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Japan endorses U.S.-North Korea meeting
Jun 6 2005 9:40PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The meeting in New York between U.S. and North Korean officials has increased the chances of a resumption of six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs, a Japanese official said Tuesday.
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Pakistan turns over terror suspect to U.S.
Jun 6 2005 8:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Monday it handed over a senior al-Qaida suspect to the United States even though he had been the country's most wanted man for allegedly masterminding two bloody attempts to blow up President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan voices support for gas pipeline
Jun 6 2005 7:35PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's prime minister on Monday gave strong backing for a transnational gas pipeline that would also supply India, saying it would foster "an enduring relationship" between the archrivals.
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Sri Lankan leaders weigh rebel aid deal
Jun 6 2005 5:43PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's president met with her prime minister Monday to discuss a proposed deal to allow the Tamil Tiger rebels to distribute some tsunami aid, officials said, despite opposition from within her fragile coalition government.
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Nepal bus bombing kills 38, injures 71
Jun 6 2005 2:58PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Suspected rebels detonated a bomb beneath a crowded bus crossing a wooden bridge in Nepal's rural south Monday, officials said, killing at least 38 people and wounding the other 71 passengers on board in one of the bloodiest attacks against civilians since an insurgency broke out nearly a decade ago.
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Afghan may face death in journalist deaths
Jun 6 2005 11:28AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The alleged leader of a gang that killed four journalists covering the collapse of the Taliban in 2001 will probably face the death penalty if convicted, a judge said Monday, a day after the man was captured in a shoot-out with police.
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Myers: Gitmo prison shouldn't be closed
Jun 6 2005 10:41AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday the Guantanamo Bay prison camp should not be closed because some inmates are too dangerous to be released "under any conditions."
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Rumsfeld: No quick decision on N. Korea
Jun 6 2005 10:33AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The United States has not set itself a deadline to decide whether to bring the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons program to the United Nations, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
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Laos deports Hmong activists from U.S.
Jun 6 2005 10:31AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The Laotian government released three of four U.S. activists detained after witnessing the surrender of Hmong rebels _ Vietnam War-era allies of the United States _ and deported them Monday to Thailand, one of the freed activists said.
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37 killed after Nepal bus hits land mine
Jun 6 2005 8:15AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - At least 37 people were killed and dozens more wounded Monday when a crowded bus detonated a land mine planted by suspected communist rebels in Nepal's south, an army official said.
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Group: Detained Chinese priest released
Jun 6 2005 6:56AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest from China's unofficial church has been released by authorities after spending two months in detention, a U.S.-based religious monitoring group said Monday.
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China said weighing bids on nuke plants
Jun 6 2005 5:01AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is still weighing bids by competing U.S., French and Russian suppliers of nuclear power technology before making a closely watched multibillion-dollar decision on equipping two new power plants, a senior official said Monday.
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Dispute erupts over tape in Philippines
Jun 6 2005 3:37AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's spokesman released a pair of tapes Monday as part of a pre-emptive effort to counter expected opposition claims that she fixed last year's election.
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