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North Korea vows more missile launches
Jul 5 2006 11:43PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea confirmed Thursday that it test-launched missiles earlier this week and vowed to continue doing so to strengthen the country's self-defense.
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N. Korea confirms test-launch of missiles
Jul 5 2006 11:42PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea's U.N. envoy threatened "all-out countermeasures" if the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions over its test-launch of several missiles, while China and Russia urged diplomacy to halt the isolated regime's nuclear and rocket development programs.
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Report: N. Korea envoy warns off sanctions
Jul 5 2006 10:43PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A North Korean envoy to the United Nations has threatened "all-out countermeasures" if other nations impose sanctions over its test-launch of several missiles, Japanese broadcaster TBS reported.
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S.Korea media: More N. Korea rockets ready
Jul 5 2006 10:18PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has three or four more missiles on launch pads, South Korean media reported Thursday, while Japan said there was no sign the communist state was planning another immediate launch of a long-range rocket.
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Multiple bombs kill 1, wound 47 in Kabul
Jul 5 2006 10:00PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Multiple bombs exploded Wednesday in Kabul for the second day in a row, killing one bystander, wounding 47 and raising fears that violence largely confined to the south and east will increasingly make its way into the capital.
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Analysis: N. Korea calling for attention
Jul 5 2006 5:34PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's test-firing of a stream of missiles harmlessly into the sea appeared to be a military failure, but it achieved one important objective for Pyongyang: it got worldwide attention.
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N. Korea leader seen in several lights
Jul 5 2006 2:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - At home, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is hailed by state-run media as a prodigious general, an ace film director and the "Lodestar of the 21st Century."
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Heavy rains plague India for a 3rd day
Jul 5 2006 1:43PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Heavy rains kept schools and colleges shut for a third day Wednesday and meteorologists forecast more for Bombay as the nationwide death toll rose to more than 250 since the monsoon began in June.
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Afghans bonfire consumes 40 tons of drugs
Jul 5 2006 1:41PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan officials destroyed more than 40 tons of confiscated narcotics worth an estimated $500 million on Wednesday in a giant bonfire on the outskirts of Kabul.
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Pakistani forces kill 25 tribal militants
Jul 5 2006 1:25PM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Security forces backed by helicopter gunships targeted hideouts of tribal militants accused of blowing up gas pipelines and attacking officials in southwestern Pakistan, killing 25 suspects, a senior Cabinet minister said Wednesday.
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British soldier killed in Afghanistan
Jul 5 2006 12:12PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan when he and other troops came under attack from suspected Taliban forces while on patrol in the province of Helmand, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.
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Russia registers concern with N. Korea
Jul 5 2006 10:28AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia summoned the North Korean ambassador Wednesday to express concern after missile tests that frightened residents in a Pacific Coast city just dozens of miles from where one of them reportedly fell into the sea.
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North says it can cope with provocation
Jul 5 2006 7:31AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea was prepared to cope with any provocation by the United States, the communist nation's state-run media said Wednesday in remarks that followed a series of missile tests.
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North Korea tests 7th missile amid furor
Jul 5 2006 5:31AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea test-fired another missile Wednesday, intensifying the furor ignited when the reclusive regime launched at least six missiles, including a long-range Taepodong, earlier in the day.
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3 bombs explode in Kabul; 1 person killed
Jul 5 2006 4:51AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Three bombs exploded Wednesday in the Afghan capital in attacks that targeted buses carrying government workers and security forces, killing one bystander and injuring at least 47 other people, police and witnesses said.
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