Sunday, June 5, 2011

Dilshan's best boosts Sri Lanka against England (AFP)

Dilshan's best boosts Sri Lanka against England (AFP)

Dilshan's best boosts Sri Lanka against England (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:56 AM PDT

Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (R) plays a shot as England wicketkeeper Matt Prior moves in to attempt a catch during the third day of the second cricket Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's Cricket ground in London. Dilshan posted his Test-best score of 193 but suffered in the process against England at Lord's here on Sunday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan posted his Test-best score of 193 but suffered in the process against England at Lord's here on Sunday.

US weighs timeline on Afghan surge force pullout: Gates (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:51 AM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) walks from an Osprey aircraft after landing at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Dwyer in Afghanistan. A looming US decision on troop drawdowns in Afghanistan could include a timeline for pulling out 30,000 AFP - A looming US decision on troop drawdowns in Afghanistan could include a timeline for pulling out 30,000 "surge" forces deployed last year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.

Bangladesh paralysed by strike (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Bangladeshi riot police detain an activist of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during a nationwide strike in Dhaka. Three small bombs exploded in Bangladesh's capital on Sunday as police clashed with protesters during a nationwide strike called by opposition parties that brought the country to a halt.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Three small bombs exploded in Bangladesh's capital on Sunday as police clashed with protesters during a nationwide strike called by opposition parties that brought the country to a halt.

Indian police break up guru's anti-graft fast (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Supporters of India's yoga guru Swami Ramdev scatter after tear gas canisters were thrown in by police at the Ramlila grounds on the second day of Ramdev's fast in New Delhi June 5, 2011. Police swooped early on Sunday on India's most famous yoga guru, detaining him briefly and using to teargas to disperse his supporters as they were evicted from a venue where they were on a mass fast against corruption. Ramdev, who rose from an illiterate family to host a television show with 30 million viewers and owns a Reuters - Police broke up a mass fast against graft led by India's most famous yoga guru Sunday, risking more political headaches for the scandal-tainted government.

China beat Uzbekistan in football friendly (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:23 AM PDT

China's Yu Hanchao (L) tussles for the ball against Uzbekistan's Server Djeparov during an international friendly football match in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province. China beat Uzbekistan 1-0.(AFP)AFP - China beat Uzbekistan by a solitary goal in a friendly on Sunday, getting their own back on the visitors who knocked them out of this year's Asian Cup.

Pakistan minister says Kashmiri is very likely dead (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan's interior minister said on Sunday he was "98 percent sure" senior al Qaeda figure Ilyas Kashmiri had been killed in a U.S. drone strike near the Afghan border.

NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, 2 killed (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT

United States Marine Joshua Barron reacts onboard a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift 'Dust Off', Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment, after he was wounded in an IED strike near Sangin, in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Saturday, June 4, 2011.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - A coalition helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two on board.

Gates says US support troops should go home first (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:54 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, centre, thanks troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Walton in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Gates is beginning two days of farewell visits to remote U.S. troop bases in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, pool)AP - A soon-to-begin U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should leave combat power intact as long as possible to press an anti-Taliban offensive, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. He said support troops should go first.

China shops for Latin American oil, food, minerals (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:49 AM PDT

AP - Latin America is blessed with a wealth of natural resources such as oil, copper and soy, and seeks investment and loans to capitalize on them. China needs the commodities to keep its economy growing and has about $3 trillion in reserves to burn.

China says will not threaten anyone with modern military (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:28 AM PDT

Reuters - China's defense minister sought to reassure Asia Pacific neighbors on Sunday that his country's growing economic and military power was not a threat, as long-running maritime disputes in the region flare up again.

Al-Qaida commander's death increasingly certain (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Pakistani police officer and rescue worker examine the site of a bomb blast in a bus stand in Matani near Peshawar, Pakistan Sunday, June 5, 2011. The bomb explosion killed several people in the latest violence to hit the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The attack also followed reports that another top al-Qaida operative, Ilyas Kashmiri, had been killed in a recent American missile strike along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Pakistani authorities are nearly certain that a recent U.S. missile strike killed one of the most wanted leaders of al-Qaida, but the lack of a body still leaves some room for doubt, a security official said Sunday.

Police break up Indian yoga guru's hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:53 AM PDT

Renowned yoga guru Baba Ramdev, in orange, and supporters gather after clashing with police and shortly before his detention during their hunger strike in New Delhi, early Sunday, June 5, 2011. Police officers swooped down Sunday on the venue of the hunger strike by the charismatic Indian yoga guru and forcibly removed him and thousands of his supporters. (AP Photo) INDIA OUTAP - Indian police fired tear gas early Sunday to break up a hunger strike by a charismatic yoga guru demanding an end to endemic corruption, forcibly removing him and thousands of his followers.

Malaysia 'obedient wives' club: Good sex is a duty (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:50 AM PDT

In this picture taken Saturday, June 4, 2011, Malaysian Muslim Ishak Md Nor, second from right, 40, and his two wives, Aishah Abdul Ghafar, left, 40, and Afiratul Abidah Mohd Hanan, 25, who are members of the 'Obedient Wife Club,' pose with their children after the club's launch in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A Malaysian Muslim group has launched the 'Obedient Wives Club' to teach women to be submissive and keep their spouses happy in the bedroom as a cure to social ills. (AP Photo)AP - As a new bride, 22-year-old Ummu Atirah believes she knows the secret to a blissful marriage: obey her husband and ensure he is sexually satisfied.

No hero's burial for ex-Philippine dictator (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:33 AM PDT

AP - The Philippine vice president has recommended that former dictator Ferdinand Marcos should not be buried at Manila's heroes' cemetery but that full military honors could be accorded if he is laid to rest in his northern political stronghold instead, officials said Sunday.

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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT

AP - NATO says a coalition helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing two on board.

Revamped Soyuz spacecraft readied for launch (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:23 AM PDT

The Russian Soyuz TMA-02M space ship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, is transported from hangar to the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The start of the new Soyuz mission to the International Space Station is scheduled on Wednesday, June 8. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - A revamped digital version of the venerable Russian Soyuz spacecraft was winched into place at its launch pad Sunday for its second manned run to the International Space Station.

Anti-government strike hits Bangladesh's capital (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:54 AM PDT

Flames rise from a bus set on fire by protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 4, 2011. Opposition supporters set fire to at least six buses in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, the eve of a nationwide anti-government strike, police said. (AP Photo/Hasan Raja)AP - Schools and shops were closed and traffic was disrupted in Bangladesh's capital on Sunday as thousands of security personnel fanned out across the city during a daylong anti-government strike.

Russia: NATO 'one step' from land war in Libya (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:14 AM PDT

AP - NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Sunday.

Japan nuclear plant moves radioactive water (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:07 AM PDT

In this May 27, 2011 photo released on June 2, 2011 by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), temporary storage tanks for low-level radioactive polluted waters used for temporary cooling system in Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, are shown. The nuclear facility was crippled when a huge tsunami generated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11. It suffered explosions, fires and meltdowns in the days after the tsunami. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The Japanese utility battling to bring its radiation-spewing nuclear reactor under control says it is moving 1,500 more tons of radioactive water into temporary storage.

Attack in Afghanistan kills NATO service member (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:49 PM PDT

United States Marine Joshua Barron reacts onboard a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift 'Dust Off', Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment, after he was wounded in an IED strike near Sangin, in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Saturday, June 4, 2011.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - NATO says an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan killed a NATO trooper Sunday morning.
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