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Indonesia executions lead to violence
Sep 21 2006 11:20PM (CT)
PALU, Indonesia (AP) - Three Christian militants were executed by firing squad Friday for leading attacks on Muslims six years ago that left at least 70 people dead, sparking fresh sectarian clashes on restive Sulawesi island, police said.
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Turkish author acquitted, but law stays
Sep 21 2006 9:06PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - One of Turkey's leading authors was acquitted Thursday of "insulting Turkishness" _ a crime Western-looking Turks view as an embarrassment and one of the biggest obstacles to joining the European Union.
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Thai coup leaders tighten controls
Sep 21 2006 9:05PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's new military rulers tightened their grip Thursday, restricting political activities, assuming legislative powers and detaining some allies of the deposed prime minister.
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Pakistani clerics demand pope's removal
Sep 21 2006 9:03PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting Thursday in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of Pope Benedict XVI for making what they called "insulting remarks" against Islam.
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Thais hope coup can calm violence
Sep 21 2006 3:29PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - With an exiled Muslim leader welcoming the coup in Thailand, many hope the bloodless transfer of power will help quell a violent Islamic insurgency critics say was aggravated by the heavy-handed tactics of the ousted prime minister.
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2 Royal Bengal tigers die at India zoo
Sep 21 2006 1:42PM (CT)
AMRITSAR, India (AP) - Two young Royal Bengal tigers died unexpectedly at a zoo in India where dozens of lions have already died young, possibly because of a breeding program that produced weak animals, a conservator said Thursday.
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Poll: Chinese military worries neighbors
Sep 21 2006 1:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - China's neighbors worry far more about the country's military resurgence than about its massive economic surge, international polling suggests.
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India says bombing case nearly solved
Sep 21 2006 12:46PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Police are close to solving the case of the July commuter train bombings in Mumbai that killed more than 200 people, a top official said Thursday. Police have arrested 15 people since the attack, in which seven bombs ripped through the suburban trains in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay.
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Vietnam deports American activist Do
Sep 21 2006 11:24AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam on Thursday deported an American pro-democracy activist suspected of plotting against the communist government, his daughter said.
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U.S. likely to maintain Afghan force
Sep 21 2006 11:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan are likely to remain steady, at about 21,000, at least until next February, the top U.S. general for the mission there said Thursday.
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North Korea avoids meeting of 8 nations
Sep 21 2006 10:53AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - North Korea stayed away from a gathering of diplomats from the United States and seven other nations Thursday that focused on the specter of a nuclear North Korea.
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Japanese court gives teachers rare win
Sep 21 2006 10:05AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A court ruled Thursday that an order forcing Tokyo teachers to stand before Japan's flag and sing an anthem to the emperor violated the constitution, a rare victory for the country's waning pacifist movement, plaintiffs' lawyers said.
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Turkish court acquits novelist Shafak
Sep 21 2006 9:29AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - One of Turkey's leading authors was acquitted Thursday of "insulting Turkishness" in a novel that touched on the mass killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
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4 suspected Taliban die in Afghanistan
Sep 21 2006 9:21AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Police clashed with militants who tried to set fire to an oil tanker in southern Afghanistan, killing four suspected members of the Taliban, a police official said Thursday.
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Nearly 200 Chinese med students sickened
Sep 21 2006 8:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Nearly 200 students at a school in northeastern China have been hospitalized, apparently with food poisoning, after eating in the facility's cafeteria, state media said Thursday.
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Worker arrested at Tiananmen released
Sep 21 2006 7:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A factory worker has been released after serving 17 years in jail for setting fire to a military vehicle during the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, he said Thursday.
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U.S. sets conditions for N. Korea visit
Sep 21 2006 6:11AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The main U.S. nuclear envoy could visit Pyongyang if North Korea ends its boycott of international nuclear talks, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea said in an interview Thursday.
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China: Thai coup complicates U.N. race
Sep 21 2006 4:58AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The coup that toppled Thailand's prime minister complicates his deputy's candidacy to be the next U.N. secretary-general, China's U.N. ambassador said.
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95 dead as storms lash India, Bangladesh
Sep 21 2006 1:31AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The death toll in Bangladesh and India rose to at least 95 and nearly 1,000 remained missing Thursday after storms capsized boats, toppled houses and washed away roads, news reports and officials said.
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