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Assets of Thai ex-premier's kin seized
Dec 13 2007 11:21PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thai tax authorities have seized assets worth about $34.2 million from family members of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, an official said Thursday.
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EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
Dec 13 2007 6:26PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
Dec 13 2007 6:26PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
Dec 13 2007 6:26PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
Dec 13 2007 6:26PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
Dec 13 2007 6:26PM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "road map" for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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Musharraf to end emergency rule Saturday
Dec 13 2007 5:49PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf will end emergency rule on Saturday as promised, but first he will amend the constitution to protect his decisions from court review, Pakistan's attorney general said Thursday.
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Musharraf to end emergency rule Saturday
Dec 13 2007 5:49PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf will end emergency rule on Saturday as promised, but first he will amend the constitution to protect his decisions from court review, Pakistan's attorney general said Thursday.
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Musharraf to end emergency rule Saturday
Dec 13 2007 5:49PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf will end emergency rule on Saturday as promised, but first he will amend the constitution to protect his decisions from court review, Pakistan's attorney general said Thursday.
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Attackers chop off man's 'magic' leg
Dec 13 2007 4:30PM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Two men attacked an 80-year-old, self-proclaimed holy man in southern India and chopped off his right leg, apparently believing it had magical powers, police said Thursday.
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SKorea seeks to preserve female divers
Dec 13 2007 2:49PM (CT)
GWIDEOK, South Korea (AP) - Lee Myung-ja wields a sharpened metal prod as she prepares to take another plunge into the clear ocean waters. Lead weights around her waist will help her reach the sea floor 65 feet below the surface.
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SKorea seeks to preserve female divers
Dec 13 2007 2:49PM (CT)
GWIDEOK, South Korea (AP) - Lee Myung-ja wields a sharpened metal prod as she prepares to take another plunge into the clear ocean waters. Lead weights around her waist will help her reach the sea floor 65 feet below the surface.
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SKorea seeks to preserve female divers
Dec 13 2007 2:49PM (CT)
GWIDEOK, South Korea (AP) - Lee Myung-ja wields a sharpened metal prod as she prepares to take another plunge into the clear ocean waters. Lead weights around her waist will help her reach the sea floor 65 feet below the surface.
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SKorea seeks to preserve female divers
Dec 13 2007 2:49PM (CT)
GWIDEOK, South Korea (AP) - Lee Myung-ja wields a sharpened metal prod as she prepares to take another plunge into the clear ocean waters. Lead weights around her waist will help her reach the sea floor 65 feet below the surface.
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Chinese remember 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 13 2007 1:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Sirens sounded and students stood at attention Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
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Chinese remember 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 13 2007 1:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Sirens sounded and students stood at attention Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
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Chinese remember 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 13 2007 1:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Sirens sounded and students stood at attention Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
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Chinese remember 'Nanking Massacre'
Dec 13 2007 1:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Sirens sounded and students stood at attention Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
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US experts aiding S. Korea in oil spill
Dec 13 2007 10:53AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A team of U.S. Coast Guard experts arrived in South Korea on Thursday to help with the country's worst oil spill, as hundreds of vessels struggled in bad weather to contain the disaster for a seventh day.
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Twin suicide blasts in Pakistan
Dec 13 2007 8:12AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Two suicide bombings killed three members of Pakistan's security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta on Thursday, state television reported.
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Korean-American's spy conviction stands
Dec 13 2007 7:46AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's seven-year sentence against a Korean-American convicted of spying for North Korea.
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Activists held under strict security law
Dec 13 2007 6:59AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian authorities arrested five ethnic Indian activists Thursday under a security law that allows indefinite detention without trial, a lawyer said.
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6 Afghans killed in mine blast
Dec 13 2007 6:07AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A civilian car hit a freshly planted land mine in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing six people and wounding six others, and Taliban militants beheaded a woman they accused of spying and her grandson, officials said.
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Russia seizes 4 Japanese fishing boats
Dec 13 2007 5:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan said Thursday that Russia seized four Japanese fishing boats in disputed waters between the two countries, calling the detention unacceptable and demanding an explanation from Moscow.
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Australian police seek to restrict Hicks
Dec 13 2007 3:58AM (CT)
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Australian police applied Thursday for a court order to limit the movements of an al-Qaida supporter after his release from prison this month, an official said.
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Train bomb kills 5 in northeast India
Dec 13 2007 2:59AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A bomb tore through a moving train in India's remote northeast Thursday, killing five passengers and wounding four others, officials said. A little-known militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Vietnam frees French democracy activist
Dec 13 2007 1:39AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese authorities released a French activist who was arrested after preparing pro-democracy pamphlets, making her the fourth foreign citizen released this week after being investigated for suspected terrorism.
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Japan scientists develop fearless mouse
Dec 13 2007 1:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The age-old animosity between cats and mice could be a thing of the past with genetically modified mice that Japanese scientists say show no fear and shed new light on mammal behavior.
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Japan scientists develop fearless mouse
Dec 13 2007 1:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The age-old animosity between cats and mice could be a thing of the past with genetically modified mice that Japanese scientists say show no fear and shed new light on mammal behavior.
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