Saturday, September 8, 2012

Pakistan, India sign new visa agreement

Pakistan, India sign new visa agreement

Pakistan, India sign new visa agreement

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 09:18 AM PDT

Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna, left, and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, right, arrive for a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. Krishna arrive in Pakistan for talks, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between two countries that have fought three major wars against each other. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Pakistan and India signed a new visa agreement Saturday that makes cross-border travel easier, the latest sign of thawing relations between two nuclear-armed countries that have long seen each other as enemies.

HK drops plans for Chinese patriotism classes

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Thousands of protesters turn out outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Parents, teachers and pupils along with activists in the former British colony continued their protest against the government's plan to introduce a new subject "Moral and National Education" into a new curriculum, starting from new school year. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Hong Kong officials backed down Saturday on plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes following a week of protests in the former British colony sparked by fears of pro-Beijing "brainwashing."

HK drops China education plans after mass protests

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:34 AM PDT

Thousands of protesters turn out outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Parents, teachers and pupils along with activists in the former British colony continued their protest against the government's plan to introduce a new subject "Moral and National Education" into a new curriculum, starting from new school year. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Hong Kong officials have dropped plans to introduce compulsory Chinese national education classes in schools that raised fears in the former British colony of pro-Beijing "brainwashing."

Pakistan frees Christian girl accused of blasphemy

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:16 AM PDT

Pakistani police officers stand guard at the main entrance of central prison on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. In a rare move, a Pakistani judge granted bail to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam by burning pages of the religion's holy book. Activists who had pressed for the girl's release welcomed the rare decision to grant bail in a blasphemy case. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)A young Christian girl accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book was freed Saturday from a jail near the capital where she had been held for three weeks, a Pakistani jail official said.

China steps up earthquake rescue efforts; 80 dead

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:13 AM PDT

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, damaged cars are seen in Luozehe town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing dozens of people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Hongpeng) NO SALESRescue workers cleared roads Saturday so they could search for survivors and rush aid to a remote mountainous area of southwestern China after twin earthquakes killed at least 80 people.

Teenage suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghan capital

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:11 AM PDT

A member of the Afghan security forces stands guard at the scene of suicide bombing in Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, 8, 2012. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up near NATO headquarters in Kabul, killing at least 6 people (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least six civilians in a strike that targeted the heart of the U.S.-led military operation in the country, officials said.

Suicide bombing kills at least 6 in central Kabul

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:02 AM PDT

A suicide bomber blew himself up near NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least six people, police said.

80 dead in China quakes; rescue efforts hampered

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:08 PM PDT

A man looks at the trucks damaged by fallen rocks after an earthquake in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTBlocked mountain roads were hampering rescue efforts after twin earthquakes struck southwestern China and killed at least 80 people, leaving officials worried Saturday that the death toll could rise further.

Wary US looks to calm rising tensions in Asia

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:41 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Alarmed by a rise in nationalist sentiment around the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration is looking for Russia to play a greater role in the region as it seeks to quell growing maritime tensions.

A glance at the Pakistan-based Haqqani network

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:58 PM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 22, 1998, file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. The Obama administration faces a weekend deadline to decide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani network should be declared a terrorist organization, a complicated political decision as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan and pushes for a reconciliation pact to end more than a decade of warfare. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, File)Some questions and answers about the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and the potential impact of the Obama administration's decision to designate it a foreign terrorist organization:

Quakes kill at least 80 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:26 PM PDT

People run as fallen rocks land near their vehicle after the area was hit by earthquake in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTTwin earthquakes and a spate of aftershocks struck southwestern China on Friday, toppling thousands of houses and sending boulders cascading across roads. At least 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in the remote mountainous area, and more than 100,000 residents were evacuated.

Quakes kill at least 67 in mountainous SW China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:42 PM PDT

People run as fallen rocks land near their vehicle after the area was hit by earthquake in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTTwin earthquakes and a spate of aftershocks struck southwestern China on Friday, toppling thousands of houses and sending boulders cascading across roads. At least 67 people were killed and hundreds injured in the remote mountainous area, and more than 100,000 residents were evacuated.

Pakistan Christian girl in Quran case to be freed

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Pakistani cleric Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, Chairman of Pakistan Scholar Council, said that the approval of bail for the Christian girl facing blasphemy charges is a victory for justice in Pakistan while addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. In a rare move, a Pakistani judge granted bail of $10,500 Friday to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam by burning pages of the Quran. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)In a rare move, a Pakistani judge granted bail Friday to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam by burning pages of the religion's holy book.
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