Sunday, November 6, 2011

Suicide bombers kill 7 in north Afghanistan (AP)

Suicide bombers kill 7 in north Afghanistan (AP)

Suicide bombers kill 7 in north Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 07:32 AM PST

An Afghan girl who was wounded in a suicide bombing lies in a hospital bed in Baghlan, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Two suicide bombers targeted worshippers concluding prayers marking a key Muslim festival in northern Afghanistan, with one of them blowing himself up and killing seven people including two local police commanders, officials said Sunday. The second would-be bomber was captured before he could set off his explosives, said Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai, spokesman for the regional police commander in the north. (AP Photo/Jawed Basharat)AP - Two suicide bombers targeted worshippers on a key Muslim festival in northern Afghanistan, killing seven, including two local police commanders, officials said Sunday.

Taiwan: Fishermen fought off pirates, retook boat (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:07 AM PST

FILE - A May 10, 2004 photo from files showing Jan Quist Johansen the father of a Danish yachting family held captive by armed Somali gunmen for more than six months, at the harbor of Kalundborg, Denmark. Jan Quist Johansen says he wished they never had sailed into the pirate-infested waters off the Horn of Africa. In the first interview after their release, he says it was 'the decision of my life that I regret the most.' His wife Marie told the Politiken newspaper Thursday they 'cried and were afraid many times' but their Somali captors never hit them. They also were able to stay together during the ordeal that ended Sept. 6. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Mie Neel, File) DENMARK OUTAP - Taiwan says fishermen on a Taiwanese boat fought back against Somali pirates and freed themselves after a hijacking in the Indian Ocean.

Death toll from Thailand floods rises past 500 (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:37 AM PST

Thai residents smile as they ride their bicycles along flooded streets in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Thailand's record high floods continue to creep closer to the heart of the capital. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - The death toll from Thailand's worst floods in half a century climbed past 500 Sunday, as advancing pools of polluted black water threatened Bangkok's subway system and new evacuations were ordered in the sprawling capital.

Japan's emperor hospitalized with fever, cold (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:23 AM PST

Japanese Emperor Akihito, left, accompanied by Empress Michiko, arrives at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo Sunday night, Nov. 6, 2011. Akihito, who will turn 78 next month, was hospitalized as a precaution because of the deterioration due to the fever of the symptoms of bronchitis he has exhibited, and he appears to be fatigued and has lost some resistance to fight his illness, Japan's Kyodo News said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Japan's royal household says Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized with a fever and a cold.

Daughter: Singapore's ex-PM Lee has nerve disease (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 02:33 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, May 26, 2011, Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew speaks during a dialogue at the 17th International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo. Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee has a rare nerve disease that makes walking difficult, his daughter said Sunday, Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)AP - Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has a rare nerve disease that makes walking difficult, his daughter said Sunday.

Afghan suicide attack kills seven near mosque (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 01:36 AM PST

Reuters - At least seven civilians were killed and 15 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a mosque in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, the interior ministry said.

Group: Tibetan nun's death draws 10K to monastery (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:56 AM PDT

AP - A Tibetan rights group said Sunday that around 10,000 Tibetans were reportedly gathered around a monastery in western China where a nun set herself on fire last week in apparent protest against Chinese rule.

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Posted: 06 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PDT

AP - Official says suicide attacker kills 4 in northern Afghanistan.

China's tech firms back Beijing in controls on Internet (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 09:36 PM PDT

Reuters - The heads of China's largest technology companies have endorsed Beijing's aim to intensify controls of online social media, pledging to "stop the spread of harmful information" on the Internet, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday.

Troubled ship with 20 crew safe in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 08:53 PM PDT

AP - Philippine officials say a cargo ship with 20 crew members from China has not sunk as earlier feared.
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