Friday, December 2, 2011

Pakistan says US gave wrong info before strike (AP)

Pakistan says US gave wrong info before strike (AP)

Pakistan says US gave wrong info before strike (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:32 AM PST

Pakistani university students protest against the NATO airstrikes on Pakistani troops, outside the U. S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec 2, 2011. U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad.

Witness: What not to wear in Myanmar: Clinton's Burma road (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:26 AM PST

Reuters - It wasn't exactly Nixon in China, but Hillary Clinton's visit to Myanmar this week had that slight touch of the surreal that sometimes marks the beginning of unexpected diplomatic change.

Biden urges Turkey to impose new sanctions on Iran (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, front center, is surrounded by U.S officials during a wreath laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Biden called on Turkey to impose new sanctions against Iran, while praising Ankara for its role in pressuring Syria to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters. Biden told the Turkish daily Hurriyet: ' We look forward to the broadening of international sanctions as a means to bring about change in Syria.' (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has urged Turkey to impose new sanctions against Iran and praised Ankara for its role in pressuring Syria to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters.

US trade panel considers solar dispute with China (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:01 AM PST

AP - A federal trade panel has found that Chinese imports harm or threaten to harm the U.S. solar panel industry.

US official: Taiwan has role in international aid (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:22 AM PST

U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah gives an interview in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Shah said Taiwan has a role to play in helping Washington and other governments help disaster victims and the poor around the world. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - The visiting head of the U.S. Agency for International Development says Taiwan has a role to play in helping Washington and other governments help disaster victims and the poor around the world.

Kazakhs flock to new Almaty subway (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST

An attendant pacing along the platform of Alatau station in the newly opened metro system in ex-Soviet Central Asian nation Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. The transit system project began in 1988, when Almaty's population passed 1 million, but it was delayed for many years, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Peter Leonard)AP - After nearly a quarter-century of waiting, residents of Kazakhstan's largest city are able to ride the subway.

Summary Box: Latest China labor unrest (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:57 AM PST

AP - TROUBLE IN WORKERS' PARADISE: China is seeing a fresh upsurge in labor unrest as slowing demand for its exports in Europe and the U.S. hits manufacturers.

Minister: Japan corp governance on par with US (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:55 AM PST

Japanese Economy Minister Yukio Edano speaks on Olympus Corp.'s dubious transactions scandal, in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Edano defended Japan's corporate governance practices amid the ongoing accounting scandal at Olympus that has tainted the country's image. Looking at past cases related to corporate governance, Japan's efforts and record were at least on par with the U.S. or even better, Edano said. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)AP - Economy Minister Yukio Edano defended Japan's corporate governance practices Friday amid an ongoing accounting scandal at Olympus Corp. that has tainted the country's image.

India press group to charge police who beat media (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:33 AM PST

AP - The head of India's Press Council told top security officials he would bring criminal charges against any police officers and paramilitary troops who attack journalists.

Suicide bomber kills 1 near Afghan-NATO outpost (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:15 AM PST

Afghan police officials look at a part of the truck used by a suicide attacker in Mohammad Agha, Logar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Afghan and NATO officials say a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives outside a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan, killing one person and wounding five people. (AP Photo/Obaid Ormur)AP - A suicide bomber blew up a truck full of explosives outside a joint Afghan-NATO combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding dozens of other people, officials said.

Reports: Myanmar's Shan rebels sign cease-fire (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 06:39 AM PST

AP - One of the main ethnic rebel groups battling Myanmar's government signed a preliminary cease-fire Friday, websites operated by exiled journalists reported.

Bhopal survivors protest Dow's Olympic sponsorship (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST

Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the world's worst industrial disaster in India, and other supporters participate in a protest against a sponsorship deal with Dow Chemicals for the 2012 Olympics, in Bhopal, India, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Friday's protests come on the eve of the 27th anniversary of a lethal gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal where an estimated 15,000 people died and tens of thousands were maimed in 1984. Dow bought Union Carbide in 2001 but denies responsibility for Carbide's Bhopal liabilities. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - Hundreds of survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster burned effigies of two Olympics officials Friday to protest Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the London Games.

Clinton, Suu Kyi promote closer US-Burma ties (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 06:26 AM PST

Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton embrace while speaking to the press after meetings at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - In a striking display of solidarity and sisterhood between two of the world's most recognizable women, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on Friday to work together to promote democratic reforms in Suu Kyi's long-isolated and authoritarian homeland.

Nepal has rare hope after years of uncertainty (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:47 AM PST

In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 photo, Nepal's former Maoist rebel fills details at an integration program at Shaktikhor Cantonment in Chitwan, southwest of Katmandu, Nepal. After years of political paralysis, the impoverished, war-scarred nation of Nepal appears to finally be moving forward. Thousands of former rebel fighters stuck in camps for five years are going home or joining the army. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)AP - After years of political paralysis, the impoverished, war-scarred nation of Nepal appears finally to be moving forward.

Honda announces global recall for air-bag problems (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:07 AM PST

Honda Motor Co's Asimo humanoid robot opens the top of a bottle to pour the drink into a cup during a news conference at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)AP - Honda Motor Co. is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths.

Japan's oldest person dies at age 115 (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 02:27 AM PST

This undated photo shows Japan's oldest person, 115-year-old Chiyono Hasegawa. Hasegawa, who was born Nov. 20, 1896, died at a facility in southern Japan on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Japan's oldest person, 115-year-old Chiyono Hasegawa, has died.

World stocks up on Merkel call for EU changes (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:47 AM PST

Trader John Panin (C) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 2, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP - World stocks rose Friday as markets unnerved by an escalating eurozone debt crisis welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call for changes to the European Union treaty to enforce stern fiscal discipline.

Workers mass at Shanghai factory in latest unrest (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:42 AM PST

Workers on strike gather at the factory gate of Hi-P International, a Singaporean company, in Shanghai, China Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Hundreds of workers gathered outside the factory, a supplier to major consumer electronics companies such as Apple, Motorola and HP, in the eastern industrial suburbs of Shanghai for their third day of protesting. The banner, in part, reads: 'Where is the government's credibility?' (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China is seeing a fresh upsurge in labor unrest as slowing demand for its exports in Europe and the U.S. hits manufacturers already juggling tight credit and weakening growth at home.

Kyrgyzstan's ruling coalition collapses (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:01 AM PST

AP - Kyrgyzstan's fragile ruling coalition collapsed Friday, one day after the new president took office — a development certain to spur frenetic political bargaining in the Central Asian nation where both the U.S. and Russia have key interests.

Another Tibetan sets himself on fire in protest (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 11:13 PM PST

AP - A former Buddhist monk in Tibet has been hospitalized after setting himself on fire, the latest in a series of apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule, a human rights group said.
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