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China's 1st train to Tibet continues west
Jul 2 2006 3:19PM (CT)
ABOARD THE BEIJING-LHASA EXPRESS, China (AP) - A $4 billion high-altitude train climbed past melon fields and herds of sheep Sunday on its way from Beijing to Tibet _ a new element in China's much-criticized push to bind its booming east to the Himalayan "roof of the world."
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Afghan base attack kills 2 British troops
Jul 2 2006 2:47PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An insurgent attack on a British base killed two soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, military officials said Sunday, while at least 20 militants died during clashes and coalition airstrikes.
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Sri Lanka entering 'low-intensity' war
Jul 2 2006 1:22PM (CT)
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Gunfire echoes nearly every night across the lagoon that rings this fishing town. Bodies turn up nearly every day in the jungles beyond, some riddled with bullets, others bound and gagged with a single shot to the head.
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Tamil Tigers: Child fighter claims high
Jul 2 2006 11:33AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Claiming they have just trained 6,000 civilians in armed combat, the Tamil Tigers accused the United Nations on Sunday of exaggerating the number of child fighters in the rebels' ranks.
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Man missing since WWII returns to Japan
Jul 2 2006 5:53AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A 79-year-old Japanese man who went missing at the end of World War II and resurfaced nearly six decades later in Russia went back to his homeland Sunday to be reunited with relatives.
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2 British soldiers killed in Afghan attack
Jul 2 2006 3:25AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A coalition base came under attack by suspected Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, leaving two British soldiers and an interpreter dead, officials said Sunday.
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U.S. may cut millions in aid to Nepal
Jul 2 2006 1:58AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The United States has warned it could cut off millions of dollars in annual aid to Nepal if communist rebels join the proposed interim government without disarming.
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