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E. Timor government shows signs of revival
Jun 5 2006 10:10PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timorese lawmakers met in Parliament Monday to discuss the country's turmoil and a top Cabinet minister met with rebel soldiers for reconciliation talks, as the fragile government showed signs of reviving.
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Chinese man detonates bomb at wedding
Jun 5 2006 9:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A suicide bomber attacked his former wife's wedding in northeast China, killing at least eight other people and injuring five, the government said Tuesday.
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Unrest stalls East Timor tourism industry
Jun 5 2006 9:23PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - The empty swimming pool at the hotel beckoned and Carola Scharenberg, a bikini-clad tourist from Finland, took a dip. A few miles down the road, rival gangs roamed, arson fires crackled, and soldiers prowled in armored vehicles.
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S. Korea fails to get rail test with North
Jun 5 2006 8:57PM (CT)
JEJU, South Korea (AP) - South Korea failed Tuesday to convince North Korea to hold test runs of cross-border railways after the communist country abruptly canceled such plans last month.
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Indonesian volcano continues to spew lava
Jun 5 2006 6:05PM (CT)
SERUT, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia sent truckloads of rice to earthquake victims Monday while nearby Mount Merapi spewed streams of lava, raising fears of a major eruption threatening thousands of people living on the slopes of the volcano.
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Thai activists block elephant transport
Jun 5 2006 3:23PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Animal rights activists Monday blocked trucks from transporting eight elephants bound for Australian zoos, saying the animals would suffer.
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China's annual pollution costs top $200B
Jun 5 2006 1:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's pollution problems cost the country more than $200 billion a year, a top official said Monday as he called for better legal protection for grassroots groups so they can help clean up the environment.
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Report: Ex-cult leader appeals execution
Jun 5 2006 1:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Defense lawyers filed an appeal Monday for a former cult leader sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing that killed 12 people, a news report said.
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Garcia regains Peru presidency in runoff
Jun 5 2006 12:59PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alan Garcia staged a remarkable comeback in Peru's runoff election, beating a fiery nationalist backed by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to regain control of the country 16 years after his first presidential term ended in economic ruin and rebel violence.
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U.S. envoy: Afghans can't charge soldier
Jun 5 2006 12:19PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American soldier driving a military truck that crashed in the Afghan capital, triggering the worst rioting in years, cannot be prosecuted here because of an agreement between Kabul and Washington, the U.S. ambassador said Monday.
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Philippines said threatened with attacks
Jun 5 2006 10:07AM (CT)
JOLO, Philippines (AP) - The leader of an al-Qaida-linked militant group and two Indonesians suspected in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings may be plotting to attack U.S. and Philippine troops on a southern island, military officials said Monday.
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Chinese president orders plane crash probe
Jun 5 2006 2:52AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's president has ordered an investigation into the crash of a military transport plane that killed all 40 people aboard, the official news agency said.
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Vietnam to help recover U.S. MIAs remains
Jun 5 2006 2:34AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese military leaders, in a meeting with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, said Monday they would try to do more to help the U.S. recover the remains of Americans missing in action in the Vietnam War.
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