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North Korea test-fires two missiles
Mar 8 2006 10:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Wednesday, an unsettling reminder of the reclusive communist regime's ability to cause instability in the region where a standoff persists over its nuclear program.
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Pakistan says Afghanistan should share
Mar 8 2006 10:29PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf held talks Wednesday with a top U.S. general on escalating tensions with Afghanistan, demanding that Kabul more quickly share intelligence on militants, officials said.
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U.N.: Aid helped avert second quake crisis
Mar 8 2006 2:42PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An airlift of relief aid ferried on helicopters into the snowy mountains of devastated Kashmir has averted a second humanitarian disaster in the aftermath of the October earthquake that killed more than 80,000 people.
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Afghans begin poppy-eradication program
Mar 8 2006 1:12PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Driving tractors through fields of poppy plants, Afghan counternarcotics agents started a major opium eradication campaign Wednesday in the heartland of the world's largest producer of illicit drugs.
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Indians protest, fear violence will spread
Mar 8 2006 12:20PM (CT)
VARANASI, India (AP) - Security forces deployed to holy sites across India on Wednesday after terrorist bombings killed 20 people in Hinduism's holiest city, sparking anger among its residents and worry about possible widespread sectarian violence.
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Women rally, demand equal rights in Asia
Mar 8 2006 10:13AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of women from villages and cities across patriarchal Asia took to the streets Wednesday for International Women's Day to press for freedom, equal rights and an end to discriminatory laws.
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China sentences 16 for coal-mine flood
Mar 8 2006 8:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A court in southern China has sentenced 16 officials to jail terms of up to six years in connection with a coal mine flood that killed 123 people, the government said Wednesday.
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China promises crackdown on land seizures
Mar 8 2006 8:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese officials promised Wednesday to crack down on seizures of farmland for redevelopment that are fueling unrest, saying as many as 1 million farmers lose their land each year and are paid too little for it.
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China promises crackdown on land seizures
Mar 8 2006 8:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese officials promised Wednesday to crack down on seizures of farmland for redevelopment that are fueling unrest, saying as many as 1 million farmers lose their land each year and are paid too little for it.
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Japan turns down China proposal on gas
Mar 8 2006 6:23AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan said Wednesday that it has rejected China's proposal to jointly develop gas fields near disputed islands in the East China Sea, extending a long-running feud over territory claimed by both of the Asian heavyweights.
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Moderate earthquake jolts Indonesia
Mar 8 2006 5:34AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A moderate earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province on Wednesday, jolting the capital and some coastal towns but causing no damage or injuries, an official said.
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Pakistan-Iran train services suspended
Mar 8 2006 4:21AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Train services linking Pakistan with neighboring Iran were suspended indefinitely following bombings and rocket attacks on the rail in southwestern Pakistan, a Pakistani official said Wednesday.
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72-year-old China dissident to be released
Mar 8 2006 1:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An imprisoned 72-year-old Chinese dissident is to be released this week after more than six years behind bars for helping to organize a would-be opposition party, a U.S. activist group said Wednesday.
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