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Japanese tanker spills tons of crude oil
Aug 14 2006 11:49PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese tanker spilled about 1.3 million gallons of crude oil in the eastern Indian Ocean following a collision with a cargo ship, the tanker's operator said Tuesday.
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Japanese leader prays at war shrine
Aug 14 2006 11:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prayed at the Yasukuni war shrine Tuesday to mark Tokyo's World War II surrender, triggering immediate protests by China and South Korea but cheering his conservative followers.
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Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes Indonesia
Aug 14 2006 10:53PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck in eastern Indonesian on Tuesday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said.
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Afghan violence leaves at least 18 dead
Aug 14 2006 9:07PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents targeted NATO patrols with bicycle-rigged bombs that wounded four alliance soldiers Monday, while gunbattles and a suicide bombing killed 12 suspected militants and six policemen across southern Afghanistan.
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Sri Lanka: Bombed school was rebel base
Aug 14 2006 1:30PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Fighting between the government and Tamil insurgents and a suicide bombing killed dozens Monday, including youths at what the rebels said was a school and the government insisted was an insurgent base.
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Pakistan investigates Islamic charities
Aug 14 2006 11:38AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities have been investigating the transfer of millions of dollars from five Islamic charities in the U.S. and Britain to people in Pakistan since December, an intelligence official said Monday.
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Picture bleak for women in Afghanistan
Aug 14 2006 7:14AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Violence against women in Afghanistan is widespread and mainly happens inside victims' homes, according to a U.N. survey released Monday.
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Typhoon death toll rises to 255 in China
Aug 14 2006 6:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Soldiers mobilized to help with the recovery from China's strongest typhoon in five decades, while the death toll rose to 255 Monday after scores more bodies were pulled from the sea.
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Power mostly restored after Tokyo outage
Aug 14 2006 3:10AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A construction crane reportedly struck some power lines Monday in Japan, causing a blackout for hundreds of thousands of homes in Tokyo and surrounding areas. Electricity was restored to most affected areas within hours.
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