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Aug 29, 2010
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Muslims donate nearly $1 billion to Pakistan flood relief
Monday 30th August, 06:38 AM JST
ISLAMABAD —
Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the nation’s history, the head of a group of Islamic states said Sunday.36 die in Ecuador bus accident
QUITO, Ecuador —
A bus ran off a highway and overturned on Sunday, killing at least 36 people, Ecuadorean officials said. At least 12 others were badly hurt.7 U.S. troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting
KABUL, Afghanistan —
Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile —
Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and government trying to decide whom to blame.Anti-Islam protesters clash with police in UK
A right-wing group that opposes what it calls the spread of Islam in Britain clashed with riot police in northern England on Saturday, throwing bottles, rocks and a smoke bomb at authorities.
The demonstration by the English Defense League occurred in Bradford, a city with one of the country’s largest Pakistani and Muslim communities.
The demonstration by the English Defense League occurred in Bradford, a city with one of the country’s largest Pakistani and Muslim communities.
Volcano quiet for 400 years erupts in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia —
A volcano in western Indonesia spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years.Government volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name, said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago and the minor morning eruption has mostly stopped.
80,000 in Hong Kong mourn for victims in Manila bus hijack
HONG KONG —
About 80,000 people marched Sunday to demand for justice in the killing of eight Hong Kong citizens in last week’s deadly Manila bus hijacking, according to organizers. Dressed in black, the protesters marched in silence while holding banners calling for a thorough investigation of the incident and offering condolences to the victims.
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Ministry to seek 5.7% ODA hike
Kyodo News
The Foreign Ministry said Thursday it plans to request ¥436.96 billion for foreign aid in its fiscal 2011 budget, up 5.7 percent from the initial budget for fiscal 2010, in a bid to curb the declining trend of the nation's official development assistance.
Red Cross team off to Pakistan
NARITA, Chiba Pref. (Kyodo) A medical team of the Japanese Red Cross Society left Narita airport Friday for Pakistan to help treat survivors of flooding there.
The seven-member team will set up a clinic and also travel to distant areas to treat patients during a one-month stay in the country, the Red Cross said. The ...
Beijing's plan for early North nuke talks rebuffed by Tokyo
BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan and China were at odds Saturday over how to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, with Beijing seeking an early resumption but Tokyo taking a cautious stance.
¥16 billion Hayabusa-2 space probe project gets green light
Kyodo News
The government has decided to include a ¥16.4 billion project for the Hayabusa-2 probe in its space program, following the successful seven-year round trip to an asteroid by the probe's predecessor.
Actions needed to repent for colonial rule: S. Korea
By CHO KYUNG WOOK
Kyodo News
SEOUL — Ahead of the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, South Koreans are renewing their call for Japan to truly repent for its past wrongdoings and act on its apology.
Asakusa Samba Carnival in Taito Ward, Tokyo
Aug. 29, 2010
Samba dancers show off their skills during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday. Dancers in 16 groups joined the annual summer event, which marked its 30th anniversary.
RUSSIA Team, 2010 FIBA World Championship, Aug 29, 2010
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_national_
basketball_team Cached The Russian national basketball team represents Russia in international basketball matches. The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and ...
US right claims spirit of Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial rally
Glenn Beck speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Tens of thousands descended on Washington today for one of the biggest culture clashes in decades – one that pitted an almost exclusively white crowd against one that was predominantly African-American. Both claimed the legacy of Martin Luther King.
San Diego couple final link in kidney transplant chain
For Rita and Oscar Ayub, the National Kidney Registry came up with a lifesaving shortcut. It helps find donors for people who need a kidney, but only if they have a partner willing to give an organ to a stranger.
Rita Ayub never resigned herself to the idea that her husband, Oscar, would
Unmanned aircraft built in SD stalks Mexican storm - SignOnSanDiego.com
The unmanned Northrop Grumman drone can fly up to 65,000 feet high, reaching the edge of space.
NASA said at 4:13 p.m. that the research flight was almost complete, and that the drone would be signaled to return to Southern California shortly.
Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Paris Hilton was arrested late Friday after a police motorcycle officer smelled marijuana smoke wafting from a black Cadillac Escalade driven by her boyfriend on the Las Vegas Strip, then found cocaine in her purse, authorities said.
A crowd quickly gathered when Hilton and Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits were stopped about 11:30 p.m. Friday in the vehicle near the Wynn Las Vegas resort, police said.
The 29-year-old celebrity socialite was taken into the hotel "to keep her safe" during the initial investigation, police Lt. Wayne Holman said.
A crowd quickly gathered when Hilton and Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits were stopped about 11:30 p.m. Friday in the vehicle near the Wynn Las Vegas resort, police said.
The 29-year-old celebrity socialite was taken into the hotel "to keep her safe" during the initial investigation, police Lt. Wayne Holman said.
Marines expand their influence in southern Afghanistan
Nelvin C. Cepeda
Young Afghan children watch as U.S. Marines make their way through Safar during a patrol last week. To maintain personal contact and relationships, the Marines are using dismounted patrols.
The Marines of Camp Pendleton's Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment spend their time patrolling by foot the Safar bazaar in an effort to maintain contacts and build a relationship with the residents. Their base, Combat Outpost Rankel is names for Sgt. John K. Rankel, the 23-year-old leader of 3rd Platoon, 2nd Squad who was fatally shot June 7, 2010 during a 12-day battle near Safar.
Effective teachers in L.A. get little recognition from district
Zenaida Tan brims with innovative ways to reach limited-English students, handle discipline problems and keep the kids engaged. “I do a lot of singing, games,” says the teacher at a San Fernando school. Many of her students are immigrants like her. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times / May 24, 2010)
Nicole John's 22-floor plunge from West Side apartment balcony is every parent's worst nightmare
Beaming parents Eric and Sophia John pose with daughter Nicole during a celebration.
Seventeen-year-old Nicole John fell from a height where city hawks nest before it is time for their young to take wing on their own.
She, too, had just ventured forth from a home where she must have been the realization of her parents' happiest dreams.
We work and hope that our kids will have the chance to go to college. Then comes the scary moment when they actually do.
Sarah Palin tells crowd at Glenn Beck rally that America needs to be restored, not changed
Brandon/AP
Sarah Palin doesn't want America to fundamentally change. Saturday, she spoke at Glenn Beck's rally in Washington (below).Taliban hint at threats to aid workers in Pakistan as flood damage spreads across country
Favila/AP
Pakistani girls wait for food at a relief camp for displaced people in the Punjab province. A U.S. official told the BBC Thursday the threats are coming from Tehrik-e-Taliban, widely considered the country’s most radical militant group.
Bungling BP boss Tony Hayward refuses to testify in Lockerbie bomber probe
33 trapped miners in Chile need to watch their weight to fit through the rescue tunnel
Roberto Candia
Surrounded by media, men work on a pipe used to be in touch with 33 trapped miners in Copiapo, Chile.Officials say the miners must keep their weight down or stay stuck in the mine, The Associated Press reports.
American imprisoned in N. Korea returns to Boston after Jimmy Carter helps win release
China's Xinhua news agency
Former President Jimmy Carter, center left, hugs with American Aijalon Gomes at Pyongyang airport, North Korea, Friday, before the pair departed for the United States.Taliban sneak attack thwarted, Americans kill 24 Afghan insurgents trying to infiltrate U.S. bases
The brazen ....
Aug 28, 2010
Floods threaten more Pakistan towns
THATTA: Hundreds of thousands of people were fleeing areas of southern Pakistan on Saturday as rising floodwaters breached more defences and inundated towns.
For nearly a month torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods, moving steadily from north to south in Pakistan, affecting a fifth of the volatile country and 17 million of its 167 million people.
US uses 'CIA agent Osama'to scare world, says Castro
HAVANA: Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former president George Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the internet prove it.
"Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, bin Laden would appear threatening people with a story about what he was going to do," Castro told state media during a meeting with a Lithuanian-born writer known for advancing conspiracy theories about world domination. "Bush never lacked for bin Laden's support. He was a subordinate."
"Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, bin Laden would appear threatening people with a story about what he was going to do," Castro told state media during a meeting with a Lithuanian-born writer known for advancing conspiracy theories about world domination. "Bush never lacked for bin Laden's support. He was a subordinate."
Sera's finest moment, Fiji
KADAVU beauty Sera Tikotikoivatu was crowned 2010 Miss Hibiscus last night — and dedicated her win to Fiji's youths.
"I was among so many wonderful women who had so much to give the community.
Gaddafi pitches tent in Rome
Thirty thoroughbred Berber horses and 40 bodyguards will accompany the Libyan leader as he sets up camp to commemorate the signing of an accord worth €5 billion ($9
China's monster traffic jam returns
China's monster traffic jam has reared its head again, with trucks and cars backed up for up to 18 miles (30 km) Saturday on a highway north of Beijing, although that is a third the size of what it was.
The traffic jam came four days after the break-up of an even bigger one - stretching to 60 miles (100 km) at one point.
Chile: Hope in depths of darkness
Throughout the 1980s, Franklin Lobos had a glittering career in the Chilean premiership, playing for top side Cobresal and representing his country in its attempt to make it to the 1984 Olympics.
The unluckiest city in America
Five years, anyone in New Orleans will tell you, is too short a time to get over something like Hurricane Katrina. For some the healing has barely begun. Others were back on their feet until they were knocked back by a second disaster, the filthy gusher beneath the Gulf of Mexico. When Barack Obama arrives tomorrow on the anniversary of the ....
Hurricane Danielle in Atlantic becomes Category 4 storm, Aug 28, 2011
MIAMI: Hurricane Danielle is getting better organized far out over the Atlantic as the Category 4 storm heads in Bermuda's direction and threatens to bring dangerous rip currents to the US East Coast.
No final decision taken on woman's stoning: Iran
TEHRAN: Iran said on Saturday that it has yet to take a final decision on the stoning of a woman convicted of adultery and complicity in her husband's murder in a case that has sparked an international outcry.
Pak security forces end hostage drama
PESHAWAR: Security forces stormed an army intelligence office in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday and freed two people who had been taken hostage by escaped militant prisoners, officials said.
There were no fatalities in the operation and the militants surrendered, said Liaqat Ali Khan, a top police official.
There were no fatalities in the operation and the militants surrendered, said Liaqat Ali Khan, a top police official.
Drilling to rescue trapped Chile miners to start on Sunday or Monday - Telegraph
The news came as the first footage of the miners was released, as they gave a guided tour of their cave dwelling in a 45-minute video.
Most of the 33 men trapped since the roof collapsed on August 5 feature in the grainy film, all shirtless and sporting scraggy beards but apparently in otherwise good health.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Google, Apple, Facebook, eight others over patents
AOL, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Staples are the other companies accused of violating four patents said cover fundamental web technologies first developed at Interval Research in the 1990s. The suit has been brought by Interval Licensing, which is controlled by Mr Allen.
Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold War
A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic signature made by the Vanguard submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles, according to senior Navy officers.
British submariners have also reported that they are experiencing the highest number of "contacts" with Russian submarines since 1987.
Middle class to lose its grip on best state schools
The Coalition is planning to allow hundreds of secondary schools to control their own entry policies and Michael Gove warmly praised the system, which allocates places according to academic ability and reserves many places for children with the weakest performance.
“Fair-banding” admissions schemes are often seen as a way of breaking....
Aug 27, 2010
11 killed in landslide in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP): Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains swept through a town in northern Turkey, killing at least 11 people, officials said Friday.
The landslide hit dozens of homes in Gundogan, in the mainly tea-growing Black Sea province of Rize. The region has become prone to landslides from deforestation to clear way for plantations.
The landslide hit dozens of homes in Gundogan, in the mainly tea-growing Black Sea province of Rize. The region has become prone to landslides from deforestation to clear way for plantations.
Permission to laugh at Brazil election - for now
Carlos Ayres Britto, vice president of the country's Supreme Court, late on Thursday suspended a rule banning TV and radio programs from poking fun at candidates in the country's Oct. 3 elections.
The ban hurts constitutional principles of free expression and creates programming restraints, Britto said. His ruling, which came in response to a complaint by an association of TV and radio broadcasters, will ...
Many Nobel peace prizes betray founder's aims - book
OSLO (Reuters) - Guardians of the Nobel Peace Prize have betrayed the original aim of rewarding "champions of peace" by picking laureates such as the Red Cross or U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a book seen by Reuters on Friday.
MIC registers more than 27,000 new Indian voters, Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The MIC registered 27,017 new Indian voters under the party's first phase of voter registration on Aug 22, party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said Friday.
Johor topped the list with 6,040 voters registered, followed by Kedah (5,909), Perak (3,872), Selangor (3,393), Negri Sembilan (2,630), Pahang (1,492), Penang (1,488), Malacca (1,049), Kuala Lumpur (928), Sabah (150), Perlis (36) and Terengganu (30).
Johor topped the list with 6,040 voters registered, followed by Kedah (5,909), Perak (3,872), Selangor (3,393), Negri Sembilan (2,630), Pahang (1,492), Penang (1,488), Malacca (1,049), Kuala Lumpur (928), Sabah (150), Perlis (36) and Terengganu (30).
Lorry with contraband cargo explodes on highway, Malacca
MALACCA: A lorry laden with contraband fireworks and cigarettes caught fire and exploded at Km 190 of the North-South Expressway near Jasin here.
Jasin OCPD DSP Che Suza Che Hitam said the lorry was travelling from Johor towards Kuala Lumpur when the blast occurred at about 6.45pm.
“The two-tonne lorry caught fire and exploded before overturning in the middle of the two-lane highway.
Jasin OCPD DSP Che Suza Che Hitam said the lorry was travelling from Johor towards Kuala Lumpur when the blast occurred at about 6.45pm.
“The two-tonne lorry caught fire and exploded before overturning in the middle of the two-lane highway.
Kindie kids embrace Merdeka, Malaysia
Thank you: Rosmah receiving a Hari Raya greeting card from one of the Iris Gloria Children House students when she attended the early 53rd Natio
Gillard to woo Wilkie face to face
British PM was 'at risk of Taliban attack'
Mr Cameron's trip to a forward operating base in the volatile southern province of Helmand in June was called off at the last minute after intelligence suggested a threat, aides to the premier said at the time.
A government source has told The Times that the threat to the prime minister on his first trip to Afghanistan since taking office
A government source has told The Times that the threat to the prime minister on his first trip to Afghanistan since taking office
Putin to conquer Siberia in yellow Lada
Accompanied by television cameras, Mr Putin set out on the grueling drive between the far eastern city of Khabarovsk and Siberia's Chita in one of the world's most-mocked cars.
He took the wheel of a brand-new Lada Kalina Sport, produced by ....
He took the wheel of a brand-new Lada Kalina Sport, produced by ....
Bunnies alive after Eels' demise
South Sydney's finals flame continues to flicker after the Rabbitohs hammered the final nail into the coffin on Parramatta's season of woe with a 24-16 win at ANZ Stadium.
In what amounted to a battle of survival with both sides needing to win to remain in the hunt for a top eight finish, the Rabbitohs jumped Brisbane Broncos into eighth on the ladder with a four-tries-to-three win.
In what amounted to a battle of survival with both sides needing to win to remain in the hunt for a top eight finish, the Rabbitohs jumped Brisbane Broncos into eighth on the ladder with a four-tries-to-three win.
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