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Japan warns over US soldier crime
Feb 21 2008 11:36PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's defense minister warned Friday that further sex assaults by U.S. troops in Japan could shake the two countries' alliance, while reports said the Japanese government will install surveillance cameras around U.S. military bases to deter crime.
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China wants US satellite downing data
Feb 21 2008 6:34PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China asked the U.S. on Thursday to release data on the missile hit on an ailing spy satellite, while the Communist Party's newspaper blasted what it called Washington's callous attitude toward the weaponization of space.
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Pakistan opposition parties to ally
Feb 21 2008 3:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's two main opposition parties announced Thursday they would form a new government together, but skirted the issue of whether they would push for the ouster of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan opposition parties to ally
Feb 21 2008 3:32PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's two main opposition parties announced Thursday they would form a new government together, but skirted the issue of whether they would push for the ouster of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf.
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Taliban bomb-making expertise growing
Feb 21 2008 1:31PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A ruthless new generation of Afghan insurgents is casting aside Taliban doctrine that opposed killing large numbers of civilians, instead using more powerful explosives and packing bombs with ball-bearings to maximize kills.
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NATO: Suicide bombs used as propaganda
Feb 21 2008 11:24AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants using mass-casualty suicide attacks in Afghanistan are trying to swing public opinion among NATO nations that have troops here, the top alliance official said Thursday.
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NATO: Suicide bombs used as propaganda
Feb 21 2008 11:24AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants using mass-casualty suicide attacks in Afghanistan are trying to swing public opinion among NATO nations that have troops here, the top alliance official said Thursday.
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Time appeals Indonesian verdict
Feb 21 2008 7:21AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Time magazine asked Indonesia's Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse an earlier ruling that ordered the publication to pay $106 million for an article that allegedly defamed former dictator Suharto.
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Taliban commanders killed in Afghanistan
Feb 21 2008 6:33AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and NATO-led troops killed two regional Taliban commanders in southern Afghanistan, and an explosion in the same province claimed the life of a British soldier, officials said Thursday.
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Ex-Bangladeshi PM released from hospital
Feb 21 2008 5:16AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A former Bangladeshi prime minister, jailed and accused of extortion, returned to lockup Thursday after a medical checkup at a hospital, a party colleague said.
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US senators: India, act now on nuke deal
Feb 21 2008 3:39AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Time is running out for Indian leaders to finalize a landmark nuclear cooperation pact with the United States, three U.S. senators said after meeting with India's prime minister.
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Bus crash kills 14 in Bangladesh
Feb 21 2008 2:50AM (CT)
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) - A bus carrying garment workers heading for a picnic lost control and crashed into an electricity pole in southern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, an official said. Another 15 were injured.
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NKorea says delay in talks 'technical'
Feb 21 2008 1:39AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea insists stalled progress in dismantling its nuclear programs is due to "technical issues" and not a lack of political willingness, a South Korean envoy said Thursday.
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UN Myanmar envoy hopes for March visit
Feb 21 2008 1:26AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A top U.N. envoy said Thursday he hoped to visit Myanmar in early March for talks that will include the military government's decision to bar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from contesting planned elections.
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Indonesians clean up after deadly quake
Feb 21 2008 12:31AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Villagers on a remote Indonesian island were returning from the hills to repair homes damaged by a powerful earthquake that killed three people and injured more than 50 others, officials said Thursday.
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