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Japanese panel rules U.S. beef safe enough
Oct 30 2005 11:03PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The risk of mad cow infection in U.S. beef is nearly as low as Japanese beef if proper precautions are taken, a government panel ruled Monday, a decision expected to lead to an easing of an import ban that has caused tensions with Washington.
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Militant-linked group claims India blasts
Oct 30 2005 10:54PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A little-known group that police say has ties to Kashmir's most feared militants claimed responsibility Sunday for a series of terrorist bombings that killed 59 people in New Delhi.
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Japanese protest U.S. military plan
Oct 30 2005 10:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Plans to realign U.S. military forces in Japan triggered protest rallies Sunday and drew harsh opposition from local officials and citizens' groups, who say not enough troops are leaving the country and the burden of hosting them is just being shifted from one community to another.
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Two GIs charged in alleged Afghan assault
Oct 30 2005 9:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with assault for allegedly punching two detainees in the chest, shoulders and stomach at a military base in Afghanistan, the military said Sunday.
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Search off for India train crash survivors
Oct 30 2005 7:23PM (CT)
VELIGONDA, India (AP) - Naval boats searched for dead bodies Sunday as rescuers gave up on finding more survivors from a train that plunged into a rainswollen river in southern India, killing at least 111 people, officials said.
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AP: UNICEF delivers Pakistan aid warning
Oct 30 2005 6:47PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Thousands of people could die unnecessarily from disease, diarrhea and untreated injuries if a disaster-weary world doesn't help quake-ravaged Pakistan, UNICEF's chief warned during a helicopter tour of the region Sunday.
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Pakistan, India to open Kashmir border
Oct 30 2005 6:41PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Relief workers and earthquake survivors on Sunday hailed an agreement between India and Pakistan to open their disputed frontier in embattled Kashmir as a breakthrough that will speed assistance to quake victims.
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Group said to be behind India blasts
Oct 30 2005 2:51PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A caller claimed Sunday that a little-known Islamic group in the Kashmir insurgency was behind terror bombings that killed at least 59 people at two crowded markets the day before in India's capital.
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N. Korea pledges to stick with nuke talks
Oct 30 2005 11:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's president went to North Korea with promises of economic support and emerged with a pledge from its leader to stick with six-nation talks aimed at halting the North's nuclear weapons program, a ruling party official said Sunday.
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UNICEF: Thousands may die in quake zone
Oct 30 2005 3:53AM (CT)
GARHI HABIBULLAH, Pakistan (AP) - UNICEF's chief warned Sunday that thousands more could die in South Asia's quake-stricken region from disease and injuries if quake survivors do not get more medical treatment, tents and blankets.
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