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Sri Lanka government ends cease-fire
Jan 2 2008 11:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The government decided Wednesday to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire that had largely collapsed since the resurgence of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war two years ago, an official said.
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Sri Lanka government ends cease-fire
Jan 2 2008 11:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The government decided Wednesday to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire that had largely collapsed since the resurgence of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war two years ago, an official said.
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Sri Lanka government ends cease-fire
Jan 2 2008 11:58PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The government decided Wednesday to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire that had largely collapsed since the resurgence of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war two years ago, an official said.
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China to switch to lethal injections
Jan 2 2008 10:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China, which executes more people each year than any other country, will expand the use of lethal injections instead of gunshots for death sentences, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday.
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Stampede kills 5 in Indian temple
Jan 2 2008 10:56PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Worshippers at a Hindu temple in southern India stampeded Thursday as they tried to draw close to a goddess' statue, trampling at least five people to death and injuring 15 others, a state official said.
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Fire hits 12-story building in China
Jan 2 2008 9:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Firefighters battled Thursday to extinguish a blaze that engulfed a 12-floor wholesale market building in northwest China and likely caused casualties, a firefighting official said.
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Fire hits 12-story building in China
Jan 2 2008 9:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Firefighters battled Thursday to extinguish a blaze that engulfed a 12-floor wholesale market building in northwest China and likely caused casualties, a firefighting official said.
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Britain to help probe Bhutto killing
Jan 2 2008 7:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that Scotland Yard will help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reversing his initial rejection of foreign help after he came under pressure to allow a U.N. probe.
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Britain to help probe Bhutto killing
Jan 2 2008 7:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that Scotland Yard will help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reversing his initial rejection of foreign help after he came under pressure to allow a U.N. probe.
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Britain to help probe Bhutto killing
Jan 2 2008 7:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that Scotland Yard will help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reversing his initial rejection of foreign help after he came under pressure to allow a U.N. probe.
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Britain to help probe Bhutto killing
Jan 2 2008 7:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf announced Wednesday that Scotland Yard will help investigate the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, reversing his initial rejection of foreign help after he came under pressure to allow a U.N. probe.
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21 killed in Afghan bombings, fighting
Jan 2 2008 2:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Roadside bombs and military operations in Afghanistan killed 21 people, including a coalition soldier and 14 Taliban fighters, officials said Wednesday.
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21 killed in Afghan bombings, fighting
Jan 2 2008 2:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Roadside bombs and military operations in Afghanistan killed 21 people, including a coalition soldier and 14 Taliban fighters, officials said Wednesday.
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US general predicts record poppy haul
Jan 2 2008 1:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops.
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US general predicts record poppy haul
Jan 2 2008 1:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops.
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US general predicts record poppy haul
Jan 2 2008 1:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops.
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US general predicts record poppy haul
Jan 2 2008 1:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops.
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US general predicts record poppy haul
Jan 2 2008 1:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops.
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US general predicts record poppy haul
Jan 2 2008 1:26PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. general in charge of NATO's Afghanistan mission said Wednesday he expects another year of "explosive growth" in the country's poppy fields, a harvest militants will turn into weapons for use against Afghan and NATO troops.
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Scotland Yard to help in Bhutto probe
Jan 2 2008 10:45AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that he had requested a team of investigators from Britain's Scotland Yard to assist in the investigation into the killing of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Beijing puts sniffer dogs on subway
Jan 2 2008 8:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Dogs that can detect fireworks and other explosive substances have started making regular checks at Beijing's subway stations ahead of the Olympics, state media reported Wednesday.
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Beijing puts sniffer dogs on subway
Jan 2 2008 8:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Dogs that can detect fireworks and other explosive substances have started making regular checks at Beijing's subway stations ahead of the Olympics, state media reported Wednesday.
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Malaysian minister resigns over sex tape
Jan 2 2008 7:51AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's health minister resigned Wednesday after acknowledging that he and a female friend were the couple in a secretly filmed sex video.
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Report: Rich flout China child policy
Jan 2 2008 7:01AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A growing number of rich and powerful people in central China are brazenly flouting the country's one-child policy, a newspaper said Wednesday.
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Winners in Bhutan vote include graduates
Jan 2 2008 6:25AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - The secluded Himalayan nation of Bhutan will begin its transformation from an absolute monarchy to a democracy with several leaders fresh out of college at the helm, election officials announced.
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Myanmar regime imposes satellite TV fee
Jan 2 2008 4:55AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military junta dramatically raised the annual fee for TV satellite dishes Wednesday, an apparent move to block the foreign news channels that beamed in global criticism of its recent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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Cold weather kills 38 in northern India
Jan 2 2008 4:41AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An unusually fierce cold snap has killed nine people in northern India over the past two days, bringing the death toll from weeks of unusually chilly weather to 38, officials and a news report said Wednesday.
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Cold weather kills 38 in northern India
Jan 2 2008 4:41AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An unusually fierce cold snap has killed nine people in northern India over the past two days, bringing the death toll from weeks of unusually chilly weather to 38, officials and a news report said Wednesday.
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Cold weather kills 38 in northern India
Jan 2 2008 4:41AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An unusually fierce cold snap has killed nine people in northern India over the past two days, bringing the death toll from weeks of unusually chilly weather to 38, officials and a news report said Wednesday.
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Pakistani troops kill 25 militants
Jan 2 2008 3:59AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani troops killed 25 militants close to the Afghan border in fighting following the abduction of four soldiers, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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Japan prime minister debuts on YouTube
Jan 2 2008 2:04AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister has begun posting English-language messages on the video-sharing Internet site YouTube in an apparent bid to raise his country's international profile.
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