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U.S. envoy: N. Korean talks 'excruciating'
Aug 5 2005 10:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Nuclear negotiators said Saturday they had no plans to suspend North Korean disarmament talks despite a lack of progress, and Washington and Pyongyang scheduled a meeting to discuss how to speed up the process.
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Eastern China braces against typhoon
Aug 5 2005 10:13PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Typhoon Matsa slammed into the coast southeast of China's biggest city on Saturday, killing at least one person and knocking down street signs and buildings. Authorities evacuated more than 1 million people.
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Japanese observe Hiroshima's anniversary
Aug 5 2005 9:55PM (CT)
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - For a brief moment, the trolleys stopped and the city fell silent. Then, with offerings of water and flowers for the dead, Hiroshima remembered how a flash in the early morning sky 60 years ago turned life to death for more than 140,000 and forever changed the face of war.
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India looks to protect tigers
Aug 5 2005 9:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's prime minister on Friday took charge of a nationwide program to save the endangered Bengal tiger, the national animal that experts say is threatened by poachers and angry villagers.
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China is urged to improve rights record
Aug 5 2005 2:32PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - China should release all political prisoners and abolish the death penalty in efforts to improve its human rights record before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, an international rights group said Friday.
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Japanese postal reform heads for showdown
Aug 5 2005 12:35PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A plan to privatize Japan's huge postal savings system and create the world's largest bank cleared its last parliamentary committee Friday, setting the stage for a political showdown that could overturn the government of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Two U.S. troops drown in Afghanistan
Aug 5 2005 11:10AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two U.S. service members drowned after their Humvee slid into a river during an operation targeting insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the American military said Friday.
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Typhoon Matsa dumps heavy rains on Taiwan
Aug 5 2005 5:19AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Typhoon Matsa dumped torrential rains in northern Taiwan as it swirled in seas near the island Friday, shutting down financial markets and grounding several international flights, officials said.
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Campaign against Navy vessel gains ground
Aug 5 2005 1:23AM (CT)
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) - Masahiko Goto simply does not want a nuclear power plant in his backyard. He says it is dangerous and unnecessary, and over the past year he's collected 324,000 signatures of others who feel the same way. He's also pushed the U.S. Navy into a corner.
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