Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 Taliban killed in Afghan fighting
Sep 20 2006 9:01PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Clashes and bombings killed 34 Taliban fighters and one policeman in Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai told the U.N. Wednesday that terrorist sanctuaries elsewhere must be destroyed to eliminate the violence engulfing his country.
|
|
|
Thai leader says no elections for a year
Sep 20 2006 8:59PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's new military ruler, winning crucial royal backing for his bloodless coup, announced Wednesday that he would not call elections for another year. The U.S. and other Western nations expressed disapproval and urged a swift restoration of democracy.
|
|
|
Storms lash India, Bangladesh; 65 dead
Sep 20 2006 8:30PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Storms in Bangladesh and India left at least 65 dead and hundreds missing as they capsized boats, toppled houses and washed away roads, news reports and officials said Wednesday.
|
|
|
Mystery disease killing lions in India
Sep 20 2006 7:39PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Nearly two dozen crossbred lions are slowly dying in northern India from a mysterious disease afflicting the hybrid offspring of Asiatic and African cats paired in a discontinued experimental program.
|
|
|
Security tight for Indonesia executions
Sep 20 2006 6:42PM (CT)
PALU, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian officials said Wednesday they had deployed thousands of police on Sulawesi island ahead of this week's planned executions of three Christian men found guilty of leading deadly attacks on Muslims six years ago.
|
|
|
Nationalist poised to be Japan's next PM
Sep 20 2006 6:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's likely next premier, outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe, pressed for summits with China and South Korea on Wednesday after being tapped to head the country's ruling party in a vote heralding a swing to the right.
|
|
|
Philippines nixes rape case settlement
Sep 20 2006 4:27PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine justice secretary on Wednesday ruled out an out-of-court settlement in a rape case involving four U.S. Marines as squabbles between the accuser and prosecutors broke out at the emotional trial.
|
|
|
Thailand's Thaksin had clashed with king
Sep 20 2006 1:53PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - For many in Thailand, it was a clash between two images: an arrogant prime minister who hates to lose, and a humble king who always wins.
|
|
|
Vietnam double-agent Pham Xuan An dies
Sep 20 2006 1:50PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Pham Xuan An, who led a remarkable and perilous double life as a communist spy and a respected reporter for Western news organizations during the Vietnam War, died Wednesday at age 79.
|
|
|
Panda bites man, man bites him back
Sep 20 2006 6:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal's back, state media said Wednesday.
|
|
|
5 Afghan women killed in wedding attack
Sep 20 2006 6:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An outdoor wedding celebration north of the Afghan capital was attacked by assailants who threw a grenade, killing five women and wounding 18, an official said. Four suspects were detained after the blast Monday in the village of Sayadan, about 40 miles north of Kabul, said Abdul Jabar Takwa, the governor of Parwan province.
|
|
|
Thai prime minister's style split nation
Sep 20 2006 5:24AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - It took 18 months for Thaksin Shinawatra to go from the biggest election victor in his country's history to the target of a successful military coup.
|
|
|
Paper: Ousted Thai PM arrives in London
Sep 20 2006 3:16AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Thai newspaper reported that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in London Wednesday to reunite with his family.
|
|
|
Afghan clashes kill 4 suspected insurgents
Sep 20 2006 12:55AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Clashes and bombings left four suspected insurgents dead and three Afghan soldiers wounded in eastern Afghanistan, the defense ministry said Wednesday.
|
|
|
|
|
|