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Former Khmer Rouge leader detained
Sep 18 2007 11:38PM (CT)
PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) - Police detained the top surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge on Wednesday over his role in the notorious former Cambodian regime that caused the deaths of 1.7 million people in the late 1970s.
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Former Khmer Rouge leader detained
Sep 18 2007 11:38PM (CT)
PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) - Police detained the top surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge on Wednesday over his role in the notorious former Cambodian regime that caused the deaths of 1.7 million people in the late 1970s.
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Former Khmer Rouge leader detained
Sep 18 2007 11:38PM (CT)
PAILIN, Cambodia (AP) - Police detained the top surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge on Wednesday over his role in the notorious former Cambodian regime that caused the deaths of 1.7 million people in the late 1970s.
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Typhoon Wipha hits southeast China
Sep 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Typhoon Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai early Wednesday, flooding streets and disrupting transport as authorities ordered 2 million people evacuated. One man was electrocuted.
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Typhoon Wipha hits southeast China
Sep 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Typhoon Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai early Wednesday, flooding streets and disrupting transport as authorities ordered 2 million people evacuated. One man was electrocuted.
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Typhoon Wipha hits southeast China
Sep 18 2007 11:29PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Typhoon Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai early Wednesday, flooding streets and disrupting transport as authorities ordered 2 million people evacuated. One man was electrocuted.
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UN expected to extend Afghanistan force
Sep 18 2007 10:46PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is expected to extend the authorization of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan ahead of a high-level meeting on Sunday to focus on promoting national reconciliation in the country.
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S.Korea may allow alternative service
Sep 18 2007 8:42PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Defense Ministry said Tuesday it would seek to allow conscientious objectors to engage in social service instead of mandatory military terms.
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UN chief: Taiwan membership not legal
Sep 18 2007 8:11PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Taiwan's application to join the United Nations wasn't accepted for legal reasons linked to the 1971 U.N. resolution that gave China's seat to the Beijing-based People's Republic of China.
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China: No date for NKorea nuclear talks
Sep 18 2007 4:53PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China reported Tuesday that it had delivered a shipment of heavy fuel oil to North Korea as part of an international effort to keep negotiations on dismantling North Korean nuclear programs on track, but said no date had been agreed on for the next round of talks.
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Israel, Iran cooperate in crash probe
Sep 18 2007 1:01PM (CT)
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Officials from Israel and Iran put aside political animosity Tuesday to work together in using Israeli forensics expertise to identify their dead from the crash of a jetliner on this Thai resort island.
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Israel, Iran cooperate in crash probe
Sep 18 2007 1:01PM (CT)
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Officials from Israel and Iran put aside political animosity Tuesday to work together in using Israeli forensics expertise to identify their dead from the crash of a jetliner on this Thai resort island.
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Israel, Iran cooperate in crash probe
Sep 18 2007 1:01PM (CT)
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Officials from Israel and Iran put aside political animosity Tuesday to work together in using Israeli forensics expertise to identify their dead from the crash of a jetliner on this Thai resort island.
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Nepal's former rebels quit government
Sep 18 2007 12:56PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's one-time rebel army quit the coalition government Tuesday, escalating a political crisis that imperiled the Himalayan nation's fragile peace process.
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Nepal's former rebels quit government
Sep 18 2007 12:56PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's one-time rebel army quit the coalition government Tuesday, escalating a political crisis that imperiled the Himalayan nation's fragile peace process.
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Nepal's former rebels quit government
Sep 18 2007 12:56PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's one-time rebel army quit the coalition government Tuesday, escalating a political crisis that imperiled the Himalayan nation's fragile peace process.
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Musharraf ready to give up army post
Sep 18 2007 12:14PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will resign as army chief and restore civilian rule if lawmakers re-elect him president in a vote expected by mid-October, officials said Tuesday.
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More than 1,000 monks protest in Myanmar
Sep 18 2007 11:52AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hundreds of defiant monks marched through Yangon on Tuesday, walking 10 miles through streets lined with cheering crowds, after being barred from Myanmar's most important Buddhist temple, witnesses said.
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More than 1,000 monks protest in Myanmar
Sep 18 2007 11:52AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Hundreds of defiant monks marched through Yangon on Tuesday, walking 10 miles through streets lined with cheering crowds, after being barred from Myanmar's most important Buddhist temple, witnesses said.
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N. Korea denies nuclear ties with Syria
Sep 18 2007 5:36AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea strongly denied Tuesday that it has provided Syria with secret nuclear cooperation, claiming the charge was fabricated to block progress in the North's relations with the United States.
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Afghans: Taliban behind kidnappings dies
Sep 18 2007 5:35AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. airstrikes targeting a meeting of Taliban leaders killed a high-ranking commander involved in the kidnappings of 23 South Koreans two months ago, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
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China to raise food safety standards
Sep 18 2007 4:45AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is stepping up enforcement against unlicensed food vendors and plans to upgrade quality standards on thousands of food and consumer products by year's end, officials said Tuesday.
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Army: 15 Pakistani soldiers killed
Sep 18 2007 4:30AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Fifteen Pakistani soldiers were killed in a militant attack on a military post near the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
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Japan's Abe indefinitely hospitalized
Sep 18 2007 4:12AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will remain in the hospital indefinitely with stress-related stomach problems, but the government still has no plans to name an acting premier, an official said Tuesday.
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