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Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 13:00:03 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Twin suicide attacks kill 45 in Pakistan's Lahore by Sajjad Qureshi, AFP 1 hr 15 mins ago LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Twin suicide attacks seconds apart targeted the Pakistani military Friday, killing up to 45 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country's cultural capital this week. The bombers walked up to army vehicles in the crowded R A Bazaar area of Lahore, blowing themselves up as people sat down to eat before the main Muslim weekly prayers were to begin, a senior official said. Lahore, a city of eight million near Pakistan's border with India, has been increasingly subject to Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked attacks in a nationwide bombing campaign that has killed more than 3,000 people in three years. There's More... :: (5 Comments, 3756 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 13:01:45 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread Now with 41 Top Stories. From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Violence flares at Greek anti-austerity protest by John Hadoulis, AFP 15 mins ago ATHENS (AFP) - Greek police clashed with hooded youths on Thursday as thousands demonstrated against austerity measures aiming to end a crippling debt crisis and the country was gripped by a new general strike. Violence broke out around a union demonstration in the capital with riot police firing tear gas at hooded youths who hurled firebombs and vandalised stores near parliament and other areas of the city centre. Police said they had detained 16 people, of whom nine were later arrested, and that 13 officers were hurt after being hit by objects thrown by protesters. There's More... :: (4 Comments, 5170 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 13:10:19 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Pope denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria bloodshed by Aminu Abubakar, AFP 2 hrs 22 mins ago JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings. As new gunfire added to the tensions around the flashpoint city of Jos, the Catholic Pontiff added his voice to a chorus of international revulsion over the weekend slaughter which police now say left 109 people dead. About 8,000 Nigerians have also fled their homes around Jos in the wake of the violence, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. There's More... :: (10 Comments, 4239 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Tue Mar 09, 2010 at 13:03:06 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 In former Afghan 'ghost town,' Gates gauges US war effort by Dan De Luce, AFP 45 mins ago NOW ZAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said a new strategy in the Afghan war showed promise after he visited a former ghost town where American forces recently cleared out Taliban militants. As US Marines stood guard on roof tops and a small number of bemused Afghan men and boys looked on, Gates took a brief stroll along the dusty main street of Now Zad in southern Afghanistan, where a handful of humble shops have reopened since the Taliban retreated in December. The mud-brick town remains mostly deserted and a long way from the bustling centre that once was home to about 30,000, but US officials hope life will gradually return as part of a NATO-led bid to push back the Taliban from its southern strongholds. A guerilla does not stand and fight, they swim like a fish in the ocean. Good luck with that. There's More... :: (2 Comments, 4073 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Mon Mar 08, 2010 at 13:01:52 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Appeals for calm after Nigerian sectarian slaughter by Aminu Abubakar, AFP 18 mins ago JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon appealed Monday for "maximum restraint" amid revulsion at the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims. Funerals took place for victims of the three-hour orgy of violence on Sunday in three Christian villages close to the northern city of Jos, blamed on members of the mainly Muslim Fulani ethnic group. While troops were deployed to the villages to prevent new attacks, security forces detained 95 suspects but faced bitter criticism over how the killers were able to go on the rampage at a time when a curfew was meant to be in force. There's More... :: (21 Comments, 3976 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 13:02:04 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 British PM insists Iraq war was 'right decision' by Alice Ritchie, AFP 19 mins ago LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his role in the 2003 Iraq war Friday, telling a public inquiry it was "the right decision" and rejecting claims he denied funds for the military fight. Brown distanced himself from military moves or diplomatic negotiations in the run-up to the conflict, but said he had always been fully informed and did everything required of him as finance minister under former premier Tony Blair. "Nobody wants to go to war, nobody wants to see innocent people die, nobody wants to see their forces put at risk of their lives," he said, but added: "I think it was the right decision and made for the right reasons." Liar.  I hope the coming Conservative government, that he and Tony Blair guaranteed with their neo-Liberal policies and War Crimes, locks him in the Tower for the rest of his miserable life. There's More... :: (5 Comments, 3665 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 13:05:10 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Baghdad attacks kill 14 as Iraq voting begins by Salam Faraj, AFP 34 mins ago BAGHDAD (AFP) - Early voting in Iraq's general election was overshadowed Thursday by two suicide bombings at polling stations that killed seven soldiers and a mortar attack that claimed the lives of seven civilians. The blasts wounded 48 people, including 25 Iraqi soldiers, and came despite massive security, with troops, prisoners and the sick casting their ballots ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election. Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Omar al-Baghdadi has threatened to disrupt the election by "military means" and 200,000 police and soldiers have been deployed in the capital alone to try to prevent attacks. There's More... :: (12 Comments, 4102 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 13:00:01 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Suicide blasts kill 33 ahead of Iraq polls by Ali al-Tuwaijri, AFP Wed Mar 3, 11:02 am ET BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - Three suicide attacks, including one by a bomber who rode in an ambulance to hospital before blowing himself up, killed 33 people in central Iraq on Wednesday, just days before nationwide elections. The blasts in Baquba, the deadliest to hit the country in nearly a month, also wounded 55 people and spurred security forces to clamp an immediate curfew on the city, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad. At least 10 policemen were among the 33 dead, a security official said. There's More... :: (12 Comments, 4101 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 13:05:13 PST From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Quake-hit Chile deploys more troops to battle unrest by Moises Avila Roldan, AFP 1 hr 1 min ago CONCEPCION, Chile (AFP) - Thousands more troops were deployed across quake-hit Chile Tuesday as residents took up arms to stop a wave of mass looting in the nation's second city, slapped with an 18-hour curfew. President Michelle Bachelet doubled the number of troops patrolling the worst hit areas to 14,000, as people in ravaged Concepcion were barred from leaving their homes from 6:00 pm to midday. "Military personnel will be present in the streets of Concepcion until midday to maintain public order, and they will not waver in carrying out their duties," warned General Guillermo Ramirez. There's More... :: (18 Comments, 5148 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 14:00:00 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Tsunami hits Chile as Pacific Basin braces for impact by Talek Harris, AFP 19 mins ago SYDNEY (AFP) - A tsunami crashed into Chile's coast Saturday in a potential portent of disaster across the vast Pacific Ocean as nations went on alert for towering waves generated by a killer earthquake. The ominous sound of evacuation sirens blared in Hawaii and French Polynesia as a tsunami raced around the Pacific's "Ring of Fire" after the 8.8-magnitude quake in Chile, which left at least 122 people dead. About 50 countries and territories along an arc stretching from New Zealand to Japan were braced for immensely powerful waves, not long after the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean disaster that killed more than 220,000 people. There's More... :: (1 Comments, 3784 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Fri Feb 26, 2010 at 12:52:18 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Haiti aid effort marred by slow U.N. response By Tom Brown, Reuters Fri Feb 26, 9:07 am ET PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Clutching automatic assault rifles, truckloads of U.N. troops patrolled the streets of Haiti's shattered capital on the day after the earthquake hit last month, seemingly oblivious to the misery around them. Cries for help from people digging for survivors in collapsed buildings were drowned out by the roar of heavy-duty engines as the troops plowed through Port-au-Prince without stopping to join rescue efforts, much less lead them. A common sight since they were deployed in 2004, the U.N. troops huddled in the shade of their canopied vehicles. There's More... :: (13 Comments, 3385 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Thu Feb 25, 2010 at 13:10:56 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Excuses but no Sarkozy apology for Rwanda genocide by Philippe Alfroy, AFP 1 hr 43 mins ago KIGALI (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy acknowledged that France made mistakes during the 1994 genocide, paid homage to the victims but stopped short of apologising during his landmark visit to Kigali Thursday. "What happened here is unacceptable, but what happened here compels the international community, including France, to reflect on the mistakes that stopped it from preventing and halting this abominable crime," he said. Marking the first visit to Rwanda by a French president since the 1994 massacres, Sarkozy spoke at a joint press conference with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has repeatedly accused Paris of aiding the genocide. There's More... :: (13 Comments, 3565 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 13:29:18 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 6 Haitian orphans who had been detained land in US By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press Writers 1 hr 14 mins ago MIAMI - Six Haitian orphans arrived in the United States on Wednesday, four days after Haitian police seized them out of fear they were being kidnapped. The children arrived on a charter flight to Miami International Airport. They will be taken to a shelter and their new parents can take the children home Thursday, according to Jan Bonnema, the Minnesota-based founder of the Children of The Promise orphanage. On Saturday, a group of 20 men blocked four women accompanying the orphans to the airport, shouting: "You can't take our children!" Police briefly detained the women and the orphans - ages 1-5 - spent three night sleeping on the ground in a tent city. The U.S. Embassy official carrying the documents needed to take them through immigration had been running late. There's More... :: (5 Comments, 4362 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Tue Feb 23, 2010 at 13:00:02 PST From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Haitian official: orphans given to US Embassy Associated Press 17 mins ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A top Haitian official tells The Associated Press that the U.S. Embassy now has custody of six orphans who were seized by Haitian police as they were about to board a plane for the United States. Social Welfare agency chief Jeanne Bernard Pierre would not say when her office handed the children over to U.S. officials. The children, ages 1 to 5, were seized by police Saturday from four women who were accompanying them out of Haiti, apparently with the correct legal paperwork. An angry crowd had accused the group of child trafficking. There's More... :: (9 Comments, 4722 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 13:01:20 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread Now with 41 Top Stories. From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 UN appeals for nearly $1.5 billion for Haiti By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 18, 9:03 pm ET UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations launched a new appeal Thursday for nearly $1.5 billion to help the 3 million Haitians affected by last month's devastating earthquake, its largest appeal ever for a natural disaster. The appeal, covering needs in 2010, is more than double the U.N.'s initial request on Jan. 15 for $562 million to help quake victims for six months. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his special envoy for Haiti, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, launched the $1.44 billion appeal at a meeting with diplomats from many of the 191 other U.N. member states. There's More... :: (16 Comments, 5198 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Thu Feb 18, 2010 at 13:03:27 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread Now with 42 Top Stories. From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Eight US missionaries arrive in Miami after Haiti release AFP Thu Feb 18, 3:49 am ET MIAMI, Florida (AFP) - Eight of 10 American missionaries who faced child kidnapping charges in Haiti arrived here early Thursday after being freed by a Haitian judge and leaving the quake-devastated nation. The Miami Herald newspaper reported that the group arrived at Miami International Airport shortly after midnight. A Haitian judge freed the missionaries without bail on Wednesday -- though the charges were not dropped -- and they were whisked to the airport in a van bearing diplomatic plates to board a US military transport plane for Miami. There's More... :: (3 Comments, 5147 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Wed Feb 17, 2010 at 13:00:00 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Sarkozy makes aid pledge on historic Haiti trip by Nadege Puljak, AFP 1 hr 3 mins ago PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Nicolas Sarkozy became Wednesday the first French president to visit Haiti, vowing to honor historic obligations to France's former slave colony and promising almost half a billion dollars in quake aid. "I have come to tell the Haitian people and their leaders that France, which was the first on the ground after the catastrophe, will remain firmly at the their side to help them pick themselves up again and open a new happy page in their history," Sarkozy said in Port-au-Prince. Sarkozy announced an aid package of some 326 million euros (446 million dollars) over the next two years, a sum that includes the cancellation of Haiti's 56-million-euro debt. There's More... :: (1 Comments, 3560 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 13:09:25 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Haiti quake far more destructive than 2004 tsunami: study by M.J. Smith, AFP 1 hr 9 mins ago PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - The scale of devastation in Haiti is far worse than in Asia after the 2004 tsunami, a study said Tuesday, predicting last month's quake could be the most destructive disaster in modern history. The stark assessment from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) comes with Port-au-Prince still lying in ruins more than one month on, while the bodies of more than 200,000 dead pile up in mass graves outside the capital. The study's release coincided with what would normally be Haiti's annual carnival, an explosion of pulsing music and colorful parades. But this year, the events have been cancelled as no one is in the mood to party. There's More... :: (12 Comments, 4666 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Mon Feb 15, 2010 at 13:00:20 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Homeless Haitians line up before dawn for tarps AFP Sun Feb 14, 6:49 pm ET PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Desperate Haitians began lining up well before dawn on Sunday for tarpaulins distributed to those left homeless by last month's earthquake, although many said they needed tents instead. With the coming rainy season threatening to worsen already squalid conditions in makeshift camps across the capital, aid organizations have been seeking to distribute tarps for up to 1,500 families per day. More than a million Haitians are homeless, but a month after the massive quake, UN officials said only about 50,000 families, or an estimated 272,000 people, have received emergency materials to build their own shelters. There's More... :: (8 Comments, 3640 words in story)

Afternoon Edition by: ek hornbeck Fri Feb 12, 2010 at 13:04:21 PST Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Tears as Haiti marks month since earthquake by Andrew Beatty and M.J. Smith, AFP 1 hr 34 mins ago PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Clad in white, hundreds of thousands of Haitians congregated throughout Port-au-Prince Friday for tearful ceremonies to mark one month since a cataclysmic earthquake shattered their country. In the central Champ de Mars square, where the impact of the 7.0 magnitude temblor is still seen in the sprawling tented camps that now dominate the plaza, people began to gather from before dawn. Part memorial service, part rally, mourners gave resilient cries of "hallelujah" as others wept for loved ones lost in an event many simply call "the catastrophe." There's More... :: (3 Comments, 5179 words in story)

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