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Bush ushers India into nuclear club
Mar 2 2006 11:05PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Reversing decades of U.S. policy, President Bush ushered India into the world's exclusive nuclear club Thursday with a landmark agreement to share nuclear reactors, fuel and expertise with this energy-starved nation in return for its acceptance of international safeguards.
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State of emergency lifted in Philippines
Mar 2 2006 10:54PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo lifted a week-old state of emergency on Friday, after her security advisers assured her that the threat of a coup has eased.
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Koreas continue high-level military talks
Mar 2 2006 9:33PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Military officials from the divided Koreas met for the second day of talks Friday as the two sides remain divided over the North's demand that they should redraw the border in their western sea.
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Singh gives Bush grief over Taj Mahal snub
Mar 2 2006 8:20PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Add India's prime minister to the list of people giving President Bush a hard time for not visiting the country's famed Taj Mahal.
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U.N. inspector lauds India-U.S. nuke deal
Mar 2 2006 8:12PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. nuclear chief endorsed the atomic energy agreement between the U.S. and India Thursday, calling it "an important step towards satisfying India's growing need for energy."
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Suicide bomber kills U.S. envoy in Karachi
Mar 2 2006 7:37PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber who was blocked from driving into the U.S. Consulate slammed instead into an American diplomat's car Thursday, killing the envoy. The force of the blast on the eve of President Bush's trip to Pakistan blew the U.S. vehicle into the grounds of a hotel.
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Chinese advisers may become messengers
Mar 2 2006 4:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Huge but largely powerless, the Chinese parliament's main advisory body is a gaggle of businessmen, farmers, movie stars and Tibetan monks meant to keep Chinese leaders in touch with what's going on in the nation's far-flung regions. This year, as it begins its annual two-week session on Friday, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference could find itself with a new role: messenger.
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Bush trip to Pakistan not without risks
Mar 2 2006 11:21AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - President Bush's overnight visit to Pakistan "is not a risk-free undertaking" but he will not be deterred by attacks like the suicide bombing that killed an American diplomat in Karachi, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Thursday.
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Vietnam commutes Aussie's death sentence
Mar 2 2006 8:41AM (CT)
VUNG TAU, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam announced Thursday it has commuted the death sentence of a convicted Australian drug trafficker to life imprisonment after heavy lobbying by the Australian government.
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Survivor found in Bangladesh building
Mar 2 2006 6:41AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Rescuers pulled out a man alive from rubble five days after a building collapsed in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 21, a rescue official said Thursday.
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Security to be tightened at Afghan prison
Mar 2 2006 6:22AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Authorities pledged to push ahead with plans to improve security at Kabul's main prison, even though earlier moves to do so sparked a four-day riot that left six people dead and dozens wounded, officials said Thursday.
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4 dead, dozens wounded in Karachi blast
Mar 2 2006 3:13AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected suicide bomb exploded Thursday outside the U.S. Consulate and a luxury hotel in Pakistan's biggest city, killing four people _ including an American diplomat _ just days ahead of President Bush's visit to Pakistan.
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Pakistan strikes suspected al-Qaida camp
Mar 2 2006 2:39AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani soldiers and helicopter gunships attacked a suspected al-Qaida camp Wednesday near the Afghan border, killing more than 45 militants and angering residents who called for a holy war days before a visit by President Bush.
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Bush: American diplomat killed in blast
Mar 2 2006 2:27AM (CT)
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - President Bush said Thursday that an American diplomat was killed in the bombing outside the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan's biggest city.
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Laura Bush visits Indian 'Sesame Street'
Mar 2 2006 1:41AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - First lady Laura Bush was greeted on her debut trip to India first with stately pomp and circumstance, then by children's puppets.
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