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US military imposes curbs in Japan
Feb 19 2008 11:49PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all servicemen in Okinawa on Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places of work or off-base housing amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape.
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US military imposes curbs in Japan
Feb 19 2008 11:49PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all servicemen in Okinawa on Wednesday, limiting troops to bases, places of work or off-base housing amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape.
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7 dead in SKorean helicopter crash
Feb 19 2008 11:35PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean army helicopter crashed into a mountain near Seoul early Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, an army officer said.
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Musharraf's days could be numbered
Feb 19 2008 6:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pervez Musharraf has survived combat as a career soldier and assassination attempts as president. Now the will of his own people has pushed him to the precipice.
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Musharraf's days could be numbered
Feb 19 2008 6:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pervez Musharraf has survived combat as a career soldier and assassination attempts as president. Now the will of his own people has pushed him to the precipice.
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Musharraf's days could be numbered
Feb 19 2008 6:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pervez Musharraf has survived combat as a career soldier and assassination attempts as president. Now the will of his own people has pushed him to the precipice.
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Group decries jailing of Afghan reporter
Feb 19 2008 3:24PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A media advocacy group says a journalist with Canadian television station CTV has been held without charge by the U.S. military in Afghanistan since October, and the military should file charges or set him free.
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US should help Pakistan build democracy
Feb 19 2008 2:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden said Tuesday that Pakistan's transition to a civilian government after eight years of military rule gives the U.S. a chance to adopt a foreign policy based on the whole nation _ not just President Pervez Musharraf.
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US should help Pakistan build democracy
Feb 19 2008 2:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden said Tuesday that Pakistan's transition to a civilian government after eight years of military rule gives the U.S. a chance to adopt a foreign policy based on the whole nation _ not just President Pervez Musharraf.
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US should help Pakistan build democracy
Feb 19 2008 2:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden said Tuesday that Pakistan's transition to a civilian government after eight years of military rule gives the U.S. a chance to adopt a foreign policy based on the whole nation _ not just President Pervez Musharraf.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Call for Musharraf to go after election
Feb 19 2008 2:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A top opposition leader called Tuesday on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections. The vote was also a slap to Islamist parties, which lost control of a province where al-Qaida and Taliban fighters have sought refuge.
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Election is sweet for Musharraf foe
Feb 19 2008 2:00PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - The election was sweet revenge for Nawaz Sharif, a two-time prime minister ousted from power, forced into exile and only grudgingly allowed to return to Pakistan.
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Election is sweet for Musharraf foe
Feb 19 2008 2:00PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - The election was sweet revenge for Nawaz Sharif, a two-time prime minister ousted from power, forced into exile and only grudgingly allowed to return to Pakistan.
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Election is sweet for Musharraf foe
Feb 19 2008 2:00PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - The election was sweet revenge for Nawaz Sharif, a two-time prime minister ousted from power, forced into exile and only grudgingly allowed to return to Pakistan.
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US, North Korean envoys in Beijing talks
Feb 19 2008 1:51PM (CT)
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - North Korea and U.S. negotiators met Tuesday for the first time in two months with Pyongyang expressing interest in resuming the stalled process to eliminate its nuclear programs, the main U.S. envoy said.
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US, North Korean envoys in Beijing talks
Feb 19 2008 1:51PM (CT)
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - North Korea and U.S. negotiators met Tuesday for the first time in two months with Pyongyang expressing interest in resuming the stalled process to eliminate its nuclear programs, the main U.S. envoy said.
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US, North Korean envoys in Beijing talks
Feb 19 2008 1:51PM (CT)
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - North Korea and U.S. negotiators met Tuesday for the first time in two months with Pyongyang expressing interest in resuming the stalled process to eliminate its nuclear programs, the main U.S. envoy said.
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3rd bombing hits southern Afghanistan
Feb 19 2008 12:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a police compound Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least one civilian and wounding four, a police official said. It was the third attack in Kandahar province in as many days.
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3rd bombing hits southern Afghanistan
Feb 19 2008 12:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a police compound Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least one civilian and wounding four, a police official said. It was the third attack in Kandahar province in as many days.
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3rd bombing hits southern Afghanistan
Feb 19 2008 12:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a police compound Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least one civilian and wounding four, a police official said. It was the third attack in Kandahar province in as many days.
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Myanmar says constitution draft is ready
Feb 19 2008 10:48AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's ruling junta said a new draft constitution to replace the one scrapped in 1988 was completed Tuesday for submission to a national referendum.
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Philippine church: `People power' needed
Feb 19 2008 10:15AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The head of an influential group of Roman Catholic bishops called Tuesday for a new grass-roots revolt in the Philippines to fight endemic corruption.
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China land rights activist goes on trial
Feb 19 2008 9:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese land rights activist went on trial for subversion Tuesday for protesting the Beijing Olympics in a case highlighting China's efforts to clamp down on dissent before the Summer Games.
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China: Pressure would harm Darfur crisis
Feb 19 2008 9:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China warned Tuesday that "unbridled pressure" would worsen the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, after critics including Hollywood director Steven Spielberg accused Beijing of not doing enough to bring an end to the suffering.
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Pregnant tigress rescued in India
Feb 19 2008 6:57AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Forest guards tranquilized and then rescued a pregnant tigress from a date palm tree after it strayed into a village near the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in eastern India, an official said Tuesday.
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Philippines arrests terror suspects
Feb 19 2008 6:38AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - An Indonesian terror suspect and two Filipinos were arrested during a raid on their hide-out in the southern Philippines, military officials said Tuesday.
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UN envoy says Myanmar move significant
Feb 19 2008 6:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Proposals to hold a May constitutional referendum and general elections in 2010 represent significant steps forward for Myanmar, a U.N. diplomat said Tuesday.
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US man get 16 years for Thai sex offense
Feb 19 2008 4:47AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - An American man was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl and sexually abusing a second teenager in a Thai seaside resort town, police said.
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Taiwan damage said small after spy leak
Feb 19 2008 4:01AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's new air defense system was damaged somewhat by an intelligence leak to rival China, but its key technology was not compromised, a defense official said Tuesday.
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2 fishermen missing in ship collision
Feb 19 2008 2:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese navy destroyer equipped with advanced radar plowed into a fishing boat off the Pacific coast Tuesday, splitting the boat in two and plunging two fishermen into the chilly waters. The men remained missing.
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Fuel trucks reach Katmandu after strike
Feb 19 2008 1:27AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Trucks carrying diesel and gas drove into fuel-starved Katmandu on Tuesday after the government stepped up highway security, arriving for the capital's first deliveries since they were disrupted by a week-old general strike.
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China photog blacklisted for fake photo
Feb 19 2008 1:18AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese photographer who faked an award-winning photo of Tibetan antelopes has been permanently blacklisted for his actions, state media reported.
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China's snow storms destroy forests
Feb 19 2008 1:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's unusually strong winter snow storms damaged 10 percent of the country's forests, leading to huge economic losses and widespread environmental destruction, the forestry administration said Tuesday.
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