Friday, January 11, 2013

Sri Lanka's lawmakers impeach chief judge

Sri Lanka's lawmakers impeach chief judge

Sri Lanka's lawmakers impeach chief judge

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:52 AM PST

Sri Lankan lawyers sit in protest against the government's impeachment bid to remove chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake at the court complex building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The lawyers accuse the government of violating the constitution by continuing the impeachment process against Bandaranayake despite court orders against it. They say the impeachment plan is a part of a government move to undermine the independence of the judiciary. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach the chief justice in a case widely seen by jurists and rights activists as an attempt by the government to ensure a servile judiciary.

3 US men, SKorean among 7 dead in Philippine fire

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:39 AM PST

Funeral workers carry the body of a victim following a fire that razed a small two-storey hotel at Olongapo city, a former U.S. naval base, west of Manila, Philippines Friday Jan. 11, 2013. The fire swept through the hotel in a Philippine resort city early Friday, killing seven people, including three Americans, three Filipinos and a South Korean, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jun Dumaguing)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire swept through a hotel in a Philippine resort city early Friday, killing seven people, including three Americans, three Filipinos and a South Korean, authorities said.

Sri Lankan lawmakers impeach chief judge

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:11 AM PST

Sri Lankan lawyers sit in protest against the government's impeachment bid to remove chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake at the court complex building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The lawyers accuse the government of violating the constitution by continuing the impeachment process against Bandaranayake despite court orders against it. They say the impeachment plan is a part of a government move to undermine the independence of the judiciary. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach the chief justice in a case widely seen by jurists and rights activists as an attempt by the government to ensure a servile judiciary.

Snake clings to plane wing on Australian flight

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:50 AM PST

SYDNEY (AP) — This snake on a plane had a turbulent flight.

Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:51 AM PST

A Pakistani boy holds a candle while he and his mother take part in a protest to condemn Thursday's deadly bombings in Quetta, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do something to protect them from what has become a barrage of bombings and shootings against the minority Muslim sect. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do something to protect them from what has become a barrage of bombings and shootings against the minority Muslim sect.

Pakistan protests clashes with India in Kashmir

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:44 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has summoned India's top diplomat in the country to protest a pair of clashes along the disputed Kashmir border in the past week that killed two Pakistani soldiers.

Censorship row shows China's tight grip on media

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:02 AM PST

In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 photo, a man buys a latest edition of the Southern Weekly at a newspaper stand near the Southern Weekly headquarters in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media. That's the lesson of a dustup involving the influential newspaper whose staff briefly rebelled against especially heavy-handed censorship. The staff of Southern Weekly returned to work after some controls were relaxed, but public demands for the ouster of the top censor were ignored. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — China's new Communist Party leaders want to appear more open, but they're not about to give up control of the media. That's the lesson of a dustup involving an influential newspaper whose staff briefly rebelled against especially heavy-handed censorship.

Death toll from Pakistan bombings rises to 120

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:52 AM PST

Pakistani police officers and local residents gather at the site of a bomb blast that targeted paramilitary soldiers in a commercial area in Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40 others, according to police, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 115 people on Thursday in one of the deadliest days in the country in recent years. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a series of deadly bombings across Pakistan rose Friday to 120, police said, marking one of the deadliest days the country has seen in years.

Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:31 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, photo, Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lahore, Pakistan. To his supporters Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri is the savior of Pakistani politics recently returned from abroad to right the country ahead of upcoming elections. To his detractors, he is a shady religious figure bent on derailing the vote, possibly at the behest of the country's powerful military. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — To his supporters, Tahir-ul-Qadri is a savior of Pakistan's fragile democracy who will right the country ahead of elections expected to take place this spring. To his detractors, he is a shady religious figure bent on derailing the vote, possibly at the behest of the country's powerful military.

Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:54 PM PST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta.

Bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier and local residents gather at the site of bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. A bomb targeting paramilitary soldiers killed scores of people in southwest Pakistan, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan killed 103 people on Thursday, including 69 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials said.
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