Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Rare attacks on Afghan Shiites kill 60 (AP)

Rare attacks on Afghan Shiites kill 60 (AP)

Rare attacks on Afghan Shiites kill 60 (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:45 AM PST

An Afghan man is comforted by relatives outside of a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers marking a holy day Tuesday in the Afghan capital as scores of people were killed in an unprecedented wave of violence against the minority Islamic sect in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)AP - A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers who packed a Kabul mosque Tuesday to mark a holy day, killing at least 56 people, and a second bombing in another city killed four more Shiites. They were the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago.

Indonesia ratifies global ban on nuclear tests (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:25 AM PST

AP - Indonesia ratified Tuesday a global treaty banning nuclear test explosions, a move welcomed by the United States.

Chinese court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:19 AM PST

Reuters - A court in southern China has rejected a lawsuit by Apple Inc, accusing a Chinese technology company of infringing its iPad trademark, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, the latest move in a protracted tug-of-war over the name.

Online uproar as India seeks social media screening (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 11:08 AM PST

Reuters - India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users complaining of censorship in the world's largest democracy.

Republican Presidential Candidates on the War in Afghanistan and Nation-Building (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - During the GOP debate on foreign policy and national security, Wolf Blitzer claimed that the United States spends as much as $2 billion per week in Afghanistan and over $100 billion per year. Given this considerable investment and the even more devastating losses inherent to any war, many in Washington and across the nation are wondering whether the costs of Operation Enduring Freedom now outweigh the benefits.

Pakistani minister thanks Taliban for not bombing (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:52 AM PST

Pakistani paramilitary troops patrol a road to ensure security on the route of Shiite Muslim's Ashoura procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Ashura, which falls on the 10th of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims, It marks the death of Islam's Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Pakistan's interior minister thanked the country's Taliban militant movement Tuesday for not staging attacks during this year's Shiite ritual of Ashoura, a remark likely to draw criticism as the country grapples with how to subdue the extremists.

Merck to build Asian R&D center in Beijing (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 08:15 AM PST

AP - Drugmaker Merck & Co. is setting up a new research and development headquarters for Asia in Beijing.

US volunteers in North Korea to build homes (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:55 AM PST

AP - A group of Americans is in North Korea to kick off a project to build 50 homes for families working at a tree farm outside Pyongyang.

India wants websites to screen derogatory content (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:38 AM PST

Indian Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Sibal said that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have ignored his demands to screen derogatory material from their sites, so the government would have to take action on its own. The dispute highlights India's ongoing difficulty in balancing the Internet culture of freewheeling discourse with its homegrown religious and political sensitivities. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - India's top telecommunications official said Tuesday that Internet giants such as Facebook and Google have ignored his demands to screen derogatory material from their sites, so the government would have to act on its own.

Probe finds elaborate cover-up at "rotten" Olympus (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:43 AM PST

Tatsuo Kainaka, center, former Supreme Court judge who led a panel investigating an accounting scandal at Japan's Olympus Corp., speaks as panel members Hideki Nakagomi, right, and Osamu Sudo listen to him during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The panel of lawyers and an accountant said Tuesday it found an elaborate scheme to cover up $1.5 billion of investment losses but no evidence of Japanese mafia involvement. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - A panel probing an accounting scandal at Japan's Olympus Corp. said Tuesday an elaborate scheme to cover up $1.5 billion of investment losses was orchestrated by a group of top executives who were "rotten to the core."

Pakistan pulls out of liaison posts; US concerned (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:08 AM PST

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani gestures during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Gilani says his country wants to rebuild ties with the United States despite Islamabad's ongoing retaliation for deadly airstrikes on its troops by the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - Pakistan on Tuesday temporarily recalled some troops from border posts meant to coordinate activity with international forces in Afghanistan as relations have been pushed to an all-time low by NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Recent major attacks in the Afghan capital (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:06 AM PST

AP - A look at recent major attacks in Afghanistan's capital:

Sri Lanka media group challenges websites blocking (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:13 AM PST

AP - A media rights group has filed a court challenge over the Sri Lankan government's blocking of five news websites for content that was deemed insulting, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Maoist rebels blast Indian school, police station (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 03:56 AM PST

Workers look at railway tracks blown up by Maoist rebels at Hehegara forest area in Lathehar, Jharkhand state, India, Sunday, Dec .4, 2011. Maoist rebels have killed 11 people in attacks across an eastern Indian state after their leader died in a gunbattle with security forces, police said. (AP Photo) INDIA OUTAP - Maoist rebels have raided police posts, engaged in shootouts and bombed government buildings and railway lines in eastern India in a two-day campaign of violence protesting their leader's killing, police said Tuesday.

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Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:34 AM PST

AP - Senior Afghan police official says 48 killed, scores wounded in Kabul suicide bomb attack.

Filipino cops find blood in search for Australian (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:34 AM PST

AP - Philippine security forces found bloodstains at the coastal home where suspected Muslim militants barged in and dragged an Australian man away in the latest of a rash of abductions in the restive south, officials said Tuesday.

Oil falls to near $100 after S&P warning (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 12:27 AM PST

Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., center, makes a statement to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, before the House Energy and Power subcommittee hearing on the construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL crude oil pipeline that would transport millions of barrels of Alberta oilsands crude through six U.S. states, including Nebraska, to Gulf Coast refineries from Canada. He is joined by Bruce Burton, representing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, left, and Brent Booker, director of construction for the Laborers’ International Union of North America. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Oil prices fell to near $100 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after a U.S. credit rating agency warned it may cut the debt ratings of 15 eurozone countries.

Croc attack suspected in Australian diver's death (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 10:58 PM PST

AP - Australian police say a man who died during a spearfishing dive may have been attacked by a crocodile.

2nd tobacco company fights Australian logo ban (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:02 PM PST

AP - A second major tobacco company has gone to Australia's High Court to argue that new laws banning logos from cigarette packs are unconstitutional.

UN expert urges Vietnam to close rehab centers (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 07:52 PM PST

AP - A United Nations-appointed expert is urging Vietnam's government to close down rehabilitation centers for drug users and sex workers following criticism of abuses by an international rights group, calling them "counterproductive."
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