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S. Korea says it has no intel on nuke test
May 2 2005 11:17PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Tuesday denied a report that U.S. intelligence officials told Seoul that North Korea might be preparing for a nuclear test.
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Taiwan's president seeks talks with China
May 2 2005 9:54PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Monday offered peace talks with Beijing, apparently seeking to regain the high ground from a political rival who is on a headline-grabbing visit to China.
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Ex-Taliban official urges talks with gov't
May 2 2005 9:03PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A former foreign minister for the ousted Taliban militia called on his former comrades to hold talks with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, and criticized Osama bin Laden for never caring for his host country in an interview on Pakistani television Tuesday.
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Blast at Afghan warlord's home kills 26
May 2 2005 7:40PM (CT)
BASHGAH, Afghanistan (AP) - A warlord's stockpile of explosives detonated in a remote Afghan village Monday, flattening a half dozen houses and a mosque and killing at least 26 people in what appeared to be the deadliest accident of its kind since the ouster of the Taliban regime.
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Neighbors play down N.Korea missile test
May 2 2005 12:33PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea and other Asian governments on Monday played down the significance of North Korea's latest missile test, saying it involved a short-range weapon unable to reach as far as Japan and with no link to the communist North's nuclear program.
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Nepal turmoil shows no signs of abating
May 2 2005 10:08AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's king has taken a step toward easing international pressure by lifting a three-month-old state of emergency, but the turmoil at home shows no signs of abating.
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Pakistan arrests alleged Taliban fighter
May 2 2005 8:46AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Intelligence agents raided an Islamic seminary in southern Pakistan and arrested a suspected Taliban fighter wanted by Afghanistan in the 2001 killing of a pro-U.S. Afghan leader, officials said Monday.
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Afghan arms dump explosion kills 28
May 2 2005 7:55AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A hidden weapons cache exploded in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 28 people and injuring more than 70, officials said.
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Lien calls for Beijing-Taipei peace talks
May 2 2005 3:40AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Taiwan's opposition leader on Monday called for peace talks between Beijing and Taipei, saying mainland leaders appear more responsive to Taiwanese proposals on settling their 59-year-old feud than in the past.
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World gathers to review nuclear treaty
May 2 2005 1:17AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - For the seventh time since it took force in 1970, the world's nations gather Monday to reassess how well the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is keeping the lid on man's most terrible weapons.
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Wealthy grab disputed land in Thailand
May 2 2005 1:12AM (CT)
BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) - Still reeling from the loss of her two sons, sister and brother-in-law to the tsunami, Yuphin Chotipraphatsorn is facing another disaster: Developers want to take away all she has left _ the land where her house once stood and her family lived.
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Chief of U.S. Central Command in Pakistan
May 2 2005 1:05AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Gen. John Abizaid, the chief of the U.S. Central Command, was in Pakistan on Monday for talks on security in the region, where thousands of American troops are trying to track down al-Qaida and Taliban militants, officials said.
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Indonesia preparing 'MOU' for aid groups
May 2 2005 1:04AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Foreign aid groups that want to continue working in tsunami-hit Aceh province will have to pledge not to support the region's separatist movement or "interfere in the country's domestic affairs," a government official said Monday.
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