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7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes China
Mar 20 2008 11:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of western China early Friday. Some houses collapsed, but there were no injuries, state media reported.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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China blankets Tibetan areas with troops
Mar 20 2008 10:07PM (CT)
ZHONGDIAN, China (AP) - China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.
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UN renews mission in Afghanistan
Mar 20 2008 4:16PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized an expanded political mission in Afghanistan to strengthen support for the Afghan government as the country confronts increasing insurgent violence.
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UN renews mission in Afghanistan
Mar 20 2008 4:16PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized an expanded political mission in Afghanistan to strengthen support for the Afghan government as the country confronts increasing insurgent violence.
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Nobel laureates condemn China on Tibet
Mar 20 2008 4:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and 25 other Nobel laureates on Thursday condemned the Chinese government's violent crackdown on Tibetan protesters and called on Beijing to exercise restraint.
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Last foreign reporters forced from Tibet
Mar 20 2008 3:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - China forced the last remaining foreign journalists out of Tibet on Thursday, and stepped up restrictions on Internet and radio reports from people within the country, a media watchdog said.
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In remote China, Tibetans break silence
Mar 20 2008 2:14PM (CT)
TONGREN, China (AP) - A Tibetan monk crouched in the quiet courtyard of a nearly deserted monastery and bitterly recalled the words he and his fellow monks have been forced to recite every year at government-organized classes: "I love this country."
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China: Separatists behind jet crash plot
Mar 20 2008 1:29PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A failed attempt to crash a commercial jet in China was an act of sabotage by foreigners seeking independence for the country's Xinjiang province in Central Asia, the region's top politician said in comments published Thursday.
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Dalai Lama would meet Chinese president
Mar 20 2008 11:04AM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - The Dalai Lama offered Thursday to meet with Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao, but said he would not travel to Beijing unless there was a "real concrete development" in relations between the government and Tibet.
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Dalai Lama would meet Chinese president
Mar 20 2008 11:04AM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - The Dalai Lama offered Thursday to meet with Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao, but said he would not travel to Beijing unless there was a "real concrete development" in relations between the government and Tibet.
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Dalai Lama would meet Chinese president
Mar 20 2008 11:04AM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - The Dalai Lama offered Thursday to meet with Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao, but said he would not travel to Beijing unless there was a "real concrete development" in relations between the government and Tibet.
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Dalai Lama would meet Chinese president
Mar 20 2008 11:04AM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - The Dalai Lama offered Thursday to meet with Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao, but said he would not travel to Beijing unless there was a "real concrete development" in relations between the government and Tibet.
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Dalai Lama would meet Chinese president
Mar 20 2008 11:04AM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - The Dalai Lama offered Thursday to meet with Chinese leaders including President Hu Jintao, but said he would not travel to Beijing unless there was a "real concrete development" in relations between the government and Tibet.
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Pakistan suicide bomb kills 5 soldiers
Mar 20 2008 10:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide car bomb killed five Pakistani soldiers and wounded nine others near the Afghan border on Thursday, the military said.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Cheney: Afghanistan needs NATO help
Mar 20 2008 8:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday called the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan "firm and unshakable" and said members of NATO need to step up their commitment to help it continue to rebound from years of tyranny and war.
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Pakistan suicide bomb kills 5 soldiers
Mar 20 2008 7:20AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide car bomb killed five Pakistani soldiers and wounded nine others near the Afghan border on Thursday, the military said.
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Writer Clarke to be buried Saturday
Mar 20 2008 6:21AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Famed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke will be buried Saturday in his adopted country of Sri Lanka in a secular funeral according to his wishes, a spokesman said Thursday.
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NATO troops kills Afghan policeman
Mar 20 2008 5:56AM (CT)
KANADAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led troops killed a police officer and wounded another in southern Afghanistan, a police chief said Thursday.
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Prince to challenge Malaysia's premier
Mar 20 2008 5:53AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian prince says he is ready to challenge Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the leadership of the ruling party after its dismal election showing.
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India holds war games near Pakistan
Mar 20 2008 5:33AM (CT)
POKHARAN, India (AP) - The Thar desert boomed with artillery guns as tanks kicked up dust and fighter aircraft flew on bombing runs.
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75-year-old climber leaves for Everest
Mar 20 2008 4:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Two years ago, Yuichiro Miura lost his title of oldest man to climb Mount Everest to someone just three days older. Now, the 75-year-old wants it back.
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Tibet adds pressure for Olympic sponsors
Mar 20 2008 3:07AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics. Now they're trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, without angering China.
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Tibet adds pressure for Olympic sponsors
Mar 20 2008 3:07AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics. Now they're trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, without angering China.
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Tibet adds pressure for Olympic sponsors
Mar 20 2008 3:07AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics. Now they're trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, without angering China.
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Tibet adds pressure for Olympic sponsors
Mar 20 2008 3:07AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics. Now they're trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, without angering China.
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SKorea to investigate China food factory
Mar 20 2008 2:32AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's food protection agency said Thursday it will send a fact-finding team to a Chinese factory that produced a popular snack food found to contain a suspected rat's head.
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Aid group: NKorea's food shortage worse
Mar 20 2008 1:43AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's chronic food shortage has worsened to affect even some of the country's elite citizens in the capital, a South Korean aid group said Thursday.
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Cambodian tribunal rules on appeal
Mar 20 2008 1:25AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's genocide tribunal rejected an appeal Thursday by a former Khmer Rouge leader against his pre-trial detention on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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