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Khmer Rouge tribunal holds 1st hearing
Nov 19 2007 11:50PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal opened its doors Tuesday for the first public court appearance of a Khmer Rouge figure since the regime's brutal reign of terror in the 1970s.
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Khmer Rouge tribunal holds 1st hearing
Nov 19 2007 11:50PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal opened its doors Tuesday for the first public court appearance of a Khmer Rouge figure since the regime's brutal reign of terror in the 1970s.
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Khmer Rouge tribunal holds 1st hearing
Nov 19 2007 11:50PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal opened its doors Tuesday for the first public court appearance of a Khmer Rouge figure since the regime's brutal reign of terror in the 1970s.
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Khmer Rouge tribunal holds 1st hearing
Nov 19 2007 11:50PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal opened its doors Tuesday for the first public court appearance of a Khmer Rouge figure since the regime's brutal reign of terror in the 1970s.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbacks
Nov 19 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan (AP) - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
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Philippines could block new Asia charter
Nov 19 2007 9:31PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The Philippines warned Monday it is unlikely to ratify a landmark Southeast Asian charter on financial, trade and environmental rules for its members unless Myanmar restores democracy.
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Philippines could block new Asia charter
Nov 19 2007 9:31PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The Philippines warned Monday it is unlikely to ratify a landmark Southeast Asian charter on financial, trade and environmental rules for its members unless Myanmar restores democracy.
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Philippines could block new Asia charter
Nov 19 2007 9:31PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The Philippines warned Monday it is unlikely to ratify a landmark Southeast Asian charter on financial, trade and environmental rules for its members unless Myanmar restores democracy.
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Philippines could block new Asia charter
Nov 19 2007 9:31PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The Philippines warned Monday it is unlikely to ratify a landmark Southeast Asian charter on financial, trade and environmental rules for its members unless Myanmar restores democracy.
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US presses NKorea on finance rules
Nov 19 2007 9:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. negotiators opened two days of talks with North Korea on Monday saying they were pressing for the communist government to follow the rules when doing business with companies abroad.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Nov 19 2007 7:35PM (CT)
BARGUNA, Bangladesh (AP) - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away.
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World's hottest chili to repel elephants
Nov 19 2007 6:01PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Wildlife experts in northeastern India are experimenting with a new weapon to prevent marauding elephants from destroying homes and crops and trampling people in villages close to their habitat _ super-hot chilies.
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Nicole Kidman testifies she was 'scared'
Nov 19 2007 2:57PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Nicole Kidman told a courtroom Monday how she was reduced to tears and feared a car accident after a celebrity photographer pursued her two years ago.
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Nicole Kidman testifies she was 'scared'
Nov 19 2007 2:57PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Nicole Kidman told a courtroom Monday how she was reduced to tears and feared a car accident after a celebrity photographer pursued her two years ago.
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Nicole Kidman testifies she was 'scared'
Nov 19 2007 2:57PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Nicole Kidman told a courtroom Monday how she was reduced to tears and feared a car accident after a celebrity photographer pursued her two years ago.
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Nicole Kidman testifies she was 'scared'
Nov 19 2007 2:57PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Nicole Kidman told a courtroom Monday how she was reduced to tears and feared a car accident after a celebrity photographer pursued her two years ago.
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Nicole Kidman testifies she was 'scared'
Nov 19 2007 2:57PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Nicole Kidman told a courtroom Monday how she was reduced to tears and feared a car accident after a celebrity photographer pursued her two years ago.
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Muharraf-named court rejects challenges
Nov 19 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Judges hand-picked by Gen. Pervez Musharraf took just two hours Monday to quash legal challenges to his disputed re-election as president, paving the way for him to fulfill a promise to quit as army chief, perhaps by the end of the month.
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Muharraf-named court rejects challenges
Nov 19 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Judges hand-picked by Gen. Pervez Musharraf took just two hours Monday to quash legal challenges to his disputed re-election as president, paving the way for him to fulfill a promise to quit as army chief, perhaps by the end of the month.
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Muharraf-named court rejects challenges
Nov 19 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Judges hand-picked by Gen. Pervez Musharraf took just two hours Monday to quash legal challenges to his disputed re-election as president, paving the way for him to fulfill a promise to quit as army chief, perhaps by the end of the month.
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Muharraf-named court rejects challenges
Nov 19 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Judges hand-picked by Gen. Pervez Musharraf took just two hours Monday to quash legal challenges to his disputed re-election as president, paving the way for him to fulfill a promise to quit as army chief, perhaps by the end of the month.
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Muharraf-named court rejects challenges
Nov 19 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Judges hand-picked by Gen. Pervez Musharraf took just two hours Monday to quash legal challenges to his disputed re-election as president, paving the way for him to fulfill a promise to quit as army chief, perhaps by the end of the month.
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Muharraf-named court rejects challenges
Nov 19 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Judges hand-picked by Gen. Pervez Musharraf took just two hours Monday to quash legal challenges to his disputed re-election as president, paving the way for him to fulfill a promise to quit as army chief, perhaps by the end of the month.
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Bomber kills Afghan governor's son
Nov 19 2007 1:58PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber targeting an Afghan provinicial governor killed seven people Monday, including the governor's son and six police officers. Fourteen people were wounded.
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Bomber kills Afghan governor's son
Nov 19 2007 1:58PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber targeting an Afghan provinicial governor killed seven people Monday, including the governor's son and six police officers. Fourteen people were wounded.
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UN: Gunfire 'onslaught' hit Afghan kids
Nov 19 2007 1:45PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan lawmakers' bodyguards fired indiscriminately into a crowd after a suicide bombing and children bore the brunt of the onslaught, according to an internal U.N. report obtained Monday. The report calls the shooting deliberate and criminal.
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Tiger killed in fight over food at park
Nov 19 2007 12:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Animal rights activists called Monday for improved living conditions at China's wild animal parks after the deaths of captive tigers from disease and starvation, including a tiger killed by four other cats in a fight over meager food supplies at a zoo in northeast China.
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Tiger killed in fight over food at park
Nov 19 2007 12:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Animal rights activists called Monday for improved living conditions at China's wild animal parks after the deaths of captive tigers from disease and starvation, including a tiger killed by four other cats in a fight over meager food supplies at a zoo in northeast China.
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Australia, NZ to Japan: Halt whale hunt
Nov 19 2007 9:37AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Australia and New Zealand appealed to Japan Monday to halt a whaling fleet headed for the Antarctic to hunt humpback whales, and Japanese officials denied activists' claim that the ships had turned off their radio locators to avoid detection.
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Australia, NZ to Japan: Halt whale hunt
Nov 19 2007 9:37AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Australia and New Zealand appealed to Japan Monday to halt a whaling fleet headed for the Antarctic to hunt humpback whales, and Japanese officials denied activists' claim that the ships had turned off their radio locators to avoid detection.
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Australia, NZ to Japan: Halt whale hunt
Nov 19 2007 9:37AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Australia and New Zealand appealed to Japan Monday to halt a whaling fleet headed for the Antarctic to hunt humpback whales, and Japanese officials denied activists' claim that the ships had turned off their radio locators to avoid detection.
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Heavy snow hits northeast China
Nov 19 2007 9:25AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Snowstorms across northeast China forced the brief closure Monday of three airports, stranding more than 1,000 travelers for hours.
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Land mine victims aim for volleyball win
Nov 19 2007 7:45AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Yim Vanna contemplated suicide after a land mine blew off his leg. But then something came along that gave him hope and a sense of self-worth _ volleyball.
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Feng shui master in Hong Kong court
Nov 19 2007 6:31AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - The battle for the fortune of Asia's wealthiest woman moved into the courtroom Monday, with a feng shui master, a charity and the dead woman's father-in-law all claiming the right to her billions.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets liaison minister
Nov 19 2007 6:28AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Monday for a third time with the Cabinet minister designated to handle relations with her in the latest effort to nudge along political reconciliation in Myanmar.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets liaison minister
Nov 19 2007 6:28AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Monday for a third time with the Cabinet minister designated to handle relations with her in the latest effort to nudge along political reconciliation in Myanmar.
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US diplomat warns of pitfalls in NKorea
Nov 19 2007 2:59AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. diplomat who signed an earlier deal halting North Korea's nuclear weapons development warned Monday that pitfalls remain in the latest accord with Pyongyang despite recent hopeful signs.
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China not fighting off e-waste nightmare
Nov 19 2007 2:17AM (CT)
GUIYU, China (AP) - The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
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China not fighting off e-waste nightmare
Nov 19 2007 2:17AM (CT)
GUIYU, China (AP) - The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
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China not fighting off e-waste nightmare
Nov 19 2007 2:17AM (CT)
GUIYU, China (AP) - The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
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China not fighting off e-waste nightmare
Nov 19 2007 2:17AM (CT)
GUIYU, China (AP) - The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
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China not fighting off e-waste nightmare
Nov 19 2007 2:17AM (CT)
GUIYU, China (AP) - The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.
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'Spiderman' scales part of China mountain
Nov 19 2007 1:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A daredevil French climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scaled part of a mountain in southern China using only his bare hands, months after he was banned from the country for clambering up Shanghai's tallest building without permission.
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