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Winter storm chaos grips China
Jan 29 2008 11:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train stations Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed China.
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Winter storm chaos grips China
Jan 29 2008 11:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train stations Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed China.
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Winter storm chaos grips China
Jan 29 2008 11:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train stations Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed China.
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Winter storm chaos grips China
Jan 29 2008 11:23PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train stations Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed China.
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Missile strike kills 12 in Pakistan
Jan 29 2008 11:10PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Three suspected militants allegedly planning suicide attacks died Wednesday when a bomb detonated early, police said, in the latest violence near the Afghan border where 12 people were killed in a missile attack a day earlier.
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Missile strike kills 12 in Pakistan
Jan 29 2008 11:10PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Three suspected militants allegedly planning suicide attacks died Wednesday when a bomb detonated early, police said, in the latest violence near the Afghan border where 12 people were killed in a missile attack a day earlier.
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Bush ignores Afghan school violence
Jan 29 2008 4:29PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In his State of the Union address, President Bush called Afghanistan a young democracy where children go to school and Afghans are hopeful. But he didn't mention the violence that has killed 147 students and teachers, and closed 590 schools in the last year _ almost as many as the 680 the U.S. has built.
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Bush ignores Afghan school violence
Jan 29 2008 4:29PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In his State of the Union address, President Bush called Afghanistan a young democracy where children go to school and Afghans are hopeful. But he didn't mention the violence that has killed 147 students and teachers, and closed 590 schools in the last year _ almost as many as the 680 the U.S. has built.
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Bush ignores Afghan school violence
Jan 29 2008 4:29PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In his State of the Union address, President Bush called Afghanistan a young democracy where children go to school and Afghans are hopeful. But he didn't mention the violence that has killed 147 students and teachers, and closed 590 schools in the last year _ almost as many as the 680 the U.S. has built.
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Afghan women protest American kidnapping
Jan 29 2008 7:50AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest Tuesday against the kidnapping of an American aid worker. The women, many wearing burqas, called on officials to find the captive American and urged the kidnappers to release her.
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Afghan women protest American kidnapping
Jan 29 2008 7:50AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest Tuesday against the kidnapping of an American aid worker. The women, many wearing burqas, called on officials to find the captive American and urged the kidnappers to release her.
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Afghan women protest American kidnapping
Jan 29 2008 7:50AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest Tuesday against the kidnapping of an American aid worker. The women, many wearing burqas, called on officials to find the captive American and urged the kidnappers to release her.
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Afghan women protest American kidnapping
Jan 29 2008 7:50AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - About 500 Afghan women gathered in a rare mass protest Tuesday against the kidnapping of an American aid worker. The women, many wearing burqas, called on officials to find the captive American and urged the kidnappers to release her.
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Malaysian Buddhists lose conversion case
Jan 29 2008 6:32AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian court on Tuesday rejected a petition to have a dead man declared a Buddhist after he was buried as a Muslim in the latest interfaith dispute to rock this multiethnic but largely Muslim nation.
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US diplomat presses nuclear deal
Jan 29 2008 4:59AM (CT)
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - The State Department's top Korea expert said he'll press North Korea to quickly provide a full accounting of its weapons programs as he launched a mission Tuesday to advance a stalled nuclear disarmament deal.
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Police arrest Bangladesh rights activist
Jan 29 2008 3:15AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Authorities have arrested a Bangladeshi man who works for an American labor rights watchdog for allegedly instigating protests by textile workers in violation of emergency rules, a police official said Tuesday.
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Pakistan: 12 militants killed by missile
Jan 29 2008 2:41AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Twelve suspected militants died in a missile strike on a home in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.
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NTT DoCoMo profit up 38 pct
Jan 29 2008 2:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo said Tuesday its profit rose 38.4 percent in the October-December quarter, buoyed by an introduction of new subscription services and cost-cutting efforts.
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Firebrand named Thailand's new premier
Jan 29 2008 2:13AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A combative veteran politician representing ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's interests was chosen as premier Monday, a move that could put him on a collision course with the military that ousted Thaksin in a 2006 coup.
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Vietnam police probe church land dispute
Jan 29 2008 2:10AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Police in Vietnam's capital have launched a criminal investigation into Catholic Church protests over a land dispute, while state-run media accused church leaders Tuesday of abusing their power to incite followers to confront the Communist government.
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Mao's English tutor dies at aget 72
Jan 29 2008 1:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Zhang Hanzhi, an elegant Chinese diplomat who was Mao Zedong's English tutor and U.S. President Richard Nixon's interpreter during his historic 1972 trip to China, has died. She was 72.
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Mao's English tutor dead at 72
Jan 29 2008 1:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Zhang Hanzhi, an elegant Chinese diplomat who was Mao Zedong's English tutor and an interpreter during the historic 1972 meeting between the Communist leader and U.S. President Richard Nixon, has died. She was 72.
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13 killed in bus crash in Philippines
Jan 29 2008 1:18AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A passenger minibus collided head-on with a truck Tuesday in the southern Philippines, killing 13 passengers, including four children, police said.
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