Deaths reported in Pakistan roadside blast

Deaths reported in Pakistan roadside blast

Deaths reported in Pakistan roadside blast

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:55 PM PDT

At least 14 members of peace jirga killed while travelling in bus in Lower Dir, near Afghanistan border, police say.


Military: Afghan inside attack kills 4 NATO troops

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT

FILE - An armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, in this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007 file photo. The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday, Sept. 15 2012, for an attack against the sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines and wounded several other troops, saying it was to avenge an anti-Islamic film which insulted the Prophet Muhammad and also because Britain's Prince Harry is serving there. Camp Bastion, which is the middle of the Afghanistan desert, locally called Dasht-e-Margo or "the Desert of Death" houses some 3,500 British servicemen and provides logistic supports to all the troops for their various operations in Southern Afghan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)At least one Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday, killing four international service members before escaping, a spokesman for the international military coalition said.

Astronomers Find Planets Within A Cluster Of Stars

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 05:52 PM PDT

NASA-funded astronomers have located two planets located within a dense cluster of sun-like stars. This demonstrates that planets are found even in areas densely populated with stars.


More anti-Japan protests in China over islands

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Chinese protesters march with banners declaring Diaoyu Islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese, belong to China near the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Security personnel outnumbered the crowds of Chinese protesting against Japan outside its embassy on Sunday, a day after demonstrations over islands that both nations claim spread across China and turned violent. Japan's leader said the dispute was affecting the safety of Japanese citizens in China.

Foreign troops killed in southern Afghanistan

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:46 PM PDT

Four foreign soldiers and one Afghan policeman killed in latest "insider" attack in Zabul province, officials say.


Fury over Mohammad video simmers on in Muslim world

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:40 PM PDT

Riot policemen rest while clearing Tahrir Square and the area around the U.S embassy of demonstrators after clashes, at Tahrir Square in CairoDUBAI (Reuters) - A wave of furious anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad abated on Saturday, but U.S. policy in the Muslim world remained overshadowed by 13 minutes of amateurish video on the Internet. Washington ordered family members and non-essential staff to leave the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, which was attacked on Friday, after Sudan turned down its request to send Marines to bolster security. In addition, it pulled non-essential personnel out of its embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, also attacked on Friday, and urged American citizens to leave the city. ...

Roadside bomb kills 14 people in Pakistan near Afghan border

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 14 people in northern Pakistan on Sunday, police officials said, after it hit a truck carrying villagers to a market place near the border with Afghanistan. Villagers in the Lower Dir area have been supporting government forces in the fight against Taliban insurgents. Among the dead were three women and three children, the police said. Seven more people were wounded. Support for the Taliban has fallen in some areas in the north, analysts say, in part because their bloody bombing campaigns have claimed so many civilian lives. ...


NATO says four soldiers killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said. The attack came a day after two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman while returning from a patrol in southern Helmand province, one of the strongholds of the Taliban-led insurgency. ...


NATO says four soldiers killed in "insider" attack in Afghan south

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:40 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said.

Unable to Reach Deal, NHL Officially Begins Lockout

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

With no formal talks between the league and the union for the players on Saturday, the NHL's owners officially locked the players out at 11:59pm ET this evening as the current labor agreement between the two expired.


How Mario And Nintendo's Wii U Miiverse Take A Page From 'Dark Souls'

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Nintendo is getting into the social media business with the Miiverse, and at least one game is using that social media in a very familiar sounding way.


VIDEO: Obama vows to 'stand fast'

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has vowed to stand fast in the face of widespread anti-American protests across the Muslim world.


Roadside bomb kills 14 people in Pakistan near Afghan border

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed 14 people in northern Pakistan on Sunday, police officials said, after it hit a truck carrying villagers to a market place near the border with Afghanistan.

Chavez weeps over his lost freedom to roam Venezuela

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Venezuelan President and presidential candidate Chavez speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in San Fernando de ApureCARACAS (Reuters) - Facing his toughest-ever re-election challenge, socialist President Hugo Chavez teared up during a campaign speech on Saturday, lamenting his lost freedom to roam anonymously through Venezuela's towns and countryside. The 58-year-old self-styled revolutionary, who has battled cancer over the past year, is known for long speeches during which he often bursts into song and digresses into the folksy anecdotes that have endeared him to many of the country's poor. ...

Fury over Mohammad video simmers on in Muslim world

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:40 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A wave of furious anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad abated on Saturday, but U.S. policy in the Muslim world remained overshadowed by 13 minutes of amateurish video on the Internet.

How the "Muhammed" Video Went Viral

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT

Egyptian protesters march during a demonstration against a film mocking Islam in the coastal city of Alexandria on September 14, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) If you've been following the bizarre case of "Innocence of Muslims," the video with various offensive depictions of Muhammed that has acted as tinder for protests [...]


Pope to celebrate open-air Mass in Beirut

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 08:16 PM PDT

Benedict XVI due to celebrate an open-air Mass on the seafront of the Lebanese capital, concluding his three-day visit.


Netanyahu: Containment policy for Iran won't work

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 07:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama for not planning to meet in person with Netanyahu next week, calling it "confusing and troubling." Romney said at a New York fundraiser Friday that Israel is America's Israel's prime minister says a policy of containment for Iran will not work because Tehran is guided by a "leadership of fanaticism."

VIDEO: Berlin protest at sexual violence

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 07:08 PM PDT

Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of the German capital, Berlin on Saturday, to express their anger over sexual violence.


Anti-Japan protests widen, China struggles to rein in anger

Posted: 15 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT

Demonstrators burn a crossed-out Japanese national flag during a protest in Xi'anBEIJING, China (Reuters) - Torrid protests against Japan broke out in Chinese cities for a second day on Sunday, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to urge Beijing to protect his country's companies and diplomatic buildings from fresh assaults. In the biggest flare-up in protests over East China Sea islands claimed by China and Japan, police fired tear gas and used water cannon to repel thousands of protesters occupying a street in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong. ...
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