Monday, September 26, 2011

Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base (Reuters)

Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base (Reuters)

Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Reuters - An Afghan employee of the U.S. government opened fire inside a CIA office in Kabul on Sunday evening, killing an American and injuring a second, U.S. and Afghan officials said, in the second major breach of embassy security in two weeks.

China foreign minister warns Clinton on F-16 deal (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to a question during a joint news conference at the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations at the Presidio of San Francisco in California September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - China's foreign minister urged the United States on Monday to reconsider its decision to upgrade Tawian's F-16 jet fighter fleet, saying it could harm the "trust and confidence" between Washington and Beijing, a senior State Department official said.

Attack on Kabul CIA office kills 1 agency employee (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers pray inside their sleeping quarters at their barracks in Kunduz, northen Afghanistan, Sunday,Sept. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - An Afghan working for the U.S. government killed one CIA employee and wounded another American in an attack on the intelligence agency's office in Kabul, officials said Monday. The assailant was killed.

Top Chinese security official visits Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Chinese Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu waves as he alights from plane upon his arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. China's top security official is visiting Pakistan for talks focusing on increased cooperation against Chinese militants who are thought to have found sanctuary in the northwest of the country. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan hosted China's top security official and staged war games with Saudi Arabia on Monday, strengthening ties with two regional players as its relationship with the United States plummets over allegations Islamabad supports insurgents in Afghanistan.

Commander: More US trainers heading to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:57 AM PDT

U.S. soldiers from Task Force AP - The U.S. general in charge of training in Afghanistan says the number of American military trainers there will increase by 800 by next March

US Marines find rewards in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:20 AM PDT

In this Sept. 24, 2011 photo, nearing the end of his unit's tour of duty, a U.S. Marine carries a machine gun in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - An American in uniform stands near a landing zone at about 2 a.m., moonlight framing his features, and talks about dead and maimed men he knows. His flight out isn't until next month, and he is counting the days.

China urges police use microblogs to dispel rumors (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Reuters - More Chinese police should use microblogs to give the public "correct" facts and release authorized information to dispel misunderstandings, the Ministry of Public Security said on Monday, in a new effort to counter critics of the government.

2 Tibetan monks self-immolate amid Dalai Lama feud (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama prays during a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire Monday in a protest over China's tight rein over Buddhist practices, a rights group said as the Chinese government reiterated it will choose the next Dalai Lama.

India tests nuclear-capable short-range missile (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:17 AM PDT

India's surface-to-surface missile Prithvi is fired from the testing range in Chandipur in Orissa state, India, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. An Indian defense official says the short-range missile accurately hit targets in the Bay of Bengal during testing. The army already uses the nuclear-capable Prithvi but regularly test fires the missile to hone accuracy and speed. (AP Photo) INDIA OUTAP - India successfully test-fired a short-range, nuclear-capable missile on Monday, the Defense Ministry said.

Rains, flooding kill dozens, maroon many in India (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:15 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 photograph, an Indian woman carries her injured son through flood waters at Pahanga village in Orissa's Jajpur district, India. Monsoon rains have collapsed mud huts and flooded wide swaths of north and east India in recent days, leaving hundreds of thousands of people marooned by the raging waters, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)AP - Monsoon rains destroyed mud huts and flooded wide swaths of northern and eastern India, killing at least 48 people in recent days and leaving hundreds of thousands marooned by raging waters, officials said Monday.

Myanmar police stand by as protesters test limits (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:50 AM PDT

AP - Democracy activists freshly tested the new Myanmar government's avowed tolerance for dissent by gathering peacefully Monday at a central landmark in the country's biggest city in honor of giant protests four years ago.

Philippine troops hunt gunmen after deadly clash (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Filipino troopers arrive to pursue fleeing militants and reinforce security at Talipao town, Sulu province, southern Philippines on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Suspected Muslim militants attacked government troops guarding a school construction site, igniting a clash that killed 13 gunmen, two marines and at least one villager, a marine commander and a resident said. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)AP - Philippine troops are pursuing dozens of gunmen involved in a clash with marines that killed 17 people in southern Sulu province.

Indonesia police identify suspected church bomber (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:02 AM PDT

AP - Police say they have identified the person who blew himself up inside an Indonesian church and are awaiting confirmation from DNA tests.

About 100 pangolins saved in Thai trafficking bust (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:33 AM PDT

A Thai custom official holds the tail of a pangolin before putting it in a cage prior to a news conference at custom office in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. Authorities in Thailand have rescued nearly 100 endangered pangolins worth about $32,000 that they say were to be sold and eaten outside the country. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Authorities in Thailand have rescued nearly 100 endangered pangolins worth about $32,000 that they say were to be sold and eaten outside the country.

Islamic healing is on the rise in Southeast Asia (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:03 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 20, 2011, Suratmi, left, receives a treatment at Insani Herbal Clinic in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. The 47-year-old housewife, who suffers from an ovarian cyst, has been taking a mix of herbal medicine harking back to the dawn of Islam, as well as undergoing exorcisms. She is among a growing number of Muslims in Southeast Asia turning away from Western medical care in favor of al-Tibb al-Nawabi, or Medicine of the Prophet, a loosely defined discipline based on the Quran and other Islamic texts and traditional herbal remedies. (AP Photo/Irwin Ferdiansyah)AP - A 47-year-old housewife who recently started using Islamic alternative cures emerged tearfully from an exorcism, speaking of newfound tranquility after a turbulent time in her life. Also, her abdominal pains are finally easing.

Key Japan lawmaker's aides convicted in scandal (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT

In this photo taken on Aug. 30, 2011, Democratic Party of Japan senior politician Ichiro Ozawa attends a lower house session at the Parliament in Tokyo. A Japanese court has convicted three former aides to ruling party powerbroker Ozawa in a political funding scandal, dealing a blow to his status in the struggling party's public image. Ozawa engineered the Democratic Party of Japan's historic rise to power in 2009 but was charged with political funding violations this year. He will face a separate trial beginning Oct. 6 over the case. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Three former aides of a Japanese ruling party powerbroker were convicted Monday in a political funding scandal, dealing a further blow to his status in the struggling party ahead of his own trial.

Hand, foot and mouth disease shuts Vietnam schools (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:23 AM PDT

AP - A Vietnamese official and state-run media say an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has shuttered more than a dozen kindergartens after killing 109 children and sickening more than 52,000 this year.

Malaysia anti-graft agency cleared of man's death (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:06 AM PDT

AP - A coroner has ruled out foul play in the death of a man interrogated by Malaysia's anti-corruption watchdog.

Rescuers find wreckage of Indonesia helicopter (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:48 AM PDT

AP - A rescue official says the wreckage of a helicopter hired by a U.S.-mining giant and the bodies of both people on board have been found central Indonesia.

(AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:27 AM PDT

AP - US Embassy spokesman: 1 American killed in overnight attack on US government building in Kabul.
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