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China rejects U.S. appeal on Tiananmen
Jun 5 2005 11:02PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China rejected a U.S. appeal to account for prisoners still detained after the violent 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement and to re-examine its official verdict on the protests.
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Kurdish rebels kill four Turkish soldiers
Jun 5 2005 5:34PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish commando unit overnight, killing four soldiers and wounding one in southeastern Turkey as the rebel command threatened to escalate violence across the country, news reports said Sunday.
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Pakistan reassures Kashmiri separatists
Jun 5 2005 5:29PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's prime minister assured Muslim separatist leaders from Indian Kashmir on Sunday that his country wants Kashmiris involved in talks to settle the dispute over the Himalayan region.
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China flooding kills 204; 79 missing
Jun 5 2005 5:06PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Flooding has devastated villages and crops in southern China, killing at least 204 people and leaving another 79 missing at the start of the summer flood season, the government said Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated.
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Climber dies near Mount Everest summit
Jun 5 2005 11:36AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A climber from Scotland collapsed and died Sunday as he was within a quarter-mile of reaching the summit of Mount Everest, Nepalese officials said in reporting the third death this year on the world's highest mountain.
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Terror suspects kill Afghan electioneer
Jun 5 2005 11:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants gunned down an Afghan working on a U.S.-funded electoral project, officials said Sunday in the first killing of a worker linked to landmark legislative polls scheduled for September.
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Official defuses Philippines coup rumors
Jun 5 2005 9:48AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines' military chief attempted Sunday to defuse rumors of a coup attempt, saying his troops were loyal to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and would crush any plots to oust her.
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Report: Taiwan test-fires cruise missile
Jun 5 2005 9:22AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan successfully test-fired a locally developed cruise missile capable of striking southeastern areas of mainland China, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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U.S. may push U.N. to punish North Korea
Jun 5 2005 9:21AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The Bush administration may ask the United Nations to punish North Korea for refusing to return to international talks about its nuclear weapons program, Pentagon officials say.
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Aide: Koizumi to keep visiting war shrine
Jun 5 2005 8:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will continue his annual visits to a war shrine that also honors war criminals, a close aide said Sunday, despite furious objections from China and other Asian countries who say the visits glorify Japan's past military brutality.
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N.Korea again faults U.S. nuclear policy
Jun 5 2005 4:41AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Sunday repeated its demand that the United States drop what the communist nation calls a hostile policy toward resolving the nuclear standoff, two days after it struck what appeared to be a conciliatory tone with the Bush administration.
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China tightens security around Tiananmen
Jun 5 2005 4:37AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China tightened security around Tiananmen Square on Saturday to prevent memorials on the anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. But in Hong Kong, tens of thousands of protesters staged a candlelight rally.
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Thousands welcome Cambodia's new monarch
Jun 5 2005 3:57AM (CT)
PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) - Thousands of former soldiers from Cambodia's ultra-communist Khmer Rouge turned out in their one-time stronghold to welcome the country's new king, who was under house arrest during the genocidal regime's rule.
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Annual security forum in Singapore ends
Jun 5 2005 3:29AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Malaysia talked about piracy, the Philippines explained its guerrilla problem, Japan and South Korea fretted over North Korean nuclear weapons, and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld wondered why China is spending so much on its military.
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Official: Peace deal with rebels possible
Jun 5 2005 1:26AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - A possible peace deal between the Philippine government and the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front by year's end could help weed out rogue elements within the organization that aid al-Qaida-linked terrorists, the defense secretary said Sunday.
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