Thursday, January 5, 2012

Afghanistan arrests British contractors with guns (AP)

Afghanistan arrests British contractors with guns (AP)

Afghanistan arrests British contractors with guns (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:42 AM PST

The arms, which were confiscated from the Garda World private security company are shown to media in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Two British nationals along with their Afghan colleagues from Garda World private security company operating in Kabul have been detained for alleged offences involving illegal weapons. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan police arrested two British private security contractors and two Afghan colleagues and ordered their company closed down after finding a cache of weapons in their vehicle, an official said Thursday. They are being held for investigation into illegal arms transport.

Suu Kyi tells AP: Myanmar army could block reforms (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:41 AM PST

In this video image Aung San Suu Kyi the general-secretary of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at her residence in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday Jan. 5, 2012. Myanmar's government on Thursday approved the National League for Democracy to run in upcoming by-elections that will return Aung San Suu Kyi's party to mainstream politics after two decades, the opposition leader said. Allowing Suu Kyi's party back into the political fold will likely give the government greater legitimacy at home and abroad. But in an interview with The Associated Press prior to her talks with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Suu Kyi warned that her country's apparent move towards democracy was not 'unstoppable' and expressed concern about the military's commitment to reform. (AP Photo via APTN)AP - Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cautioned Thursday that the democratic reforms started by Myanmar's nominally civilian government are not "unstoppable" and will succeed only if the powerful military accepts the changes.

Chinese video websites in court as industry grows (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:10 AM PST

In this Jan. 3, 2012 photo, a man watches a movie on his smart phone in Shanghai, China. China's two biggest video websites are fighting a court battle over accusations they are misusing each other's programming as rivalry heats up in an industry that is luring viewers away from bland state TV. (AP Photo)AP - China's two biggest video websites are fighting in court over accusations they are misusing each other's programming as rivalry heats up in an industry that is luring viewers from bland state TV.

Swank sushi: Tuna fetches record $736K in Tokyo (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:53 AM PST

Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., center left, cuts a bluefin at his Sushi Zanmai restaurant near Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. The bluefin tuna caught off northeastern Japan fetched a record 56.49 million yen, or about $736,000, Thursday in the first auction of the year at the fish market. The tuna was caught off Oma in Aomori prefecture and just north of the coast that was battered by the March 11 tsunami. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - This tuna is worth savoring: It cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.

Landslide kills 25, buries more in Philippines (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:50 AM PST

In this photo released by the Philippine Army, residents dig through the rubble following a landslide that occurred at the small-scale mining community of Pantukan, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Thursday Jan. 5, 2012. The landslide tore through a small-scale gold mining site in the southern Philippines on Thursday, months after government officials warned miners that the mountain above them was guaranteed to crumble. (AP Photo/Philippine Army, Senior Police Officer 4 Zoilo Molles Jr.) NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A landslide tore through a tiny gold-mining village in the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing 25 people and burying dozens more, months after the government warned residents the mountain was certain to crumble.

Japan Sets Tuna Price Record (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire -

British Red Cross worker kidnapped in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:48 AM PST

Visitors are standing outside the Red Cross office in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, Jan 5, 2012. Armed men seized a Red Cross worker from the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday, police and the organization said. Local police officer Nazir Ahmed Kurd said his initial information was that the man was a British health worker. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Armed men kidnapped a British Red Cross worker from the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday, police and the Red Cross said, highlighting the fragile security situation in the country.

Karzai demands US hand over Bagram prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:44 AM PST

Detained members of Garda World private security company are seen near their confiscated arms during a news event in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Two British nationals along with their Afghan colleagues from Garda World private security company operating in Kabul have been detained for alleged offences involving illegal weapons. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Base be handed over to Afghan control within a month, along with all Afghan citizens held by the coalition troops across the nation.

Pakistani Taliban say kill 15 soldiers, vow further "revenge" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:38 AM PST

Reuters - The Pakistani Taliban have killed 15 kidnapped troops in revenge for military operations against them near the Afghan border, a Taliban spokesman said Thursday, vowing further such violence.

Tata chief says cheap, everyman Nano is no flop (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:06 AM PST

Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata, center, and deputy chairman Cyrus Mistry, left, pose near a Tata Safari during a press preview at the India Auto Expo, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. The five day long automobile event begins Saturday. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)AP - The Tata Nano, the dirt-cheap everyman's car that started with great fanfare but faced seemingly endless troubles, will eventually prove itself a strong product, the outgoing Tata chairman said Thursday. But he acknowledged the company had not handled its rollout well.

US and SKorea discuss leadership change in NKorea (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:48 AM PST

Kurt Campbell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, speaks to the media after meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Campbell arrived Wednesday to meet with South Korean officials to discuss North Korea following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - A senior U.S. diplomat says Washington is committed to strong ties with Seoul as the allies face a leadership transition in North Korea after Kim Jong Il's death.

Indonesian boy convicted of stealing old sandals (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:28 AM PST

Flip-flops and sandals donated by local people in support of a 15-year-old boy who is being prosecuted for lifting an old pair of sandals are lined up at a collection point in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Thousands of Indonesians have donated flip-flops and other old sandals in a campaign to show support for the boy who could face up to five years in prison if found guilty, the same sentence given to many terrorists, drug pushers and rapists. (AP Photo)AP - An Indonesian court found a boy guilty on Wednesday of stealing a pair of worn-out sandals but allowed him to go free in a case that captured headlines and focused attention on the country's uneven judicial system.

Aussie kidnapped in Philippines seeks $2M ransom (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:25 AM PST

In this undated image taken from a video sent by the kidnappers of Australian citizen Warren Richard Rodwell to his family, Rodwell pleads for a US$2 million ransom for his safe return. Rodwell, a former Australian soldier, was taken at gunpoint by about six men on Dec. 5, 2011 in Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province, southern Philippines. (AP Photo) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A former Australian soldier kidnapped in the southern Philippines is seen in a video sent to his family pleading for his life and urging Manila and Canberra to raise a $2 million ransom being demanded by his captors.

China's dragon stamp breathes criticism, fear (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:42 AM PST

A stamp featuring a dragon is sold with a souvenir envelop and cachets at a post office ahead of the Chinese New Year, or the Year of the Dragon, in Huaibei, in central China's Anhui province, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. The stamp designed to depict China's Year of the Dragon and growing confidence that went on sale Thursday has been criticized as looking too ferocious. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A stamp designed to mark China's upcoming Year of the Dragon is drawing unusual criticism for its fang-bearing monster.

India's anti-corruption hero sees popularity fade (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:39 AM PST

FILE- In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare gestures during the second day of his hunger strike, in Mumbai, India. The anti-corruption movement that seemed to energize India's middle class just a few months ago, led by Hazare, the once-obscure social activist who defied the government with public hunger strikes and mass rallies, is facing a new enemy: apathy. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)AP - The anti-corruption movement that seemed to energize India's middle class just a few months ago, led by a once-obscure social activist who defied the government with public hunger strikes and mass rallies, is facing a new enemy: apathy.

Cambodia drug czar gets life term for corruption (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 02:11 AM PST

AP - A court sentenced a former Cambodian drug czar to life in prison Thursday for committing the very crime he was hired to fight.

Oil hovers below $103 amid mixed US supply signs (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:41 AM PST

A member of the Nigerian Bar Association holds up a placard to protest a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 5, 2012. Nigerian trade unions threatened on Wednesday to call a national strike and shut down large parts of the country's oil industry from next week, if the government failed to restore a scrapped fuel subsidy. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS CRIME LAW)AP - Oil prices hovered below $103 a barrel Thursday in Asia after a report showed mixed signs about U.S. crude demand.

World stocks mostly lower on eurozone worries (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:19 AM PST

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - World stock markets were mostly lower Thursday, as renewed worries over Europe's banking system and a strong yen weighed on investor sentiment.

Philippines doubles bounty on fugitive ex-general (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:03 AM PST

AP - The Philippine government has doubled to 1 million pesos ($23,200) the reward for the capture of a former army general accused of kidnapping two left-wing student activists.

UK's Hague arrives in Myanmar to urge reforms (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:33 AM PST

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, gestures while talking with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin during their meeting Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hague began a two-day visit to Myanmar Thursday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Britain's foreign secretary urged Myanmar to push its democratic reforms and release all political prisoners as he began a historic trip Thursday to a country that has recently emerged from a pariah status in the West.
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