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Taiwan allies accuse China of expansion
Sep 7 2006 10:05PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Taiwan's allies accused China on Thursday of expanding its arsenal of missiles aimed at Taiwan in readiness for an invasion and urged the United Nations to step in and promote a peaceful dialogue between the two parties.
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South Korea to resume U.S. beef imports
Sep 7 2006 8:52PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Friday approved resuming imports of U.S. beef after repeated delays in implementing an earlier decision to lift a 2003 ban imposed because of mad cow fears.
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Pakistan scientist faces cancer surgery
Sep 7 2006 8:36PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan's former top nuclear scientist who confessed to leaking weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, was admitted Thursday night to a hospital for prostate cancer surgery, officials said.
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Pakistan denies helping militants
Sep 7 2006 7:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf acknowledged Thursday that al-Qaida and Taliban militants were crossing from Pakistan to launch attacks in Afghanistan, but denied his government's powerful military intelligence agency was helping them.
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NATO needs more troops to fight Taliban
Sep 7 2006 6:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO's top military commander said Thursday that he needs more troops to fight the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, where a widening insurgency has left hundreds dead, including 21 militants in the alliance's latest air and ground attacks.
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India funeral ground photos stir anger
Sep 7 2006 2:49PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - For centuries, the Zoroastrian dead have been wrapped in white muslin and left at a leafy funeral ground on downtown Mumbai's Malabar Hill, where they are devoured by vultures. Only then, according to the tenets of the ancient religion, can the soul be freed.
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30 miners in India killed in explosion
Sep 7 2006 1:51PM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - Rescuers found the bodies Thursday of 30 miners killed after an explosion and gas leak in a coal mine in eastern India, an official said.
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Photos of funeral ground stir anger
Sep 7 2006 1:19PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - For centuries, the Zoroastrian dead have been wrapped in white muslin and left at a leafy funeral ground on downtown Mumbai's Malabar Hill, where they are devoured by vultures. Only then, according to the tenets of the ancient religion, can the soul be freed.
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Vietnam confirms U.S. activist detained
Sep 7 2006 11:37AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam on Thursday confirmed that a U.S. pro-democracy activist has been detained for the past three weeks, but declined to say why he was being held.
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NATO wants reinforcements in Afghanistan
Sep 7 2006 8:16AM (CT)
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) - NATO's top commander, Gen. James L. Jones, on Thursday called for allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, saying the coming weeks could be decisive in the fight against the Taliban.
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Taiwan president questioned about funds
Sep 7 2006 8:06AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Prosecutors have questioned President Chen Shui-bian about the use of secret diplomatic funds at the heart of a corruption probe, his office said Thursday.
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2 militants sentenced for Bali bombings
Sep 7 2006 6:28AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Judges sentenced two Islamic militants to prison Thursday for their roles in the 2005 Bali bombings that killed 20 people, saying they helped make explosives used in the blasts and videotaped confessions of the suicide bombers.
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China punishes several military officers
Sep 7 2006 5:53AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China's military has dismissed one high-ranking officer and demoted or otherwise punished 10 others over the crash of a military aircraft that killed 40 people, state media said Thursday.
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Miners trapped in India feared dead
Sep 7 2006 2:22AM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - Rescuers searched Thursday for 53 miners who were feared dead after an explosion occurred inside a coal mine in eastern India, an official said.
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Thai court rules to extradite dissident
Sep 7 2006 12:16AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Thai court decided Thursday to extradite a high-profile Vietnamese dissident to face charges of violating airspace for a stunt that involved hijacking a plane and dropping 50,000 anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City.
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