VIDEO: Hindu self-pain ritual in Sri Lanka

VIDEO: Hindu self-pain ritual in Sri Lanka

VIDEO: Hindu self-pain ritual in Sri Lanka

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Charles Haviland witnesses the old Hindu ritual of self-pain near the former headquarters of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.


Anti-Taliban militia kills 13 militants (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT

ASEAN Regional Forum ministers, front row from left, North Korea's Pak Ui Chun, European Union's representative Elzbieta Bienkowska, Japan's Takeaki Matsumoto, Laos' Thongloun Sisoulith, Malaysia's Kohilan Pillay, Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's State Secretary Kao Kim Hourn, Australia's Kevin Rudd, Bangladeshi Dipu Moni, Brunei's Mohammed Bolkiah, Canada's John Baird, China's Yang Jiechi and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and, top row from left, Mongolia's Gombojav Zandanshatar, Myanmar's Wunna Maung Lwin, New Zealand's Murray McCully, Pakistan's Hina Rabbani Khar, Papua New Guinea's Ano Pala, Philippine Albert del Rosario, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Borodavkin, South Korea's Kim Sung-hwan, Singapore's K. Shanmugam, Sri Lanka's G.L. Peiris, Thailand's Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Chitriya Pinthong, East Timor's Zacarias da Costa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vietnam's Pham Gia Khiem hold hands during a group photo prior to the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat Session in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - A Pakistani official says an anti-Taliban militia has killed 13 militants in clashes near the Afghan border.

Vietnam Inflation Soars in July

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Vietnam's consumer price index rose 22.16% in July from a year earlier, the fastest increase since December 2008.


Sri Lanka's war-hit Tamils vote for local councils (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:13 PM PDT

AP - Voters in Sri Lanka's northern Tamil heartland trickled to polling stations Saturday to elect local councils following the country's long civil war.


Hawaii Updates Its Domestic Asset Protection Trust Legislation ??? Should You Care?

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:07 PM PDT

This month the Hawaii Permitted Transfers in Trust Act became effective, which modernized HawaiiR


Analysts' view: Bomb and shooting in Norway (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:56 PM PDT

Reuters - A gunman killed at least 80 people at a youth camp of Norway's governing Labor Party on Friday, just hours after a bomb ripped through the central government district in Oslo, killing seven.


Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:57 PM PDT

A car is driven past a ship swept by ashore by the March 11 tsunami, at a fishing port in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, one month after the area was devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami, April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/FilesAP - Japan's Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region devastated by March's massive quake and tsunami.

Illegal Parking in Crime-Plagued Naples? There's a Google Map for That (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - Aimed at assisting police in tracking down those running Naples' infamous racket of illegal parking, a new Google maps page may be more useful for those desperate for a spot


VIDEO: 'Eighty dead' in Norway shooting

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:24 PM PDT

At least 80 people died when a gunman opened fire at an island youth camp in Norway, hours after a bomb attack on the capital, Oslo, police say.


Latvia braces for election plebiscite (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:14 PM PDT

Latvia holds a referendum Saturday in which voters are widely expected to force the dissolution of parliament and fresh elections. Then-president Valdis Zatlers, pictured in April, called the unprecedented plebiscite on May 28 after lawmakers blocked a graft probe, taking a gamble that cost him his job just five days later.(AFP/Ilmars Znotins)AFP - Latvia holds a referendum Saturday in which voters are widely expected to force the dissolution of parliament and fresh elections.

VIDEO: MP describes fleeing island shooting

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Norwegian MP Stine Renate Haheim describes how she escaped from Utoeya island with other attendees at the Labour Party youth camp attacked by a gunman on Friday.


Chavez says 'first cycle' of chemo completed (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, from left: Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Cuba's President Raul Castro are seen during a meeting in an unknown location in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Estudios Revolucion)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has finished his "first cycle" of chemotherapy in Cuba and will begin the second of various phases of treatment.

Clinton calls for 'restraint' in South China Sea (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:55 PM PDT

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, top left, walks by his North Korean counterpart Pak Ui Chun, bottom center, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, center, prior to the start of ARF Retreat Session in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Clinton is telling North Korea that it must do more to improve ties with the South before the U.S. and other countries will return to nuclear disarmament talks. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China and its Southeast Asian neighbors to show restraint in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

Venezuela's Chavez faces second chemo treatment

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:58 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday he was preparing for a second round of chemotherapy in Cuba to eliminate the risk of malignant cells after completing what he called a successful first session.

N.Korea proposes to resume 6-party talks unconditionally: report

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:04 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korea has proposed restarting stalled six-party talks on nuclear disarmament, without preconditions and as soon as possible, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

Evans trails 57sec behind new Tour leader Andy Schleck (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:24 PM PDT

(From L) Luxembourg's Andy Schleck (L), Australia's Cadel Evans and Luxembourg's national road champion Frank Schleck are cheered by fans as they climb Alpe d'Huez (1,850 m) in the109.5 km and nineteenth stage of the 2011 Tour de France race run between Modane Valfrejus and Alpe d'Huez, southeastern France, on July 22.(AFP/Pool/Joel Saget)AFP - After two near-misses in 2007 and 2008, Cadel Evans' recipe to become Australia's first Tour de France champion appears to be startling simple.

IRS Meets Mr. Mxyzptlk

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:20 PM PDT

I?m a simple minded CPA.?? I read tax decisions to get ideas to do a better job for my clients


Misfiring All Blacks told to step up for Tri-Nations (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:47 PM PDT

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw gives instruction to his team against Fiji during their rugby union Test match at Carisbrook Stadium in Dunedin, on July 22. New Zealand won 60-14.(AFP/Marty Melville)AFP - The All Blacks were left with plenty to work on before their opening Tri-Nations Test against South Africa when they whipped Fiji with a flattering 60-14 scoreline.

N.Korea proposes to resume 6-party talks unconditionally: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:06 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea has proposed restarting stalled six-party talks on nuclear disarmament, without preconditions and as soon as possible, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.


Canada deports alleged smuggler Lai to China: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada deported China's most wanted man on Friday after dismissing his arguments that he could be tortured or executed if he was returned home.


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