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Indonesia's Suharto develops sepsis
Jan 14 2008 11:56PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Ailing former dictator Suharto has developed sepsis, a potentially deadly blood infection, and the 86-year-old's heart became unstable Tuesday, his medical team said.
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Indonesia's Suharto develops sepsis
Jan 14 2008 11:56PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Ailing former dictator Suharto has developed sepsis, a potentially deadly blood infection, and the 86-year-old's heart became unstable Tuesday, his medical team said.
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Indonesia's Suharto develops sepsis
Jan 14 2008 11:56PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Ailing former dictator Suharto has developed sepsis, a potentially deadly blood infection, and the 86-year-old's heart became unstable Tuesday, his medical team said.
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Indonesia's Suharto develops sepsis
Jan 14 2008 11:56PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Ailing former dictator Suharto has developed sepsis, a potentially deadly blood infection, and the 86-year-old's heart became unstable Tuesday, his medical team said.
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Thai soldier beheaded, 7 others killed
Jan 14 2008 9:52PM (CT)
YALA, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents exploded a bomb that left at least 27 people injured in a southern Thai market Tuesday, officials said, a day after rebels ambushed a military patrol and killed eight soldiers.
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Thai soldier beheaded, 7 others killed
Jan 14 2008 9:52PM (CT)
YALA, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents exploded a bomb that left at least 27 people injured in a southern Thai market Tuesday, officials said, a day after rebels ambushed a military patrol and killed eight soldiers.
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Thai soldier beheaded, 7 others killed
Jan 14 2008 9:52PM (CT)
YALA, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents exploded a bomb that left at least 27 people injured in a southern Thai market Tuesday, officials said, a day after rebels ambushed a military patrol and killed eight soldiers.
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Pakistan opposition attacks Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 9:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
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Pakistan opposition attacks Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 9:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
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Pakistan opposition attacks Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 9:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
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Pakistan opposition attacks Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 9:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
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Pakistan opposition attacks Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 9:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
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Pakistan opposition attacks Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 9:01PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif accused Pakistan's president Monday of blindly following America and ordering anti-terror operations that have left the country "drowned in blood."
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Attack on Kabul luxury hotel kills 6
Jan 14 2008 7:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants stormed Kabul's most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people as they hunted down Westerners who cowered in a gym _ a coordinated assault that could signal a new era of brazen Taliban attacks.
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Attack on Kabul luxury hotel kills 6
Jan 14 2008 7:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants stormed Kabul's most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people as they hunted down Westerners who cowered in a gym _ a coordinated assault that could signal a new era of brazen Taliban attacks.
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Attack on Kabul luxury hotel kills 6
Jan 14 2008 7:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants stormed Kabul's most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people as they hunted down Westerners who cowered in a gym _ a coordinated assault that could signal a new era of brazen Taliban attacks.
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Attack on Kabul luxury hotel kills 6
Jan 14 2008 7:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants stormed Kabul's most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people as they hunted down Westerners who cowered in a gym _ a coordinated assault that could signal a new era of brazen Taliban attacks.
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Taiwan leader takes new tack with allies
Jan 14 2008 6:44PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Hit by the loss of another diplomatic link, Taiwan's president said Monday that he will try to hold on to remaining allies by encouraging them to open formal trade ties with China while maintaining relations with his island.
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Sri Lanka violence kills 34
Jan 14 2008 5:24PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A wave of pitched battles, bombings and an airstrike killed at least 34 people across northern Sri Lanka, the military said Monday, as a Japanese envoy met with officials to try to stop the raging civil war.
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Sri Lanka violence kills 34
Jan 14 2008 5:24PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A wave of pitched battles, bombings and an airstrike killed at least 34 people across northern Sri Lanka, the military said Monday, as a Japanese envoy met with officials to try to stop the raging civil war.
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Shanghai residents protest maglev train
Jan 14 2008 2:07PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Protests by Shanghai residents angry over the proposed extension of a high-tech train line forced the government Monday to acknowledge widespread public concern, in the latest standoff between China's communist authorities and middle-class urban Chinese.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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US lets Afghan detainees, families talk
Jan 14 2008 1:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fourteen months ago, U.S.-led coalition forces detained Noor Ahmad Agha's father during a nighttime raid in southern Afghanistan and took him to a secretive prison on the main American base hundreds of miles to the north, a place few outsiders have ever seen.
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Motorbike bomb kills 9 in Pakistani city
Jan 14 2008 1:47PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb planted on a motorbike killed at least nine people and wounded 52 others Monday evening in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, officials said.
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Motorbike bomb kills 9 in Pakistani city
Jan 14 2008 1:47PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb planted on a motorbike killed at least nine people and wounded 52 others Monday evening in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, officials said.
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China to scrutinize Olympic food
Jan 14 2008 9:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Food for the Beijing Olympics will be highly scrutinized and supplied only by approved companies, a Chinese official said Monday while reporting on recent efforts to keep harmful food out of the national supply chain and a crackdown on shoddy toy makers.
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Explosion hits hotel in Afghanistan
Jan 14 2008 9:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An explosion that reverberated throughout Kabul went off at the city's centrally located luxury hotel that is frequented by foreigners, police said Monday.
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Malawi drops ties with Taiwan for China
Jan 14 2008 7:24AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The African nation of Malawi has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of relations with China, which has been using its rising political and economic clout to reduce the number of countries who recognize the island.
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Bomb blast injures 5 in Nepal capital
Jan 14 2008 6:40AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A bomb exploded Monday near a mass political rally where thousands of supporters of Nepal's main political parties had gathered to mark the start of campaigning for elections, police said.
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Chinese writer: Democracy hurts Africa
Jan 14 2008 6:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The election-related violence that has killed hundreds in Kenya is proof that Western-style democracy is a bad fit for Africa, a Chinese commentator wrote in the newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party.
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India PM: China partnership a priority
Jan 14 2008 6:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - India's prime minister said Monday at the start of a state visit that expanding relations with sometime rival China were a primary goal of his government.
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Fire in Calcutta market still burning
Jan 14 2008 6:01AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Hundreds of residents were evacuated Monday as a towering fire in a central Calcutta market burned for the third straight day, fire officials said. Some 2,500 shops have been destroyed in the blaze, although there have been no serious injuries or deaths reported.
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China cargo ship sinks off Taiwan
Jan 14 2008 5:21AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A Chinese cargo ship sank Monday in high waves off western Taiwan, leaving 12 seamen missing, an official said.
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US envoy meets former Taliban commander
Jan 14 2008 5:17AM (CT)
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan flew to a town previously held by the Taliban in the heart of the world's largest poppy-growing region and told the ex-militant commander now in charge there that Afghans must stop "producing poison."
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Bhutto party may work with Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 4:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's political party said Monday it may work with Pakistan's president after elections next month despite the leader's apparent unpopularity and allegations elements within his government may have played a role in her death.
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Bhutto party may work with Musharraf
Jan 14 2008 4:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's political party said Monday it may work with Pakistan's president after elections next month despite the leader's apparent unpopularity and allegations elements within his government may have played a role in her death.
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US Pacific commander in China for talks
Jan 14 2008 4:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. military commander for the Asia-Pacific region met Chinese officials Monday on his first visit since Beijing upset the U.S. by rejecting port calls by an American aircraft carrier and other navy ships in Hong Kong.
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SKorea president-elect willing to meet Kim
Jan 14 2008 2:04AM (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 try to persuade the communist country to give up its nuclear weapons programs.
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