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S. Korean minister offers to resign
Oct 24 2006 9:59PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's unification minister, in charge of relations with North Korea, offered to resign to take responsibility for the North's nuclear test, the presidential office said Wednesday.
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China says N. Korea not planning test
Oct 24 2006 9:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China gave its first full public account Tuesday of its mission to North Korea, saying it got no apology from top leader Kim Jong Il for the atomic explosion but did receive assurances there were no plans for a second nuclear test.
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Chinese river mysteriously turns red
Oct 24 2006 5:52PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A half-mile section of China's Yellow River turned "red and smelly" after an unknown discharge was poured into it from a sewage pipe, state media said Monday.
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N. Korean defectors detained in Thailand
Oct 24 2006 3:42PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Dozens of North Korean defectors were arrested Tuesday in Thailand after entering the country illegally to seek refuge from their impoverished homeland, police and a South Korean missionary group said.
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Test sparks N. Korea backlash in Japan
Oct 24 2006 3:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When a bamboo grove mysteriously erupted in flames and nearly engulfed an office compound of Japan's biggest pro-North Korean organization, So Chung-on was hardly surprised.
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Sri Lanka negotiators prepare for talks
Oct 24 2006 3:30PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Troops fatally shot a Tamil Tiger separatist and a roadside bomb wounded a soldier in the volatile north Tuesday as government and rebel negotiators prepared to leave Sri Lanka for peace talks.
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Iran's supreme leader seeks calm in Iraq
Oct 24 2006 2:48PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for an end to the bloody sectarian conflict tearing apart neighboring Iraq.
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Iraq, Japan negotiating $3.5B loan
Oct 24 2006 9:12AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and Iraq are negotiating details of a $3.5 billion loan, primarily to be used to reconstruct the nation's oil sector, Iraq's oil minister said Tuesday.
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Report: Dye turns Yellow River red
Oct 24 2006 7:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities have told a Chinese heating company it will be fined for discharging dyed water into the Yellow River, turning a half-mile section bright red, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday.
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SKorea defense minister offers to resign
Oct 24 2006 6:59AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's defense minister said Tuesday that he has offered to resign, just days after he sealed a deal with the United States for Seoul to regain full wartime control of South Korean forces.
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2 militants in 2002 Bali bombing freed
Oct 24 2006 5:50AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two Islamic militants jailed for the Bali bombings that killed 202 people were freed Tuesday, and nine others had their sentences reduced to mark the end of the Islamic fasting month.
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China denies reports of N. Korea apology
Oct 24 2006 3:21AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il did not apologize for his regime's nuclear test when a special envoy from China's president visited Pyongyang last week, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
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