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S.Korea expected to call for train revival
Jun 3 2006 11:26PM (CT)
JEJU, South Korea (AP) - The two Koreas opened talks on economic cooperation Sunday, with the South predicting that a train soon will link the Korean peninsula for the first time in more than a half-century.
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Pakistan general defends terror fight
Jun 3 2006 10:47PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Pakistan's military chief on Saturday defended his country's fight against terrorism, saying Pakistan had committed more forces and garnered more success in the struggle than any other nation.
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East Timor's prime minister defiant
Jun 3 2006 9:28PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, the man at the center of East Timor's current crisis, concedes only one mistake in the events that led to his young nation's descent into chaos.
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5 die in Chinese military plane crash
Jun 3 2006 9:21PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A military transport plane with 40 people aboard has crashed in eastern China, the government said Sunday. A local official said at least five people were killed.
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35 rebels killed in combat in Afghanistan
Jun 3 2006 2:50PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Backed by warplanes, U.S. and Afghan troops recaptured a town from suspected Taliban rebels in heavy fighting as violence across southern Afghanistan left at least 35 militants dead, officials said Saturday.
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Indonesian volcano spews lava, hot clouds
Jun 3 2006 11:56AM (CT)
BANTUL, Indonesia (AP) - The Mount Merapi volcano spewed lava and hot clouds Saturday and a strong aftershock hit the region, sending fear rippling through the southern Indonesian area devastated by an earthquake only a week ago.
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Afghan soldiers ready to fight drug trade
Jun 3 2006 8:21AM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - Sixteen Afghan soldiers have graduated from a new training program at Fort Bliss, armed with knowledge on how to fly Russian-made helicopters in anti-drug missions over their war-torn country. The men will now make their final preparations to head back to Afghanistan, where they are expected to immediately get to work trying to halt the booming narcotics trade.
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East Timor refugee camps face new threats
Jun 3 2006 7:15AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - A U.N. official warned Saturday that violence could spill into squalid camps where tens of thousands of East Timorese have sought refuge from fighting between military factions and rival gangs.
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Afghan police force purged after riots
Jun 3 2006 5:55AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's government announced plans Saturday to replace dozens of police commanders, including the police chief in Kabul.
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Civic Party silent on Tiananmen crackdown
Jun 3 2006 5:29AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - It's become an annual tradition in Hong Kong for thousands of people to light candles and sing solemn songs to commemorate the Tiananmen Square protests _ the only public vigil allowed in China marking the bloody crackdown. But Sunday's 17th anniversary comes amid a debate on how pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong handle the Tiananmen killings, one of the most sensitive issues in the city.
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12 militants killed in Afghan attack
Jun 3 2006 12:42AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban rebels attacked a police station in southern Afghanistan, but police repulsed them after a bloody battle that lasted several hours, a local official said Saturday.
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