Saturday, November 26, 2011

Pakistan demands US vacate suspected drone base (AP)

Pakistan demands US vacate suspected drone base (AP)

Pakistan demands US vacate suspected drone base (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:39 AM PST

Pakistani security personnel stop trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan at Takhtabeg check post in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, Pakistan, on their way to Torkham border post on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Pakistan, on Saturday, accused NATO helicopters of firing on two army checkpoints in the northwest and killing 25 soldiers, then retaliated by closing a key border crossing used by the coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)AP - The Pakistani government has demanded the U.S. vacate an air base within 15 days that the CIA is suspected of using for unmanned drones.

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Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:30 AM PST

AP - Pakistan demands US vacate air base used for drone attacks within 15 days.

Marines to wind down Afghan combat in 2012 (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 10:10 AM PST

Marine Gen. John Allen, left, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Marine Maj. Gen. John Toolan, right, the senior U.S. commander in Helmand Province, confer at Combat Outpost Alcatraz on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2011, on Thanksgiving, just north of Sangin in north-central Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Robert Burns)AP - U.S. Marines will march out of Afghanistan by the thousands next year, winding down combat in the Taliban heartland and testing the U.S. view that Afghan forces are capable of leading the fight against a battered but not yet beaten insurgency in the country's southwestern reaches, American military officers say.

Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28 (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:51 AM PST

Reuters - NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging U.S.-Pakistan relations deeper into crisis.

NZ leader wins 2nd term, pledges fiscal discipline (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 04:57 AM PST

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key and his wife Bronagh place their votes into a ballot box at Parnell Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand, in the morning of the country's general election, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/NZ Herald, Brett Phibbs) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - Prime Minister John Key convincingly won a second term as New Zealand's leader in elections Saturday that open the door for the sales of billions of dollars worth of government assets as part of a plan to reduce the country's debt.

Bridge collapses in Indonesia; 3 dead, 17 injured (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 04:10 AM PST

AP - A busy bridge collapsed Saturday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring 17 others as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, police and witnesses said.

Hong Kong's likely next leader confirms candidacy (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 04:02 AM PST

Hong Kong's former Chief Secretary Henry Tang, left, shakes hands with a woman during an election campaign at Sham Shui Po, a busy commercial and residential district in Hong Kong Hong Kong Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Tang announced his candidacy for the chief executive election. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - A former high-ranking Hong Kong government official who is widely expected to be chosen as the territory's next leader confirmed his candidacy Saturday.

China says joint Mekong patrols begin in December (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 03:50 AM PST

AP - China says joint police patrols with Thailand, Laos and Myanmar along the Mekong River will start next month.

Data of 13 million South Korean online game subscribers hacked (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 03:28 AM PST

Reuters - South Korea's communications regulator said on Saturday that personal information of more than 13 million subscribers of a popular online game of Nexon Korea Corp, a leading game developer in the country, had been leaked in a hacking attack.

NATO: Pakistan border attack being investigated (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 02:22 AM PST

AP - NATO says it is investigating an incident that occurred along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in which its helicopters were accused of killing 25 Pakistani soldiers.

North Korean leader rallies front-line troops (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 02:14 AM PST

South Korea Marines run during a military exercise on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. The South's military staged drills involving aircraft, rocket launchers and artillery guns to send a strong message to North Korean rivals stationed within sight just miles (kilometers) away, and to their authoritarian leader, Kim Jong Il. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Il has rallied troops at a front-line military base.

India urges action against Mumbai attackers (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 12:28 AM PST

AP - India urged Pakistan on Saturday to take strong action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack that killed 166 people three years ago.

China sentences 113 in tainted pork scandal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:19 PM PST

AP - More than 100 people, including over a dozen Chinese government employees, have been sentenced over chemical-laced pork that caused a food safety scandal earlier this year, state media said Saturday. One person was given the death penalty.
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