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20 killed in coordinated bombings in India
Mar 7 2006 11:04PM (CT)
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - A series of "terrorist" bombings rocked a packed railway station and crowded Hindu temple Tuesday in the holy city of Varanasi, officials said, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens in an attack that raised fears of communal violence.
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Drug agents target Afghan poppy crop
Mar 7 2006 10:54PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Springtime is on the way and already hundreds of farmers are tending pale green shoots of Afghanistan's chief crop and economic mainstay: opium poppies.
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North Korea refuses return to nuke talks
Mar 7 2006 10:21PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea reiterated its pledge not to return to nuclear disarmament talks after a meeting with U.S. officials about the communist regime's alleged illicit financial activity, a top North Korean diplomat was quoted as saying Wednesday.
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Afghan-Pakistani relations deteriorating
Mar 7 2006 2:28PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan over intelligence in the war on terror worsened Tuesday, with Kabul saying it has provided "very strong and accurate" information on Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives, which Islamabad has dismissed as outdated.
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New brain game a hit with Japan's elderly
Mar 7 2006 12:35PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Like many retirees, Isamu Shishido sometimes forgets names and even his own telephone number. But now the 67-year-old says he's found a product that could sharpen his thinking: a new brain-training game from Nintendo Co.
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China urges better ties with U.S.
Mar 7 2006 11:49AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's rising economic and political power will benefit _ not threaten _ its neighbors, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Tuesday, calling for better ties with Washington and urging Iran to settle the dispute over its nuclear program.
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India won't scale back nuclear program
Mar 7 2006 10:34AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's prime minister said Tuesday his country has no intention of scaling back its nuclear weapons program even as it moves to place most of its atomic reactors under international safeguards in a deal with the United States.
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Sand hill collapses in Indonesia; 11 dead
Mar 7 2006 10:11AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 66-foot-high mountain of sand collapsed Tuesday onto diggers in central Indonesia, killing at least 11 people, police said.
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Anti-discrimination law sought in Japan
Mar 7 2006 6:35AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan needs a broad anti-discrimination law to help stop rampant violations of the human rights of minorities and foreigners, minority activists said Tuesday.
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China urges Iran to cooperate over nukes
Mar 7 2006 3:35AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's foreign minister on Tuesday called on Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency to settle the dispute over its nuclear program.
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