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China promises more rural spending
Mar 4 2006 11:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Premier Wen Jiabao opened the annual session of China's figurehead parliament on Sunday with promises of new social spending to placate the country's rural poor, and said the economy is expected to slow but should still grow by 8 percent.
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Muslims, Hindus clash over razed mosque
Mar 4 2006 7:23PM (CT)
SANVODEM, India (AP) - Hundreds of Hindu protesters rampaged through a town in the coastal state of Goa on Saturday, storming a police station, beating officers, looting Muslim shops and burning vehicles and buildings.
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Tamil rebels: Ambush violates cease-fire
Mar 4 2006 4:27PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An armed group attacked a Tamil Tiger rebel checkpoint in eastern Sri Lanka on Saturday, killing two guerrillas in what the rebels called a "serious" violation of the country's cease-fire.
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Pakistani forces, militants clash; 49 dead
Mar 4 2006 3:29PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's army retaliated with helicopter gunships and artillery after pro-Taliban tribesmen clashed with security forces Saturday near the Afghan border. At least 49 people were killed in the fighting, a spokesman said.
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Bush, Musharraf renew anti-terror alliance
Mar 4 2006 3:27PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Bush praised Pakistan's fight against terrorism as unfaltering Saturday but turned down an appeal for the same civilian nuclear help the United States intends to give India, this country's archrival.
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Opposition nixes Thai leader's compromise
Mar 4 2006 1:28PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thai opposition politicians reaffirmed their intention Saturday to boycott April 2 elections called by the country's leader to end a political crisis.
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China's leaders pledge help for rural poor
Mar 4 2006 1:16PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - There are no official statistics tallying the toll in suffering, but by most accounts, after nearly two decades of neglect, China is confronting a rural health crisis on a monumental scale.
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Bomb kills 4 Afghan intelligence agents
Mar 4 2006 11:39AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded Saturday as a vehicle carrying Afghan intelligence agents drove by in a southern province, killing four agents a day after police clashes left eight suspected Taliban dead.
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In Pakistan, Bush tries hand at cricket
Mar 4 2006 11:36AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A game of cricket is good for U.S.-Pakistani relations, but that's about as far as it goes. President Bush says baseball is where his heart is.
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Pakistan arrests cricket star before rally
Mar 4 2006 10:50AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police detained former cricket star Imran Khan and arrested dozens of his opposition party's supporters to block a Saturday rally against President Bush's visit to Pakistan, police and witnesses said.
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Chinese police detain activist lawyer
Mar 4 2006 5:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A prominent human rights lawyer was detained by police on Saturday as China continued a crackdown on protests ahead of the opening of parliament.
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Cambodia deports online suicide advocate
Mar 4 2006 4:49AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The government on Saturday deported a California man who operated a Web site promoting Cambodia as a place for foreigners to commit suicide, a police official said.
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Sri Lankans to be tried for tsunami death
Mar 4 2006 4:07AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Two men who snatched a gold chain from a woman struggling in the waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami will be tried for murder, Sri Lanka's solicitor general said Saturday.
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