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U.S. general in S.Korea warns of changes
Jan 17 2007 10:49PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. general in South Korea warned Thursday that changes to the command structure on the peninsula could damage the ability of allied forces to maintain the more than half-century-old armistice with North Korea.
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Gates may seek more Afghanistan troops
Jan 17 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested Wednesday he would ask President Bush to send more troops to Afghanistan, an increase that could intensify pressure on a U.S. military already straining to wage the war in Iraq.
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Canada looks to mend fences with China
Jan 17 2007 4:49PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Canada's finance minister arrived in China to boost trade ties and mend fences amid a series of diplomatic spats with Beijing, but said Wednesday he would also raise human rights concerns during his talks with Chinese officials.
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Philippines says militant's death a blow
Jan 17 2007 2:36PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The announcement Wednesday of the killing of Abu Sulaiman, a senior leader of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, represents a major blow against one of the world's most notorious terror organizations. Sulaiman, a 41-year-old whose real name is Jainal Antel Sali Jr., left a legacy of lethal attacks and ransom kidnappings _ outrages that put him on both the U.S. and the Philippine most-wanted lists.
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Taliban commander seized in Afghanistan
Jan 17 2007 12:49PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led troops and Afghan forces detained a prominent Taliban commander during a raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Wednesday.
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S. Korea to take down some border fences
Jan 17 2007 11:35AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea plans to dismantle parts of a wire fence built in the 1950s to prevent infiltration by North Korean agents, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a sign that perceptions about Seoul's communist neighbor are softening.
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Report: North Korea skips food ration
Jan 17 2007 11:15AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea skipped giving extra food rations to its people on New Year's Day, except the elite citizens of Pyongyang, a South Korean aid group said Wednesday, a possible sign the country's food situation may be worsening.
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Manila police, Marine's advocates clash
Jan 17 2007 8:29AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police with truncheons beat left-wing activists Wednesday as they were protesting the transfer from a local jail to the U.S. Embassy a U.S. Marine who was convicted of raping a Filipino woman.
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Japan party won't stop war shrine visits
Jan 17 2007 7:37AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's ruling party declared on Wednesday that its members would continue to visit a Tokyo war shrine, defying critics who say the visits glorify militarism and risking a deterioration in relations with China and South Korea. Dozens of Japanese lawmakers pay respects to the country's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine during festivals in April and October.
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India: Pakistani forces shoot at guards
Jan 17 2007 7:21AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Pakistani forces opened fire on Indian border guards before dawn Wednesday, according to an Indian official who said it was the first violation of a 2003 cease-fire along the frontier of divided Kashmir. A spokesman for Pakistan's military said he had no immediate information on the incident.
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U.S. envoy says N. Korea talk 'useful'
Jan 17 2007 7:16AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - The chief U.S. negotiator at six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program said Wednesday he was hopeful the talks can resume by the end of this month, and described a meeting with his North Korean counterpart as "useful."
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Nepal's former rebels hand over weapons
Jan 17 2007 4:47AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former communist guerrillas began an orderly handover of weapons to U.N. monitors on Wednesday, putting in motion a landmark peace deal that calls for thousands of fighters to disarm and be confined to camps, officials said.
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Bolton wants N.Korean regime to collapse
Jan 17 2007 4:41AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program have failed and the world should push the impoverished regime toward collapse, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday.
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Sri Lankan troops secure eastern areas
Jan 17 2007 1:22AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The military began Wednesday to secure areas captured from Tamil Tiger rebels in the volatile east where fierce clashes for control of territory a day earlier left at least 16 dead, an official said.
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Sri Lankan troops secure eastern areas
Jan 17 2007 1:22AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The military began Wednesday to secure areas captured from Tamil Tiger rebels in the volatile east where fierce clashes for control of territory a day earlier left at least 16 dead, an official said.
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Moderate quake rocks Indonesian province
Jan 17 2007 12:40AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A moderate earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's Papua province on Wednesday but there were no reports of any damage.
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U.S., N.Korean nuke negotiators to meet
Jan 17 2007 12:15AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. negotiator at North Korean nuclear talks will meet Wednesday with his North Korean counterpart in Germany for a second day, South Korea's foreign minister said.
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