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Date for debate recall set in Taiwan
Nov 9 2006 10:29PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's Legislature on Friday voted to approve debating the recall of embattled President Chen Shui-bian on Nov. 24, though the issue is given little chance of passing.
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China anticipates bumpy road with U.S.
Nov 9 2006 9:55PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is uneasily anticipating a bumpy road in relations with the United States now that the Democrats' victory in midterm elections has placed one of Beijing's most ardent critics in charge of the House of Representatives.
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Terrorism trial of 3 Americans starts
Nov 9 2006 9:05PM (CT)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - Three Americans and four Vietnamese went on trial on terrorism charges Friday, accused of plotting to seize radio airwaves to call for an uprising against the communist government.
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Terrorism trial of 3 Americans starts
Nov 9 2006 8:45PM (CT)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - Three Americans and four Vietnamese went before a judge Friday in Ho Chi Minh City to face terrorism charges after allegedly plotting to seize radio airwaves to call for an uprising against the communist government.
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26 Sri Lankan sailors killed in battle
Nov 9 2006 7:45PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan separatist rebels clashed with government navy and air forces Thursday off the northern Jaffna peninsula, with rebels claiming they killed 26 sailors and captured four others.
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Afghanistan expects no changes with U.S.
Nov 9 2006 4:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Top American and Afghan officials said Thursday they don't expect the United States' commitment to Afghanistan to change despite the shake-up in Congress and the Pentagon. A new poll found that Afghans are losing confidence in the direction their country is headed.
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China judge urges death penalty caution
Nov 9 2006 4:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's chief justice is urging extreme caution when imposing the death penalty, state media said, the latest effort apparently aimed at curbing the country's frequent use of capital punishment.
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Senior U.N. official visits Myanmar
Nov 9 2006 12:05PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A senior U.N. official arrived Thursday in Myanmar for a widely watched visit that the United Nations has said will include a meeting with detained Nobel laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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1-child policy stems Chinese population
Nov 9 2006 11:57AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's population of 1.3 billion people would be 400 million higher if not for the government's policy of limiting most families to one child, state media reported Thursday.
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Sri Lankan navy clashes with rebels
Nov 9 2006 11:53AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - At least nine vessels were destroyed in a naval clash Thursday between Tamil rebels and Sri Lanka's navy off the northern coast, officials said, as a human rights group denounced the shelling of a school by the military in which at least 23 people were killed and scores injured.
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28 suspected Taliban killed in clashes
Nov 9 2006 9:30AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO launched airstrikes as clashes in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar killed 28 suspected Taliban militants, police said Thursday.
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Thai legislature to lift ban on meetings
Nov 9 2006 6:45AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's National Legislative Assembly voted Thursday to lift a ban on public gatherings of more than five people, the assembly president said.
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8 bomb blasts in Thailand injures 9
Nov 9 2006 4:18AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Eight bombs exploded almost simultaneously at car and motorcycle showrooms in restive southern Thailand on Thursday, wounding nine people, police said.
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Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir hospitalized
Nov 9 2006 2:40AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the architect of the country's modernization, was hospitalized Thursday after suffering a mild heart attack, hospital officials and a relative said.
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