http://www.aptnvideo.net/Browse/News.do Latest 24 hours of APTN News Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:39:08 +0200 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:39:08 +0200 APTN News http://www.aptnvideo.net/images/browse/aptn_logo_rss.gif http://www.aptnvideo.net/Browse/News.do NEW Yen sofftens slightly against the dollar to near 84 yen mark Thu, 9 Sep 2010 03:37:24 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164365 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164365 NEW North Koreans celebrate 62nd anniversary of state founding Thu, 9 Sep 2010 03:35:54 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164364 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164364 A total of 163 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding in Taipei on Thursday. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 03:08:39 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164363 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164363 Morocco's state news agency said nine Portuguese tourists were killed when their bus overturned in northern Morocco in rough weather. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:44:50 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164362 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164362 WRAP Residents rescued from rooftops amid flooding ADDS more Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:36:07 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164356 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164356 Thousands of faithful braved high temperatures and pouring rain on Wednesday to walk the streets of Havana and take part in a Catholic procession in honour of Our Lady of Charity, Cuba's Patron Saint. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:36:06 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164355 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164355 German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the bravery of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad at an award ceremony on Wednesday honouring his achievements for freedom of speech. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:48:29 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164352 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164352 Oil giant BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued on Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the oil well. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:19:44 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164351 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164351 Seven women in Mexico serving prison terms of up to 29 years for the death of their newborn babies were freed on Tuesday after a legal reform enacted in the state of Guanajuato lowered their sentences. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:22:08 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164350 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164350 A transport strike extended into its second day on Wednesday, disrupting travel in El Salvador's capital of San Salvador. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:19:42 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164349 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164349 Mexican marines have arrested seven gunmen suspected of killing 72 Central and South American migrants in the worst drug cartel massacre to date, the government announced on Wednesday. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:19:41 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164348 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164348 WRAP Pastor still planning to burn Quran, Clinton ADDS Pak ambass Wed, 8 Sep 2010 22:39:37 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164347 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164347 World leaders and people around the world condemned plans of a small Florida church that espouses an anti-Islam philosophy and its plans to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 22:39:38 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164345 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164345 Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swathes of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:21:20 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164339 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164339 Chilean officials are reporting progress in their efforts to bore escape holes down to 33 miners trapped about a half mile underground. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:20:57 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164338 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164338 Oil giant BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued on Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the oil well. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:55:23 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164337 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164337 Residents of an apartment complex in Dallas, Texas, who took refuge on their rooftops from flood waters from Tropical Storm Hermine, had to be rescued by firefighters on Wednesday. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:36:54 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164336 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164336 German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the bravery of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad at an award ceremony on Wednesday honouring his achievements for freedom of speech. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:49:46 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164335 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164335 Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has pleaded for calm and vowed his department would conduct an exhaustive investigation into a bicycle officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day labourer armed with a knife. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:32:33 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164334 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164334 The leader of a small Florida church that espouses an anti-Islam philosophy said on Wednesday that he was determined to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:37:27 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164333 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164333 The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said on Wednesday that he was determined to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:46:33 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164330 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164330 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday that the U.S. message to North Korea was the same, that whoever leads the country should give up all nuclear ambitions. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:39:44 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164329 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164329 In an internal report released on Wednesday oil giant BP blames itself, other companies' workers and a complex series of failures for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the drilling rig explosion that preceded it. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:30:53 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164328 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164328 British Prime Minister David Cameron's father died in France on Wednesday after suffering a stroke while on vacation, the leader's office said. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:26:20 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164327 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164327 An investigation into the botched rescue effort of a hijacked bus which saw eight Hong Kong tourists shot dead and three other tourists wounded resumed on Wednesday in the Philippines, with the Manila Police Chief apologising for the incompetent assault on the hostage-taker. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:54:40 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164326 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164326 Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory in Honduras and opened fire on Tuesday, killing at least 18 workers and wounding five, Honduran authorities said. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:02:36 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164325 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164325 Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swathes of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:35:32 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164322 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164322 Two newborn pandas became the latest additions to the Madrid Zoo when they were born on Tuesday. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:34:29 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164321 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164321 A radical Muslim sect used assault rifles to launch a coordinated sunset raid on a prison in northern Nigeria, freeing more than 100 followers and raising new fears about violence in the oil-rich nation, just months before elections Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:47:06 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164319 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164319 Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi will speak to parliament at the end of the month in a highly anticipated address that could determine the fate of his government. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:39:44 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164318 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164318 Morocco's state news agency said nine Portuguese tourists had been killed after their bus overturned in northern Morocco in rough weather Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:30:45 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164316 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164316 United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday that a US pastor's plans to burn copies of the Quran on September 11 were outrageous and urged him to cancel the event. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:08:20 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164314 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164314 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Rwanda's president on Wednesday after he threatened to withdraw thousands of Rwandan peacekeepers if the United Nations publishes a report accusing Rwanda's army of possible genocide in the 1990s. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:36:59 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164313 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164313 In a tiny room overlooking a shanty town, four men work a dozen or so phones, struggling to keep up with calls from Pakistanis placing illegal bets on a cricket match in England. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:42:00 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164312 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164312 US soldiers in Afghanistan carried out a cordon and search operation in Sengeray on Tuesday. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:26:30 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164311 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164311 A Muslim stone mason who spent nearly four decades helping to restore an ancient Roman Catholic cathedral in Lyon, has been immortalised as a winged gargoyle. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:01:41 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164306 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164306 Greek railway and public transport workers went on strike on Wednesday over planned reforms to the debt-ridden country's state transportation systems. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:50:57 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164304 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164304 Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Quran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:26:36 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164303 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164303 British Prime Minister David Cameron unexpectedly flew to France on Wednesday after his father suffered a stroke while on vacation, the leader's office said. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 14:25:17 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164302 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164302 Hundreds of people attended a funeral procession in a northwestern Pakistani village on Wednesday for the victims of a car bomb which ripped through a police compound killing 18 people, including four officers and 14 women and children. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:46:36 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164301 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164301 An extremely rare Amur black leopard club is challenging the theory that a 'leopard can't change his spots,' after going on show at the 'Serengeti Park' in Hodenhagen, Germany. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:50:07 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164299 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164299 Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has pleaded for calm and vowed his department would conduct an exhaustive investigation into a bicycle officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day labourer armed with a knife. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:32:33 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164298 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164298 Pope Benedict XVI has thanked the people of Britain for what he called the "vast amount of work" that had gone into his forthcoming visit and said he hoped their efforts would pay off. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:21:21 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164297 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164297 Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Quran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:19:42 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164292 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164292 Two larger US Marine Corps helicopters started operating at an airbase in northern Sindh province on Wednesday, as part of continued US humanitarian assistance to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:05:52 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164291 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164291 Police arrested a top separatist leader on Wednesday for rallying massive anti-India protests that have rocked the Indian portion of Kashmir for months, and supporters reacted by staging fresh demonstrations and hurling stones at troops. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:51:02 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164290 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164290 An investigation into the botched rescue effort of a hijacked bus which saw eight Hong Kong tourists shot dead and three other tourists wounded resumed on Wednesday in the Philippines. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:45:03 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164288 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164288 South Korea announced on Wednesday it would ban unauthorised financial dealings with Iran as part of sanctions to join a US-led campaign to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear enrichment programme. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:31:54 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164284 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164284 Residents in the Iraqi capital flocked to the shops and markets on Wednesday, ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the festival which marks the end the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:23:30 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164283 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164283 Wildfires continued to burn in Russia's Volgograd region on Tuesday, with more homes in the area destroyed. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:17:07 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164282 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164282 The leader of a small Florida church said Wednesday he was determined to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:27:56 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164281 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164281 Hundreds of firemen continued to fight wildfires that have destroyed over 2,500 hectares of land in southeastern Spain, broadcaster TVE said on Wednesday. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:36:23 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164280 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164280 Security was tightened on Wednesday ahead of prayers for the eve of the Jewish new year, a day which this year also coincides with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:33:04 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164279 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164279 Military-run Myanmar's top leader General Than Shwe was in China on Wednesday for a state visit to his country's closest ally ahead of contentious national elections this autumn. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:27:13 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164278 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164278 Greek railway and public transport workers went on strike Wednesday over planned reforms to the debt-ridden country's state transportation systems. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:51:49 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164277 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164277 An investigation into the botched rescue effort of a hijacked bus which saw eight tourists shot dead and three wounded resumed on Wednesday in the Philippines. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:48:27 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164276 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164276 Thirty-four workers were rescued Wednesday from an oil platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea, while two others remained missing, China's Ministry of Transport said. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:10:41 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164275 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164275 Iraqi officials said at least six people were killed and 35 were wounded in two separate attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:37:33 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164273 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164273 A Russian passenger plane with 81 people on board was forced to make a spectacular emergency landing on Tuesday after all of its systems failed, Russian media reported. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:35:52 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164272 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164272 Iraqi police and health officials said Wednesday that at least six people had been killed and 35 wounded in two separate attacks in Baghdad. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:59:14 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164270 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164270 South Korea announced on Wednesday it would ban unauthorised financial dealings with Iran as part of sanctions to join a US-led campaign to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear enrichment programme. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:36:32 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164269 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164269 A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport late Tuesday, after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English was spotted on a bathroom mirror on the plane, authorities said. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 08:35:15 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164268 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164268 Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated on Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands and Tokyo arrested the boat's captain Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:48:11 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164264 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164264 Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated on Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands and Tokyo arrested the boat's captain Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:43:16 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164256 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164256 Hundreds of residents in the state of Victoria in southern Australia remained isolated on Wednesday because of widespread flooding, local media reported Wed, 8 Sep 2010 06:41:38 +0200 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164255 http://www.aptnvideo.net/pages/browse/player/player_frameset.jsp?item=164255