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Flood in Chinese coal mine traps 172
Aug 17 2007 11:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Water from a rain-swollen river poured into a coal mine in eastern China, leaving 172 miners trapped and feared dead, government officials and a state news agency reported Saturday.
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Flood in Chinese coal mine traps 172
Aug 17 2007 11:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Water from a rain-swollen river poured into a coal mine in eastern China, leaving 172 miners trapped and feared dead, government officials and a state news agency reported Saturday.
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Typhoon slams into Taiwan, killing one
Aug 17 2007 10:15PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A powerful typhoon slammed into Taiwan on Saturday, killing at least one person, forcing thousands to evacuate and disrupting power supplies across the already-saturated landscape.
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2 Tajik Guantanamo inmates sentenced
Aug 17 2007 9:00PM (CT)
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) - Tajikistan's high court on Friday sentenced two former detainees of the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to 17-year terms for serving as mercenaries in Afghanistan, a court judge said.
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Thais to vote on draft constitution
Aug 17 2007 2:22PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Moving back toward democracy after last year's coup, Thailand will hold its first-ever national referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution. But the choice is limited to voting yes or no on a charter designed to curb the power of politicians.
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Thais to vote on draft constitution
Aug 17 2007 2:22PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Moving back toward democracy after last year's coup, Thailand will hold its first-ever national referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution. But the choice is limited to voting yes or no on a charter designed to curb the power of politicians.
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China seeks to regain safety confidence
Aug 17 2007 1:43PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China made a fresh effort Friday to prove its commitment to eliminating the country's recurring food safety problems, releasing a policy paper that highlights improved inspections and putting a trusted troubleshooter in charge of a quality control campaign.
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China bans reporting on bridge collapse
Aug 17 2007 1:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Communist authorities have banned most state media from reporting on the deadly collapse of a bridge in southern China, with local officials punching and chasing reporters from the scene, reporters said Friday.
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Maldives set for historic election
Aug 17 2007 1:29PM (CT)
MALE, Maldives (AP) - To the tourists who fill its coffers, the Maldives is a paradise of private islands and secluded resorts. To the citizens who fill its cramped capital and far-flung atolls, it is a virtual dictatorship where dissent has been brutally quashed.
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U.S., U.N.: NKorea aiding atomic shutter
Aug 17 2007 1:18PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency and the U.S. government both reported progress Friday in the international effort to eliminate North Korea's nuclear program.
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U.S., U.N.: NKorea aiding atomic shutter
Aug 17 2007 1:18PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The U.N. atomic watchdog agency and the U.S. government both reported progress Friday in the international effort to eliminate North Korea's nuclear program.
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U.N.: Food situation to worsen in NKorea
Aug 17 2007 12:51PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.N. warned Friday that North Korea food supplies will dwindle as a result of record downpours that wracked the country's agricultural heartland. An aid group said the number of dead and missing had risen to more than 300.
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Beijing bans cars to clear air for Games
Aug 17 2007 11:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In a dry run for next year's Olympics, Beijing kept hundreds of thousands of private cars off city streets Friday to ease the chronic gridlock and polluted skies that threaten to mar the games.
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Beijing bans cars to clear air for Games
Aug 17 2007 11:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In a dry run for next year's Olympics, Beijing kept hundreds of thousands of private cars off city streets Friday to ease the chronic gridlock and polluted skies that threaten to mar the games.
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Beijing bans cars to clear air for Games
Aug 17 2007 11:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In a dry run for next year's Olympics, Beijing kept hundreds of thousands of private cars off city streets Friday to ease the chronic gridlock and polluted skies that threaten to mar the games.
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Beijing bans cars to clear air for Games
Aug 17 2007 11:10AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In a dry run for next year's Olympics, Beijing kept hundreds of thousands of private cars off city streets Friday to ease the chronic gridlock and polluted skies that threaten to mar the games.
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Indian schools asked to ban junk food
Aug 17 2007 6:59AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's children are getting increasingly overweight and unhealthy and the government is asking schools to ban junk food, officials said Thursday.
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Bali bombers' sentences cut
Aug 17 2007 6:04AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Ten Islamic militants jailed for suicide bombings on Bali that killed more than 220 people _ many of them foreign tourists _ had several months shaved off their sentences Friday to mark Indonesia's Independence Day.
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Bomb kills Afghan district chief, 3 kids
Aug 17 2007 4:17AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed a district chief and three of his children in southern Afghanistan on Friday, while five civilians were killed in fighting between NATO soldiers and Taliban in the east, officials said.
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Bomb kills Afghan district chief, 3 kids
Aug 17 2007 4:17AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed a district chief and three of his children in southern Afghanistan on Friday, while five civilians were killed in fighting between NATO soldiers and Taliban in the east, officials said.
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Bomb kills Afghan district chief, 3 kids
Aug 17 2007 4:17AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed a district chief and three of his children in southern Afghanistan on Friday, while five civilians were killed in fighting between NATO soldiers and Taliban in the east, officials said.
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US wants moderate rule in Pakistan
Aug 17 2007 2:18AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The United States wants to see Pakistan's moderate and democratic politicians unite to fight Islamic extremism, but has no interest in picking sides ahead of upcoming elections, a top U.S. envoy said.
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US wants moderate rule in Pakistan
Aug 17 2007 2:18AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The United States wants to see Pakistan's moderate and democratic politicians unite to fight Islamic extremism, but has no interest in picking sides ahead of upcoming elections, a top U.S. envoy said.
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