Wednesday, September 7, 2011

2 Pakistan Airlines flights get bomb threats (AP)

2 Pakistan Airlines flights get bomb threats (AP)

2 Pakistan Airlines flights get bomb threats (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:16 AM PDT

The Pakistan International Airlines plane on a flight between Islamabad and Manchester, England, that was forced to make an emergency landing because of a bomb threat over Bulgaria, sits on the tarmac at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. Turkish authorities quickly evacuated all 378 passengers from the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft after it was parked at a remote corner of the International Ataturk Airport, and bomb squads began searching the plane with sniffer dogs, Anatolia reported.(AP Photo)AP - Two flights operated by Pakistan's state-owned airline received bombs threats on Wednesday, and both landed safely, one in Turkey, the other in Malaysia, officials said.

Bomb threats ground Pakistani airliners (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane en route to Britain from Pakistan made an emergency landing in Istanbul on Wednesday, and a second PIA plane was grounded in Kuala Lumpur after the airline received anonymous bomb threats.

Bombing outside court kills 11 in India's capital (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Indian police officers stand guard at the scene of a blast outside the High Court in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb apparently hidden in a suitcase exploded Wednesday morning outside a crowded gate leading to the High Court in New Delhi, officials said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - A powerful bomb hidden in a briefcase ripped through a crowd of people waiting to enter a New Delhi courthouse Wednesday, killing 11 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest attack in India's capital in nearly three years.

Twin suicide blasts kill 23 people in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Pakistani police officer walks past burning vehicle at the site of suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A pair of suicide bombers attacked the house of a top military officer in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing his wife and scores of other people, including soldiers, authorities said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - A pair of suicide bombers killed 22 people while targeting a top army officer in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, missing him and killing his wife, several guards, a senior officer and two children, officials said.

Saudi prince: U.S. missed chance for Afghan withdrawal (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Reuters - The United States should have used the killing of Osama bin Laden to declare victory and quickly withdraw from Afghanistan and now faces an increasingly nationalist uprising in the country, a senior Saudi prince said on Wednesday.

Top of Chinese wealthy's wish list? To leave China (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:50 AM PDT

In this Aug. 1, 2011 photo, a worker walks inside an office of Beijing Goldlink Go-Abroad Consulting Co., an immigration consulting firm assisting Chinese to immigrate to Canada and the United States, in Beijing. Among the 20,000 Chinese with at least 100 million yuan ($15 million) in individual investment assets, 27 percent have already emigrated and 47 percent are considering it, according to a report by China Merchants Bank and U.S. consultants Bain & Co. published in April. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Chinese millionaire Su builds skyscrapers in Beijing and is one of the people powering China's economy on its path to becoming the world's biggest.

(AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:42 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's state airline says second flight receives bomb threat, grounded at Kuala Lumpur.

UK-bound plane receives bomb threat (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:21 AM PDT

AP - A U.K.-bound Pakistan International Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Istanbul on Wednesday after it received a bomb threat over Bulgaria, state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Turkey says Israel not keeping to defense deals (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:21 AM PDT

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks to the media during a news conference with Nabil Shaath, advisor to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, after their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Turkey on Monday vowed to strive for widespread Palestinian state recognition at the United Nations and formally notified high-level Israeli diplomats they have two days to leave the country, deepening the diplomatic rift with its former ally Israel.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Wednesday of failing to meet its obligations in defense deals, adding to tensions with Israel which have escalated since an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla killed nine people last year.

Al Qaeda affiliate suspected in Delhi blast (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Police cordon off the site of a bomb blast outside the High Court in New Delhi September 7, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - A powerful bomb placed in a briefcase outside the High Court in New Delhi killed at least 11 people and wounded 76 on Wednesday in an attack authorities said was claimed by a South Asian militant group linked to al Qaeda.

Ex-PM feared for Japan's survival in nuke crisis (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:14 AM PDT

In this Aug. 26, 2011 photo, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pauses during a press conference in Tokyo, announcing his resignation to the nation. Japan's former prime minister says he feared early in the March nuclear crisis that it might become many times worse than the Chernobyl disaster and threaten the nation's survival in an interview with the Tokyo Shimbun daily published Tuesday, Sept. 6. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japan's former prime minister says he feared early in the March nuclear crisis that it might become many times worse than the Chernobyl disaster and threaten the nation's survival.

Afghans defend treatment of detainees as humane (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:04 AM PDT

Medical nurses of U.S Marines carry the injuried Afghan boy to hospital after he fell from a wall at Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A NATO decision to stop transferring detainees to some Afghan-run detention centers is unjustified and damages the handover of security to local forces, the Afghan government charged on Wednesday.

Australia police: Bomb hoaxer sought money, lawyer (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT

A man believed to be holding a child hostage at a lawyer's office looks out a window in suburban Sydney, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - A man who marched into a Sydney law office with his daughter and claimed he had a bomb demanded several thousand dollars and access to a lawyer during a 12-hour standoff with police, court documents revealed Wednesday.

Rights group: Forced labor in Vietnam drug centers (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:09 AM PDT

AP - An international human rights group urged Vietnam to shut down drug rehabilitation centers that it said subject inmates to abuse and forced labor. It also called Wednesday on international donors to check the programs they fund inside the centers for possible ties to human rights violations.

Kiribati ponders floating island to fight sea rise (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:46 PM PDT

AP - The president of the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is so worried about climate change wiping out his country that he's considering ideas as strange as building a floating island.

7 missing in Nepal landslide triggered by monsoon (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:11 PM PDT

AP - Officials say at least seven people are missing and presumed dead after a landslide swept away the hut in which they were sheltering in a mountain village in western Nepal.

Philippines, communist rebels to resume talks (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:07 PM PDT

AP - The Philippine government and communist rebels say they will meet for a fresh round of talks next month after mediation by Norway removed an obstacle in the negotiations.

Asian markets up as gloom dissipates (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:22 PM PDT

A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. Asia-Pacific stocks took a beating early Monday after jobs data out of the U.S. last week revived fears of a recession in the world's largest economy. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Asia-Pacific markets rebounded in early trading Wednesday, as traders looked past some bleak U.S. jobs data and Europe's debt crisis to scoop up bargains following a steep selloff of equities.
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