Sunday, July 24, 2011

India 80-1 against England at stumps (AFP)

India 80-1 against England at stumps (AFP)

India 80-1 against England at stumps (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT

India's Rahul Dravid (R) plays a shot watched by England's wicketkeeper Matt Prior during Day 4 of the first test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. India in their second innings were 80 for one against England, needing a further 378 runs to reach their victory target of 458, at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test at Lord's here on Sunday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - India in their second innings were 80 for one against England, needing a further 378 runs to reach their victory target of 458, at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test at Lord's here on Sunday.

NKorean official to go to US for nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:57 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses during the Joint Commission Meeting Indonesia-U.S. in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - A senior North Korean official will visit the United States this week to discuss the possible resumption of long-stalled international negotiations on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

China sacks 3 senior officials after train crash (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Reuters - China sacked three senior railway officials Sunday after a collision between two high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

N. Korea envoy to visit US for nuclear talks: Clinton (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:06 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a press conference on the 2nd Joint Commission Meeting between the two countries in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. The United States said Sunday it has invited a top North Korean envoy to New York for AFP - The United States said Sunday it has invited a top North Korean envoy to New York for "exploratory talks" on the possible resumption of the six-party negotiations on denuclearisation.

Evans seals historic Tour de France for Australia (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT

Yellow jersey of overall leader, Australia's Cadel Evans celebrates on the podium on the famous Champs-Elysees avenue after he won the 2011 Tour de France. Evans sealed an historic first Tour de France victory for his native Australia after the 21st and final stage of the epic race on Sunday.(AFP/Miguel Medina)AFP - Cadel Evans sealed an historic first Tour de France victory for his native Australia after the 21st and final stage of the epic race on Sunday.

Tendulkar set to miss out on ton of tons at Lord's (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:38 AM PDT

India's Sachin Tendulkar returns to the field after not featuring all day against England until the start of the third session during Day 4 of the first test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Tendulkar is unlikely to score his 100th international hundred in the first Test against England here at Lord's after spending Sunday's first two sessions off the field with a virus.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - India great Sachin Tendulkar is unlikely to score his 100th international hundred in the first Test against England here at Lord's after spending Sunday's first two sessions off the field with a virus.

Chelsea crush Thai team 4-0 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:31 AM PDT

English Premier League team Chelsea player John Terry holds the trophy after victory during a football friendly match at Rajamangala stadium in Bangkok. Chelsea beat Thai Premier League All Stars 4-0.(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP - English giants Chelsea nailed a convincing win against Thailand's All-Stars on Sunday, clinching a 4-0 victory in the capital Bangkok on the second match of their 15-day Asian tour.

Ai Miyazato wins second Evian Masters (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Japanese Ai Miyazato holds the trophy flanked by Franck Riboud (L), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Danone and former Olympian Jean-Claude Killy (R) after the Evian Masters Golf Tournament, in Evian-les-Bains, French Alps. Miyazato produced a final round of 70 to win the Evian Masters title here today.(AFP/Jean-Pierre Clatot)AFP - Japan's Ai Miyazato completed a stunning weekend performance to claim her second Evian Masters in three years on Sunday.

Canadian diver hurt after being hit by car in Shanghai (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Canadian diver Kevin Geyson, pictured on July 17, was badly hurt when he was hit by a car after watching world championships events in Shanghai and faces up to a week in hospital, team officials said Sunday.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Canadian diver Kevin Geyson was badly hurt when he was hit by a car after watching world championships events in Shanghai and faces up to a week in hospital, team officials said Sunday.

India set 458 to win first Test (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT

India's Rahul Dravid (R) plays a shot watched by England's wicketkeeper Matt Prior during Day 4 of the first test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. India in their second innings were 80 for one against England, needing a further 378 runs to reach their victory target of 458, at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test at Lord's here on Sunday.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - India were set a target of 458 to win the first Test after England declared their second innings on 269 for six after tea on the fourth day at Lord's here on Sunday.

Afghan officials say NATO killed 3 civilians (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:43 AM PDT

A U.S. transport helicopter, carrying foreign and Afghan delegates, takes off following a ceremony to mark the transfer of authority in Bazarak, Panjshir province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 24, 2011. Afghan security forces took over security responsibilities of Panjshir province from the the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan officials said Sunday that NATO forces battling insurgents along an eastern highway accidentally killed three civilians who were caught in the crossfire.

Afghan transition tempered by continuing violence (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 20, 2011 file photo, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Brewer, 26, of Southaven, Miss., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., fires at insurgents during a fire fight in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)AP - Shortly after the call to prayer resounded over the harvested poppy fields near Salaam Bazaar, two Taliban commanders were heard on their radios asking how their forces are doing.

Toddler found alive in rubble of China train crash (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:13 AM PDT

RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP - Emergency workers and people work to help passengers from the wreckage of train after two carriages from a high-speed train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province Saturday July 23, 2011. A Chinese news agency says there is no immediate word on casualties.(AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A toddler was rescued about 21 hours after a crash involving two high-speed trains in eastern China killed at least 43 people and injured more than 200 others, state media reported Sunday.

Quiet digital revolution under way in North Korea (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:05 AM PDT

In this April 14, 2011 photo, a man works on a computer at a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea is undergoing a digital revolution of sorts, even as it holds some of the strictest cyberspace policies in the world. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - As his right hand grips the mouse, the physics major's eyes are fixed on a flat-screen monitor labeled with a red sticker reminding him the computer was a gift from Kim Jong Il.

Legendary Islamic school ousts reformist leader (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo, Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, vice chancellor of India's Darul Uloom, one of the world's most revered schools of Islamic learning, addresses the media in Ahmadabad, India. The board of the 150-year-old institution voted Sunday, July 24, 2011 to remove its reformist leader Vastanvi who irked many by praising a Hindu politician just months into his term. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)AP - One of the world's most revered schools of Islamic learning ousted its reformist leader on Sunday just months into his term, after he praised a Hindu nationalist politician loathed by many Muslims in India.

Clinton: Indonesia can be democratic role model (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:25 AM PDT

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shake hands after their joint press conference at a Joint Commission meeting between the two countries at the Ayodhya Hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Indonesia to promote democracy in Myanmar and countries in the Middle East and North Africa in the throes of upheaval. She says its successful transition from dictatorship and status as a vibrant Muslim-majority democracy make it an ideal role model for both Myanmar and the Arab world.

Villagers hold memorial in nuke plant's shadow (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:54 AM PDT

A monk leads a memorial service for residents from the town of Okuma, inside the contaminated exclusion zone, near the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, July. 24, 2011. Under tight government supervision, dozens of villagers from the town where the nuclear plant is located ventured deep into an irradiated no-man's land Sunday to hold a belated memorial for friends and relatives killed by Japan's earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Under tight government supervision, dozens of villagers from a town where the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant is located ventured deep into an irradiated no-man's land Sunday to hold a belated memorial for friends and relatives killed by Japan's earthquake and tsunami.

Suicide bomber kills soldier in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:06 AM PDT

Flies sit on the face of two-year-old Saba Gull, whose family was displaced by heavy floods almost a year ago, outside her family tent at a camp for flood victims in Charsadda, in north west Pakistan July 24, 2011. The 2010 Pakistan floods affected 20 million people and left about 2000 dead. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: HEALTH ENVIRONMENT DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at an army checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing one soldier and wounding two others, officials said.

North Korea holds local elections amid succession (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Police officers struggle with protesters to seize anti-U.S. banners during an anti-U.S. and pro-unification rally to commemorate the upcoming 58th anniversary of the armistice between the two Koreas near the U.S. military base in Seoul July 24, 2011. The nuclear envoys of South and North Korea met on the sidelines of an Asian forum in Bali on Friday, an official in Seoul said, in the first high level contact since tensions spiked on the Korean peninsula last year. REUTERS/Seo Myeong-Gon/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREAAP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il cast a ballot Sunday with his son Kim Jong Un in rubber-stamp local elections seen as another step toward strengthening the younger Kim's power as ruler-in-waiting.

Clinton: South China Sea disputes need urgent work (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:52 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, walks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa at the Joint Commission Meeting between Indonesia and U.S. in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool)AP - Increasing and sometimes violent encounters between China and its neighbors with competing claims in the South China Sea are driving up shipping costs and risk getting "out of control," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned on Sunday, underscoring the urgency of peacefully resolving disputes over resources and territory in the strategic waters.
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