Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Senate eyes Thursday vote on China currency bill (Reuters)

Senate eyes Thursday vote on China currency bill (Reuters)

Senate eyes Thursday vote on China currency bill (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Reuters - The Senate is expected to vote on Thursday on legislation designed to press China to let its yuan currency rise in value, setting the stage for debate in the House of Representatives, whose leader has called the bill a "dangerous" overreach by lawmakers.

Afghan official: Karzai assassination plot foiled (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 09:54 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 - Afghan intelligence officials said Wednesday that they had broken up a cell that plotted to kill President Hamid Karzai, arresting six people in Kabul whom they claimed were affiliated with al-Qaida and the Haqqani militant group.

India announces $35 tablet computer for rural poor (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 09:34 AM PDT

An Indian student poses with the supercheap Aakash tablet computer which she received during its launch in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. The $35 basic touch screen tablet aimed at students can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video conferencing. Aakash, manufactured by DataWind, has a 7' Android 2.2 touch screen and a HD video coprocessor. The Indian government intends to deliver 10 million tablets to students across India. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty.

Insight: What a stronger Chinese yuan means for the U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Late Chinese leader Mao Zedong is seen on a 100 yuan (15 USD) banknote in this photo illustration taken in Beijing December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - A sharp rise in China's yuan currency might cut the U.S. trade deficit by as much as one third and create enough American jobs to put at least a modest dent in the unemployment rate.

Pakistani panel quizzes bin Laden's family (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:44 AM PDT

AP - An independent Pakistani commission investigating the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden questioned three detained widows and two daughters of the slain al-Qaida leader, a government statement said Wednesday.

Afghan president says pact not aimed at Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai looks on before delivering a lecture on the last day of his two-day official visit, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Afghanistan signed a strategic partnership with India on Tuesday, a move likely to enrage neighboring Pakistan at a time when its relations with the Afghans and the West are sharply strained over alleged links of its spy agency to militants blamed for high-profile attacks across the border. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's strategic partnership signed with India is not meant as an aggressive move against Pakistan.

Plot to kill Afghan president foiled: agency (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:17 AM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) arrive for signing of a joint statement at Hyderabad House in New Delhi October 4, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Wednesday it had thwarted a plot to assassinate President Hamid Karzai after arresting a bodyguard and five people with links to the Haqqani network and al Qaeda.

Death toll rises to 17 in China coal mine blast (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:05 AM PDT

AP - The death toll from a coal mine explosion in southwestern China has risen to 17.

Smuggled pig-nosed turtles returned to Indonesia (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:01 AM PDT

Indonesian journalist surround plastic containers with pig-nosed turtles in after arrival at Sukarno Hatta airport on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Hundreds of the threatened pig-nosed turtles smuggled from Indonesia as part of the illegal pet trade returned home on Wednesday and will be sent on to their native habitat in easternmost Papua province. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)AP - Hundreds of threatened pig-nosed turtles smuggled from Indonesia as part of the illegal pet trade have been returned home.

India launches "world's cheapest" tablet computer (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Students display Aakash, which means sky, dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer, after its launching ceremony in New Delhi October 5, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - India launched what it dubbed the world's cheapest tablet computer Wednesday, to be sold to students at the subsidized price of $35 and later in shops for about $60.

US: Taiwanese expect continuation of China policy (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:36 AM PDT

AP - A U.S. official says Taiwan's current policy of seeking reconciliation with China is what Taiwanese expect from their leaders.

Philippine police capture suspected beheader (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:06 AM PDT

AP - Philippine police have arrested an Abu Sayyaf gunman who allegedly helped behead seven Filipino workers while singing a militant song in a grisly 2007 crime, officials said Wednesday.

10 years on and life grim for Afghans (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:43 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier relaxes on his bed inside the sleeping quarters of their barracks in Kunduz, northen Afghanistan. As the U.S. and NATO mark 10 years of war in Afghanistan, a grim picture emerges from scores of interviews over six months across the country with ordinary Afghans, government officials, soldiers, and former and current Taliban. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Asif Khan sits on a dirty, once-white blanket in an abandoned cinema and fights back tears of desperation.

NKorea wants back 2 citizens found in South waters (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:50 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 - North Korea on Wednesday demanded the return of two of its citizens found on a small wooden boat in South Korean waters, a day after nine other North Koreans spotted off Japan's coast were sent to the South for settlement.

Oil nears $78 amid hopes of Europe financial fix (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:33 AM PDT

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani (R) holds a joint news conference with Italy's Industry Minister Paolo Romani in Baghdad October 5, 2011. Shahristani, told Reuters on Wednesday he saw no need for OPEC to review its crude output at its next meeting and no reason at the current time to trim production. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS)AP - Oil rose to near $78 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid hopes that Europe will contain the debt crisis that has engulfed Greece and threatens to destabilize other countries that use the euro.

Malaysia frees 125 suspects in security law repeal (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:59 PM PDT

AP - Malaysia on Wednesday granted freedom to 125 mostly criminal suspects, in the government's latest move to abolish decades-old security laws that human rights and opposition groups have criticized as Draconian.

Faces and stories of 10-year Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:47 PM PDT

This Sunday, Sept 25, 2011 photo shows Mohammed Ali, 21, an Afghan National Army soldier at his barracks in Kunduz, Afghanistan. When the Taliban were driven from his homeland he was barely 11. His family had fled the bitter fighting of the civil war that ravaged his country in the decade before. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - The United States led the war in Afghanistan, but the stakes — and the losses — are high for all.

Asian markets mixed after wild day on Wall Street (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Tevor Roulstin, center, 25, from Durango, Colo., stands with a sign at the Occupy Wall Street Protest as police confer on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 at Zuccotti Park in New York. The protests started on Sept. 17 with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange and has since grown to hundreds. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Asian markets struggled for firm direction Wednesday, after a wild session on Wall Street underscored the difficulty in assessing whether Europe was truly on its way to solving its sovereign debt crisis.

Japan to hold whale hunts despite activist threats (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:46 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.
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