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AP: U.S. troops begin Afghan offensive
Aug 13 2005 9:31PM (CT)
KANDAGAL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Marines and Afghan troops launched an offensive Saturday to take a remote mountain valley from insurgents tied to the deadliest blow on American forces since the Taliban regime was ousted nearly four years ago.
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Brazil police make arrest in abduction
Aug 13 2005 8:14PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A prison escapee believed to have masterminded last year's abduction of the mother of a Brazilian soccer star was arrested, police said Saturday.
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Indonesia to shorten cleric's sentence
Aug 13 2005 7:43PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A militant cleric jailed for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings will be among 53,000 inmates receiving sentence reductions to mark Indonesia's independence day, authorities and media reports said Saturday.
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Turkish official's convoy misses bomb
Aug 13 2005 7:03PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded in southeast Turkey on Saturday moments after the convoy of local governor passed, in what appeared to be an attack by Kurdish rebels, an official said.
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Malaysia angry over Indonesian fires
Aug 13 2005 7:01PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysians saw a clear and sunny sky Saturday for the first time in days as a hazardous haze dissipated, allowing the government to lift an emergency order.
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N. Korea warns against military exercises
Aug 13 2005 5:54PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday criticized joint military exercises involving South Korea and the United States, saying the maneuvers were a final preparation for an attack on the communist state.
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Sri Lanka assassination endangers peace
Aug 13 2005 5:46PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka imposed a state of emergency Saturday after the sniper assassination of the foreign minister, a killing that officials blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels and warned could rupture the island's fragile peace process.
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Donkeys get Marines around in Afghanistan
Aug 13 2005 5:16PM (CT)
KANDAGAL, Afghanistan (AP) - Frustrated with the limitations of using its fleet of modern Humvee four-wheel-drives in rugged mountains with few roads, a battalion of U.S. Marines has enlisted a mode of transport used for centuries by Afghan villagers _ donkeys.
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Kamikaze statue sums up Asia's feelings
Aug 13 2005 1:11PM (CT)
MABALACAT, Philippines (AP) - Even now, 60 years later, it's an arresting sight: a life-size statue of a Japanese kamikaze pilot next to a former U.S. Air Force base. Yet as the Philippines and the rest of east Asia remember the Japanese surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, the statue commemorating the first suicide pilots seems to sum up their ambivalence toward Japan's imperial era of aggression and brutal occupation.
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Businessman, 23, crowned Mr. Afghanistan
Aug 13 2005 12:16PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Khosraw Basheri feverishly pumped iron for years, toning his body so it rippled with muscle and veins. His hard work paid off Saturday, when he claimed a historic title in his war-battered country _ Mr. Afghanistan.
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Moderate earthquake jolts Indonesia island
Aug 13 2005 9:31AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A moderate earthquake shook parts of Indonesia's Sumbawa island on Saturday, but no damage or injuries were reported.
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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency
Aug 13 2005 8:24AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency and deployed troops to search for suspects Saturday after the assassination of the foreign minister, while the government warned the slaying was a serious setback to the country's fragile peace process.
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Islamic militants kill five in India
Aug 13 2005 6:46AM (CT)
JAMMU, India (AP) - Suspected Islamic militants raided a remote mountain village in India's Jammu-Kashmir state and attacked two Hindu families as they dined together, killing five people, police said Saturday.
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Fires in Indonesia cause ecological crisis
Aug 13 2005 6:41AM (CT)
KULIM, Indonesia (AP) - Palm oil farmers have used fire to clear their land of tall grass, shrubs and trees for years, without any idea that the noxious fumes caused problems in neighboring Malaysia or anywhere else.
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Pakistan police get time to talk to Qadeer
Aug 13 2005 6:37AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani judge on Saturday gave police four more days to question an Islamic militant accused of arranging an initial meeting between slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and his kidnappers, a defense lawyer said.
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Tamil Tiger rebels deny killing Kadirgamar
Aug 13 2005 4:12AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday denied involvement in the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, the rebels' political chief said.
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Sri Lanka's Lakshman Kadirgamar dies at 73
Aug 13 2005 1:50AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, an ethnic Tamil who campaigned internationally to have the Tamil Tiger rebels declared a terrorist organization but later backed peace talks, was shot dead at his home. He was 73.
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