsunami alert signal on March 11, was later totally submerged under the incoming wave. The town's mayor, Jin Sato, spent the night on the roof clutching to a fence on its edge. Of the 17,666 people who once lived here, over 300 have been confirmed dead and thousands more have disappeared — still buried in the ruins or sucked out to sea. Another 9,325 lost their homes and live in 45 shelters, mostly schools, spread on hills along the bay. The tsunami swept away nearly every business, every job. There is no electricity or running water, and very little fuel. Some 70 percent of Minamisanriku's 5,574 houses were destroyed. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - The only thing left of Minamisanriku City Hall is its two front steps.

Tibetan glaciers melting, says Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:54 AM PDT

AP - The Dalai Lama said Saturday that India should be seriously concerned about the melting of glaciers in the Tibetan plateau as millions of Indians use water that comes from there.

Japan's coast guard rescues dog from floating roof (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:23 AM PDT

In this Friday, April 1, 2011 photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), a TEPCO employee points at a crack newly discovered in a maintenance pit on the edge of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The crack was apparently caused by the March 11 earthquake and may have been leaking since then, said the company's spokesman Osamu Yokokura. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Japan's coast guard has rescued a dog drifting on a rooftop off the country's coast, three weeks after a tsunami ravaged the northeast.

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

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:22 AM PDT

AP - • PLANT LEAKS RADIOACTIVE WATER INTO SEA.

Gunmen in south Philippines kidnap 16, set demands (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:10 AM PDT

AP - Gunmen linked to a criminal gang have kidnapped 16 people, most of them teachers, from an elementary school graduation ceremony in a remote southern Philippine town, police said Saturday.

Suspected rebels kill 3 Indian soldiers (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:05 AM PDT

AP - Indian police say separatist rebels have ambushed paramilitary soldiers on a patrol in the insurgency-wracked northeast and fatally shot three of them.

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Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:57 AM PDT

AP - Afghan official: At least 5 civilians killed in Kandahar during protest against Quran burning.

Kazakh leadership sees reform after staid election (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:43 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday March 29, 2011, teenagers play football at a school football field in Almaty, Kazakhstan. People of Kazakhstan will take part in presidential elections on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Election poster reads: 'Vote for your country, All take part in election.' (AP Photo/Nikita Basov)AP - Top government officials in Kazakhstan say a strong victory for the incumbent in Sunday's presidential elections will reinforce their ambitious reform agenda, despite international criticism of the vote.
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