Report: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan (AP)

Report: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan (AP)

Report: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:49 PM PDT

A soldier with BRAVO Company, 1st battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment is silhouetted against sunrise during a patrol in Panjwai district, southern Afghanistan, June 13, 2010. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) MILITARY)AP - A team of U.S. geologists and Pentagon officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers, The New York Times reports.

35 feared drowned as boat capsizes in north India (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:35 PM PDT

AP - At least 35 people are feared drowned after a boat capsized on the Ganges river in northern India early Monday, police said.


Honda Lock: Most Chinese strikers return to work (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:51 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday June 9, 2010, workers walk in a group at the Foshan Fengfu Autoparts Co., a supply factory to Honda Motor's joint-ventures in Foshan in south China's Guangdong province. Production at two Honda Motor car assembly plants in China remained stalled Thursday due to a lack of parts because of labor disputes, though the company said a strike at one supplier factory was over. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Most workers demanding higher wages returned to their jobs at a Honda plant in southern China after launching a strike last week, a factory manager said Monday.

Three Israeli policemen wounded in West Bank attack

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:39 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen shot and wounded three Israeli policemen in an attack on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank Monday, police said.

South Korea vows to boost military

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:30 PM PDT

President pledges tough reponse to sinking of patrol boat by North Korean torpedo.


Israel's inquiry into flotilla deaths

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:17 PM PDT

Israel has announced an internal inquiry into its deadly raid last month on a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships.


How To Boost U.S. Exports

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:20 PM PDT

Congress should ease business travel in Asia.


Israel's inquiry into flotilla deaths

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:17 PM PDT

Israel has announced an internal inquiry into its deadly raid last month on a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships.


Ag Dept to drop organic food inspector in China (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:10 PM PDT

AP - The New York Times reports that the Agriculture Department has banned a leading American inspector of organic foods in China for conflicts of interest.


Colombian Farc hostages rescued

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Three security officers freed as troops clash with rebel group in remote jungle.


Gunmen, bombs target Iraq central bank

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:45 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when suicide bombers detonated at least one bomb at Iraq's central bank and gunmen battled troops in what officials said may have been a raid on the vaults.

Joy as Swiss man home from Libya after 2 years (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken in December 2009 and released by Amnesty International on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, Swiss businessman Max Goeldi stands with Rachid Hamdani, unseen, at the Swiss Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. A Libyan prison official and a lawyer said Thursday June 10, 2010 that Swiss businessman Max Goeldi held for nearly two years at the center of a diplomatic row has been released. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - A Swiss citizen released from Libya after two years has returned to his home in Switzerland.

Israeli police officers wounded in shooting attack (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:33 PM PDT

In this Monday, May 31, 2010, photo taken by an unidentified person aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, an Israeli soldier is surrounded by people aboard the Turkish-flagged vessel. The photo was released by the Turkish activist group IHH, which is outlawed in Israel. According to IHH, the Israeli soldiers were hurt while storming the ship in confrontations with activists aboard, and were later returned to other Israeli troops who boarded the ship. An Israel government spokesperson said the series of images 'shows that our boarding party in fact did face deadly violence from the hardcore Islamist activists on the boat from the fundamentalist IHH movement.' (AP Photo/IHH) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO; NO SALESAP - Gunmen opened fire and wounded three Israeli police officers in the West Bank on Monday, Israeli police said.

Philippine bus crash kills 20, mostly Iranians (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:27 PM PDT

Rescuers carry the remains of an Iranian national after a tourist bus he was riding plummeted into a ravine in Balamban town in Cebu province, central Philippines on Sunday, June 13, 2010. The bus, carrying mostly Iranian medical students and doctors, apparently suffered a brake failure then plunged into a ravine. (AP Photo)AP - A bus rented by Iranian medical students plunged into a ravine off a mountain road in the central Philippines, killing 20 people and injuring about 26 others, officials said Monday.

Separate roads push West Bank Arabs to the byways (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:18 PM PDT

In this photo taken on May, 12, 2010, Palestinian cars travel on a road called 'The Valley Of Fire' near the West Bank city of Hebron. For the thousands of Palestinians who travel daily between the north and south West Bank, there is only one route: A treacherously steep and narrow track whose 15 hairpin turns infuriate drivers and host frequent accidents. They call it Wadi Nar, or 'The Valley of Fire.' (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - For the thousands of Palestinians who travel daily between the north and south West Bank, there is only one route: a steep and narrow track up and down a canyon with 15 hairpin turns and the scars of frequent accidents.

Australia plane bomb hoaxers face decade in jail (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:41 PM PDT

File photo of the Qantas Airbus A-380 (C) preparing to take off from Sydney International Airport. Hoaxers who claim a bomb is onboard a plane or passengers who attack flight crew could be jailed for 10 years under tough new Australian laws announced Monday.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Hoaxers who claim a bomb is onboard a plane or passengers who attack flight crew could be jailed for 10 years under tough new Australian laws announced Monday.

Abuse of Palestinians 'widespread'

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:22 PM PDT

Israel's "culture of impunity" blamed in new report by Israeli human rights body.


Asteroid mission returns to Earth

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:06 PM PDT

Scientists hope Japanese capsule will contain first samples gathered from an asteroid.


Chile pres. faces conflicts in quake recovery plan (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 18, 2010, Oriana Pinochet, 66, one of seven siblings who lost their family home holds a photo of her former home that was destroyed by a tsunami triggered by February's 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Constitucion, Chile. Chileans accustomed to 20 straight years of center-left rule remain suspicious of the heavy corporate role President Sebastian Pinera is giving to the rebuilding effort. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Before February's devastating quake, Fernando Echeverria ran a major construction company and led Chile's powerful chamber of builders, which successfully lobbied against government inspections that would have made companies like his more accountable for faulty structures.

Australian 'angel' saves lives at suicide spot (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 25, 2010, visitors walk around a notorious suicide spot called The Gap in Sydney, Australia. For almost 50 years Don Ritchie, widely regarded as a guardian angel, has used simple kindness to shepherd countless suicidal people away from the edge. ( AP Photo/Jeremy Piper)AP - In those bleak moments when the lost souls stood atop the cliff, wondering whether to jump, the sound of the wind and the waves was broken by a soft voice. "Why don't you come and have a cup of tea?" the stranger would ask. And when they turned to him, his smile was often their salvation.
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