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Hong Kong passes controversial spy bill
Aug 5 2006 11:21PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's legislature on Sunday passed a law regulating phone tapping and other surveillance measures, a move critics fear will curtail civil liberties in the former British colony now ruled by China.
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Hong Kong passes surveillance bill
Aug 5 2006 8:05PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's legislature on Sunday passed new laws regulating phone tapping and other surveillance measures, a move critics fear will curtail civil liberties in the former British colony now ruled by China.
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39 killed as Pakistan bridge collapses
Aug 5 2006 6:45PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A bridge collapsed amid heavy rains in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 39 people, an official said.
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Pakistan, India expel diplomats
Aug 5 2006 5:53PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Saturday expelled an Indian diplomat it said it had caught with "sensitive documents," and India responded by ordering out a Pakistani diplomat, in a setback to the nuclear-armed rivals' shaky peace process.
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Taiwan breaks relations with Chad
Aug 5 2006 1:40PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The Taiwanese government said early Sunday that it was breaking off diplomatic relations with Chad just hours before a planned trip by Taiwan's premier to the central African country.
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English tutors complain of Chinese abuse
Aug 5 2006 11:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Tanya Davis fled Jizhou No. 1 Middle School one winter morning in March before the sun rose over the surrounding cotton fields covered with stubble from last fall's crop.
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Sri Lankan troops retake northern town
Aug 5 2006 9:57AM (CT)
MUTTUR, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan soldiers retook control of a key northeastern town Saturday after six days of fighting Tamil rebels there, and the military urged thousands of displaced civilians to return.
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Death toll from storm in China hits 48
Aug 5 2006 4:46AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's death toll from Tropical Storm Prapiroon jumped to 48 Saturday, with 15 more people missing, after the storm knocked down houses and set off landslides and flash floods, news reports said.
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