New International Times http://www.newinternationaltimes.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/raging-russian-fires-destroy-homes-people-flee-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/raging-russian-fires-destroy-homes-people-flee-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:02:34 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/raging-russian-fires-destroy-homes-people-flee-ap/ A local resident throws water from a bucket on a peat fire in a forest near the town of Shatura, some 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Moscow, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Peat swamps started burning in central Russia following an unprecedented heat wave. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow suffered through a record, weeks-long heat wave and smog…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/raging-russian-fires-destroy-homes-people-flee-ap/feed/ Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/body-of-2nd-navy-sailor-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/body-of-2nd-navy-sailor-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:04:30 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/body-of-2nd-navy-sailor-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/ This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men’s disappearance nearly 60 miles from…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/body-of-2nd-navy-sailor-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/feed/ Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-burns-bodies-in-iraq-attack-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-burns-bodies-in-iraq-attack-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:03:14 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-burns-bodies-in-iraq-attack-ap/ Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-burns-bodies-in-iraq-attack-ap/feed/ Al-Qaida plants flag in Baghdad as 23 die in Iraq (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-in-baghdad-as-23-die-in-iraq-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-in-baghdad-as-23-die-in-iraq-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:02:38 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-in-baghdad-as-23-die-in-iraq-ap/ Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Al-Qaida briefly planted its flag in Baghdad on Thursday as militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country in a combination of shootings and roadside…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/al-qaida-plants-flag-in-baghdad-as-23-die-in-iraq-ap/feed/ Militants kill 23 security forces across Iraq (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-23-security-forces-across-iraq-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-23-security-forces-across-iraq-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:36 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-23-security-forces-across-iraq-ap/ Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants killed 23 members of Iraq’s security forces across the country Thursday in a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-23-security-forces-across-iraq-ap/feed/ 2nd US Navy sailor’s body recovered in Afghanistan (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/2nd-us-navy-sailors-body-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/2nd-us-navy-sailors-body-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:03:10 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/2nd-us-navy-sailors-body-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/ This photo, displayed on a leaflet that was distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2010 shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor. The Navy identified the missing sailor as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area. The Pentagon lists Newlove as 'whereabouts unknown,' and did not confirm he was captured. Another service member who went missing with Newlove was identified as Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado. NATO recovered his body Sunday. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/2nd-us-navy-sailors-body-recovered-in-afghanistan-ap/feed/ Rain slows hunt for air crash bodies in Pakistan (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/rain-slows-hunt-for-air-crash-bodies-in-pakistan-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/rain-slows-hunt-for-air-crash-bodies-in-pakistan-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:07:30 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/rain-slows-hunt-for-air-crash-bodies-in-pakistan-ap/ People carry a casket of a plane crash victim during a funeral prayer in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy, monsoon weather, killing all 152 people on board. (AP Photo/Karachi)AP - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/rain-slows-hunt-for-air-crash-bodies-in-pakistan-ap/feed/ Militants kill 7 policemen, soldiers in Baghdad (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-7-policemen-soldiers-in-baghdad-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-7-policemen-soldiers-in-baghdad-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:05:47 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-7-policemen-soldiers-in-baghdad-ap/ FILE - In July 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group is claiming responsibility for the bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of the pan-Arab television station, Al-Arabiya. A statement posted Thursday, July 29, 2010, on the website of the Islamic state of Iraq said the operation was carried out by a 'hero of Islam.' (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraqi police and army officials say seven members of the country’s security forces have been killed in what apparently were coordinated attacks in Baghdad’s Sunni district of Azamiyah.


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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/militants-kill-7-policemen-soldiers-in-baghdad-ap/feed/ Churchill’s choppers sold at auction in England (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/churchills-choppers-sold-at-auction-in-england-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/churchills-choppers-sold-at-auction-in-england-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:04:01 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/churchills-choppers-sold-at-auction-in-england-ap/ In this photo released by Newsmakers PR a part of a set of dentures used by the wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seen, Thursday July 29, 2010. The Royal College of Surgeons of England says the partial dentures were a tool that the Prime Minister relied upon to overcome a childhood lisp. They are being put on auction with an estimated value of 4,000 pounds to 5,000 pounds ($6,200 to $7,800.) (AP Photo/Newsmakers) ** ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **AP - A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill — described as the teeth that saved the world — sold at auction Thursday for 15,200…

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]]> http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/churchills-choppers-sold-at-auction-in-england-ap/feed/ Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency (AP)http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/russia-grants-more-powers-to-kgb-successor-agency-ap/ http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/russia-grants-more-powers-to-kgb-successor-agency-ap/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:37 +0000 admin http://www.newinternationaltimes.com/russia-grants-more-powers-to-kgb-successor-agency-ap/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev.


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