Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 convicted of killing tsunami victim
Dec 13 2006 11:35PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Sri Lankan court convicted two men and sentenced them to death for killing a woman who survived the first waves of the 2004 tsunami but then was pushed back into the sea by the pair after they snatched her gold necklace, a police officer said Thursday.
|
|
|
2,000 killed in Afghanistan since Sept.
Dec 13 2006 4:51PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Almost 2,100 militants have been killed in Afghanistan since Sept. 1 in operations involving coalition special forces soldiers, a U.S. Army spokesman said.
|
|
|
Russian churches to reconcile
Dec 13 2006 1:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, which split from its Moscow-based parent after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, have voted to fully reconcile with the Russian church next May, a spokesman said.
|
|
|
Terror charges dropped against suspect
Dec 13 2006 12:41PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Terrorism charges were dropped Wednesday against a suspect labeled as a key figure in an alleged plot to blow up jets flying from London to the United States this summer.
|
|
|
S.Korea calls for progress on nuke talks
Dec 13 2006 12:28PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's new foreign minister called Wednesday for all sides to work for progress at upcoming talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, saying Seoul would play an active role in seeking to persuade Pyongyang to disarm.
|
|
|
Malaysia's 13th king is crowned
Dec 13 2006 11:44AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin was crowned Malaysia's 13th king Wednesday in a traditional ceremony filled with pomp and pageantry, becoming the second youngest monarch.
|
|
|
China to add shrine visits in memorial
Dec 13 2006 10:29AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A memorial marking the slaughter of Chinese citizens of Nanjing by Japanese troops will soon include exhibits showing visits by Japanese politicians to a Tokyo shrine that honors war dead, state media reported Wednesday.
|
|
|
S.Korea: Base relocation project delayed
Dec 13 2006 10:11AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea said Wednesday a project to move the U.S. military headquarters out of the capital of Seoul is being delayed and unlikely to meet its target date.
|
|
|
Karzai: Pakistan trying to make 'slaves'
Dec 13 2006 9:24AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday lashed out at Pakistan for the third time this week, accusing the neighboring country of trying to make "slaves" of the Afghan people.
|
|
|
U.S. custody request denied in Philippines
Dec 13 2006 6:33AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine judge overruled his own government Wednesday and denied a U.S. request for custody of a Marine who is appealing a local rape conviction.
|
|
|
Suspected al-Qaida-linked hideout raided
Dec 13 2006 6:10AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The air force raided a suspected hideout of al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines and recovered a powerful bomb believed intended for use in an attack, an official said Wednesday.
|
|
|
Over 400 ethnic Hmongs surrender in Laos
Dec 13 2006 1:01AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - More than 400 members of the Hmong hill tribe minority who have been on the run for decades from the communist government of Laos surrendered to the authorities there on Wednesday, supporters of the group said.
|
|
|
|
|
|