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Dozens sick after meal at Chinese school
Apr 25 2007 11:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - More than 50 children were poisoned by a kindergarten breakfast in central China, state media said Thursday, in the latest case highlighting problems in the country's food supply chain.
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Indonesian oil tanker explosion kills 4
Apr 25 2007 10:35PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An oil tanker that had just unloaded its cargo exploded on a Sumatran river Wednesday, killing four crew members, police said.
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N. Koreans on hunger strike in Thailand
Apr 25 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - More than 400 North Koreans being held in a Thai immigration facility have launched a hunger strike, demanding they be sent to South Korea, Thai police and an activist group said.
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N. Koreans on hunger strike in Thailand
Apr 25 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - More than 400 North Koreans being held in a Thai immigration facility have launched a hunger strike, demanding they be sent to South Korea, Thai police and an activist group said.
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N. Koreans on hunger strike in Thailand
Apr 25 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - More than 400 North Koreans being held in a Thai immigration facility have launched a hunger strike, demanding they be sent to South Korea, Thai police and an activist group said.
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Japanese leader to meet Bush in summit
Apr 25 2007 8:55PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Less than a year ago, Japan's then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi swept into a summit in the United States at the height of his popularity, even making a side trip to Graceland where he won over his hosts with an Elvis Presley impersonation.
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GIs frequented Japan's 'comfort women'
Apr 25 2007 8:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender _ with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities _ Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for American GIs.
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GIs frequented Japan's 'comfort women'
Apr 25 2007 8:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender _ with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities _ Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for American GIs.
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GIs frequented Japan's 'comfort women'
Apr 25 2007 8:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender _ with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities _ Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for American GIs.
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GIs frequented Japan's 'comfort women'
Apr 25 2007 8:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender _ with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation authorities _ Japan set up a similar "comfort women" system for American GIs.
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Bangladesh allows former leader's return
Apr 25 2007 8:25PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The government said Wednesday it has lifted a ban on the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from overseas, and was not pressuring another former leader, Khaleda Zia, to go into exile.
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NATO pushes to improve Afghan army
Apr 25 2007 4:24PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO forces are putting more trained Afghan troops on the front lines and plan "rolling operations" against Taliban insurgents who are intensifying their attacks but remain unable to mount territory-seizing offensives, military officers say.
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Turkish candidate lobbies skeptics
Apr 25 2007 4:19PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's presidential front-runner lobbied skeptical lawmakers for their support Wednesday in an elecMacro running .......tion highlighting tensions between the defenders of secular principles and the Islamic-rooted government.
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Turkish candidate lobbies skeptics
Apr 25 2007 4:19PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's presidential front-runner lobbied skeptical lawmakers for their support Wednesday in an elecMacro running .......tion highlighting tensions between the defenders of secular principles and the Islamic-rooted government.
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Turkish candidate lobbies skeptics
Apr 25 2007 4:19PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's presidential front-runner lobbied skeptical lawmakers for their support Wednesday in an elecMacro running .......tion highlighting tensions between the defenders of secular principles and the Islamic-rooted government.
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Taliban: Bin Laden planned Cheney attack
Apr 25 2007 3:52PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A top Taliban commander said al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was behind the February attack outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, according to an interview shown Wednesday by Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
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China detains American Tibet activists
Apr 25 2007 3:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China detained four Americans on Mount Everest Wednesday after they called for independence for Tibet and protested the Beijing Olympics, an activist group said.
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7 Afghan soldiers die in blast
Apr 25 2007 11:51AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb killed seven Afghan soldiers in a military convoy Wednesday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks underlining the vulnerability of Afghan forces taking a more prominent role in battling resurgent Taliban guerrillas.
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Japan tightens gun-control guidelines
Apr 25 2007 9:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan adopted stricter gun control guidelines Wednesday following a spate of gangster shootings that rattled a nation renowned for its crime-free streets, a government official said.
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China to force rain ahead of Olympics
Apr 25 2007 9:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chance of showers during the 2008 Beijing Olympics: 50 percent. But Chinese meteorologists have a plan to bring sunshine.
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N. Korean leader reviews military parade
Apr 25 2007 5:42AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea put its military might on display Wednesday during a huge parade of goose-stepping troops that featured dozens of missiles, as the United States pressed the communist country to begin nuclear disarmament efforts.
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Pirate attacks worldwide drop
Apr 25 2007 4:52AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Pirates attacked 41 commercial vessels worldwide in the first three months of 2007, the lowest figure reported in the past decade, a global seafarers' watchdog said Wednesday.
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NATO pulls disputed Afghan opium ad
Apr 25 2007 3:08AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO said Wednesday that it has withdrawn a radio message telling Afghan farmers that its troops will not destroy their opium fields, following complaints that the alliance appeared to condone the illicit crop.
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