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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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US violin diplomacy in North Korea
Feb 25 2008 11:23PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - Swirling dancers and musicians beating traditional drums welcomed the New York Philharmonic to North Korea Monday for a historic cultural exchange between countries that have been technically at war for more than a half-century.
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Biden warns of failure in Afghanistan
Feb 25 2008 8:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden on Monday called for more U.S. aid for Afghanistan and deeper NATO involvement there, saying failure could also have dire consequences for neighboring Pakistan.
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Sri Lankan says 49 killed in fighting
Feb 25 2008 6:33PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan forces attacked rebel fortifications by ground and staged an airstrike on a Tamil Tiger naval base in a wave of fighting that killed 43 rebels and six government soldiers, the military said Monday.
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Quake aftershock strikes off Indonesia
Feb 25 2008 3:25PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck off the western coast of Sumatra Island Monday, triggering a tsunami warning. Hours later, a strong aftershock hit the same fault line.
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan general
Feb 25 2008 2:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Pervez Musharraf joined the U.S. war against terror.
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan general
Feb 25 2008 2:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Pervez Musharraf joined the U.S. war against terror.
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan general
Feb 25 2008 2:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Pervez Musharraf joined the U.S. war against terror.
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan general
Feb 25 2008 2:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Pervez Musharraf joined the U.S. war against terror.
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan general
Feb 25 2008 2:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Pervez Musharraf joined the U.S. war against terror.
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Suicide bomber kills Pakistan general
Feb 25 2008 2:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed the Pakistan army's surgeon general Monday in the highest-level assassination since President Pervez Musharraf joined the U.S. war against terror.
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Pakistan targets TV critics
Feb 25 2008 1:03PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's elections were supposed to usher in democracy after eight years of military rule, but for Talat Hussain life doesn't look much different. Every time his TV station tries to air shows critical of President Pervez Musharraf, the screen goes black.
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Pakistan targets TV critics
Feb 25 2008 1:03PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's elections were supposed to usher in democracy after eight years of military rule, but for Talat Hussain life doesn't look much different. Every time his TV station tries to air shows critical of President Pervez Musharraf, the screen goes black.
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Correction: Pakistan story
Feb 25 2008 12:48PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - In a Feb. 22 story about Pakistan, The Associated Press misstated the source of information about a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rep. Michael Burgess.
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US sounds sour notes on North Korea
Feb 25 2008 8:29AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Despite a symbolic symphonic thaw with North Korea, the only music the Bush administration is making here is with South Korea's new, pro-U.S. president who has vowed a tougher line on his Stalinist neighbor.
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US sounds sour notes on North Korea
Feb 25 2008 8:29AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Despite a symbolic symphonic thaw with North Korea, the only music the Bush administration is making here is with South Korea's new, pro-U.S. president who has vowed a tougher line on his Stalinist neighbor.
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US sounds sour notes on North Korea
Feb 25 2008 8:29AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Despite a symbolic symphonic thaw with North Korea, the only music the Bush administration is making here is with South Korea's new, pro-U.S. president who has vowed a tougher line on his Stalinist neighbor.
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US sounds sour notes on North Korea
Feb 25 2008 8:29AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Despite a symbolic symphonic thaw with North Korea, the only music the Bush administration is making here is with South Korea's new, pro-U.S. president who has vowed a tougher line on his Stalinist neighbor.
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South Korea's new president takes office
Feb 25 2008 7:04AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office Monday with a promise to boost prosperity not only in his own country but in North Korea as well _ provided the communist state abandons its nuclear weapons.
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South Korea's new president takes office
Feb 25 2008 7:04AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office Monday with a promise to boost prosperity not only in his own country but in North Korea as well _ provided the communist state abandons its nuclear weapons.
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Gates seeks closer ties with Indonesia
Feb 25 2008 7:00AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed Monday to help Indonesia reform its military, saying the U.S. was ready to help provide airlift and other maritime capabilities the country needs.
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Thousands march to demand Arroyo quit
Feb 25 2008 6:52AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of Filipinos took to the streets and flocked to churches Monday in a fresh wave of nationwide protests on the anniversary of a 1986 grass-roots revolt, calling for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to resign.
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Thousands march to demand Arroyo quit
Feb 25 2008 6:52AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of Filipinos took to the streets and flocked to churches Monday in a fresh wave of nationwide protests on the anniversary of a 1986 grass-roots revolt, calling for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to resign.
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Karzai takes Afghan Cabinet out of Kabul
Feb 25 2008 6:41AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai took his ministers to eastern Afghanistan on Monday for the first of a series of mobile Cabinet meetings to be held in a different province each month.
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Team Kosovo plays pingpong in China
Feb 25 2008 6:37AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Pingpong and politics meet once again. In what is believed to be the first international appearance for a sporting team from Kosovo since it declared independence, the former Serbian province's paddlers took the floor Monday at the 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships in southern China.
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Bomb attack kills Pakistani general
Feb 25 2008 6:14AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb exploded on a busy road near Pakistan's capital on Monday, killing an army general and two other people, state television reported.
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Myanmar group calls for Olympic boycott
Feb 25 2008 5:52AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar called Monday for the world to boycott this year's Beijing Olympics over what they said was China's continuing support of Myanmar's military dictatorship.
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Arrests in attack on Chinese activist
Feb 25 2008 4:48AM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Police have arrested a factory landlord and assailants accused in a brutal knife attack on a labor activist in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen, a labor group said Monday.
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Pakistan: Musharraf dismisses exit talk
Feb 25 2008 4:43AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf's spokesman on Monday dismissed a suggestion from three U.S. senators that the embattled leader make a "graceful exit" from power his opponents' victory in Pakistan's elections.
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Taliban threaten phone companies
Feb 25 2008 3:23AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants threatened Monday to blow up telecom towers across Afghanistan if mobile phone companies do not switch off their signals for 10 hours starting at dusk.
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