Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Gov't to discuss law proposed by fasting activist (AP)

Gov't to discuss law proposed by fasting activist (AP)

Gov't to discuss law proposed by fasting activist (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT

India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare looks down as an Indian flag flies in the foreground, on the ninth day of his hunger strike, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. India's government worked Wednesday to end Hazare's hunger strike protest, calling for all the parties in Parliament to debate his demands for stringent anti-corruption legislation. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)AP - Indian lawmakers agreed after frantic talks Wednesday to discuss a stringent anti-corruption law proposed by a reform activist whose eight-day fast demanding the legislation has drawn burgeoning support and tested the scandal-tainted government.

Insight: Anti-corruption campaign awakens India's middle class (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:33 AM PDT

A supporter wearing chains attends a demonstration is support of Anna Hazare in Hyderabad in this August 18, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Mahesh Kundu paid $45 for a driving license, Rupam Bhatia $110 to be admitted to hospital and Vishrant Chandra $130 for a marriage certificate. These are the commonplace bribery stories experienced by middle-class Indians who have poured into the streets to say "enough is enough."

'Die, Gadhafi': Libya's embassies abroad defect (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Libyan expatriates and embassy personnel celebrate with the rebel flag which was used by the Kingdom of Libya before Moammar Gadhafi's 40-year rule Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011 at the Libyan Embassy at suburban Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. Libyan diplomats and expatriates gathered at their embassy Wednesday to announce they have withdrawn support from Gadhafi following the Libyan rebels entry into Tripoli and the storming of Gadhafi's fortified compound. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Libyan diplomats and students smashed portraits of Moammar Gadhafi, shouted "Game over!" and raised the rebel flag at their Manila embassy Wednesday as part of defections at missions worldwide underscoring the leader's rapid fall.

Japan utility knew of tsunami threat: government (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:22 AM PDT

AP - Japan's nuclear regulator said Wednesday that the operator of a crippled nuclear plant knew it might be hit by a far bigger tsunami than it was designed to withstand.

NKorea reported ready to halt WMD tests (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:05 AM PDT

AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says his country is ready to impose a nuclear test and production moratorium if international talks on its atomic program resume, in Pyongyang's latest effort to restart long-stalled, aid-for-disarmament talks.

Japan protests over China ships in disputed waters (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:14 AM PDT

A Chinese patrol ship is seen near disputed islands in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku isles in Japan or Diaoyu in China in this August 24, 2011 photo taken from a Japan Coast Guard airplane. REUTERS/Japan Coast Guard/HandoutReuters - Japan lodged a formal protest on Wednesday after two Chinese ships briefly entered what it regards as its territorial waters near disputed East China Sea islets, the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute.

Indian corruption hits all aspects of life (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:08 AM PDT

Muslim supporter of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare waves Indian flags as they march in support of him in Mumbai,India, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. India's government worked Wednesday to end a protest fast by a popular activist, and called for all the parties in Parliament to debate his demands for stringent anti-corruption legislation. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - When her husband died suddenly of a heart attack, Rukmani Devi and her oldest son went to the local government offices so the state pension checks — her only source of income — could be shifted to her name.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls UN envoy visit encouraging (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:58 AM PDT

Tomas Ojea Quintana, center, U.N. special envoy on human rights in Myanmar, leaves after meeting with Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right, at her home Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi says she is encouraged after meeting with the U.N. human rights envoy to Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi says she is encouraged after meeting with the U.N. human rights envoy to Myanmar.

Appeals court clears Thaksin's ex-wife in tax case (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:56 AM PDT

Pojaman Na Pombejra, right, former wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thasksin Shinawatra, walks out of the court house with her brother Banpot Damapong, left, after an appeal court hearing Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai Appeals Court on Wednesday acquitted and dismissed the Criminal Court's 3-year imprisonment verdict against Pojaman in 2008. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - An appeals court has cleared the ex-wife of Thailand's deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a three-year-old tax evasion case.

3 arrested in Pakistan over US man's abduction (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Paramilitary soldiers guard men with covered faces as they sit at the back of a ranger's van after being detained during a house to house search in Karachi August 24, 2011. Police raided troubled areas in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi and detained dozens of suspects after more than 100 people were killed in a week of gang and political violence, a top police official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Police say they have arrested three people suspected of belonging to the gang that abducted a 70-year-old American development expert in Pakistan earlier this month.

Nepal's president orders election for new PM (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:23 AM PDT

AP - Nepal's president ordered parliament on Wednesday to vote for a new prime minister after the main political parties failed to agree on a coalition government.

Police: 4 lawmakers charged in India bribe scandal (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:18 AM PDT

AP - Four Indian lawmakers were charged Wednesday for their role in an alleged cash-for-votes scandal during a crucial confidence vote the ruling Congress party faced in 2008, a police official said.

Karzai denounces use of child suicide bombers (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:44 AM PDT

An Afghan police officer holds a national flag during a graduation ceremony in Herat, Afghanistan Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011. Over 200 Afghan police men graduated after getting 8 weeks of training by NATO and Afghan trainers in Herat. (AP Photo/Hoshan Hashimi)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday denounced the use of child suicide bombers, saying that militants who recruit them to wage terror are "oppressors of Islam" and "oppressors of children."

Japan protests China boats' entry in disputed area (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:35 AM PDT

In this photo released by Japan Maritime Safety Agency, Japan Coast Guard patrol boat, foreground, sails by a Chinese vessel in waters off the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Japan says it has protested to China after two Chinese patrol boats entered waters near islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries. (AP Photo/Japan Maritime Safety Agency) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Japan says it has protested to China after two Chinese patrol boats entered waters near islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries.

Vietnam marks legendary general's 100th birthday (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 file photo, Hanoi Communist Party chief Pham Quang Nghi, center right, shakes hands with Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap in a hospital bed in Hanoi, Vietnam, prior to the start of celebrations for the city's 1,000th birthday. Legendary Gen. Giap was always the underdog in battle, but the feisty Vietnamese military leader built his career on never backing down, even against seemingly impossible odds. Now, decades after ousting the French and later the Americans, he's celebrating another major victory: his 100th birthday Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Nguyen Huy Thiem, File)AP - Legendary Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap built his career on never backing down, even against seemingly impossible odds. Now, decades after ousting the French and later the Americans, he's celebrating another major victory: his 100th birthday.

Reports: Chinese priests detained over new bishop (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT

AP - A number of priests and laymen in China's underground Catholic church have been detained in the country's northwest in a struggle over the appointment of a new bishop, overseas reports said Wednesday.

China official tells Web firms to control content (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 02:58 AM PDT

AP - A Communist Party leader has told China's Internet companies to tighten control over material online as Beijing cracks down on dissent and tries to block the rise of Middle East-style protests.

Australia house fire kills 11, including 8 kids (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:17 AM PDT

AP - An overnight house fire in eastern Australia has killed 11 people, including eight children, from two families, officials said Wednesday.

Bangladesh urged to stop extrajudicial killings (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT

AP - An international human rights group on Wednesday accused law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh of routinely torturing suspects and carrying out hundreds of extrajudicial killings.

Oil near $85 after mixed US crude supply report (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 12:53 AM PDT

Gazprom employees work on a gas pipe at a construction site in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok August 23, 2011. The pipeline, which will supply the Russkyi (Russian) Island, where the 2012 summit of the APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation bloc will take place, with gas taken from AP - Oil prices fell slightly to near $85 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a U.S. supply report gave mixed signs about demand for crude.
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