Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xangsane downgraded to tropical storm
Sep 30 2006 11:41PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Typhoon Xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it injured at least five people, damaged hundreds of homes and caused widespread blackouts, officials said.
|
|
|
Thai military announces constitution
Sep 30 2006 11:29PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's ruling military announced an interim constitution Sunday that was to be followed by the naming of a prime minister to head the country for the next year.
|
|
|
U.S. defense gear said to arrive in Asia
Sep 30 2006 8:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Heavy vehicles and other equipment related to the upcoming deployment of advanced Patriot interceptor missiles at American bases on southern Okinawa island arrived in Japan on Saturday, news reports said.
|
|
|
Afghanistan mulls herbicide in drug war
Sep 30 2006 6:47PM (CT)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) - With profits from this spring's record opium crop fueling a broad Taliban offensive, Afghan authorities say they are considering a once unthinkable way to deal with the scourge: spraying poppy fields with herbicide.
|
|
|
Sri Lanka attacks leave 11 rebels dead
Sep 30 2006 5:16PM (CT)
AMPARA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan forces on Saturday ambushed a group of Tamil Tiger rebels allegedly planning to attack a police checkpoint in the east, killing 11 insurgents, while a separate bomb attack killed three policemen, officials said.
|
|
|
Private prison head freed in Afghanistan
Sep 30 2006 5:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American was released from an Afghan prison and flown out of the country Saturday after serving more than two years for running a private prison as part of a freelance hunt for terrorists, officials said.
|
|
|
Bomber kills 12, wounds 42 in Kabul
Sep 30 2006 4:11PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy pedestrian alley next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
|
|
|
Indian police blame Pakistan for blasts
Sep 30 2006 3:57PM (CT)
MUMBAI, India (AP) - An Indian investigator on Saturday blamed Pakistan's spy agency of orchestrating the July train bombings that killed at least 207 people in Mumbai, an accusation that could threaten the already shaky peace process between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
|
|
|
Democracy activists arrested in Myanmar
Sep 30 2006 11:52AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military junta detained two former dissident leaders on Saturday as part of a renewed crackdown on pro-democracy activists following anniversary celebrations of Aung San Suu Kyi's political party.
|
|
|
Embattled Taiwan leader lauds democracy
Sep 30 2006 11:01AM (CT)
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) - Embattled President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday told tens of thousands of applauding supporters to value democratic freedoms, even as protesters use those rights to call for his resignation.
|
|
|
Karzai, Musharraf to lead tribal talks
Sep 30 2006 9:20AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that he and the Pakistani president will jointly lead a series of tribal gatherings along their countries' shared border to quell attacks on Afghanistan by Pakistan-based Taliban rebels.
|
|
|
Critics denounce deposed Thai leader
Sep 30 2006 6:22AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Critics repeatedly charged that Thaksin Shinawatra used his five years as Thai premier to boost the fortunes of his media and telecommunications empire and enrich his family.
|
|
|
Thousands demonstrate in streets of Gaza
Sep 30 2006 3:40AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Thousands of government employees and security officials filled the streets of Gaza on Saturday, burning tires, blocking roads and firing in the air to protest delays and complications in receiving their long-awaited salaries.
|
|
|
12 killed in Kabul suicide bombing
Sep 30 2006 1:50AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated himself next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, an official said.
|
|
|
|
|
|