Middle East News
European News
Canadian News
Latin American News
Asian News
Australian & Pacific News
African News
|
|
|
|
|
|
North Korea nuclear talks resume
Dec 17 2006 11:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program resumed Monday for the first time in more than a year, a test of whether the secretive communist regime is willing to negotiate after its surprise atomic test rattled the region this fall.
|
|
|
Bhutan's king vows to modernize nation
Dec 17 2006 11:14PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Bhutan's new king pledged in a speech to tens of thousands of supporters Sunday to carry on his father's legacy of transforming the secluded Himalayan kingdom into a parliamentary democracy.
|
|
|
4 killed in moderate quake near Sumatra
Dec 17 2006 10:38PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A moderate earthquake killed at least four people and damaged scores of buildings early Monday on Indonesia's Sumatra island, which is still recovering from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, witnesses and seismologists said.
|
|
|
France to pull troops from Afghanistan
Dec 17 2006 11:52AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan, all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S anti-terror operation there, authorities announced Sunday.
|
|
|
Envoy: Bangladesh parties must end feud
Dec 17 2006 9:06AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The American envoy in Bangladesh urged its bickering political parties to stop meddling in the electoral process and called on the interim government on Sunday to play an impartial role in the vote.
|
|
|
27 killed at Pakistan wedding party
Dec 17 2006 8:01AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A fire erupted in a wedding tent in eastern Pakistan, triggering a stampede and the collapse of a wall that killed 27 women and children, police said Sunday. The bride was among the dead.
|
|
|
Killer elephant named after Osama slain
Dec 17 2006 12:36AM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A killer elephant named after Osama bin Laden by fearful villagers was killed by sharpshooters, officials said Sunday. The animal was blamed for 14 deaths in the northeastern state of Assam.
|
|
|
|
|
|