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Eight dead, 20 missing in India oil fire
Jul 27 2005 11:38PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - The death toll from a massive fire on an oil platform in India's biggest oil field rose to eight Thursday, with 20 people still missing, navy officials said. Ships and helicopters rescued almost 350 survivors.
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India monsoon leaves at least 200 dead
Jul 27 2005 11:30PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - India's financial capital was paralyzed Wednesday by the strongest rains ever recorded in the nation, with torrential downpours marooning drivers, snapping communication lines and leaving at least 200 people dead statewide.
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Japan may be pressed to cut U.N. dues
Jul 27 2005 10:50PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Japan will face strong public pressure to cut its financing for the United Nations if it doesn't win a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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Four S. Korean soldiers swept off by river
Jul 27 2005 10:46PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Rescuers found the bodies of four South Korean soldiers on Wednesday, a day after they were swept away by a fast moving river during training exercises near the border with North Korea, South Korea's military said.
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Official says Afghanistan set for vote
Jul 27 2005 10:33PM (CT)
BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan is in "good shape" for upcoming legislative elections despite continuing violence and a major protest outside the main U.S. military base, the president's chief of staff said Wednesday.
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North Korea said to issue nuke demands
Jul 27 2005 9:30PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea took a tough stand Wednesday during talks with the United States, reportedly insisting Washington normalize relations and remove all atomic threats before it would give up nuclear weapons.
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Man wanted in Pearl killing captured
Jul 27 2005 3:57PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - The fugitive who set up the initial meeting between Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and his kidnappers was arrested Wednesday in a bus terminal, officials said.
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Pakistan detains about 500 in crackdown
Jul 27 2005 3:36PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - About 500 people have been detained in Pakistan in a weeklong crackdown on Islamic clerics and bookshop owners accused of inciting hatred and suspected militants, a government minister said Wednesday.
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Daschle presses Nepal king on democracy
Jul 27 2005 7:40AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle said Wednesday he met Nepal's King Gyanendra and urged him to restore democracy in the Himalayan nation where he took over absolute power earlier this year.
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Hiroshima's A-bomb memorial defaced
Jul 27 2005 7:27AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A suspected right-wing extremist vandalized a memorial for the victims of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, scraping off a reference to Japan's war effort as a mistake, officials and news reports said Wednesday.
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U.S. moves to defuse Afghan tension
Jul 27 2005 6:32AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. military officials moved to defuse tension after a riot outside their main base by handing six villagers accused of being bombmakers over to local Afghan authorities, officials said Wednesday.
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Nepal's former PM convicted of embezzling
Jul 27 2005 2:45AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former prime minister and a member of his Cabinet were convicted Tuesday of embezzlement by the king's anti-corruption commission and sentenced to two years in prison, a judge said.
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