China praises Hu's trip to US as 'fruitful' (AP)

China praises Hu's trip to US as 'fruitful' (AP)

China praises Hu's trip to US as 'fruitful' (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:30 PM PST

Jane Lu, left, director of the Confucious Institute in Chicago, gives a tour of the Institute classroom to Chinese President Hu Jintao, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at Walter Payton College Preparatory School, in Chicago, as Chicago Mayor Richard Daley looks on. (AP Photo/Chris Walker, Pool)AP - China says its president's recently concluded state visit to the United States was "fruitful" but the two countries need to work on trust so that sensitive issues do not create misgivings.

Australian honoured for Afghanistan battle (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:55 PM PST

Australian soldiers practice firing at their forward operating base in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan in January, 2010. An Australian commando who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was on Sunday awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - An Australian commando who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was on Sunday awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.

Berlin competes in fashion stakes

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:15 PM PST

Berlin Fashion Week has just finished with an emphasis on youthful, grungy, styles.


Armstrong ends international career

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:42 PM PST

Seven-time Tour de France winner says goodbye to international cycling career during a final race in Australia.


Regulators on the rack as Bangladesh stocks crash (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:44 PM PST

Bangladeshi police baton-charge demonstrators during a protest at the Dhaka Stock Exchange on January 20. The financial exchange is in meltdown and observers are blaming the crisis on mistimed interventions by regulators triggering mass panic among millions of inexperienced retail investors.(AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - The Dhaka Stock Exchange is in meltdown and observers are blaming the crisis on mistimed interventions by regulators triggering mass panic among millions of inexperienced retail investors.

Search goes on for missing Americans in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:01 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, shows a general view of the home where U.S. Army reservist Ahmed Kousay al-Taie, an Iraqi-American, was abducted by gunmen in Baghdad, Iraq in 2006. Al-Taie was not in uniform when he sneaked off base on a motorcycle to visit his Iraqi wife in central Baghdad. The militiamen hiding nearby weren't fooled and seized him at gunpoint. It's been four years since Ahmed Kousay al-Taie disappeared. Al-Taie, an Ann Arbor, Mich., resident who was born in Iraq, is the only American soldier still missing here. His family worries that he will never be found. One U.S. military unit is now in charge of the search for al-Taie. The unit is also looking for 12 missing civilians, seven of them Americans. Its mission is a key piece of unfinished business for the United States as the Obama administration prepares to withdraw the remaining troops from Iraq by the end of this year. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - The U.S. soldier was out of uniform when he sneaked off base on a motorcycle to visit his Iraqi wife in central Baghdad. The militiamen hiding nearby weren't fooled. They were seen seizing him at gunpoint.

Revolt-hit Kashmir under literary spotlight (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:10 PM PST

Indian novelist Kaveri Nambisan attends the second day of Jaipur Literature Festival on January 22. Asia's biggest literary festival, in India's AFP - Asia's biggest literary festival, in India's "pink city" Jaipur, has given pride of place to troubled Indian Kashmir, whose literature has been marked by more than two decades of rebel violence.

Malaysia lawmakers face mandatory health checks (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST

AP - Lawmakers in Malaysia may soon be required to undergo annual health checks after 11 elected politicians died of wide-ranging illnesses in less than three years.


'US drone strike' claims lives

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:40 PM PST

The attack is the first since Friday's protest rally in Pakistan condemning civilian deaths in US drone strikes.


Soldiers kill 10 gunmen in northern Mexico clash (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:47 PM PST

File photo shows marines manning a checkpoint in Apatzingan, Michoacan State, Mexico. Ten alleged drug cartel members have been killed in a clash with Mexican soldiers in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, which borders the United States, the Mexican army has said.(AFP/File/Alfredo Estrella)AP - Soldiers patrolling a rural area on the border with Texas killed 10 suspected drug gang gunmen at a training camp, Mexico's Defense Department said Saturday.

Pressure grows for end to Myanmar sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 07:50 PM PST

The head of Myanmar's ruling military junta, General Than Shwe, salutes as he reviews troops during a military parade at the country's administrative capital Naypyidaw. Calls are growing for an end to Western sanctions against Myanmar, but experts say a shift in policy is unlikely without progress on human rights and the support of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP/File/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Calls are growing for an end to Western sanctions against Myanmar, but experts say a shift in policy is unlikely without progress on human rights and the support of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Cowen resigns as party leader but remains Irish PM

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PST

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen bowed to pressure from members of the Fianna Fail party on Saturday and resigned as its leader, but said he would serve as premier until a March 11 election.

Australia mulls cost of 'epic' floods (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:27 PM PST

Flood waters engulf roads in the town of Horsham, Victoria. Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned that AFP - Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned that "epic" flooding that has hit 3.1 million people across the nation would require difficult decisions, as the wall of water threatened more towns.

Struggle after Irish PM quits as party leader (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:54 PM PST

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen (L) and chief whip John Curran (R) give a press conference at the Merrion hotel in Dubin. Despite surviving a confidence vote among his party's lawmakers on Tuesday, Cowen's authority had evaporated and was further damaged by a botched cabinet reshuffle that followed.(AFP)AFP - Four candidates Sunday launched a battle to lead Ireland's governing party after troubled Prime Minister Brian Cowen's quit the post after a series of crises forced him to announce snap polls.

Southeast Australia set for another week of floods (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 08:52 PM PST

Wayne Carolan (R) shares a beer with his friend Grant Wooler at Wooler's house, which is partially covered by floodwaters in Depot Hill in Rockhampton, Queensland January 5, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel MunozAP - Rural Australian towns braced for another week of flooding Sunday as a vast lake continued to spread across the country's southeast and a potential tropical storm threatened the northeast.

Yemen protests urge leader's exit

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:54 PM PST

Thousands of students, activists and opposition groups stage anti-president protest at Sanaa University.


France urges resumption of Middle East peace talks (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:35 PM PST

An Israeli soldier mans the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. France is ready to host another donor conference for Palestinians if the Palestinian-Israeli peace process is resumed, Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has said.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)AFP - France is ready to host another donor conference for Palestinians if the Palestinian-Israeli peace process is resumed, Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has said.

China weathers US storm, for now (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:28 PM PST

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are seen here with Chinese President Hu Jintao upon his arrival on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 19, prior to hosting a State Dinner. Hu has emerged from his US state visit unscathed, but experts warn that a rising Beijing still faces an uphill battle easing US concerns.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao has emerged from a state visit to the United States unscathed, but experts warn that a rising Beijing still faces an uphill battle easing US concerns.

Duvalier calls for reconciliation

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 07:38 AM PST

Former Haitian leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier calls for national reconciliation.


Berlin competes in fashion stakes

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 06:15 PM PST

Berlin Fashion Week has just finished with an emphasis on youthful, grungy, styles.


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