Sunday, September 23, 2012

9 climbers killed, 6 missing in Nepal avalanche

9 climbers killed, 6 missing in Nepal avalanche

9 climbers killed, 6 missing in Nepal avalanche

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 07:45 AM PDT

An avalanche hit climbers on a high Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and six others missing, officials said. Many of the climbers were French or German.

Strike enforced in Bangladesh over anti-Islam film

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 06:13 AM PDT

Bangaldeshi policemen detain an activist of an Islamic group during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Officials and witnesses said scores of people were injured in a clash in Bangladesh's capital between police and hundreds of Muslims who were protesting a film produced in the United States that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)Schools and businesses are closed and transportation has been disrupted across Bangladesh as hard-line Islamic groups protesting a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad enforce a general strike.

Indonesian police arrest 10 terror suspects

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT

An elite Indonesian anti-terror squad has arrested 10 Islamic militants and seized a dozen homemade bombs from a group suspected of planning suicide attacks against security forces and the government, police said Sunday.

AP Exclusive: Neglect ruins Marcos' prized shoes

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 02:39 AM PDT

Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary stash of shoes and other vanity possessions, left behind after she and her dictator husband were driven into U.S. exile by a 1986 popular revolt.

China likely to show leniency to ex-police chief

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 12:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2008 file photo, then Chonqing city police chief Wang Lijun speaks during a press conference in Chongqing, southwestern China. Wang, the ex-police chief at the center of China's seamy political scandal asked U.S. diplomats for asylum after he covered up a murder for the wife of the Communist Party boss but then grew estranged and feared for his life, the Chinese government said Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo, File) CHINA OUTThe sentencing of a former police chief who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician's wife is the latest sign that after months of divisive infighting, China's leadership is tying off a seamy political scandal to move ahead with a generational handover of power.

AP Exclusive: Neglect damages Marcos' prized shoes

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary stash of shoes and other vanity possessions, left after she and her dictator husband were driven to U.S. exile by a 1986 popular revolt.
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