Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker's lawn mower (AP)

Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker's lawn mower (AP)


Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker's lawn mower (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST

Elvis, a giant saltwater crocodile swims next to a lawnmower in his pool at the Australian Reptile Park at Gosford, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. The 16-foot (5-meter), 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) crocodile lunged out of its lagoon at a park worker tending to the lawn before stealing his lawn mower. (AP Photo/Libby Bain) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis with an apparent affinity for household machinery charged at an Australian reptile park worker Wednesday before stealing his lawn mower.


NKoreans salute, cry for late leader Kim Jong Il (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:59 AM PST

In this image made from KRT video, Kim Jong Un, center, Kim Jong Il's youngest son and successor, walks next to his father's hearse during a funeral procession for the late North Korean leader  in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/KRT via APTN) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUTAP - North Korea's next leader escorted his father's hearse in an elaborate state funeral on a bitter, snowy day Wednesday, bowing and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens who wailed and stamped their feet in grief for Kim Jong Il.


Mudflow kills 4 near Indonesian volcano, more flee (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:53 AM PST

AP - Officials say mudflows streaming from a volcano in eastern Indonesia have killed four villagers and about 1,000 others have fled their homes.

China cuts 2012 rare earths export quota (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST

AP - China announced a cut Tuesday in its rare earths export quota as it tries to shore up sagging prices for the exotic metals used in mobile phones and other high-tech goods.

China satellite navigation system starts service (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST

AP - A Chinese rival to the U.S. global positioning system network has started providing services in China and the surrounding area.

31 injured in jet's crash-landing in Kyrgyzstan (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:26 AM PST

Emergency rescue personnel inspect an overturned Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-134 passenger jet after it crash-landed in deep fog in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Kyrgyzstan's Health Ministry said the Soviet-built Tu-134 jet was carrying 95 passengers and six crew when it crash-landed in deep fog Wednesday at the airport of the southern city of Osh. (AP Photo/AKI Press, Pool)AP - A Soviet-built jet operated by a Kyrgyz carrier broke its wing, overturned and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in deep fog in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving 31 people injured, officials said.


Afghanistan, China sign first oil contract (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:22 AM PST

AP - Afghanistan's government signed a deal Wednesday with China's state-owned National Petroleum Corporation, allowing it to become the first foreign company to exploit the country's oil and natural gas reserves.

China blames 54 officials for bullet train crash (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:37 AM PST

FILE - In this July 24, 2011 file photo, a wrecked passenger carriage is lifted off the bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, after a train crash. A long-awaited government report said on Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011, design flaws and sloppy management caused the bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China's showcase transportation system. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUTAP - A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China's showcase transportation system.


Key dates in the life of North Korea's Kim Jong Il (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:26 AM PST

AP - Key dates in the history of North Korea and its late leader Kim Jong Il:

Elephants race, play soccer in Nepal festival (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:14 AM PST

AP - Soccer-playing elephants used all four feet and even their trunks trying to score goals. Racing pachyderm thundered to the finish line to the cheers of the crowds. And in the elephant beauty pageant, contestants sported nail polish on their not-so-dainty toes.

Indian activist ends fast, still opposes graft law (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 05:47 AM PST

Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, right, leaves the stage after ending his hunger strike, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Hazare called off his hunger strike Wednesday but said that he would travel the country and campaign against the government after Parliament's lower house approved an anti-corruption legislation that he called weak.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)AP - A prominent Indian activist called off his hunger strike Wednesday but said that he would travel the country and campaign against the government after Parliament's lower house approved an anti-corruption legislation he called weak.


World stocks down on mixed US, Japan economic news (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST

Traders await the start of the trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - World stocks markets fell Wednesday, with trading thinned by year-end holidays and mixed economic news out of the U.S. and Japan.


3 NATO troops killed by bomb in east Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:11 AM PST

An Afghan border policewoman takes position behind a used vehicle tire during a live firing exercise in Herat, Afghanistan Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. The process of taking over security from over 130,000-strong NATO-led ISAF forces by Afghan troops would be completed by the end of 2014 when Afghanistan will take over the full leadership of its own security duties from U.S. and NATO forces. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)AP - Three NATO service members have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said Wednesday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the target was a U.S. military convoy.


Oil hovers above $101 amid rising Iran tensions (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:35 PM PST

Azeri Energy Minister Natik Aliev (L) and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz attend the signing ceremony of The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project in Ankara December 26, 2011. The Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project, which will carry Azeri gas across Turkey to Europe, has a capacity of around 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) and can carry 16-24 bcm annually, officials from Turkey and Azerbaijan said on Monday. Azeri state energy company SOCAR, Turkey's state pipeline company Botas and Turkey's state energy company TPAO will be the initial partners in the project and other international oil and gas companies may join the consortium during the process. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES POLITICS ENERGY)AP - Oil prices hovered above $101 a barrel amid investor concern that rising Middle East tensions could disrupt crude supplies.


NKorea shows wailing mourners on Kim funeral day (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 04:39 PM PST

In this Dec. 26, 2011 image made from AP Television News video, Kim Jong Un, center, North Korea's next leader and the son of late leader Kim Jong Il, stands with North Korean officials,  as he pays respect to the body of his father in a glass coffin, not in photo, at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/APTN) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUTAP - North Korea has aired footage showing a stream of wailing people paying their final respects to late leader Kim Jong Il.


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