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Vietnamese PM to talk business in U.S.
Jun 17 2005 7:13PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Making the first U.S. visit by a Vietnamese prime minister since the war's end 30 years ago, Phan Van Khai is planning to talk business with Bill Gates, visit Harvard, and boost his country's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
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Crowd storms Kyrgyz government building
Jun 17 2005 3:25PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Troops with truncheons and tear gas beat back protesters who stormed government headquarters Friday in the biggest unrest in Kyrgyzstan since its longtime president was ousted in March. The clash injured 39 people.
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AP: Afghan minister says al-Qaida regroups
Jun 17 2005 3:12PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network is regrouping and preparing to bring Iraq-style bloodshed to Afghanistan, the defense minister said Friday, warning his country may face intense violence ahead of key legislative elections this fall.
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N. Korea may return to nuke talks in July
Jun 17 2005 2:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said Friday his communist nation could rejoin disarmament talks as soon as next month and might someday renounce nuclear weapons, but needs to be treated with respect first.
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Cambodian man shoots crying boy in siege
Jun 17 2005 9:56AM (CT)
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) - A man driven by a grudge against his former employer spearheaded an assault on an international school, taking dozens of children hostage and silencing a crying a 2-year-old Canadian boy by shooting him in the head, police said Friday.
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Pakistani nuke father to leave hospital
Jun 17 2005 7:30AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear program who ran a clandestine atomic black market, will be released from the hospital with a clean bill of health following tests on his heart, officials said Friday.
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AP: Vietnam leader talks about U.S. trip
Jun 17 2005 2:28AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's prime minister said Friday that his groundbreaking trip to the United States next week will show that resentment over the Vietnam War is "behind us."
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Woman proves small can be better in Aceh
Jun 17 2005 1:52AM (CT)
LAMREH, Indonesia (AP) - Standing on a hillside overlooking the bay, Lily Kasoem points to workers laying the foundation for a school in this village decimated by the tsunami. Nearby, a bulldozer has cleared pine forest for some of the 200 homes her organization is building.
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