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Thais detain alleged 'Merchant of Death'
Mar 6 2008 11:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle guns to Colombia's leftist rebels.
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Thais detain alleged 'Merchant of Death'
Mar 6 2008 11:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle guns to Colombia's leftist rebels.
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Thais detain alleged 'Merchant of Death'
Mar 6 2008 11:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle guns to Colombia's leftist rebels.
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Thais detain alleged 'Merchant of Death'
Mar 6 2008 11:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle guns to Colombia's leftist rebels.
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10 Korean 'sex slaves' freed in Sydney
Mar 6 2008 10:54PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Police have rescued 10 South Korean women who were forced to work in a Sydney brothel by a sex slavery syndicate that lured them to Australia with promises of legitimate jobs, officials said Friday.
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NKorea's alleged execution condemned
Mar 6 2008 10:53PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The human rights group Amnesty International condemned Friday North Korea's alleged public execution last month of 15 people accused of attempting to flee or of helping others escape the impoverished nation.
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Snatched New Zealand body returned
Mar 6 2008 10:53PM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A woman's body snatched from a hearse in a family dispute involving differences between ethnic Europeans and indigenous Maori in New Zealand was buried Friday in the correct cemetery, police said.
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Indian Kashmir to poison 100,000 strays
Mar 6 2008 1:03PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Officials in Indian-Kashmir have poisoned hundreds of dogs and aim to kill all 100,000 strays in the region's main city _ saying the animals pose a risk to humans and make urban life unbearable.
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Indian Kashmir to poison 100,000 strays
Mar 6 2008 1:03PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Officials in Indian-Kashmir have poisoned hundreds of dogs and aim to kill all 100,000 strays in the region's main city _ saying the animals pose a risk to humans and make urban life unbearable.
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Indian Kashmir to poison 100,000 strays
Mar 6 2008 1:03PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Officials in Indian-Kashmir have poisoned hundreds of dogs and aim to kill all 100,000 strays in the region's main city _ saying the animals pose a risk to humans and make urban life unbearable.
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Chillier winds blow across Korean border
Mar 6 2008 7:03AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's new conservative government is already making good on its promise to take a tougher line on North Korea by calling on Pyongyang to improve its widely criticized human rights policies.
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Pakistan party discusses prime minister
Mar 6 2008 6:52AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday deferred a decision on who should become Pakistan's prime minister, deepening uncertainty about how a new government will handle President Pervez Musharraf.
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Body of missing sailor found
Mar 6 2008 6:45AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Fishermen have found the body of a Filipino ship's captain who fell overboard after a three-ship collision overnight in southern Japan, bringing the death toll to 2, Japan's coast guard said Thursday.
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Myanmar monk tells story of killings
Mar 6 2008 6:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Myanmar monk called for a global weapons embargo on his country, telling human rights activists and foreign governments Thursday the junta's military leaders must not be allowed to use guns against his people again.
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Myanmar monk tells story of killings
Mar 6 2008 6:22AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Myanmar monk called for a global weapons embargo on his country, telling human rights activists and foreign governments Thursday the junta's military leaders must not be allowed to use guns against his people again.
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Russian plane approaches US carrier
Mar 6 2008 6:10AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. and South Korean fighter jets scrambled to turn back a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that approached a U.S. aircraft carrier during training exercises, an official said Thursday.
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Ethnic tensions in Malaysian election
Mar 6 2008 5:38AM (CT)
RINCHING, Malaysia (AP) - With a small knife, plantation worker Ramalingam Tirumalai makes raw incisions on the rubber trees every morning to harvest the oozing gooey latex.
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Ethnic tensions in Malaysian election
Mar 6 2008 5:38AM (CT)
RINCHING, Malaysia (AP) - With a small knife, plantation worker Ramalingam Tirumalai makes raw incisions on the rubber trees every morning to harvest the oozing gooey latex.
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Candidates for Pakistan prime minister
Mar 6 2008 4:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is expected to nominate one of the following candidates to become Pakistan's next prime minister:
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Philippines arrests 3 in bomb plot
Mar 6 2008 4:24AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine authorities have arrested three Middle Eastern men suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the American embassy and three other foreign missions in Manila, officials said Thursday.
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India to poison 100,000 stray dogs
Mar 6 2008 3:52AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Indian authorities have begun poisoning stray dogs in Kashmir in an anti-rabies program that aims to kill more than 100,000 dogs in the region's main city, officials said Thursday.
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UN envoy to return to Myanmar
Mar 6 2008 3:48AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A U.N. diplomat sought to coax democratic reforms out of Myanmar's military rulers Thursday in his third trip to the country since a deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters last year.
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Power outage hits major Pakistan city
Mar 6 2008 1:26AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A massive power outage struck Pakistan's largest city of Karachi early Thursday and left the entire city of more than 15 million people without electricity, a spokesman said.
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China says US exaggerating Taiwan threat
Mar 6 2008 1:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. military is exaggerating China's threat against Taiwan to justify arms sales to the island, the Communist Party's main newspaper said Thursday.
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Cargo plane catches fire in Indonesia
Mar 6 2008 12:18AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Hercules cargo plane delivering food and diesel oil to Indonesia's remote province of Papua burst into flames after touching down early Thursday, but all eight passengers and crew escaped unharmed, a media report said.
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China banks lend $14B for storm relief
Mar 6 2008 12:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese banks have lent more than 102 billion yuan ($14.4 billion) to help rebuild areas battered by winter storms, a state news agency reported Thursday.
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