Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Turkish ship evacuates wounded from Libya (AP)

Turkish ship evacuates wounded from Libya (AP)

Turkish ship evacuates wounded from Libya (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Medics carry a Libyan woman after a Turkish ship evacuating hundreds of wounded from Libya arrived at Turkey's Aegean port of Cesme, where a field hospital scrambled to provide emergency treatment, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The ferry-turned-hospital brought wounded residents from the besieged Libyan city of Misrata and from the rebel stronghold of Benghazi for treatment in hospitals around western Turkey. (AP Photo)AP - Hundreds of Libyans hurt during fierce fighting arrived Tuesday in Turkey, where medics wheeled the wounded out in stretchers for emergency care at a hastily assembled portside hospital.

Detainees OK'd for release still held at Bagram (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT

In this March 23, 2011 photograph, Afghan detainees are through mesh wire fence inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. More than a dozen detainees who were picked up outside of Afghanistan have been cleared for release by review boards but are still in the prison, according to an estimate by the Human Rights First nonprofit international organization. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)AP - Amin al-Bakri holds a get-out-of-jail card from a detainee review board but so far it's been useless to the former Yemeni gem salesman, who has been locked up at the U.S. military prison in Afghanistan for more than eight years.

Taliban hails Afghan Koran burning protests (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Afghan university students chant as they take part in a demonstration against the burning of a Koran by a US pastor, at Kabul University. The Taliban praised protests over the burning of a Koran by a US pastor despite the resulting deaths in Afghanistan of at least 24 people in a statement released Tuesday by one of its spokesmen.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The Taliban praised protests over the burning of a Koran by a US pastor despite the resulting deaths in Afghanistan of at least 24 people in a statement released Tuesday by one of its spokesmen.

Sea radiation is another blow to Japan's fishermen (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:45 AM PDT

A chef serves fatty tuna and pickles rolls for customers at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The government set its first radiation safety standards for fish Tuesday after Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant reported radioactive contamination in nearby seawater measuring at several million times the legal limit. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - Fishermen who lost their homes and boats in Japan's tsunami now fear radioactive water gushing into the Pacific Ocean from a crippled nuclear plant could cost them their livelihoods.

First ban on all Japanese food over nuclear crisis (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:42 AM PDT

A washed up house stands on the shoreline in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture. India banned all food imports from Japan Tuesday, the first country to impose a blanket block over radiation from a stricken nuclear plant, as shares in its operator plunged to an all-time low.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - India banned all food imports from Japan Tuesday, the first country to impose a blanket block over radiation from a stricken nuclear plant, as shares in its operator plunged to an all-time low.

British PM urges 'fresh start' after Pakistan row (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:34 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron receives a bouquet of flowers upon his arrival at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi. Cameron on Tuesday called for a AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday called for a "fresh start" in fraught ties with Pakistan, promising investment, aid and security cooperation but also pressing the country to claim more taxes from its rich.

Indian 'living god' in critical condition: doctors (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Indian religious guru Satya Sai Baba (C) greets followers in 1999. Sai Baba, known for his apparent miracles and long list of influential followers, is on life support in hospital, doctors said Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - One of India's best-known spiritual leaders, known for his apparent miracles and long list of influential followers, is on life support in hospital, doctors said Tuesday.

Japan plant operator says may have slowed radioactive leak (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:04 AM PDT

A member of the Japan Self Defense Force stands on a house at an area that was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Yamada, Iwate prefecture April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said it had reduced the flow of highly radioactive water out of a reactor, a possible sign of progress in an almost month-long battle to contain the world's biggest nuclear disaster in quarter of a century.

Jaguar Land Rover may open India plant: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:58 AM PDT

British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India's Tata Motors, plans to open its first assembly plant in India by the end of May, a report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Matthew Lewis)AFP - British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India's Tata Motors, plans to open its first assembly plant in India by the end of May, a report said Tuesday.

Vodafone hits out at India in tax row (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:23 AM PDT

A man speak on his mobile phone as he walks past a Vodafone logo in Hanover in 2007. British mobile phone giant Vodafone on Tuesday asked India's top court to stop the government fining it over a $2.5 billion tax bill and warned the row could discourage foreign investors.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone on Tuesday asked India's top court to stop the government fining it over a $2.5 billion tax bill and warned the row could discourage foreign investors.

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

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:57 AM PDT

AP - • RADIATION LIMITS FOR FISH. The government sets its first radiation safety standards for fish after contamination in nearby seawater measures at several million times the legal limit.

Taliban turn cell phones back on in Afghan south (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Afghan students of university shout anti US slogans, as a verse of holy Quran which is written on a banner says' Neither Jewish nor Christians will be glad from you, unless you are not following their religion' during a demonstration to condemn the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by a Florida pastor in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, April. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The Taliban have allowed the restoration of cellular phone services to parts of southwestern Afghanistan, two weeks after they ordered a shutdown to prevent people from giving away their movements to NATO forces, a government official and the insurgents said Tuesday.

Hindu guru Sai Baba on hospital breathing support (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:16 AM PDT

A man prostrates before a portrait of Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba at Shivam temple in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Sai Baba is hospitalized on breathing support as followers gather at his ashram in Puttaparti town in southern India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)AP - Revered Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba is hospitalized on breathing support as followers gather at his ashram in southern India.

UK leader calls on Pakistan, India to make peace (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:53 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, receives bouquets from Pakistani children upon his arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Cameron visited Pakistan to discuss security and bilateral issues with Pakistani leadership and officials. (AP Photo/B. K. Bangash)AP - The British prime minister urged Pakistan and India to build on recent, tentative steps toward better relations, saying Tuesday the "time is ripe" for both nations to put their history of war and mistrust behind them.

Filipino rebels, UN to talk on child soldiers (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:36 AM PDT

AP - The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group acknowledged Tuesday that its ranks include child soldiers and said its leaders would meet with United Nations representatives for talks on how to wean the youths from war.

Myanmar president meets with top Chinese official (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:29 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Jia Qinglin, right, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is greeted by Myanmar's President Thein Sein in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on Monday, April 4, 2011. Jia arrived in Myanmar on Saturday for a four-day visit, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Weibing) NO SALESAP - A Chinese Communist Party official made the first high-ranking foreign visit with Myanmar's new president since a nominally civilian government took office.

Vietnam dissident's attorneys file complaint (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:57 AM PDT

AP - The defense team of a prominent Vietnamese dissident lawyer sentenced this week to prison has filed a complaint alleging the judge in his trial broke the law by obstructing their rights to hear all the evidence.

109 detainees escape Malaysia immigration center (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2009 File Photo, detainees are seem at an immigration detention center on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 100 illegal immigrants, most from Myanmar, escaped from the detention center after starting a fire that partially gutted the facility on Monday April 4, 2011. Authorities have recaptured 30 of the 109 detainees who broke out of the camp. About 1,000 other detainees remain in custody. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, file)AP - Detainees set fire to a Malaysian immigration center and about 100 of them escaped as the blaze partially gutted the facility, officials said Tuesday.

Niue's 'innovative' stamp divides William and Kate (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:25 AM PDT

In this undated image provided by the New Zealand Post Group Tuesday, April 5, 2011, a stamp is shown with an image of Prince William and Kate Middleton with perforations that split the couple down the middle. The Pacific nation of Niue has printed unusual commemorative stamps for Britain's royal wedding. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, New Zealand Post Group) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The Pacific nation of Niue has printed unusual commemorative stamps for Britain's royal wedding: an image of Prince William and Kate Middleton with perforations that split the couple down the middle.

Thai military chief rejects coup rumors (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:54 AM PDT

AP - Thailand's top military brass has issued a joint statement saying there will not be a coup, seeking to dispel rumors as politics heat up ahead of expected elections later this year.
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