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Vietnam fetes 30 years since war's end
Apr 29 2005 11:06PM (CT)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam celebrated the communist victory over a U.S.-backed government Saturday, parading its troops down the same boulevard along which tanks rolled to smash into the Presidential Palace of South Vietnam 30 years ago.
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Nepal's king lifts state of emergency
Apr 29 2005 9:27PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's King Gyanendra on Saturday lifted a state of emergency he imposed after seizing power in February, apparently bowing to strong international pressure to restore democracy in the Himalayan nation.
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Taiwan calls China meeting insincere
Apr 29 2005 6:04PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China lavished hospitality Friday on Taiwan's opposition leader as he met President Hu Jintao in the highest-level contact since the communists and nationalists split amid civil war nearly six decades ago.
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Japanese crowd trains despite deadly crash
Apr 29 2005 12:42PM (CT)
AMAGASAKI, Japan (AP) - Throngs of Japanese packed railway stations and high-speed bullet trains Friday for the start of a "Golden Week" of national holidays just days after the country's worst train accident in four decades.
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Prominent journalist slain in Sri Lanka
Apr 29 2005 10:33AM (CT)
TALANGAMA, Sri Lanka (AP) - A top Tamil journalist whose articles favored the mainstream Tamil rebels over a breakaway faction was fatally shot hours after being seized by attackers at a restaurant in the capital, police and colleagues said Friday.
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General: Vietnam remains a poor country
Apr 29 2005 7:26AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - He is thin and frail, his steps shaky and his hair tufts of white. But the legendary Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap remains sharp and poised, and his eyes still flicker when he talks of old battles.
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Top U.S. envoy warns N.Korea on nuke tests
Apr 29 2005 6:28AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top U.S. diplomat on Friday joined South Korea in warning the communist North against conducting a nuclear test, following reports that it may be preparing its first such trial.
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