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Calm said restored in China village
Mar 13 2007 11:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese activist who witnessed a clash between farmers and police in which one person was reportedly killed has been taken away and warned by police not to speak with the media, his friends said Wednesday, as an uneasy calm settled over the village.
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Calm said restored in China village
Mar 13 2007 11:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese activist who witnessed a clash between farmers and police in which one person was reportedly killed has been taken away and warned by police not to speak with the media, his friends said Wednesday, as an uneasy calm settled over the village.
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Blast levels shops in Kabul, kills 4
Mar 13 2007 11:33PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A huge blast at a gunpowder store in central Kabul destroyed several shops and houses early Wednesday, killing at least four people, police said.
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Suspected insurgents kill 8 in Thailand
Mar 13 2007 11:08PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents threw a bomb at a commuter van in southern Thailand on Wednesday and then opened fire on its eight passengers, killing them all, police said.
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Turkish prof charged with legacy insult
Mar 13 2007 9:07PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A prosecutor on Tuesday filed charges against a political science professor for allegedly insulting the legacy of the revered founder of modern Turkey.
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Malaysia tracking down movie pirates
Mar 13 2007 2:43PM (CT)
SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) - Lucky and Flo, Malaysia's latest weapons in tackling rampant music and movie piracy, started work at the country's biggest international airport on Tuesday, sniffing out shipments for fake optical discs.
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Outwardly open, China keeps censoring
Mar 13 2007 1:47PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Only authorized dramas are allowed on Chinese prime-time television, customs inspectors are seizing books on Mao Zedong at China's borders and newspapers are prohibited from running stories on the Communist Party's misdeeds.
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Tokyo expects cherry blossoms this week
Mar 13 2007 12:28PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When the cherry trees come alive in their explosion of pink, millions of Japanese hit the parks for one of this country's biggest outpourings of merrymaking.
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200 dogs killed in India campaign
Mar 13 2007 11:12AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Authorities in the southern city of Bangalore have killed more than 200 strays in a bid to rid the city of dangerous packs of dogs, officials said Tuesday.
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U.N. nuclear chief arrives in N. Korea
Mar 13 2007 8:17AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The chief U.N. nuclear inspector expressed hope for progress in relations with North Korea as he arrived Tuesday in Pyongyang for talks on implementing a landmark nuclear disarmament agreement.
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Bus falls into gorge in India, 18 dead
Mar 13 2007 6:47AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - A bus carrying a wedding party plunged into a gorge in mountainous northern India, killing at least 18 people and injuring another 27, a government official said Tuesday.
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Suicide bombing kills 3 Afghan civilians
Mar 13 2007 5:26AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber crossed the border from Pakistan into southern Afghanistan on Tuesday and blew himself up in a crowded pedestrian area, killing three civilians and wounding eight, police said.
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Tokyo court rejects appeal in gas case
Mar 13 2007 4:54AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo High Court rejected an appeal Tuesday by a group of Chinese seeking compensation for injuries caused by leaks from chemical weapons abandoned by retreating Japanese forces at the end of World War II.
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8 Tamil Tigers killed in Sri Lanka
Mar 13 2007 4:49AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The air force bombed a strategic Tamil Tiger jungle base in eastern Sri Lanka, killing at least eight rebels, including two senior guerrillas, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
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Japan airline grounds Bombardier fleet
Mar 13 2007 4:34AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - All Nippon Airways grounded its entire fleet of Bombardier planes on Tuesday after the front landing gear on one failed to descend, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing with 60 people on board.
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Stricter adoption rules sought in China
Mar 13 2007 4:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Stricter guidelines for adopting Chinese orphans will provide greater protection for children without affecting their opportunities for adoption, a government official said Tuesday.
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Ex-Vietnam vice minister stands trial
Mar 13 2007 2:35AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A former vice minister of trade accused of bribery in a corruption scandal involving textile exports to the United States went on trial in southern Vietnam on Tuesday, a court official said.
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Group: China must keep ban on tiger parts
Mar 13 2007 2:13AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China must resist pressure to lift a ban on selling tiger parts as doing so would push the endangered species closer to extinction, an animal rights group said Tuesday.
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IAEA chief leaves for talks in N. Korea
Mar 13 2007 12:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector left for North Korea on Tuesday for talks on how to implement a landmark nuclear disarmament agreement after playing down expectations that his trip heralded the communist country's rapid disarmament.
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