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China: U.S. violated Iraqis' rights
Mar 7 2007 11:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday blasted the United States for trampling on Iraq's sovereignty, using its campaign against terrorism as an excuse to carry out torture and violate the rights of its citizens.
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Paulson pushes China on trade barriers
Mar 7 2007 10:34PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China should move faster on opening its financial markets for the sake of its economic growth and stability, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Thursday in a speech to business leaders in the country's commercial capital.
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Commander: Taliban ready to battle NATO
Mar 7 2007 8:24PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press.
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Chinese coal mine explosion kills 15
Mar 7 2007 7:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion at a coal mine in south China killed at least 15 workers, state media said Thursday, the latest disaster to strike the country's notoriously dangerous mining industry.
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Survivors say jet shook before landing
Mar 7 2007 6:23PM (CT)
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Survivors of the fiery crash-landing of a Boeing 737-400 Wednesday said the plane appeared to be going too fast and shook violently before it touched down, lurched off the runway and exploded in flames, killing at least 21 people.
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Japan, N. Korea to resume talks Thursday
Mar 7 2007 11:38AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Japan and North Korea will resume talks on Thursday on normalizing ties after the negotiations stalled Wednesday over the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the communist regime decades ago, Japan's chief negotiator said.
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India, Pakistan together to fight terror
Mar 7 2007 9:47AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Longtime rivals Pakistan and India pledged Wednesday to share information and help each other prevent terrorism as part of their three-year-old peace process.
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Bomb kills 1, wounds 12 in Pakistan
Mar 7 2007 8:58AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded Wednesday near a vehicle carrying pro-government tribal elders in southwestern Pakistan, killing one of them and wounding 12 other people, an official said.
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Foreign TV channels pulled in Kashmir
Mar 7 2007 8:13AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - There will be no more "Desperate Housewives" for residents of Indian Kashmir. They will have to do without "Friends" reruns, too. Four foreign television channels have been pulled from the air in Indian-controlled Kashmir after Islamic militant groups demanded cable companies stop airing "obscene" shows, cable operators said Wednesday.
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Half of Chinese speak national language
Mar 7 2007 8:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - More than half of all Chinese surveyed by the Ministry of Education said they can speak to each other in the country's national language, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
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China district orders pet dogs killed
Mar 7 2007 8:01AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - All pet dogs will be killed in a district of the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing as part of an anti-rabies campaign, the government said.
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Ex-East Timor official is sentenced
Mar 7 2007 7:58AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - A three-judge panel Wednesday found a former interior minister guilty of fueling violence in East Timor a year ago that ultimately led to the downfall of the government and sentenced him to 7 1/2 years in prison.
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South to send fertilizer aid to N. Korea
Mar 7 2007 7:27AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea will send fertilizer aid to the North, an official of the South's Unification Ministry said Wednesday, amid easing tensions following the North's recent pledge to disarm.
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Cambodian judges urged to end squabbling
Mar 7 2007 7:26AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A U.N.-backed tribunal urged Cambodian and foreign judges on Wednesday to overcome internal differences so that long-delayed Khmer Rouge genocide trials can begin.
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Chinese woman accused in panda fur flap
Mar 7 2007 6:20AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A woman from southern China is accused of trying to sell the pelt of an adult panda, a police officer and state media said Wednesday.
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Kin of Indonesian quake victims mourn
Mar 7 2007 6:07AM (CT)
SOLOK, Indonesia (AP) - Relatives of those killed in a powerful earthquake sobbed and threw rose petals on graves Wednesday, while others began clearing rubble from their crumpled homes.
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Ex-S.Korea sex slaves recall humiliation
Mar 7 2007 5:14AM (CT)
GWANGJU, South Korea (AP) - Lee Ok-seon's three years as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers began on a summer day when two men snatched her off a street in broad daylight. Before she realized what was happening, she was on a train to China, where humiliation and brutal beatings awaited.
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Taliban claims kidnapping of journalist
Mar 7 2007 3:07AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban claimed Wednesday that it had kidnapped an Italian journalist, three days after an Italian newspaper lost touch with a veteran correspondent in southern Afghanistan.
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String of Afghan deaths cause outrage
Mar 7 2007 2:37AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - On a trip to the market, Haji Lawania says he drove his gray SUV into a hail of U.S. gunfire that shattered his windshield and killed his father, nephew and a village elder.
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U.S., NKorea optimistic after talks
Mar 7 2007 12:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and North Korea wrapped up historic talks on establishing diplomatic ties on an optimistic note Tuesday but the U.S. wants Pyongyang to "come clean" about any uranium enrichment program and eliminate all nuclear weapons before normalizing relations.
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