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U.S., N.Korea differ on nuclear activities
Aug 4 2005 11:59PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea insisted Thursday during six-nation disarmament talks that it retain the right to "peaceful nuclear activities" _ a demand the United States opposes because of suspicions the North could use those programs to make weapons.
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China charges reporter with spying
Aug 4 2005 10:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Hong-Kong based reporter has been charged with spying for Taiwan, the mainland Chinese government said Friday, accusing him of obtaining huge amounts of classified information under an alias.
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UNICEF: Afghanistan child mortality soars
Aug 4 2005 9:57PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan women and children face an "acute emergency" because of exceptionally high maternal and child mortality rates, a representative of the U.N. children's agency said Thursday.
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NATO taking over Afghan security in 2006
Aug 4 2005 6:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A NATO-led international force is set to expand and will be ready to assume responsibility for security across all of Afghanistan by the end of next year, freeing up many of the 17,600 American troops battling militants here, a NATO general said Thursday.
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U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan
Aug 4 2005 11:28AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded Thursday near a U.S. military vehicle near the Afghan border with Pakistan, killing an American service member and wounding another, the military said.
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U.S. sending Afghan detainees home
Aug 4 2005 10:26AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghans held in U.S. military custody at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere will be sent back to Afghanistan to be detained here, Afghan and U.S. officials said Thursday.
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Japan postal reform comes to a head
Aug 4 2005 9:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Postal reform sounds like an unlikely issue to stake a government on, but Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi did just that Thursday by warning he will disband Parliament and call a general election if his reform package is rejected.
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U.S. woman admits killing banker husband
Aug 4 2005 8:04AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - An American woman who pleaded innocent to murdering her husband in Hong Kong testified Thursday that she beat the wealthy investment banker to death with a metal statue.
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