Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Pakistan names new envoy to US in wake of scandal (AP)

Pakistan names new envoy to US in wake of scandal (AP)

Pakistan names new envoy to US in wake of scandal (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 10:53 AM PST

FILE - In this March 31, 2008 file photo, Pakistan's former Information Minister Sherry Rehman is seen in her office in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan has appointed Sherry Rehman as new ambassador to the United States on Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011 replacing Husain Haqqani, who resigned Tuesday amid allegations he wrote a memo to Washington asking for its help in reining in the military. (AP Photo, file)AP - The government appointed a liberal lawmaker and rights activist as its U.S. ambassador Wednesday, swiftly replacing an envoy who was forced out amid allegations he sought Washington's help in trying to rein in Pakistan's powerful military.

China agrees to loan Venezuela $4 billion (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:28 AM PST

AP - China has agreed to a new $4 billion loan to help Venezuela boost its oil output and will also help upgrade power plants and increase production of iron and aluminum, a Venezuelan official said Wednesday.

Obama pardons pair of gobblers for Thanksgiving (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 08:52 AM PST

President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, pardons Liberty, a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey, on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. At left is National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - With a wave of his hand, President Barack Obama on Wednesday gave two plump turkeys a Thanksgiving reprieve, noting that without his intervention, "they'd end up next to the mashed potatoes and stuffing."

SKS Microfinance founder Akula leaves as chairman (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 08:30 AM PST

AP - SKS Microfinance executive chairman Vikram Akula stepped down Wednesday from the company he founded, the board said, as India's second largest microlender struggles to revive its flagging fortunes.

India's Tata Sons names Mistry next company chief (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 08:29 AM PST

This undated photo provided by Tata Sons shows Cyrus Mistry who was appointed deputy chairman of Tata Sons on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Family outsider Mistry will take over from leading Indian industrialist Ratan Tata when he retires as chairman of Tata Sons next year, the board said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tata Sons, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Board member Cyrus Mistry will take over from leading Indian industrialist Ratan Tata when he retires as chairman of Tata Sons next year, the board said Wednesday.

Man sentenced to 20 years for insulting Thai queen (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 08:21 AM PST

AP - A Thai criminal court sentenced a 61-year-old man to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sending text messages deemed offensive to the country's queen.

Sri Lanka approves committee on postwar reforms (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:45 AM PST

AP - Sri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday approved the creation of a multiparty committee to recommend constitutional changes for ethnic reconciliation two years after a devastating civil war.

Global search for Tata chairman ends close to home (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:33 AM PST

Reuters - The next chairman of India's venerable salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group will be an insider and a family member by marriage.

China factory sector shrinks most in 32 months (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:28 AM PST

Reuters - China's factory sector shrank the most in 32 months in November on signs of domestic economic weakness, a preliminary PMI survey showed, reviving worries that China may be slipping toward a hard landing and fuelling fears of a global recession.

Ex-leader: Khmer Rouge atrocities are 'fairy tale' (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PST

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, looks on during the third day session of a trial of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Khieu Samphan accused the war crimes tribunal Wednesday of wanting his 'head on the block,' and insisted he had no real authority during the regime's brutal rule of Cambodia in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A senior Khmer Rouge leader insisted Wednesday he had no real authority during the regime's brutal rule of Cambodia and allegations he bore responsibility for its atrocities were a "fairy tale."

Indonesia police arrest 2 in orangutan killings (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 03:07 AM PST

AP - Two Indonesian plantation workers said they killed at least 20 endangered orangutans and proboscis monkeys as a means of pest control for landowners looking to protect their crops, police said Wednesday.

Slow trial frustrates Philippine massacre kin (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 03:06 AM PST

Roman Catholic priest Fr. Robert Reyes blesses the site of the massacre of 57 people including 32 journalists and staff at Maguindanao, southern Philippines following a mass on the eve of the 2nd anniversary Tuesday Nov.22, 2011. Also on Tuesday relatives of the massacred victims sued former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over the killings, which they claim she could have prevented. The 32 journalist-victims was the worst's single killing of journalists in the world. (AP Photo)AP - Two years after a political massacre in the southern Philippines became the single worst slaying of journalists in the world, more than half of the nearly 200 suspects remain at large.

SKorea flaunts firepower year after NKorean attack (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:58 AM PST

South Korean protesters pay silent tribute in front of portraits of the victims killed by North Korea's attack, at a temporary altar after a rally marking the first anniversary of North Korea’s artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island, at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korean attack helicopters screamed through the skies above the Koreas' disputed Yellow Sea waters Wednesday in a display of power exactly a year after North Korea launched a deadly artillery attack on a front-line island.

China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:13 AM PST

AP - China said Wednesday it opposed unilateral and expanded sanctions against Iran, such as those announced by several Western countries aimed at pressuring Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.

Police search New Zealand media for PM recording (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PST

AP - New Zealand police Wednesday began searching four media organizations three days before national elections to seize evidence related to a recording of Prime Minister John Key that he says was illegally obtained.

Oil falls below $97 amid weak US economic growth (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:29 AM PST

OPEC Secretary-General Abdalla Salem el-Badri (R) poses with Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), at the IEA conference in Riyadh November 20, 2011. The global oil market looks balanced, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi indicated on Sunday, while the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said stubbornly high oil prices could harm economic growth. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS)AP - Oil prices fell to below $97 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as investors eyed weaker U.S. economic growth and fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

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Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:12 AM PST

AP - Islamabad appoints new ambassador to US after Pakistani envoy resigned over memo-gate scandal.

India investigates train fire that killed 7 (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 12:04 AM PST

In this early Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 photo, fire engulfs the coaches of the Howrah-Dehradun Express train between Gomo and Nimiaghat Railway stations in Jharkhand state, India. A female Australian researcher is among seven people who died when a fire swept through an overnight train in India, according to reports. (AP Photo) INDIA OUTAP - Forensic investigators on Wednesday were trying to determine what caused a fire that engulfed two train cars and killed seven passengers, including an Australian researcher.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman denies cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:48 PM PST

People gather outside a girls school after an explosion in Mardan near Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011. A police officer was killed and eight others injured when an explosive planted outside a girls school went off, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The Pakistani Taliban's spokesman on Wednesday refuted claims by other militant commanders that the group agreed to a cease-fire and exploratory peace talks with the government, raising the prospect that one of the country's deadliest terror groups is splitting into factions.

Helicopter crashes installing Christmas tree in NZ (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:42 PM PST

Firemen work at the scene of a helicopter accident in Auckland's Viaduct Basin, New Zealand, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. The helicopter helping install a Christmas tree on Auckland's waterfront crashes in dramatic fashion, but the pilot escapes serious injury. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Sarah Ivey)** NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT **AP - A helicopter helping install a Christmas tree on Auckland's waterfront has crashed in dramatic fashion, but the pilot escaped serious injury.
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