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US commander meets with China officials
Jan 13 2008 11:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The top U.S. naval commander in the Pacific met with Chinese officials Monday on his first visit since China refused permission for an American aircraft carrier to make a holiday port call in Hong Kong.
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Bomb in southern Thailand kills 8 troops
Jan 13 2008 11:19PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents killed eight soldiers Monday in a bombing and shooting attack in one of Thailand's restive southern provinces, the army spokesman said.
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SKorea ready for summit with North
Jan 13 2008 9:06PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president-elect said Monday that he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il anytime to resolve the protracted tensions over the communist country's nuclear weapons programs.
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Report: Bjork attacks photographer
Jan 13 2008 7:09PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Icelandic singer Bjork attacked a newspaper photographer shortly after she arrived at New Zealand's Auckland International Airport on Sunday, local media reported.
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Dutch troops kill 4 in friendly fire
Jan 13 2008 3:40PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Dutch troops in Afghanistan killed two of their own men during a nighttime battle, and separately two allied Afghan soldiers they mistook for enemies, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
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Power cuts still leave Kabul in the dark
Jan 13 2008 2:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Gul Hussein was standing under a pale street lamp in a poor section of east Kabul when the entire neighborhood suddenly went black.
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Suharto's health sharply deteriorating
Jan 13 2008 1:53PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Family members said they would leave it to doctors to decide if former dictator Suharto should be removed from life support after almost all of his organ functions failed. Physicians described his condition as "very critical."
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Suharto's health sharply deteriorating
Jan 13 2008 1:53PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Family members said they would leave it to doctors to decide if former dictator Suharto should be removed from life support after almost all of his organ functions failed. Physicians described his condition as "very critical."
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Indonesian activist's murder unpunished
Jan 13 2008 11:53AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - More than three years after Indonesia's leading human rights campaigner died of arsenic poisoning during a commercial airline flight, his case has become a critical test of the country's willingness to come to grips with the legacy of the 32-year Suharto dictatorship.
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Pakistan poll shows suspicion of leaders
Jan 13 2008 10:43AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Nearly half of Pakistanis surveyed suspect that government agencies or government-linked politicians killed Benazir Bhutto, according to an opinion poll, highlighting popular mistrust in the country's U.S.-allied president ahead of elections next month.
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Pakistan poll shows suspicion of leaders
Jan 13 2008 10:43AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Nearly half of Pakistanis surveyed suspect that government agencies or government-linked politicians killed Benazir Bhutto, according to an opinion poll, highlighting popular mistrust in the country's U.S.-allied president ahead of elections next month.
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9 police killed in Taliban attack
Jan 13 2008 7:17AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A pair of militant attacks killed nine police officers in southern Afghanistan Sunday and the Netherlands announced that two of its soldiers had been killed in fighting in the south.
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China closes 11,000 mines in crackdown
Jan 13 2008 5:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has closed more than 11,000 small coal mines as part of a two-year-old safety crackdown aimed at stemming the industry's high death toll, the government reported Sunday.
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Taiwan poll results stir Beijing hopes
Jan 13 2008 4:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's ties with Taiwan should benefit from the island's legislative election, in which the independence-leaning ruling party suffered a stinging defeat, Chinese state media said Sunday.
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Tibet tourism rises 60 percent last year
Jan 13 2008 2:35AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Tourist arrivals in Tibet soared 60 percent last year to 4 million visitors, forcing the government to add hundreds of new tour buses to allay transportation strains, official media reported Sunday.
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Indian Prime Minister Singh in China
Jan 13 2008 1:40AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit aimed at boosting sometimes strained relations between the two Asian giants, whose massive populations and sizzling economies are increasingly driving world trade.
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Militants slain in Pakistan battle
Jan 13 2008 1:40AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamic militants attempted to attack a Pakistani military base close to the Afghan border, sparking fighting that killed between 40 and 50 of the insurgents, the army said Sunday.
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