CIA chief to discuss joint intel team in Pakistan (AP)

CIA chief to discuss joint intel team in Pakistan (AP)

CIA chief to discuss joint intel team in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Defense Secretary nominee, CIA Director Leon Panetta, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2011, before the Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta))AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta and senior Pakistani officials will focus on the size and scope of U.S. intelligence activities in Pakistan during a second day of talks Saturday, as both countries work to repair ties fractured by the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a Pakistani official said.

Japan marks three months since tsunami (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:16 PM PDT

The sun is seen setting over debris still piled up nearly three months after a massive earthquake and a following tsunami devastated the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture. Japan on Saturday is marking three months since the disaster.(AFP/File/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Japan is marking three months since its massive quake-tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis, amid simmering public frustration over the government's slow response to the catastrophe.

Syria warns against UN criticism of crackdown

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:54 PM PDT

Foreign minister justifies measures to quell protests, saying resolution against crackdown will embolden "terrorists"


Mexican poet's peace caravan arrives in Juarez (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT

Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who is leading the 'Caravan for for Peace with Justice and Dignity', stands with Julian LeBaron, brother of slain American Mormon leader Benjamin LeBaron, during a break on the road from Chihuahua to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, June 9, 2011. Sicilia, whose son was killed allegedly by gunmen belonging to a drug gang, has organized the peace caravan that will drive more than 1500 miles through cities and states in Mexico that have been most affected by drug-related violence. Benjamin LeBaron, was slain for denouncing criminals and refusing to pay a $1 million ransom demanded by kidnappers who had grabbed his teenage brother from a family ranch in July 2009.(AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)AP - A Mexican poet who has turned his grief over a murdered son into a crusade for peace ended his weeklong "consolation caravan" Friday, demanding the government shift its armed offensive against drug trafficking into an aggressive pursuit of the cartels' assets.

US sends counterintelligence agents to Afghanistan: report (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Afghan soldiers, seen here taking part in a weekly parade during their military training at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base in Uruzgan province's Tarin Kowt, in 2010. The US military is sending 80 counterintelligence agents to Afghanistan to help stem the threat of Taliban infiltration in the Afghan security forces, according to The New York Times.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - The US military is sending 80 counterintelligence agents to Afghanistan to help stem the threat of Taliban infiltration in the Afghan security forces, according to The New York Times.

More than 900 saxophonists in Australia set record (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:22 PM PDT

More than 940 saxophone players gather and play a tune at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, June 11, 2011 in a bid to become the world's largest saxophone ensemble. To break the Guinness world record set in 2008, organizers said they must have more than 918 saxophones playing the same tune at the same time.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - Six-year-olds with saxophones hanging past their knees have joined more seasoned professionals as saxophonists in Australia set a world record by forming the largest ensemble of the jazz instrument in history.

Deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:23 PM PDT

At least three killed and 16 wounded in Khost on the border with Pakistan, sources tell Al Jazeera.


Are the China Haters Right?

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT

China equities have been slipping over the last month as investors worry about something new other t


Gates: NATO alliance future could be 'dim, dismal' (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:17 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves after delivering his speech AP - In a stern rebuke, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday that the future of the historic NATO military alliance is at risk because of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat. The United States won't carry the alliance as a charity case, the outgoing Pentagon chief said.

Victims' law enacted in Colombia (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:50 PM PDT

AP - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos enacted Friday a landmark "Victims' Law" aimed at redressing the estimated 4 million victims of the country's long-running internal conflict.


Anti-nuke protests in Japan, 3 months after quake (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:06 PM PDT

In this combo of two panoramic photos, cherry blossoms are in full bloom along Kamiyama River with damaged cars and debris still scattered in the water April 28, 2011, top, while the river is almost cleaned up June 6, 2011 in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan marks three month since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCEAP - Protesters in Tokyo are preparing to hold mass demonstrations against the use of nuclear power.

Turn Your Kids into Millionaires

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:43 PM PDT

Are you worried about the trillions of dollars of federal debt we're leaving to the next generation?


Two French soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:34 PM PDT

French soldiers are seen here watching the field during a patrol near Tagab in Kapisa province in Afghanistan. Two French soldiers were killed on Friday and a third was seriously injured in Afghanistan in two separate accidents, according to a statement by Defence Minister Gerard Longuet.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Two French soldiers were killed and a third was seriously injured in Afghanistan in two separate accidents, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said in a statement.

Monster Billionaire Mansions

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:30 PM PDT

From 50-car garages to man-made lakes, these opulent estates belong to the world's richest.


China Corn Safe From Massive Drought, Floods

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:14 PM PDT

First drought, now floods sink China farms. The good news is, agricultural experts with the National


Venezuela's Chavez has surgery in Cuba (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:56 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez addresses the media during a news conference to attend the ninth bilateral meeting in Salinas June 7, 2011. Chavez is on a one day official visit to Ecuador. REUTERS/Guillermo GranjaReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had a successful operation on Friday in Cuba for an abscess in the pelvis discovered on the last stage of this week's tour around Latin America, his government said.

Germany says sprouts source of killer bacteria outbreak (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:17 PM PDT

A scientist runs tests on bean sprouts in the southern German town of Fellbach. Germany has blamed vegetable sprouts for a bacteria outbreak that has killed at least 33, left some 3,000 ill and cost farmers across Europe hundreds of millions in lost sales.(AFP/DPA/File/Marijan Murat)AFP - Germany blamed vegetable sprouts for a bacteria outbreak that has killed at least 33, left some 3,000 ill and cost farmers across Europe hundreds of millions of euros in lost sales.

Venezuela's Chavez has surgery in Cuba (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:41 PM PDT

AP - President Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba for a pelvic abscess Friday but is in good health and is expected to return to Caracas in a few days, Venezuela's foreign minister said.


Sudan mounts air strikes 'to control oilfields' (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:14 PM PDT

A picture dated November 10, 2010 shows a Southern Sudanese soldier standing next to crude oil reservoir tanks at a field processing facility in Unity State. The Sudanese army has launched repeated air strikes on southern army positions in Unity state, less than a month ahead of the south's independence, in a bid to seize the state's oil fields, a southern army spokesman charged on.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - Sudan's army has launched repeated air strikes on the southern army in Unity state in a bid to seize oilfields there weeks before the south's independence, a southern army spokesman said.

Fiji launches stinging attack on Australia, N.Zealand (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:02 PM PDT

Fiji's military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama, pictured here delivering a speech in Rome, in 2009. Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup, has promised elections in 2014 while Australia and New Zealand have led international pressure for an immediate return to democracy.(AFP/Pool/File/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - The Fiji government accused Australia and New Zealand of attempting to undermine its return to democracy and claimed Tongan navy vessels were in its territorial waters.
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