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Myanmar rulers try to crush dissent
Aug 29 2007 7:55PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Pro-government gangs on trucks staked out key streets in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday as the country's military rulers sought to crush a rare wave of dissent by pro-democracy activists protesting fuel price increases.
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Myanmar rulers try to crush dissent
Aug 29 2007 7:55PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Pro-government gangs on trucks staked out key streets in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday as the country's military rulers sought to crush a rare wave of dissent by pro-democracy activists protesting fuel price increases.
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Myanmar rulers try to crush dissent
Aug 29 2007 7:55PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Pro-government gangs on trucks staked out key streets in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday as the country's military rulers sought to crush a rare wave of dissent by pro-democracy activists protesting fuel price increases.
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Myanmar rulers try to crush dissent
Aug 29 2007 7:55PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Pro-government gangs on trucks staked out key streets in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday as the country's military rulers sought to crush a rare wave of dissent by pro-democracy activists protesting fuel price increases.
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12 South Koreans freed in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2007 3:17PM (CT)
QALA-E-KAZI, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants released 12 captives in a series of handovers Wednesday, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 South Korean hostages that one Afghan minister warned would embolden the insurgents.
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12 South Koreans freed in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2007 3:17PM (CT)
QALA-E-KAZI, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants released 12 captives in a series of handovers Wednesday, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 South Korean hostages that one Afghan minister warned would embolden the insurgents.
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12 South Koreans freed in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2007 3:17PM (CT)
QALA-E-KAZI, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants released 12 captives in a series of handovers Wednesday, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 South Korean hostages that one Afghan minister warned would embolden the insurgents.
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12 South Koreans freed in Afghanistan
Aug 29 2007 3:17PM (CT)
QALA-E-KAZI, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants released 12 captives in a series of handovers Wednesday, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 South Korean hostages that one Afghan minister warned would embolden the insurgents.
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Bhutto: Musharraf to quit as army chief
Aug 29 2007 2:56PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as army chief, exiled Prime Minister Benazhir Bhutto said Wednesday, a move that would be a key step toward a power-sharing deal aimed at rescuing the U.S. ally's bid for another presidential term.
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Bhutto: Musharraf to quit as army chief
Aug 29 2007 2:56PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as army chief, exiled Prime Minister Benazhir Bhutto said Wednesday, a move that would be a key step toward a power-sharing deal aimed at rescuing the U.S. ally's bid for another presidential term.
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Afghan leader urges more action on drugs
Aug 29 2007 12:47PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai criticized leading Western nations on Wednesday for what he said was their failure to cooperate in tackling soaring opium production in Afghanistan.
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Turkish president approves new Cabinet
Aug 29 2007 11:42AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim who has pledged to respect the country's traditional separation of religion and state, approved a Cabinet on Wednesday with a mix of Islamist and secular figures.
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Chinese parents fight forced abortions
Aug 29 2007 11:35AM (CT)
QIAN'AN, China (AP) - Yang Zhongchen, a small-town businessman, wined and dined three government officials for permission to become a father.
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China tells WHO food exports are safe
Aug 29 2007 11:21AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has sent a notice to the World Health Organization defending the quality of its food exports, a spokeswoman said Wednesday, and an official linked to the country's drug industry was sentenced to prison in a bribery case.
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Woman miscarries after ambulance crash
Aug 29 2007 10:58AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A pregnant woman miscarried in western Japan on Wednesday after nine hospitals refused to admit her and the ambulance transporting her crashed on its way to a tenth, news reports said.
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Dolphin thought extinct spotted in China
Aug 29 2007 9:55AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A white dolphin native to China's Yangtze River that scientists declared extinct last year has possibly been spotted swimming in the wild, offering a small shred of hope for its revival, a researcher said Wednesday.
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Riots force curfew in home of Taj Mahal
Aug 29 2007 7:47AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Police imposed a curfew Wednesday in parts of the northern Indian city of Agra that is home to the Taj Mahal and advised tourists and residents to stay indoors after rioting that followed a fatal truck accident, officials said.
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Indian suspect on trial despite knife
Aug 29 2007 5:39AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian businessman spent years evading authorities around the world, fleeing accusations that he'd run elaborate bank scams, investigators allege. When he lost an appeal in Germany against extradition to India, he came up with a novel scheme: He swallowed a knife.
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China's Great Wall eroded by sandstorms
Aug 29 2007 4:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Western sections of the Great Wall of China are being reduced to "mounds of dirt" by sandstorms and may disappear entirely in 20 years, a report said Wednesday.
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Moderate quakes hit near Taiwan
Aug 29 2007 4:29AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Two moderate earthquakes struck off the southeastern coast of Taiwan Wednesday, officials said. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
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Sea border hot issue at Koreas summit
Aug 29 2007 4:25AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Half a dozen South Korean sailors died in a gunbattle with North Korea five years ago defending what Seoul's top minister on relations with Pyongyang now suggests could be changed: the sea border between the Koreas.
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