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600M Asian children in poverty, group says
Aug 21 2005 10:00PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Nearly half of Asia's 1.27 billion children live in poverty _ deprived of food, safe drinking water, health or shelter, a development agency said in a report released Monday.
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India's 'hugging saint' escapes attack
Aug 21 2005 9:15PM (CT)
COCHIN, India (AP) - Three followers of an Indian religious leader known as the "hugging saint" overpowered an assailant who tried to attack her on Sunday during a prayer meeting in southern India, a state official said.
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4 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan assault
Aug 21 2005 7:47PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A massive bomb exploded under a wooden bridge as a convoy of armored Humvees was crossing it Sunday, killing four U.S. soldiers and wounding three others in the deadliest assault on American forces in Afghanistan in nearly two months.
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Dozens hurt after China factory protest
Aug 21 2005 9:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Protesters demanding the closure of an eastern China battery factory they say is spewing lead into the environment clashed with police, and dozens of people were injured, witnesses and hospital officials said Sunday.
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Bangladeshi police clash with protesters
Aug 21 2005 8:42AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Two suspected rebels were killed when a bomb they were making exploded in western Bangladesh, while riot police in the capital clashed with protesters angry over the government's failure to prevent a wave of bombings last week.
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Four GIs killed by bomb in Afghanistan
Aug 21 2005 8:03AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded three Sunday as they were patrolling in southern Afghanistan, the deadliest attack on American forces here in nearly two months, the U.S. military said.
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Bomb wounds two Americans in Afghanistan
Aug 21 2005 8:01AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of U.S. Embassy vehicles in the Afghan capital Sunday, wounding two American officials, an embassy spokesman said.
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Bangladesh police clash with protesters
Aug 21 2005 8:00AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police clashed Saturday with protesters angry over the government's failure to prevent a wave of bombings last week, injuring at least a dozen people during a general strike that saw businesses and schools close throughout Bangladesh.
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