Thursday, February 16, 2012

Thailand: Iranians' targets were Israeli diplomats (AP)

Thailand: Iranians' targets were Israeli diplomats (AP)

Thailand: Iranians' targets were Israeli diplomats (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST

Thai immigration officers escort detained Iranian Mohammad Kharzei, center, at the immigration headquarters in Bangkok on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Kharzei and two fellow Iranians arrested after accidentally setting off an explosives cache in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand's police chief said Thursday, the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting terror attacks in the Southeast Asian country.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand's top policeman said Thursday in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting attacks in Thailand.

AP Interview: Cardinal wants to be bridge to China (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:10 AM PST

AP - The new cardinal from Hong Kong said Thursday that he wants to "keep the door open" between the Vatican and the Chinese government while acknowledging there are "lots of battles" ahead for the Catholic church.

China's Xi, U.S. officials talk food trade in Iowa meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:14 AM PST

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping delivers a policy address during an event co-hosted by the US-China Business Council and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in Washington February 15, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, and U.S. agricultural officials in a gathering in America's grainbelt on Thursday stressed their shared interests in fostering increased trade in farm goods.

Late NKorean leader gets military birthday tribute (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:42 AM PST

North Koreans lay flowers beneath a large portrait of the late leader Kim Jong Il to commemorate his death and what would have been his 70th birthday in Pyongyang on Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)AP - Army trucks loaded with artillery rolled by the memorial palace for North Korea's late leaders as Kim Jong Un presided over a military birthday commemoration for his father Thursday.

Diplomat: Maldives leader agrees to early election (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:26 AM PST

Supporters of Maldive President Mohamed Nasheed pray during a rally in Male, Maldives, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The Maldives, an Indian Ocean island nation that relies on high-end tourism for its economy, has been in political turmoil since President Mohamed Nasheed was replaced last week by former vice president Mohammed Waheed Hassan after losing the support of the police and military over his order to fire a top judge. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - The new president in the Maldives has softened his stance and agreed to hold early elections to break a political impasse after his predecessor resigned, an Indian diplomat said Thursday.

US wants Bangladeshi parties to end election row (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:23 AM PST

AP - A U.S. diplomat visiting Bangladesh on Thursday urged the nation's bickering political parties to resolve how to hold the next national elections due in 2014.

Afghan leader asks for Pakistani help in peace bid (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:19 AM PST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, right, invites visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai for talks upon his arrival at Prime Minister House in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Karzai arrived in Pakistan for talks on how Islamabad can facilitate peace negotiations with the Afghan Taliban. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - The Afghan president appealed for Pakistan's help Thursday in negotiating a peace deal with Taliban militants ahead of a summit that will be also include the leader of Iran.

Are We Ready for Another 10 Years of Fighting in Afghanistan? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:12 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Ten years ago Oct. 7, the United States answered the attacks on 9/11 with airstrikes against Taliban positions around the small corner of Afghanistan still held by the pro-Western Northern Alliance. Ten years later, the war grinds on.

More Chinese cities seize iPads over trademark (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:06 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, a man stands near an advertisement for an Apple iPad in Shanghai, China. News reports say more Chinese cities have seized iPads from retailers due to a dispute between Apple Inc. and a local company over ownership of the tablet computer's name. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - Authorities have seized iPads from more Chinese retailers in an escalating trademark dispute between Apple Inc. and a struggling local company that could disrupt global sales of the popular tablet computer.

U.S.-Taliban talks only "exploratory": Afghan envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:58 AM PST

Reuters - The Afghan Taliban and the United States have made only "exploratory" contacts for possible reconciliation which do not involve the Kabul government, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan said on Thursday.

China to send senior envoy for talks in Syria (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:44 AM PST

AP - China, which has been criticized for vetoing a U.N. vote aimed at pressuring Syria's leader to step down, said Thursday it will send a senior envoy to the country for talks on ending the violence there.

Italian ship fires on Indian fishing boat, 2 dead (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:27 AM PST

AP - An Italian cargo ship fired at an Indian fishing boat that it mistook for a pirate vessel, killing two fishermen, India's navy said Thursday.

Coal mine accident kills 15 in China (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:21 PM PST

AP - China's state news agency says 15 miners were killed and three others hurt when the mine carriages they were in plunged into a tunnel.

Local scandal highlights China succession contests (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 11:12 PM PST

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks during a formal dinner in the rotunda at the Iowa Statehouse, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Andrea Melendez, Pool)AP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's U.S. visit this week shows he is all but certain to take over as China's next leader, but back home the competition is rough for the other top slots to run the country with him.

In Pakistan, rightwing alliance is revived (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:18 PM PST

In this Feb 12, 2012 photo, Pakistani supporters of right-wing religious and political parties waving Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat flags listen to their leaders at the Defend Pakistan rally in Karachi, Pakistan. Bound together by hatred of the United States and support for insurgents fighting in Afghanistan, a revived coalition of supposedly banned Islamist extremists, rightwing political parties and some retired generals is drawing large crowds across Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)AP - Bound together by hatred of the United States and support for insurgents fighting in Afghanistan, a revived coalition of supposedly banned Islamist extremists and rightwing political parties is drawing large crowds across Pakistan.

Land dispute sparks protests in east China village (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:20 PM PST

AP - State media say a lingering land dispute has sparked protests and clashes with police in a farming village in eastern China.

Reports: Former Olympus chairman arrested (AP)

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:18 PM PST

AP - Olympus Corp.'s former chairman, suspected of orchestrating a massive cover-up of losses at the Japanese camera and medical equipment maker, has been arrested, media reports said Thursday.
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