Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Pakistan's envoy to U.S. quits over coup memo (Reuters)

Pakistan's envoy to U.S. quits over coup memo (Reuters)

Pakistan's envoy to U.S. quits over coup memo (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:12 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States resigned on Tuesday, days after a Pakistani-American businessman said the envoy was behind a memo that accused the Pakistani military of plotting a coup in May.

Afghanistan will need $7 billion a year over next decade: WB (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 09:21 AM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan is likely to need around $7 billion a year from the international community to help pay its security and other bills long after foreign troops leave, even if two large mines start production as planned, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

Commander: Pakistani Taliban declare cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 09:08 AM PST

CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS SPELLING OF HAQQANI'S NAME - In this picture taken on August 19, 2010 shows Pakistan's Ambassador in Washington Hussain Haqqani, right, talks with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistan's envoy to the United States says he has resigned over claims he wrote a memo to Washington asking for its help in reining in the country's powerful military. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)AP - The Pakistani Taliban have declared a cease-fire to encourage nascent peace talks with the government, a senior commander said, a move that appears to show the deadly group's willingness to strike a deal.

Pakistan's, US envoy resigns over memo scandal (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:59 AM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2010 file photo Pakistani ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani, left, talks with Richard Holbrooke, former U. S. Special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan says it has not decided whether to accept a resignation offer from its ambassador to the U.S. over a reported attempt to enlist Washington's help to rein in the country's military after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in June. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, file)AP - Pakistan's envoy to the United States resigned Tuesday, losing a bruising battle with the country's powerful generals to keep his job over allegations he wrote a memo to Washington asking for its help to stop them from carrying out a supposed coup.

Tear gas, scuffles as SKorea OKs US trade deal (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:33 AM PST

Rep. Kim Seon-dong, bottom, of the opposition Democratic Labor Party, explodes tear gas in front of the speaker's chair to block National Assembly Vice Speaker Chung Eui-hwa, center, from pushing for the procedure to handle a pending bill on ratification of a South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. South Korea's parliament ratified a long-stalled free trade deal with the United States on Tuesday after ruling party lawmakers forced a vote amid shouts and shoves from opposition rivals. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUTAP - South Korea's ruling party forced a long-stalled free trade deal with the United States through parliament Tuesday, enraging opposition lawmakers who blasted their political rivals with tear gas.

Symbolic trial convicts Bush, Blair for Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:20 AM PST

AP - A tribunal formed by Malaysia's former leader has convicted former President George W. Bush and Britain's ex-prime minister Tony Blair at a symbolic trial for "crimes against peace" in Iraq.

Turkish journalists go on trial over coup plot (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:19 AM PST

AP - Ten journalists and three other people went on trial Tuesday accused of being involved in an alleged plot to topple Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, a case that is a key test for press freedoms in Turkey.

Khmer Rouge No. 2 says regime acted for Cambodians (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 08:15 AM PST

This combination of three photos released by Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, shows from left to right: Nuon Chea, former Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist and the No. 2 leader, Ieng Sary, former Khmer Rouge foreign minister, and Khieu Samphan,f ormer Khmer Rouge head of state, during a trial for former Khmer Rouge top leaders, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. The three top Khmer Rouge leaders accused of orchestrating Cambodia's 'killing fields' went on trial Monday before a U.N.-backed tribunal more than three decades after some of the 20th century's worst atrocities. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - The deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in Cambodia's "killing fields" insisted Tuesday he carried out its policies for the sake of Cambodians and to protect the country from invaders.

Glitzy Vietnam cemetery offers bling for the dead (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 07:59 AM PST

In this Nov. 5, 2011 photo, a Vietnamese employee who works in Lac Hong Vien cemetery burns incense for a customer's online order at the cemetery in Ky Son district, Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam. The cemetery's online ancestor worship service is the first of its kind in Vietnam. Busy relatives can purchase graveside offerings for the dead, from flowers to boiled chickens to expensive cognac, by the mouse click. Cemetery staff bring the items to the tombs and send videos or photos of the display by email. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)AP - This is where Vietnam's rising middle class is dying to flaunt its bling: a new cemetery at the end of a golden-gated "Highway to Eternity" where relatives can order graveside offerings of Hennessy online.

Turkish PM calls on Syria's Assad to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 07:55 AM PST

Reuters - In Turkey's strongest condemnation of its one-time ally Syria, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Tuesday for Syria's president to step down and likened Damascus's crackdown on protesters to the tactics of Nazi Germany.

(AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST

AP - Pakistan's envoy to US says he has asked prime minister to accept his resignation.

As Thai floods recede, more communities clean up (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:35 AM PST

Thai volunteers sweep a road during a cleaning operation in Patum Thani on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. The situation has improved dramatically in recent days and cleanup has begun in many areas, though some still face weeks more under water. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)AP - Efforts to clean up areas near Thailand's capital that were covered by as much as three feet (a meter) of floodwater just two weeks ago are accelerating, as the threat of inundation in Bangkok eases.

Thai PM says no royal pardon for Thaksin this year (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:15 AM PST

AP - Thailand's government says ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not be among convicts proposed for a royal pardon this year.

49 penguins freed after rescue from NZ oil spill (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:19 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, a little blue penguin is dried by a rescue worker after it swam in a water pool during a cleaning session to get rid of fuel oil from its body at the wildlife facility in Tauranga, New Zealand. Forty-nine penguins rescued from an oil spill off New Zealand were set free Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, after being cleaned and nursed back to health by wildlife officials. The birds released Tuesday are among 343 little blue penguins that have been cleaned of oil since a cargo ship ran aground on a reef near Tauranga on Oct. 5 and spilled some 400 tons of fuel oil. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)AP - Forty-nine penguins rescued from an oil spill off New Zealand have been freed after being cleaned and nursed back to health by wildlife officials.

Philippine massacre victims' kin sue ex-president (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:07 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 - Relatives of 57 people massacred in the Philippines' worst political violence sued former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday, claiming she could have prevented the killings.

Europeans send drought aid to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:19 AM PST

An Afghan boy walks with his dog in Naderkhan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 21 , 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)AP - The European Commission announced Tuesday that it will send additional aid to Afghanistan to help drought victims in need of food for themselves and their animals before winter snows block roads in the nation already weakened by war.

Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:57 AM PST

This image from video footage released by Students For A Free Tibet via APTN purports to show Buddhist nun Palden Choetso engulfed in flames in her self-immolation protest against Chinese rule on a street in Tawu, Tibetan Ganzi prefecture, in China's Sichuan Province Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Students For A Free Tibet via APTN)AP - A Tibetan rights group has released graphic video of what it says is a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street in one of several apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.

Malaysia to ban street protests under new law (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:38 AM PST

AP - Malaysia's government announced Tuesday it will enact new rules for public demonstrations, including a ban on street protests and other restrictions that opposition groups say are too repressive.

India's Parliament forced to adjourn by protests (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 01:14 AM PST

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves as he arrives on the first day of the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal stands at left. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - India's Parliament opened its winter session on Tuesday and then quickly adjourned itself amid renewed protests by lawmakers angry about everything from corruption to soaring inflation.

China urges progress on climate change fund (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:50 AM PST

AP - China is worried the financial crisis is draining contributions to a multibillion-dollar global warming fund but hopes basic financing to help developing countries deal with climate change can be hammered out this month.
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