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Effects of toxic spill in China may linger
Nov 29 2005 11:42PM (CT)
HARBIN, China (AP) - Experts warned Tuesday that dangers from a huge chemical spill in this northeastern Chinese city could last for years because of toxins _ including cancer-causing benzene _ imbedded in ice and mud at the bottom of the Songhua River.
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U.S. asks Security Council to eye Myanmar
Nov 29 2005 10:07PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to put Myanmar on its agenda for the first time, accusing its military rulers of repressing political opponents including the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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HIV is spreading via India's highways
Nov 29 2005 9:27PM (CT)
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Zalisz Ahmed paid $1 and lost his virginity on the side of the road to one of India's countless young truck-stop prostitutes. He's had unprotected sex with many others since and says he's never heard of AIDS.
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Search continues for missing China miners
Nov 29 2005 4:35PM (CT)
QITAIHE, China (AP) - Rescuers in northeast China searched in freezing temperatures Tuesday for three coal miners who were trapped after an explosion killed at least 148 others.
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South Koreans rally stem-cell pioneer
Nov 29 2005 9:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans have rallied behind cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk after he admitted ethical lapses, with hundreds of women volunteering to donate eggs for research and supporters threatening a TV show reporting on the case.
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Japan endorses bill for asbestos victims
Nov 29 2005 8:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet endorsed legislation Tuesday to compensate people suffering from asbestos-related health problems amid a growing number of victims and criticism that the government was too slow to ban the cancer-causing substance.
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Japan space probe has thruster problem
Nov 29 2005 8:51AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese spacecraft that landed on an asteroid to collect surface samples for analysis has developed trouble with its thruster system, the nation's space agency said Tuesday.
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Clinton visits tsunami-battered Sri Lanka
Nov 29 2005 8:26AM (CT)
KINNIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Former President Clinton visited Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered northeast on Tuesday, praising reconstruction efforts and urging the government to seek peace with Tamil rebels.
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Five of six Marines deny raping woman
Nov 29 2005 7:18AM (CT)
OLONGAPO, Philippines (AP) - Five U.S. Marines on Tuesday denied raping a Filipino woman, with two of them saying they were not even present when the alleged assault happened, according to statements filed before prosecutors.
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Blasts kill 8 in two Bangladesh cities
Nov 29 2005 6:06AM (CT)
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) - Bombs exploded in two Bangladesh cities on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring 66 in what appeared to be the latest attack by militant Muslims intent on imposing harsh Islamic law, officials said.
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Catholic Church ordains priests in Vietnam
Nov 29 2005 5:55AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thousands of people lined the streets Tuesday as the Roman Catholic Church ordained 57 new priests in an unprecedented ceremony that added the single largest number of priests in Vietnam at one time.
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Weather clears in Kashmir quake-zone
Nov 29 2005 3:23AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Worsening weather has severely hampered aid efforts in earthquake-ravaged northern Pakistan and underscored the need to get urgent relief to shivering survivors before focusing on reconstruction, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
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Nepal women win right to get passports
Nov 29 2005 12:47AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered an end to a discriminatory practice that required women under age 35 to get written consent from her parents or husband to get a passport, the court said on Tuesday.
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