Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
IAEA team to check quake-hit nuke plant
Aug 4 2007 11:13PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A team of U.N. nuclear watchdog agency inspectors was in Japan Sunday to assess the condition of a nuclear power plant severely damaged in an earthquake last month.
|
|
|
Helicopters drop food to 2 million
Aug 4 2007 10:38PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Helicopters dropped food to almost 2 million marooned Indian villagers on Saturday as the death toll from unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods in South Asia rose to more than 225.
|
|
|
Helicopters drop food to 2 million
Aug 4 2007 10:38PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Helicopters dropped food to almost 2 million marooned Indian villagers on Saturday as the death toll from unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods in South Asia rose to more than 225.
|
|
|
Helicopters drop food to 2 million
Aug 4 2007 10:38PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Helicopters dropped food to almost 2 million marooned Indian villagers on Saturday as the death toll from unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods in South Asia rose to more than 225.
|
|
|
Helicopters drop food to 2 million
Aug 4 2007 10:38PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Helicopters dropped food to almost 2 million marooned Indian villagers on Saturday as the death toll from unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods in South Asia rose to more than 225.
|
|
|
Kim's army visits prompt speculation
Aug 4 2007 9:39PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has visited military bases for four straight days, an unusual frequency that has prompted speculation he may be about to make a decision regarding the country's disputed nuclear program.
|
|
|
Report: China curbs foreign satellite TV
Aug 4 2007 7:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is cracking down on cable television operators who offer unauthorized foreign satellite broadcasts _ the communist government's latest bid to maintain its monopoly on information, a newspaper reported Saturday.
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 5:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's most outspoken opposition leaders emerged from prison to a cheering crowd Saturday and vowed to press his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is already struggling with rising dissent and militant violence.
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 5:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's most outspoken opposition leaders emerged from prison to a cheering crowd Saturday and vowed to press his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is already struggling with rising dissent and militant violence.
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 5:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's most outspoken opposition leaders emerged from prison to a cheering crowd Saturday and vowed to press his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is already struggling with rising dissent and militant violence.
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 5:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's most outspoken opposition leaders emerged from prison to a cheering crowd Saturday and vowed to press his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is already struggling with rising dissent and militant violence.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka war takes toll on innocents
Aug 4 2007 12:25PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Palani Amma Subramaniyam sits in quiet despair, surrounded by woven baskets and terra cotta pots in her deserted market stall in rebel-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka.
|
|
|
American spreads Hiroshima legacy
Aug 4 2007 12:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sixty-two years later, the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima still holds such a grip on Japan that its defense minister has had to resign simply for suggesting the attack was "unavoidable."
|
|
|
American spreads Hiroshima legacy
Aug 4 2007 12:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sixty-two years later, the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima still holds such a grip on Japan that its defense minister has had to resign simply for suggesting the attack was "unavoidable."
|
|
|
American spreads Hiroshima legacy
Aug 4 2007 12:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sixty-two years later, the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima still holds such a grip on Japan that its defense minister has had to resign simply for suggesting the attack was "unavoidable."
|
|
|
China imposes Indonesian seafood ban
Aug 4 2007 10:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has banned Indonesian seafood after checks turned up dangerous contamination, the Beijing government's food regulator said. Indonesian authorities called the move an apparent reaction to an Indonesian ban on some tainted Chinese products.
|
|
|
Study: mahjong can lead to seizures
Aug 4 2007 9:55AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Playing the popular Chinese tile game mahjong can lead to seizures, Hong Kong researchers say, calling the phenomenon "mahjong epilepsy."
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 9:12AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's top opposition leaders was released to the raucous cheers of supporters Saturday after four years in prison and immediately vowed to resume his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 9:12AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's top opposition leaders was released to the raucous cheers of supporters Saturday after four years in prison and immediately vowed to resume his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
|
|
|
Pakistan opposition leader freed
Aug 4 2007 9:12AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - One of Pakistan's top opposition leaders was released to the raucous cheers of supporters Saturday after four years in prison and immediately vowed to resume his campaign against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
|
|
|
Man spends $5,000 on Bruce Lee plates
Aug 4 2007 6:49AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A Hong Kong man paid $5,000 on Saturday for a car license plate that read "BRUCELEE," after the late kung fu movie star.
|
|
|
Report: Hirohito's war shrine concerns
Aug 4 2007 5:37AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's wartime Emperor Hirohito was against including convicted war criminals at a Tokyo war shrine because he worried the move would damage relations with the country's Asian neighbors, according to new documents published Saturday.
|
|
|
Envoy to probe Iraq kidnap reports
Aug 4 2007 5:31AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine special envoy is traveling to the Middle East to investigate allegations that a Kuwaiti contractor took Filipino workers to Iraq without their knowledge to build the U.S. Embassy, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.
|
|
|
Suicide car blast kills 9 in Pakistan
Aug 4 2007 5:24AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a busy bus station in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 35 others, officials said.
|
|
|
Suicide attack kills 2 in Afghanistan
Aug 4 2007 3:13AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a convoy of foreign troops Saturday just west of Kandahar city, killing two civilians who were nearby, police said. There were no casualties among the troops.
|
|
|
Pakistan criticizes Obama on comments
Aug 4 2007 1:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan criticized U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday for saying that, if elected, he might order unilateral military strikes against terrorists hiding in this Islamic country.
|
|
|
Pakistan criticizes Obama on comments
Aug 4 2007 1:44AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan criticized U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday for saying that, if elected, he might order unilateral military strikes against terrorists hiding in this Islamic country.
|
|
|
|
|
|