Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Afghans: Pakistan won't help probe Rabbani's death (AP)

Afghans: Pakistan won't help probe Rabbani's death (AP)

Afghans: Pakistan won't help probe Rabbani's death (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Afghan police officers walk in front of anti-Pakistan demonstrators during a rally, protesting against Pakistan's interference in Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - An Afghan government commission investigating the assassination of former President Burhanuddin Rabbani accused Pakistan on Tuesday of refusing to cooperate with the probe after allegations that Pakistani intelligence officials had advance knowledge of the plot.

Boehner: Bill on China yuan "dangerous" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. bill to pressure China into letting its currency rise in value, which has drawn warnings from Beijing of a possible trade war, ran into opposition from the top Republican in Congress on Tuesday.

10 years on and life grim for Afghans (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:32 AM PDT

AP - Asif Khan sits on a dirty, once-white blanket in an abandoned cinema and fights back tears of desperation.

Afghanistan signs 1st strategic pact — with India (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai pose before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Karzai is on a two-day official visit to India.(AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - Afghanistan on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership with India — its first such agreement with any country — recognizing a regional ally largely sidelined during a decade of U.S.-led international efforts to root out terrorists on Afghan soil.

Lawmaker says China engages in cyber spying (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Reuters - The chairman of the House of Representatives intelligence committee on Tuesday accused China of widespread cyber economic espionage and said many U.S. firms were afraid to come forward for fear their computers would be the targets of even more attacks.

Boehner dismisses move to punish China on currency (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 08:52 AM PDT

From left to right, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., face reporters following a vote that clears the way for debate on a bill that would impose tariffs on Chinese imports as a penalty for currency manipulation Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday dismissed a Senate bill that could punish China for undervaluing its currency, saying it was "pretty dangerous" for Congress to tell another country how to run its monetary policy.

China currency bill "dangerous": Boehner (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:52 AM PDT

Reuters - Legislation designed to press China to let its currency rise in value that cleared a Senate hurdle this week is a "dangerous" overreach by Congress, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Tuesday.

Gunmen kill 13 Shiite Muslims in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:48 AM PDT

Pakistanis mourn over the death of their relative killed in a firing incident, at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslims traveling through southwestern Pakistan, killing scores of people and wounding six others in the latest apparent sectarian attack to plague the country, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Suspected Sunni extremists shot 13 Shiite Muslims to death execution-style after ordering them off a bus and lining them up Tuesday in southwestern Pakistan, ramping up a campaign of sectarian violence that has exposed Islamabad's inability to protect minorities.

IAEA to help decontaminate Japan nuke plant area (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:24 AM PDT

AP - A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan this week to help with the massive cleanup of areas contaminated by a radiation-leaking nuclear power plant, officials said Tuesday.

Syrian rebel commander takes refuge in Turkey (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:15 AM PDT

Reuters - The highest-ranking officer to defect from Syria's armed forces said on Tuesday he had taken refuge in Turkey, denying claims that he had been arrested when Syrian troops overran a rebel stronghold, state-run Anatolian news agency said.

Second storm in a week hits China's Hainan (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:02 AM PDT

AP - A tropical storm has hit southern China, bringing heavy winds and rain and forcing the cancellation of dozens of flights. It is the second storm to hit the area in a week.

China coal mine blast kills at least 13 workers (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:05 AM PDT

AP - Chinese state media say an explosion in a coal mine has killed at least 13 workers.

Pakistani police, protesters clash over power cuts (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:49 AM PDT

Angry Pakistani protesters seen after setting the electrical company office on fire in Gujranwala near Lahore, Pakistan on Monday, Oct 3, 2011. Hundreds of violent protesters burned vehicles, buildings and a police station reacting over the prolonged power outages in cities. Pakistan is facing a serious power crisis due to mismanagement and corruption. (AP Photo/Aftab Rizvi)AP - Protesters upset over severe electricity shortages clashed with police for a second day in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday, as the country's main opposition leader used the issue to pressure the U.S.-allied government.

9 North Korean defectors arrive in South Korea (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:42 AM PDT

North Korean defectors are escorted by South Korean officers upon their arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Nine North Koreans who defected to Japan arrived in South Korea for resettlement. (AP Photo/Im Hun-jung, Yonhap) KOREA OUTAP - Nine North Korean defectors found three weeks ago on a small wooden boat off the coast of Japan were brought Tuesday to South Korea for resettlement, officials said.

Bottled water only relief for some in Pacific (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:02 AM PDT

AP - Crops are wilting, schools have shut their bathrooms and government officials are bathing in lagoons because of a severe shortage of fresh water in a swath of the South Pacific.

Bodies of 2 NKorean soldiers to be repatriated (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT

AP - The American-led U.N. Command in Seoul says it will hand over the bodies of two North Korean soldiers found in a river on the border between the two Koreas.

Brothers visit jailed Nobel winner in China (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:16 AM PDT

AP - The brothers of a jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner said Tuesday that they were recently allowed a rare visit to see him and that he was in good health.

Death toll climbs to 6 in Taiwan shipping accident (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 11:31 PM PDT

AP - The death toll in an accident involving a cargo vessel that ran aground off Taiwan's northern coast has risen from four to six.

Indonesia tells tourists to stay clear of volcano (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:13 PM PDT

AP - Authorities are warning tourists and fishermen to stay more than a mile (two kilometers) from a smoking Indonesian volcano known as "Child of Krakatoa."

Japan to hold whale hunts despite activist threats (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2010 file photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship the Bob Barker, right, and the Japanese whaling ship No. 3 Yushin Maru collide in the waters of Antarctica. Japan will go ahead with its whaling program in the Antarctic later this year under heightened security to fend off activists who have vowed to disrupt the annual hunt, the country's fisheries minister said Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Japan will go ahead with its whaling program in the Antarctic later this year under heightened security to fend off activists who have vowed to disrupt the annual hunt, the country's fisheries minister said Tuesday.
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