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N. Korea, U.S. diplomats discuss nukes
Dec 19 2006 11:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. and North Korean diplomats met face-to-face Tuesday to discuss international efforts to get the communist regime to give up its nuclear arms program and the North's demand for Washington to stop trying to freeze it out of the global banking system.
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10 killed in concert crush in Indonesia
Dec 19 2006 9:43PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A stampede at a pop concert in central Indonesia killed 10 people and injured scores of others, most of them teenagers, police said Wednesday.
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China tightens rules on foreign adoption
Dec 19 2006 8:51PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is imposing new restrictions on foreign adoptions, barring applicants who are unmarried, obese, over 50 or who take antidepressants, according to U.S. adoption agencies.
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Hopes dim for missing climbers in China
Dec 19 2006 5:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - There is only a "slim" chance that two Colorado climbers missing since November are still alive in a region of 20,000-foot peaks in China's southwest, an official said Tuesday.
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Nuke deal with U.S. criticized in India
Dec 19 2006 3:56PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A nuclear cooperation pact touted as the cornerstone of an emerging India-U.S. partnership faced renewed criticism Tuesday in New Delhi, underscoring how far the countries have to go as they try to overcome decades of mistrust.
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Special Forces stop Afghan suicide cell
Dec 19 2006 3:50PM (CT)
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) - While the southern city of Kandahar reels from a series of suicide attacks, Kabul is enjoying a respite because of a little-publicized operation that officials say disrupted Taliban suicide training cells and scattered hundreds of fighters.
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Japan leader eyes move on constitution
Dec 19 2006 12:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he wants to pass legislation next year that would allow a national referendum on changing Japan's pacifist Constitution.
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Thai coup leader: Martial law necessary
Dec 19 2006 12:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The powerful army commander who led a coup in September said Tuesday that martial law needs to be maintained in certain parts of Thailand, citing recent arson attacks targeting schools in the country's north and northeast.
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Polish leader asked to extend Iraq tour
Dec 19 2006 10:32AM (CT)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The government asked the president Tuesday to prolong the mission of Poland's 900 troops in Iraq for another year, until the end of 2007.
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Taliban reportedly kill 2 for spying
Dec 19 2006 10:31AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants beheaded a man and fatally stabbed another as a warning to villagers not to give the government or NATO information about Taliban activities, a villager who said he witnessed the incident said Tuesday.
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Oil comes to the rescue of Arctic town
Dec 19 2006 10:25AM (CT)
HAMMERFEST, Norway (AP) - The sprawling fish processing plant that once dominated the downtown waterfront of this Arctic town is gone, with workers racing in the Polar darkness to build its replacement, a sparkling new cultural center.
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Chinese land-protest leaders go on trial
Dec 19 2006 10:02AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities retaliated against seven farmers who led land protests in southern China by charging them with extortion and putting them on trial Tuesday, the farmers' lawyer and an activist said.
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India's tribal people win land rights
Dec 19 2006 9:57AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Millions of poor tribal people living in India's remote forests for generations will receive ownership rights under a new bill approved by Parliament, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Marine to stay in Manila jail for now
Dec 19 2006 8:28AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A U.S. Marine convicted of raping a Filipino woman will remain in a Manila jail over the Christmas holidays after his petition to be transferred immediately to the custody of the U.S. Embassy was rejected Tuesday.
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In Pakistan, ex-rebel tribal chief slain
Dec 19 2006 8:17AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A former anti-government tribal chief was killed and six other men were wounded Tuesday in a land mine explosion in southwestern Pakistan, police said.
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Indian court convicts politician's son
Dec 19 2006 3:40AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The son of a wealthy Indian politician has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of a waitress who refused to serve him a drink, a case that tested the Indian judiciary's willingness to take on the powerful elite.
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NKorea nuclear talks address disarmament
Dec 19 2006 3:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Financial experts from the United States and North Korea on Tuesday met to address Washington's campaign to isolate Pyongyang from the international banking system, the key stumbling block blamed for the North's 13-month boycott of nuclear talks.
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U.S., N.Korea begin financial meeting
Dec 19 2006 2:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The United States and North Korea held talks Tuesday on the financial restrictions Washington imposed on the communist regime for alleged illegal activity.
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