Saturday, December 3, 2011

NATO says 3 troops killed in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

NATO says 3 troops killed in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

NATO says 3 troops killed in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:30 AM PST

FILE - In this this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, is seen in Sararogha of the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. The toxic mix of militant groups holed up in Pakistan's tribal belt on the border with Afghanistan have splintered into more than 100 groups. They are running out of money, their command and control system is teetering on the brink of collapse and they occasionally take shots at each other. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)AP - A roadside bombing killed three NATO service members Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said.

Bhopal disaster protesters block India trains (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:19 AM PST

A survivor of the Bhopal gas tragedy shouts slogans as she sits with others on a railway track to stop train movement during a protest in Bhopal, India, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation. The protests were on the 27th anniversary of the disaster in Bhopal, where a Union Carbide pesticide plant leaked lethal gas that killed an estimated 15,000 people and maimed tens of thousands more. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident blocked trains through a central Indian city on Saturday to demand more compensation.

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Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:08 AM PST

AP - NATO says 3 members of US-led coalition killed in roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan.

In Turkey, Biden touts political freedoms (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 10:36 AM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. The Summit continues the work of the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship hosted by President Obama in Washington in April 2010, to promote entrepreneurship and facilitate innovation and private enterprise. (AP Photo)AP - A free political climate is essential to economic innovation, and countries that try to censor the Internet are pursuing a "dead end," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told a group of young entrepreneurs gathered in Istanbul on Saturday.

Taiwan presidential candidates joust in debate (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:36 AM PST

Taiwan's presidential candidates, ruling Nationalist Party's President Ma Ying-jeou, left, Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen, and People First Party's James Soong greet before their presidential debate at Taiwan Public Television Service in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Dec. 3. 2011. (AP Photo/ Aden Hsu, Pool)AP - Taiwan's low-key presidential election campaign moved into high gear Saturday, as the three candidates jousted in a televised debate that could go a long way in determining the future of the incumbent's efforts to bring the democratic island closer to China.

Indian police charge 12 in journalist's murder (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:33 AM PST

AP - Indian police have charged 12 people, including a fugitive reputed gangster, in the murder of a Mumbai crime reporter nearly six months ago.

2.6 million Afghans at risk of hunger from drought (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:32 AM PST

In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 photo, an Afghan wheat farmer Mir Ahmad, a 58-year-old receives a sack containing humanitarian aid donated by International Organization for Migration (IOM) for drought-hit families in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. 'There was no rain so everything was burned up,'' said Mir Ahmad, a 58-year-old wheat farmer who also moved to Mazar-e-Sharif from the mountains. The United Nations appealed for $142 million on Oct. 1 to help those hit by the drought in 14 northern provinces where up to 80 percent of non-irrigated fields yielded little to no crops. So far, about $49 million has been pledged by aid groups, the U.S. and European nations. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)AP - Zara, an Afghan mother of seven, doesn't know what to tell her children when they ask about dinner.

Rights group says Thai monarchy laws need reform (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:28 AM PST

AP - A leading international rights group called on Thailand's government Saturday to amend harsh laws aimed at protecting the country's monarchy, after a Bangkok court sentenced a man last month to 20 years in prison for sending text messages deemed offensive to the queen.

Pakistani model's nude photo causes fury (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:52 AM PST

AP - A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation.

Afghanistan says needs billions long after troops go (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:49 AM PST

Reuters - Afghanistan's international backers must not cut funding to Kabul to the degree that it forces the government to choose between spending less on security or development, the finance minister said on Saturday.

Filipino gays march against discrimination (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:45 AM PST

A group of gays take part in the annual Pride March in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgenders called for the urgent need to pass the anti-discrimination bill and for government protection from hate crimes committed against them. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - More than 1,000 gays, lesbians and transgenders have marched in the Philippine capital to demand equal rights and an end to discrimination, and more support for an AIDS program.

Australia's ruling party endorses gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:35 PM PST

A hand-made placard is held up as gay rights demonstrators gather for a rally at the Convention Centre in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, where the Labor party are holding their annual conference. Australia's ruling center-left party voted to endorse same-sex marriage, a reversal of its long-standing position that has little practical effect on the chance of gay marriage being legalized in the country. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - Australia's ruling party voted Saturday to endorse same-sex marriage, a reversal of its long-standing position that has little practical effect on the chance of gay marriage being legalized in the country.

Myanmar approves first peaceful protest law (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:40 PM PST

AP - Myanmar's president has approved a new law allowing citizens to request permission to stage peaceful protests for the first time.
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