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7 killed in Vietnam building collapse
Oct 20 2006 11:31PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A four-story home in southern Vietnam collapsed during construction, killing seven workers and injuring four others, an official said Saturday.
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U.N. says Myanmar not probing abuses
Oct 20 2006 11:02PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Myanmar's military government refuses to investigate widespread human rights abuses including summary executions, torture and forced labor, the U.N. special investigator for human rights in the country said in a report circulated Friday.
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North Korea may be backing off showdown
Oct 20 2006 9:52PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea showed signs Friday it could be backing away from its nuclear showdown with the world, even as it staged a show of domestic support in Pyongyang, where tens of thousands gathered to laud the country's first atomic test.
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China takes tough stance on North Korea
Oct 20 2006 4:49PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An exasperated China took a newly tough approach to communist ally North Korea on Friday, siding with the United States in saying the North must back away from nuclear confrontation, and moving to cut Pyongyang's vital supply of hard currency.
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Number of births in Japan up again
Oct 20 2006 1:44PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The number of babies born in Japan rose for the seventh straight month in August, the government said Friday, raising hopes for an upturn in the country's plunging annual birthrate and declining population.
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Japanese family sues over death
Oct 20 2006 1:43PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The family of a Japanese woman robbed and beaten to death by an American sailor filed a lawsuit Friday against the attacker and the Japanese government, a court official said.
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Sri Lankan navy destroys 2 rebel boats
Oct 20 2006 12:30PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's navy destroyed two Tamil rebel boats Friday, killing at least 20 insurgents, after the guerrillas launched an attack that triggered a fierce gunbattle in the volatile north, the military said.
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Gunmen kill 8 civilians in Afghanistan
Oct 20 2006 12:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen ambushed a car carrying Afghan civilians working on a remote U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan and killed eight of them execution-style, a police official said Friday.
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Report: N. Korea 'sorry' for nuke test
Oct 20 2006 10:10AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said Pyongyang didn't plan to carry out any more nuclear tests and expressed regret about the country's first-ever atomic detonation last week, a South Korean news agency reported Friday.
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China weighing tough measures vs N.Korea
Oct 20 2006 10:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is weighing tough measures to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions, with government experts calling for the reduction of critical supplies of oil and food that have helped sustain its isolated, impoverished neighbor.
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Pakistan bomb blast kills 7, wounds 41
Oct 20 2006 9:11AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb left in a fruit cart struck a crowded market Friday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens, police said.
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Myanmar pro-democracy activist jailed
Oct 20 2006 1:23AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - An activist in a petition drive calling on Myanmar's military leaders to release political prisoners was sentenced to three years in prison at a trial where he was denied a lawyer and defense witnesses, a fellow activist said Friday.
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Gunmen kill 8 civilians in Afghanistan
Oct 20 2006 1:13AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen ambushed a car carrying Afghan civilians working for a remote U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan and killed eight of them execution-style, a police official said Friday.
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