Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Korea starts razing village for base
Sep 12 2006 11:49PM (CT)
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) - Hundreds of workers started bulldozing part of a village Wednesday to clear the way for the expansion of a military base set to become the new U.S. headquarters in Korea.
|
|
|
Japan's new prince named in ancient rite
Sep 12 2006 11:16PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's long-awaited male heir to its Chrysanthemum throne was named Hisahito _ meaning "virtuous, calm and everlasting" _ in an age-old imperial rite in Tokyo on Tuesday.
|
|
|
NATO forces recapture Afghan territory
Sep 12 2006 10:32PM (CT)
ZHARI, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO forces have recaptured territory in southern Afghanistan from Taliban insurgents during an 11-day operation that has killed at least 510 suspected militants, the alliance said Tuesday.
|
|
|
China extends media clampdown to courts
Sep 12 2006 10:17PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is extending its clampdown on media to the courts, threatening severe punishment for court officials who leak information to reporters.
|
|
|
Strong undersea quake shakes Philippines
Sep 12 2006 10:14PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A strong undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines Tuesday, close to an area struck by a stronger tremor last week, the government's earthquake monitoring agency said. No damage or injuries were reported.
|
|
|
UN extends NATO-led force in Afghanistan
Sep 12 2006 9:45PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the authorization of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, expressing concern at the upsurge in violence and terrorist activity by the Taliban, al-Qaida and drug traffickers.
|
|
|
Pakistan calls Taliban a bigger danger
Sep 12 2006 2:58PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told European Union officials Tuesday that the Taliban was now a bigger danger for the West than al-Qaida because it enjoys broad support in Afghanistan.
|
|
|
41 killed in stampede at Yemen rally
Sep 12 2006 2:15PM (CT)
SAN`A, Yemen (AP) - At least 41 people were killed Tuesday in a stampede during a campaign rally for the president, medical and security officials said. Most of the victims were schoolchildren and teenagers.
|
|
|
U.N. official targets Afghan opium
Sep 12 2006 11:29AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The United Nations urged NATO forces Tuesday to take military action to destroy the opium industry in southern Afghanistan, saying cultivation of the crop is out of control in the embattled Asian country.
|
|
|
Managers detained in China river spill
Sep 12 2006 10:57AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The senior managers of two factories in central China blamed for tainting a river with toxic arsenide have been detained and could face criminal charges, state media said.
|
|
|
25 panda births set new China record
Sep 12 2006 10:53AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The birth of twin pandas at a research center brought the number of the endangered species born in captivity this year in China to a record 25, a news report said Tuesday.
|
|
|
Gunmen kidnap aid workers in Afghanistan
Sep 12 2006 9:49AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen have kidnapped a Colombian aid worker and two Afghan employees of a French-funded nongovernment organization west of Kabul, police said Tuesday.
|
|
|
25 trapped Chinese workers rescued
Sep 12 2006 6:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - All 25 highway workers trapped when a tunnel collapsed in southwest China were rescued Tuesday, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The workers were trapped for 26 hours after the collapse early Monday on a road linking the cities of Guangnan and Yanshan in Yunnan province.
|
|
|
4 found guilty in 1993 Mumbai bombings
Sep 12 2006 6:27AM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Four family members were found guilty Tuesday in the first verdict in the prosecution of India's deadliest terror attack, a string of bombings that killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993.
|
|
|
Report: China diplomat shot in Damascus
Sep 12 2006 4:52AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese diplomat in Damascus was hit by a stray bullet and slightly injured during the attack on the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, a government news agency reported.
|
|
|
Official: U.S. moves to sanction N.Korea
Sep 12 2006 3:53AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The United States is moving to impose sanctions on North Korea for test-launching a series of missiles in July, a senior South Korean official said Tuesday.
|
|
|
Japan firm said suspect in export scam
Sep 12 2006 3:11AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police are investigating a Japanese company on suspicion of illegally exporting to the United States hundreds of high-tech measuring devices that can be used in the development of nuclear weapons, a news report said Tuesday.
|
|
|
Ozawa to lead Japan opposition party
Sep 12 2006 3:10AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Maverick politician Ichiro Ozawa was tapped Tuesday to lead Japan's main opposition party and challenge the ruling party's front-runner in the race to become prime minister later this month.
|
|
|
|
|
|