After Mumbai's '9/11,' city bulks up anti-terror fight

After Mumbai's '9/11,' city bulks up anti-terror fight

After Mumbai's '9/11,' city bulks up anti-terror fight

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:15 PM PDT

One by one, seven heavily-armed men stuff themselves inside the Marksman vehicle. Camouflaged and bulletproof with a roof fitted for a gunner, it resembles a small tank.

After Maoist Protests, Nepal Faces a Murky Future (Time.com)

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Last week, traffic in Kathmandu was bullied off the streets as tens of thousands of Maoist protesters hoping to topple the current government barricaded stretches of the capital's main road on May 4


Russian coal mine death toll rises to 60 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:24 PM PDT

Relatives and friends of a victim of an underground explosion at the Raspadskaya mine take part in a funeral ceremony in the town of Mezhdurechensk in the Kemerovo region in Russia's coal-rich Kuzbass May 11, 2010. The death toll from a Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 52 on Tuesday and dozens of workers were still missing in a maze of tunnels threatened by flooding, emergency officials said. REUTERS/Stringer (RUSSIA - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY OBITUARY)Reuters - The death toll from a Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 60 on Wednesday when rescue workers found eight bodies, Russian officials said.

Over 100 killed in Darfur clashes since March: UN (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

A handout picture release by UNAMID, the African Union/United Nations operation in Darfur, shows polling station kits being delivered, at El-Fasher airport in northern Darfur last month. Clashes between rival Arab tribes have claimed 107 lives since March in Darfur, the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan said, warning of a buildup of government and rebel troops in the region.(AFP/UNAMID/File/Olivier Chassot)AFP - Clashes between rival Arab tribes have claimed 107 lives since March in Darfur, the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan said, warning of a buildup of government and rebel troops in the region.

Chile extends detention of Pakistani in embassy scare (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

A Chilean policeman escorts Pakistan's Mauhannas Saif Ur Rehnab Khan (L) in Santiago on May 11. Chilean authorities have extended the detention of the Pakistani man found with traces of explosives as he visited the US embassy to discuss a revoked visa.(AFP/Ariel Marinkovic)AFP - Chilean authorities have extended the detention of a Pakistani man found with traces of explosives as he visited the US embassy to discuss a revoked visa.

Siberia mine blast toll rises to 60: report

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

MOSCOW -The death toll following twin gas blasts in Russia's biggest underground coal mine has risen to 60, an official said Wednesday, amid fading hopes for the 30 still trapped underground.

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Seven dead, 20 hurt in latest China school attack

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:32 PM PDT

BEIJING -Six children and a teacher were hacked to death and at least 20 others were wounded in an attack at a kindergarten in northern China on Wednesday, a local official and state media said.

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Over 100 killed in Darfur clashes since March: UN

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:23 PM PDT

KHARTOUM -Clashes between rival Arab tribes have claimed 107 lives since March in Darfur, the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan said, warning of a buildup of government and rebel troops in the region.

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N.Korea boasts success in nuclear fusion

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:17 PM PDT

SEOUL -North Korea announced Wednesday it has successfully carried out a nuclear fusion reaction in what it called a breakthrough towards developing new energy sources.

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UN rights forum in hot spotlight of controversy

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:48 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS – Fourteen countries were expected to be elected unanimously Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council, to the dismay of non-governmental groups that argue five of them – including Libya – have records that should keep them out.

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Tory leader Cameron is new PM

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:28 AM PDT

LONDON – Conservative leader David Cameron has taken over as British prime minister after Gordon Brown resigned on Tuesday, ending 13 years of Labour rule and five days of deadlocked polls.

The Conservatives and the smaller Liberal Democrat party struck an agreement on Wednesday to form Britain's first coalition government since

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Hamid Karzai to meet Obama

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Hamid Karzai is expected to discuss the issue of civilian casualties in Afghanistan when he meets US President Obama at the White House on Wednesday.


'Gas attack' targets Afghan girls

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:19 PM PDT

Suspected poisoning cases at schools in Kabul and Kunduz leave at least 36 students ill.


Hamid Karzai to meet Obama

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Hamid Karzai is expected to discuss the issue of civilian casualties in Afghanistan when he meets US President Obama at the White House on Wednesday.


Russian coal mine death toll rises to 60

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:24 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The death toll from a Siberian coal mine disaster at the weekend rose to 60 on Wednesday when rescue workers found eight bodies, Russian officials said.

Thai protesters say won't leave despite govt threats

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:19 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai anti-government protesters said on Wednesday they won't end their five-week occupation of Bangkok's main shopping district despite threats by authorities to cut off their supplies and use force.


Water, electricity cuts to Bankok protest zone (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:20 PM PDT

A portrait of a praying monk is seen through the bamboo and tire barricade surrounding the the 'Red Shirt' encampment, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Chances of a negotiated settlement of Thailand's two-month political standoff looked bleak as the prime minister said he would no longer offer anti-government protesters a compromise, including an early election. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - The Thai army said Wednesday it will begin limiting supplies of water, food and electricity to anti-government protesters camped in central Bangkok as part of new measures to clear the streets.

Obama, Karzai to hold fence-mending talks (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:08 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai attend a USA-Afghanistan expanded bilateral meeting at the U.S. State Department in Washington, May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama hosts Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House on Wednesday for a show of wartime unity to turn the page on months of strained relations.

Thai threat to choke off red shirts

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:24 PM PDT

Protesters defiant as military says it will block food and water from their camp.


60 dead in Russian mine blast, 30 missing (AP)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Russian Health Minister Tatyana Golikova, Kemerovo Gov. Aman Tuleyev, an unidentified doctor and Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, from left, visit wounded miners at a hospital of Novokuznetsk in the west Siberian region of Kemerovo, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Two explosions tore through the Raspadskaya, Russia's largest underground coal mine in western Siberia, and the death toll is still rising, Tuesday, and a rescue operation is still underway. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nokolsky, pool)AP - Thirty Siberian coal miners are buried so deep in Russia's largest underground coal mine that rescuers use up most of their oxygen tanks trying to reach them and can't spend much time searching for the missing men, the regional governor said Tuesday.
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