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China pressures N. Korea to resume talks
Jul 11 2006 11:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's president on Tuesday urged North Korea to refrain from increasing tensions over its nuclear program and to return to disarmament talks as diplomats worked to forestall U.N. sanctions against the regime.
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Bomb attack on Bombay trains kills 190
Jul 11 2006 11:19PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Eight bombs exploded in first-class compartments of packed Bombay commuter trains Tuesday, killing 190 people and wounding hundreds in a well-coordinated terror attack on the heart of a city that embodies India's global ambitions.
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Vote delayed again on N. Korea sanctions
Jul 11 2006 9:58PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Supporters of a U.N. resolution that would impose limited sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests put off a vote again Tuesday after China threatened a veto.
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Grenade attacks kills 8 in Kashmir city
Jul 11 2006 9:28PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A series of grenade attacks killed eight people in the main city of Indian Kashmir Tuesday as militants pressed their fight against New Delhi's rule over the divided Himalayan region, police said.
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Bomb attack on Bombay trains kills 147
Jul 11 2006 7:11PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Eight bombs exploded in first-class compartments of packed Bombay commuter trains Tuesday, killing 147 people and wounding hundreds in a well-coordinated terror attack on the heart of a city that embodies India's global ambitions.
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Experts recover old Japanese bombs in China
Jul 11 2006 3:42PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A joint Chinese-Japanese team of experts has retrieved 210 abandoned Japanese poison gas bombs from World War II that were buried near a school in northeastern China, a news report said Tuesday.
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Mongolians mark 800th anniversary of Khan
Jul 11 2006 3:30PM (CT)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) - Mongolians celebrated the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's march to world conquest on Tuesday with festivities that mixed commercialism with appeals to nationalism.
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Pakistan frees 130 accused women from jail
Jul 11 2006 3:08PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Authorities released 130 women facing trial for murder and adultery from jails in eastern Pakistan, days after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf amended a law to give them the right to be freed on bail, officials said Tuesday.
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Bombay bombings leave city paralyzed
Jul 11 2006 2:47PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - It took just minutes. One by one down the railway line, the bombs went off, ripping apart the trains, tearing through flesh and paralyzing what is arguably India's most vibrant city.
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Rumsfeld to Afghans: U.S. isn't leaving
Jul 11 2006 1:46PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reassured Afghan government leaders Tuesday that NATO's growing security role here does not mean the United States is preparing to end its involvement after nearly five years of war.
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Filipino woman's rape testimony postponed
Jul 11 2006 1:33PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday postponed further testimony from a Filipino woman who claims she was raped by a U.S. Marine and instead presented a forensic expert.
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Pakistan condemns a 'despicable act'
Jul 11 2006 12:22PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Tuesday condemned bombings on commuter trains in the Indian city of Bombay as a "despicable act of terrorism," the Foreign Ministry said.
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Forces kill 30 militants in Afghanistan
Jul 11 2006 12:18PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition and Afghan forces hunting a Taliban commander raided a militant sanctuary Tuesday, killing an estimated 30 fighters before blowing up a helicopter damaged in an emergency landing.
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Chinese filmmaker released after 5 months
Jul 11 2006 12:03PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese filmmaker detained while making a documentary about underground Christians was released Tuesday after more than five months in police custody, his sister said in an Internet posting.
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At least 8 dead in Kashmir grenade attacks
Jul 11 2006 11:14AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A series of grenade attacks killed eight people and wounded more than two dozen in the main city of Indian Kashmir on Tuesday as Islamic militants pressed their fight against New Delhi's rule over the Himalayan region, police said.
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13 dead in flash flooding in Pakistan
Jul 11 2006 10:20AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Torrential rains triggered flooding that washed away homes in a village in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 people and injuring about 300, the military said Tuesday.
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Sri Lankan navy destroys Tamil Tiger boat
Jul 11 2006 8:58AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Four Tamil Tiger rebels were killed Tuesday when Sri Lanka's navy retaliated against an attacking rebel boat in the sea off Northern Jaffna peninsula, the military said.
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Indonesia OKs law cementing peace deal
Jul 11 2006 8:18AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia passed a law Tuesday granting tsunami-ravaged Aceh province greater autonomy and paving the way for elections, cementing the terms of a landmark 2005 peace accord with separatist rebels.
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Train-bus crash in Bangladesh kills 33
Jul 11 2006 7:26AM (CT)
JOYPURHAT, Bangladesh (AP) - A train plowed through a bus Tuesday at an unmanned railway crossing in northern Bangladesh, killing at least 33 people and injuring about 15 others, an official said.
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Former Khmer Rouge leader leaves home
Jul 11 2006 5:20AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The former Khmer Rouge head of state left his home in the middle of the night in a pickup truck piled high with his belongings Tuesday, a neighbor said, a day after prosecutors began collecting evidence for the long-awaited trials of the regime's ex-leaders.
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Coalition, Afghan forces kill 30 militants
Jul 11 2006 1:31AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Coalition and Afghan forces killed an estimated 30 extremists Tuesday in a raid on a hideout in southern Afghanistan, the military said. Coalition aircraft destroyed a helicopter damaged in an emergency landing during the operation.
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North Korean officials arrive in Beijing
Jul 11 2006 1:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. and Japan on Tuesday called on China to press its ally North Korea for concessions over its nuclear and missile programs, as a delegation from the North arrived in Beijing amid urgent diplomatic exchanges.
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