Pakistan warnings prompt evacuations

Pakistan warnings prompt evacuations

Pakistan warnings prompt evacuations

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes as flood waters threaten several cities in the south of Pakistan.


Australia poll deadlock no closer to resolution

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:27 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's opposition leader denied on Friday he was manoeuvring to force the country back to the ballot box after a weekend election delivered a hung parliament, with independents holding the balance of power.


FACTBOX - The mechanics of the U.S. pullout from Iraq

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:27 AM PDT

Below are some facts and figures about the gradual U.S. withdrawal in Iraq:


Gambling enters Australia's political end-game

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:27 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tighter regulation of Australia's $10 billion slot-machine industry could become an issue in determining the nation's next government, after a pivotal independent lawmaker called on Friday for gambling reform.


Japan panel urges defence changes, wary of China

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:27 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan should revise the exclusively defensive policy adopted after its defeat in World War Two, relax an arms export ban and consider lifting a prohibition on aiding allies under attack, a government advisory panel said on Friday.


Ramadan human crisis in Pakistan as more flee disaster

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:09 AM PDT

KARACHI, Aug 26: Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate three towns on Thursday, as floodwaters broke through a river embankment threatening more havoc in the country.

Pakistan orders evacuation of southern town

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT

THATTA, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - Pakistan ordered 300,000 people to evacuate a southern city after waters breached its defences as the United Nations warned Friday the country's worst humanitarian crisis was deepening.

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Chinese banks cut back loans to local governments: report

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:43 AM PDT

BEIJING, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - Two of China's biggest state-run banks have cut back lending to local government investment vehicles whose borrowing has raised concerns over a bad-loan crisis, a report said Friday.

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Another policeman suspended over Philippine hostage fiasco

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:42 AM PDT

MANILA, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - A senior policeman in the Philippines was on Friday suspended for joining without permission an assault to end a hostage crisis in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed, police said.

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Singapore company bars top management from local casinos

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:38 AM PDT

SINGAPORE, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - A Singapore company has banned its management from the country's two new casinos following reports a local businessman lost a fortune at the gaming tables, its founder said Friday.

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Arrested cleric's heir vows jihad on Indonesian police

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:37 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - A convicted terrorist who took over the leadership of an Indonesian Islamist group after the arrest of patriarch Abu Bakar Bashir vowed Friday to wage violent jihad against the police.

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Three killed in Thai south shootings: police

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:36 AM PDT

YALA, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - Suspected Islamist militants have shot and killed three people including a teacher in separate attacks across Thailand's restive southern provinces, police said Friday.

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More than 17,000 enter China panda-keeper contest

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

BEIJING, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - More than 17,000 people from around the world have entered a contest to become a panda keeper for a month in China, organisers said Friday, less than two weeks after the competition was launched.

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India eyes early investment, services pact with ASEAN

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:29 AM PDT

DANANG, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - India's commerce minister said Friday he hopes for an early conclusion to talks on a deal for the free flow of investment and services with Southeast Asia.

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Australian warns over Facebook paedophile ring

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT

SYDNEY, Friday 27 August 2010 (AFP) - Australian police warned social networking sites on Friday to be alert to illegal child sex activity, after cracking an alleged paedophile porn ring operating on Facebook.

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Yong Vui Kong: I'll be active in anti-drug campaign if clemency granted

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:18 AM PDT

JOHOR BAHRU: If clemency is granted from Singapore President Sellapan Ramanathan, Malaysian drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong said that his greatest wish would be to join the anti-drug campaign and guide other young people on the edge to return to the right path.

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Australia opposition says doesn't want new election

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:21 AM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's opposition leader, Tony Abbott, denied accusations on Friday that he was manoeuvring to force the country back to the ballot box after general elections at the weekend delivered a hung parliament.


Indonesia court documents show links between jihadist networks

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:21 AM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Islamic militants based in Indonesia's Aceh province worked with a fugitive suspected of planning the Bali bombings in an effort to unite various militant networks, court documents tabled on Thursday showed.


Hurricane Danielle upgraded to Category 3 storm

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:21 AM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Danielle strengthened into a Category 3 storm on Friday, becoming the Atlantic season's first major hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


CIA pays many in Karzai administration - paper

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:21 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA is making payments to a significant number of officials in Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration, The Washington Post reported on Friday.


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