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Nepal imposes curfew, detains activists
Jan 19 2006 10:57PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Thousands of troops fanned across the Nepalese capital on Friday to enforce a government curfew ordered to foil a planned protest rally against King Gyanendra's assuming direct rule over the Himalayan country last year.
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Taiwanese airline begins China flights
Jan 19 2006 8:31PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's largest airline launched a flight to China's eastern city of Shanghai on Friday to kick off charter flights between the rivals for the lunar New Year holiday.
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Death of operatives a blow to al-Qaida
Jan 19 2006 2:38PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - One is believed to be a chemical weapons expert, another allegedly plotted assassinations. A third planned attacks targeting U.S. troops, while a son-in-law publicized their exploits in the name of al-Qaida and recruited new militants.
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Indonesians arrest terrorist's 'henchman'
Jan 19 2006 2:33PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An alleged key aide to a Malaysian fugitive blamed for a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Indonesia has been captured, police said Thursday as they seized several tons of bomb-making materials.
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Two mine blasts kill four in Sri Lanka
Jan 19 2006 1:08PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels exploded anti-personnel mines twice in eastern Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 25 others, the Defense Ministry said.
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Pakistan: Al-Qaida weapons expert killed
Jan 19 2006 10:45AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An al-Qaida explosives and chemical weapons expert and a relative of the terror network's No. 2 leader were among four top operatives believed killed in a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan last week, Pakistani security officials said Thursday, as authorities arrested five more militant suspects.
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Philippine town buries woman slain in Iraq
Jan 19 2006 9:04AM (CT)
INABANGA, Philippines (AP) - Proud townsfolk of the first Filipino-American female soldier killed in Iraq buried her Thursday with full U.S. military honors in the tiny village where she grew up before migrating to America nine years ago.
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Laos denies any role in Americans' deaths
Jan 19 2006 8:08AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - An American couple claiming to be of Lao royal descent who were shot dead in northeastern Thailand might have been targeted by Laos' government on suspicions that they were working against the communist regime, police said Thursday.
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Filipino lawmakers seek new U.S. accord
Jan 19 2006 7:22AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine congressional committee approved a resolution Thursday calling on the government to abrogate an accord allowing large-scale American military exercises in the country after U.S. officials refused to hand over four U.S. Marines accused of rape.
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