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Myanmar thinking about freeing Suu Kyi
Aug 2 2006 11:07PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar is "thinking about" freeing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi but has not set any timeframe for her release, Thailand's foreign minister said Thursday after talks with top officials in the military-ruled country.
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Experts: tsunami warning system so-so
Aug 2 2006 9:06PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - A tsunami warning system is now in place for Indian Ocean countries, but experts said Wednesday there is still room for improvement in methods to convey the alerts to coastal communities.
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Typhoon on collision course with China
Aug 2 2006 8:48PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A tropical storm strengthened into a full-blown typhoon on Wednesday as it headed on a collision course with southern China, forecasters warned.
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Afghan president picks 5 for cabinet
Aug 2 2006 2:57PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's president on Wednesday nominated five candidates _ including a woman _ to fill vacant posts in his now all-male Cabinet, officials said.
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India bans employment of young children
Aug 2 2006 1:02PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's government is banning the employment of children under age 14 as domestic servants or workers in hotels, restaurants and small teashops in a bid to protect young people from poor families.
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3 Thai police officers, 1 soldier killed
Aug 2 2006 12:16PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A bomb planted along a railroad in southern Thailand exploded early Wednesday and killed three policemen, a day after suspected Muslim separatists carried out at least 100 attacks, police said.
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Danish camp in Afghanistan attacked
Aug 2 2006 9:55AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban insurgents attacked a Danish camp in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, seriously wounding one soldier in the third assault on Denmark's contingent since it deployed to the volatile region last week.
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Fighting in Sri Lanka worsens; 128 dead
Aug 2 2006 9:48AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels engaged in heavy fighting around a key northeastern port Wednesday, with Sri Lanka's Defense Ministry claiming its forces killed 40 insurgents and wounded 70 others. Five government soldiers were reported killed.
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Group seeks unions for China's Wal-Marts
Aug 2 2006 7:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's official labor group hopes to see unions at all of the country's 60 Wal-Mart stores following a vote by employees at one outlet to form the company's first Chinese union, said an official quoted Wednesday by a newspaper.
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Indonesia scholar, reformer Lev dies
Aug 2 2006 7:06AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Daniel Lev, a leading Indonesia scholar and longtime University of Washington professor, died Saturday following a battle with lung cancer. He was 72.
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N. Korea rejects South's relief offer
Aug 2 2006 5:12AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's Red Cross has rejected an offer from its South Korean counterpart for aid to flood victims, a South Korean official said Wednesday, as an aid group claimed the disaster left about 10,000 people dead or missing.
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China: Affairs official to visit Taiwan
Aug 2 2006 2:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's top official for Taiwan affairs will travel to the rival island in October on what would be the highest-level visit yet by a mainland figure, the government said Wednesday. But a Taiwanese official said his government knew nothing about such a trip.
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Afghanistan advised on fighting drug trade
Aug 2 2006 12:05AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Anti-drug police from Colombia have been touring Afghanistan to advise it on how to combat its booming illegal drug trade, officials said Tuesday.
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