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Freed Taliban captives return to SKorea
Sep 1 2007 11:56PM (CT)
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban insurgents after six weeks in captivity returned home to tearful embraces from loved ones Sunday, expressing sorrow for two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and apologizing to the nation.
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Freed Taliban captives return to SKorea
Sep 1 2007 11:56PM (CT)
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban insurgents after six weeks in captivity returned home to tearful embraces from loved ones Sunday, expressing sorrow for two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and apologizing to the nation.
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China's influence spreads around world
Sep 1 2007 11:43PM (CT)
KARRATHA, Australia (AP) - For nearly three decades, Chinese peasants have left their villages for crowded dormitories and sweaty assembly lines, churning out goods for world markets. Now, China is turning the tables.
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4 killed in bridge collapse in Pakistan
Sep 1 2007 4:55PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A new overpass bridge collapsed in the southern city of Karachi on Saturday, killing at least four people and crushing vehicles under mounds of debris, officials said.
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4 killed in bridge collapse in Pakistan
Sep 1 2007 4:55PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A new overpass bridge collapsed in the southern city of Karachi on Saturday, killing at least four people and crushing vehicles under mounds of debris, officials said.
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4 killed in bridge collapse in Pakistan
Sep 1 2007 4:55PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A new overpass bridge collapsed in the southern city of Karachi on Saturday, killing at least four people and crushing vehicles under mounds of debris, officials said.
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Pakistan power-sharing talks deadlocked
Sep 1 2007 3:46PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Power-sharing talks between former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf were deadlocked Saturday, setting back efforts to end military rule as pressure grows to restore democracy.
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Pakistan power-sharing talks deadlocked
Sep 1 2007 3:46PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Power-sharing talks between former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf were deadlocked Saturday, setting back efforts to end military rule as pressure grows to restore democracy.
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NKorea, U.S. set nuclear talks agenda
Sep 1 2007 3:04PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The chief nuclear negotiators for the United States and North Korea reached an understanding Saturday during talks aimed at smoothing upcoming six-nation negotiations, the American envoy said.
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NKorea, U.S. set nuclear talks agenda
Sep 1 2007 3:04PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The chief nuclear negotiators for the United States and North Korea reached an understanding Saturday during talks aimed at smoothing upcoming six-nation negotiations, the American envoy said.
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70 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Sep 1 2007 1:03PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan security forces killed about 70 suspected militants in Afghanistan, where violence is running at its highest level since the ouster of the Taliban regime six years ago, authorities said Saturday.
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Murdoch company to distribute China book
Sep 1 2007 7:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A travel book published by China's military will be distributed around the world by a publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the People's Liberation Army Daily said.
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Tainted liquor kills 15 in Nepal
Sep 1 2007 6:19AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Tainted liquor has killed at least 15 people and sickened several others in a town in southern Nepal, state-run Radio Nepal said Saturday.
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Suicide attack kills 4 in Pakistan
Sep 1 2007 5:55AM (CT)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bombing killed four Pakistani troops near the Afghan border Saturday, as tribal elders met with Islamic militants elsewhere to seek the release of at least 120 Pakistani soldiers, officials said.
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Japan's farm minister hit by scandal
Sep 1 2007 5:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's agricultural minister acknowledged Saturday that a private farming group he leads exaggerated crop damage in order to receive government compensation, in the latest political scandal to embarrass Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration.
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Suspects arrested in India bombings
Sep 1 2007 5:16AM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Police arrested two people Saturday and formally named two others already in custody as suspects in recent bombings in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad that killed at least 43 people, an official said.
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Myanmar completes charter guidelines
Sep 1 2007 3:57AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military government marched ahead Saturday with its much-criticized plans for a new constitution amid U.S. pressure on the United Nations to condemn the junta's iron-fisted treatment of protesters.
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8 Myanmar dissidents go into hiding
Sep 1 2007 3:30AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Anti-government protesters scattered into hiding Friday to dodge arrest after a wave of protests over higher prices, as the military government wrapped up its work to draft guidelines for a new constitution.
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Taxiing Airbus scrapes wing in Bangkok
Sep 1 2007 2:30AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - An Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet, scraped the tip of a wing on a building at Bangkok's international airport Saturday as it was preparing for a demonstration flight, officials of the aircraft company and Thai Airways said.
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Wife of Chinese activist: I was held
Sep 1 2007 1:14AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The wife of an imprisoned blind Chinese activist said Saturday that she was dragged off a bus and held for hours to stop her from traveling to Beijing to speak out on his behalf.
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Chinese woman, 103, won't be torchbearer
Sep 1 2007 12:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A 103-year-old woman's bid to carry the torch for next year's Summer Olympics has been rejected, a state newspaper reported Saturday.
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