Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Pakistan to seek arrest of ex-president Musharraf (AP)

Pakistan to seek arrest of ex-president Musharraf (AP)

Pakistan to seek arrest of ex-president Musharraf (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:27 AM PST

Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani, right, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague talk to the media at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Pakistan will ask Interpol for help in arresting ex-President Pervez Musharraf for his failure to prevent the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said Tuesday.

NATO: 3 troops die in Afghan roadside bombing (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:23 AM PST

An Afghan protestor, left, shouts slogans near burning security booth in front of the US base of Bagram during an anti US demonstration in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. More than 2,000 angry Afghans, some firing guns in the air, protested on Tuesday against the improper disposal and burning of Qurans and other Islamic religious materials at an American air base in Bagram north of Kabul. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - NATO says three NATO service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan.

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Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:00 AM PST

AP - NATO says 3 service members killed in roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan.

Afghan officials say to meet Taliban in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:23 AM PST

Reuters - A group of Afghan officials from Kandahar province has left Afghanistan for the Pakistani city of Quetta to meet Taliban commanders there and discuss peace efforts, the head of the provincial peace council said Tuesday.

Afghans vent fury over Koran burning, U.S. apologizes (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST

Afghan men stand near pieces of wood and tyres which they set on fire during a protest outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, north of Kabul February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailReuters - U.S. helicopters fired flares to disperse hundreds of angry Afghans who massed outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday after hearing staff there had burned copies of the Koran.

Summary Box: China carmaker plant in Bulgaria (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:29 AM PST

AP - CHINA ARRIVES: Great Wall Motors launched operations in Bulgaria on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese automaker to assemble cars in the European Union.

Pakistan's Khar to meet Clinton to discuss strains (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:25 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Tuesday urged Washington to establish a "predictable, transparent and sustainable" relationship ahead of a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to repair damaged ties.

Olympus exec in India found dead in apparent suicide (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST

Reuters - A top executive of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp was found hanged outside his apartment in suburban Delhi in a likely suicide, police said on Tuesday.

Afghan president: Pakistan crucial to peace talks (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:10 AM PST

Family members in Baldushk village, close to capital Tirana, react after being informed about the death of Albanian army Captain Feti Vogli, who was shot by suspected Afghan police in Afghanistan Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The death was the first for Albanian troops serving in Afghanistan. The shootings appeared to be the latest in a growing number of attacks by Afghan police or army soldiers on foreign forces, a trend that has raised concerns about the vetting of Afghan recruits and threatened the international military commitment to the country. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)AP - Pakistani support of negotiations with the Taliban will be "crucial" to the success of any peace talks, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday as he repeated a call for the neighboring country to facilitate meetings.

Chinese carmaker opens plant in Bulgaria (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:53 AM PST

AP - Great Wall Motors launched operations in Bulgaria on Tuesday, becoming the first Chinese automaker to assemble cars in the European Union.

15,000 die each year crossing rail tracks in India (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:32 AM PST

Commuters walk over tracks in front of a stationary train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. About 15,000 people die every year trying to cross the tracks of India's mammoth rail network, a 'massacre' that a government committee said was being ignored by railway authorities. About 6,000 people die on Mumbai's crowded suburban rail network alone. Another 1,000 people die when they fall from crowded coaches, when trains collide or coaches derail, it said. Around 20 million people in India travel by train each day. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - About 15,000 people die every year trying to cross the tracks of India's mammoth rail network, a "massacre" that a government committee said was being ignored by railway authorities.

Big questions still unanswered in Thai terror plot (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:47 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, an Iranian bomb suspect Mohammad Kharzei, right, listens to a Thai police officer as he is taken to verify the house where he and other Iranian compatriots rented in Bangkok, Thailand. One week after three Iranians were arrested in an apparently botched terror plot allegedly aimed against Israeli diplomats, profound questions remain unanswered about who was behind it. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - It began when three men blew up their house accidentally on Valentine's Day in Bangkok. It ended with a gory scene that looked more like Baghdad: a bloodied, would-be bomber with severed legs moaning on a glass-strewn sidewalk after another botched blast.

Famous faces help boost animal rights in China (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:35 AM PST

An Animals Asia Foundation worker adjusts a laptop while an image of an injured bear is projected on a screen during the group's press conference in Beijing to promote a campaign against bear farming in China, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The rights group says animal welfare is becoming an increasingly trendy concern among ordinary Chinese as celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming speak out against shark fin soup and bear bile tonics. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)AP - Celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming have helped energize China's animal rights movement by speaking out against shark fin soup and bear bile tonics, an animal welfare group said Tuesday.

Lesbians, gays lobby Australian PM over dinner (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:53 AM PST

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard, an opponent of same-sex marriage, hosted a dinner for two lesbian couples and a pair of gay men Tuesday after an Australian activist group won a charity auction.

3 suspected militants killed in southern Thailand (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:09 AM PST

AP - Police say three suspected Muslim militants have been killed and three soldiers wounded in a shootout in Thailand's violence-prone south.

Hong Kong court hears appeal on maids' residency (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:04 AM PST

From left, Eman C. Villanueva, spokesperson of Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body, Bungon Tamasorn, chairperson of Thai Regional Alliance in Hong Kong, Dolores T. Balladares, chairperson of United Filipinos in Hong Kong, Ganika Diristiani, representative of Association Indonesian Migrant Worker and Eni Lestari, spokesperson of Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body, arrive the High Court in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Hong Kong's government is appealing a landmark court ruling last year opening the way for foreign maids to apply for permanent residency in a case that has divided the city over concerns about ethnic discrimination and strains on social services. Government lawyer David Pannick argued Tuesday the ruling was wrong because it limits authorities from deciding who is eligible to permanently settle in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Hong Kong's government argued Tuesday against a landmark ruling that could let foreign maids gain permanent residency as it appealed a case that has raised concerns about ethnic discrimination and strains on social services.

Philippines launches new anti-kidnapping force (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:24 AM PST

AP - Philippine police launched a new anti-kidnapping force Tuesday to deal with a long-standing scourge by criminal gangs and militants that authorities say has been eased by crackdowns but anti-crime advocates continue to regard with alarm.

72-year-old Nepalese man claims to be shortest man (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:31 AM PST

AP - A 72-year-old man from western Nepal is hoping to prove to Guinness World Records that he's the world's shortest man.

Report: Vietnam arrests political dissident (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:59 PM PST

AP - Vietnamese state media say police have arrested a high school teacher who called for a multiparty political system.

Blast at steel plant in NE China kills at least 13 (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 09:38 PM PST

AP - At least 13 people have been killed and 17 hurt in a blast at a steel plant in northeastern China.
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