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Taiwan leader halts China unifying panel
Feb 27 2006 11:42PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president shut down the committee responsible for unifying with rival China Monday, significantly deepening tensions in the region. China blasted the move, saying it will lead to "disaster."
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India prepares for visit by President Bush
Feb 27 2006 10:33PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - With India and the United States struggling to work out a nuclear pact before President Bush arrives this week, India's prime minister pledged Monday not to compromise the country's security to seal the deal.
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Afghan prison peaceful after deadly riot
Feb 27 2006 3:33PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rebellious inmates at Kabul's main prison agreed Monday to halt violence, and authorities said they restored supplies of water, electricity and food to the prisoners after four people were killed and 38 wounded in the two-day uprising.
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Blast derails Pakistani passenger train
Feb 27 2006 6:57AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb explosion on a railroad track derailed a passenger train Monday shortly after it was attacked by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan, police and rail officials said. There were no immediate reports of injury.
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Blast at busy market in Nepal injures 12
Feb 27 2006 5:32AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Suspected communist rebels set off a bomb at a busy market in a Nepali town on Monday, injuring at least 12 people, officials said.
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16 charged in Alleged Philippine coup plot
Feb 27 2006 5:26AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police filed charges of rebellion Monday against 16 people suspected of plotting to overthrow Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as dozens of protesters attempted to storm the legislature, officials said.
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Myanmar victims flock to a refugee doctor
Feb 27 2006 4:14AM (CT)
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - She is branded an enemy by Myanmar's military rulers, but to the thousands who flock to her clinic _ many of them victims of the country's harsh regime _ Dr. Cynthia Maung is the gentle healer in a world of torched villages, squalid refugee camps and sweatshops.
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