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Impeachment complaint filed against Arroyo
Jul 24 2005 10:26PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine opposition lawmakers filed an impeachment complaint Monday against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, accusing her of vote-rigging and other allegations.
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U.S., N. Korea envoys to meet before talks
Jul 24 2005 10:10PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. envoy to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program said Monday he would hold a rare one-on-one meeting with his North Korean counterpart before the talks.
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Quake hits India; tsunami warning lifted
Jul 24 2005 8:00PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit India's southern Nicobar Islands on Sunday, triggering panic in the islands and prompting Thailand to issue a tsunami warning for the region devastated by December's earthquake and tsunami.
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Pakistan vows to help Afghans fight terror
Jul 24 2005 6:57PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday pledged "seamless cooperation" with Afghanistan in fighting terrorism and Islamic extremism, while violence flared along the countries' shared border.
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Mystery illness kills at least 17 Chinese
Jul 24 2005 6:38PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An unidentified illness has killed 17 farmers and sickened 41 others in southwestern China after they butchered sick pigs or sheep, China's official news agency said Sunday.
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New U.S. tactic: Employ poor Afghans
Jul 24 2005 2:50PM (CT)
URGUN, Afghanistan (AP) - With escalating violence threatening Afghanistan's future, the U.S. military has a new focus: employ as many of the poor as possible to rebuild schools and medical clinics so they don't join the Taliban or al-Qaida.
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Mystery illness kills at least 17 Chinese
Jul 24 2005 12:12PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An unidentified illness has killed 17 farmers and sickened 41 in southwestern China after they butchered sick pigs or sheep, China's official news agency said Sunday.
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Myanmar likely to forego ASEAN chair
Jul 24 2005 11:44AM (CT)
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - Military-ruled Myanmar indicated Sunday it would forfeit its chance to assume the rotating chairmanship of the regional ASEAN security organization to spare the group from rebukes over the ruling junta's poor democracy record.
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Chinese team studies mysterious illness
Jul 24 2005 11:36AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong hospitals were on the lookout Sunday for a mysterious illness apparently related to pig farming that has killed nine people in a southern Chinese city and reportedly causes fever-like symptoms, vomiting and internal bleeding.
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Thousands mourn Korea's last imperial heir
Jul 24 2005 11:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Five hundred years of Korean royal blood flowed in Yi Ku, but he lived in such obscurity in Japan that when he died of a heart attack in a hotel room last week his body was not discovered for two days.
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U.S. soldier killed in Afghan firefight
Jul 24 2005 9:12AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than a dozen suspected militants attacked a U.S. patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and the resulting firefight left one American soldier dead and another wounded, the U.S. military said.
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Police, protesters hurt in Nepal clashes
Jul 24 2005 6:18AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police used batons to break up a protest by supporters of this Himalayan country's detained former prime minister on Sunday, leaving about 15 demonstrators and 10 police injured.
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General: Hard-hit Taliban recruiting kids
Jul 24 2005 2:26AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fierce fighting in recent months has devastated the ranks of the Taliban, prompting the rebels to recruit children and force some families to provide one son to fight with them, a U.S. commander said Saturday.
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Taku urges diplomacy in N.Korea nuke talks
Jul 24 2005 12:01AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will discuss the fate of Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea at nuclear disarmament talks this week but should not endanger the weapons negotiations by pushing the abduction issue too far, a Japanese official said Sunday.
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