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North Korea to disable nuclear program
Oct 3 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea pledged to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year's end, then signed a wide-ranging reconciliation pact with South Korea Thursday promising to work for peace on the divided peninsula.
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North Korea to disable nuclear program
Oct 3 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea pledged to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year's end, then signed a wide-ranging reconciliation pact with South Korea Thursday promising to work for peace on the divided peninsula.
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North Korea to disable nuclear program
Oct 3 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea pledged to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year's end, then signed a wide-ranging reconciliation pact with South Korea Thursday promising to work for peace on the divided peninsula.
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North Korea to disable nuclear program
Oct 3 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea pledged to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year's end, then signed a wide-ranging reconciliation pact with South Korea Thursday promising to work for peace on the divided peninsula.
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North Korea to disable nuclear program
Oct 3 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea pledged to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year's end, then signed a wide-ranging reconciliation pact with South Korea Thursday promising to work for peace on the divided peninsula.
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North Korea to disable nuclear program
Oct 3 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea pledged to detail its nuclear programs and disable all activities at its main reactor complex by year's end, then signed a wide-ranging reconciliation pact with South Korea Thursday promising to work for peace on the divided peninsula.
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Taiwan likely to show off new missile
Oct 3 2007 10:43PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan seems set to unveil a cruise missile _ capable of hitting targets in China _ at next week's National Day observance, a military official said Wednesday, in a move likely to ratchet up tensions between the rivals.
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Typhoon slams into Vietnam's coast
Oct 3 2007 9:20PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Typhoon Lekima slammed into Vietnam's central coast Wednesday night, killing two people, destroying hundreds of houses and unleashing floods in one of the country's poorest regions.
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Pakistan power-sharing talks stall
Oct 3 2007 8:30PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed Wednesday to inflict a "severe blow" to the re-election plan of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf by pulling her party's lawmakers out of parliament unless he yields in stalled power-sharing talks.
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Pakistan power-sharing talks stall
Oct 3 2007 8:30PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed Wednesday to inflict a "severe blow" to the re-election plan of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf by pulling her party's lawmakers out of parliament unless he yields in stalled power-sharing talks.
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Pakistan power-sharing talks stall
Oct 3 2007 8:30PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto vowed Wednesday to inflict a "severe blow" to the re-election plan of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf by pulling her party's lawmakers out of parliament unless he yields in stalled power-sharing talks.
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UN chief says envoy's trip not a success
Oct 3 2007 4:49PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that his special envoy delivered "the strongest possible message" to Myanmar's military leaders about their bloody crackdown on democracy activists, but added that he couldn't call the trip "a success."
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Myanmar troops stage nighttime arrests
Oct 3 2007 4:33PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - After crushing the democracy uprising with guns, Myanmar's junta stepped up its campaign to intimidate citizens Wednesday, sending troops to drag people from their homes in the middle of the night and letting others know they were marked for retribution.
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Myanmar troops stage nighttime arrests
Oct 3 2007 4:33PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - After crushing the democracy uprising with guns, Myanmar's junta stepped up its campaign to intimidate citizens Wednesday, sending troops to drag people from their homes in the middle of the night and letting others know they were marked for retribution.
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Myanmar's minorities face persecution
Oct 3 2007 2:48PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - While international attention has focused on the protests for democracy in Myanmar's cities, a hidden war has decimated generations of the country's powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality for decades.
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Myanmar's minorities face persecution
Oct 3 2007 2:48PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - While international attention has focused on the protests for democracy in Myanmar's cities, a hidden war has decimated generations of the country's powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality for decades.
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Myanmar's minorities face persecution
Oct 3 2007 2:48PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - While international attention has focused on the protests for democracy in Myanmar's cities, a hidden war has decimated generations of the country's powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality for decades.
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Myanmar's minorities face persecution
Oct 3 2007 2:48PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - While international attention has focused on the protests for democracy in Myanmar's cities, a hidden war has decimated generations of the country's powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality for decades.
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Vietnam enacts motorbike helmet law
Oct 3 2007 2:27PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The head trauma ward at Viet Duc Hospital in Vietnam's capital is so crammed with beds, they line both sides of the room and spill out in the hallway. All are filled with unconscious patients with head injuries _ motorcyclists who crashed with no helmets.
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5 Dutch soldiers wounded in Afghanistan
Oct 3 2007 12:09PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants killed two policemen and destroyed a remote government office in central Afghanistan, while five Dutch troops were wounded in a clash in the country's south, officials said Wednesday.
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13 killed in railway stampede in India
Oct 3 2007 11:53AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - At least 13 elderly women traveling to a Hindu festival were trampled to death and 42 others were injured Wednesday in a northern Indian railway station when two trains arrived on adjacent platforms, officials said.
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Former politician sentenced to death
Oct 3 2007 11:36AM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - A court on Wednesday condemned a former lawmaker to death for his role in a 1994 murder of a government official, the first time a member of India's parliament has received a capital sentence.
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Militants, soldiers killed in Pakistan
Oct 3 2007 11:24AM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected militants attacked a Pakistan army checkpoint near the Afghan border early Wednesday, triggering a gunbattle that left 10 militants and two soldiers dead, an army spokesman said.
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Islamabad's radical Red Mosque reopens
Oct 3 2007 10:14AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamabad's militant Red Mosque reopened Wednesday with a defiant call for Islamic law from its incarcerated prayer leader, nearly three months after an army raid there left more than 100 people dead.
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Islamabad's radical Red Mosque reopens
Oct 3 2007 10:14AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamabad's militant Red Mosque reopened Wednesday with a defiant call for Islamic law from its incarcerated prayer leader, nearly three months after an army raid there left more than 100 people dead.
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Islamabad's radical Red Mosque reopens
Oct 3 2007 10:14AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamabad's militant Red Mosque reopened Wednesday with a defiant call for Islamic law from its incarcerated prayer leader, nearly three months after an army raid there left more than 100 people dead.
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Islamabad's radical Red Mosque reopens
Oct 3 2007 10:14AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamabad's militant Red Mosque reopened Wednesday with a defiant call for Islamic law from its incarcerated prayer leader, nearly three months after an army raid there left more than 100 people dead.
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Islamabad's radical Red Mosque reopens
Oct 3 2007 10:14AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamabad's militant Red Mosque reopened Wednesday with a defiant call for Islamic law from its incarcerated prayer leader, nearly three months after an army raid there left more than 100 people dead.
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North Korea agrees to disable nuke plant
Oct 3 2007 8:42AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korea will provide a complete list of its nuclear programs and disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by Dec. 31, actions that will be overseen by a U.S.-led team, the six nations involved in disarmament talks said Wednesday.
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Myanmar frees journalist held for 6 days
Oct 3 2007 8:12AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Authorities on Wednesday released a prominent Myanmar reporter for the Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun after six days in detention, but there were reports that other journalists remained missing after a government crackdown on protests.
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US backs N.Korea nuclear facilities plan
Oct 3 2007 2:03AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States said it expects agreement in the coming days on a plan to disable North Korea' nuclear facilities by the end of the year, but stressed that what counts is whether the North agrees to give up its nuclear weapons and the fissile material to make them.
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China lawyer says he was beaten by thugs
Oct 3 2007 12:50AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An outspoken Chinese lawyer said Wednesday he was abducted and beaten for hours, and accused of causing unrest by representing clients with complaints of official corruption and police abuse.
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