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Attacker targets Pakistan ex-minister
Dec 20 2007 11:50PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a residential compound of Pakistan's former interior minister as he received visitors on an Islamic holiday early Friday, police said. Casualties were expected, but the politician was unhurt, police said.
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Robin Williams, Lance Armstrong in Kabul
Dec 20 2007 5:01PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Robin Williams and Lance Armstrong took a swipe at the French, Kid Rock strummed "Sweet Home Alabama," comedian Lewis Black grumbled about the falling snow, and Miss USA told the troops to keep "kicking butt."
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Corrupt prosecutor gets death sentence
Dec 20 2007 3:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A former prosecutor in northern China has been sentenced to death for taking bribes and embezzling funds totaling $2.66 million, a court official said Thursday.
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Bhutto campaigns in home province
Dec 20 2007 2:53PM (CT)
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan (AP) - Bringing her election campaign to her home province, Benazir Bhutto vowed that neither bullets nor bombs could keep her away from the Pakistani people.
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Bhutto campaigns in home province
Dec 20 2007 2:53PM (CT)
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan (AP) - Bringing her election campaign to her home province, Benazir Bhutto vowed that neither bullets nor bombs could keep her away from the Pakistani people.
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Bhutto campaigns in home province
Dec 20 2007 2:53PM (CT)
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan (AP) - Bringing her election campaign to her home province, Benazir Bhutto vowed that neither bullets nor bombs could keep her away from the Pakistani people.
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Top Kyrgyz opposition fails to win seat
Dec 20 2007 2:14PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - The parties that support Kyrgyzstan's president swept the parliamentary elections, according to final results released Thursday, excluding the opposition from power and raising the risk of political clashes.
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Top Kyrgyz opposition fails to win seat
Dec 20 2007 2:14PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - The parties that support Kyrgyzstan's president swept the parliamentary elections, according to final results released Thursday, excluding the opposition from power and raising the risk of political clashes.
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Pakistan lowers train crash toll to 40
Dec 20 2007 10:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Authorities lowered the death toll Thursday from a train derailment in southern Pakistan as the damaged rail lines were repaired, allowing services to be restored at the height of the holiday travel season.
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Pakistan lowers train crash toll to 40
Dec 20 2007 10:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Authorities lowered the death toll Thursday from a train derailment in southern Pakistan as the damaged rail lines were repaired, allowing services to be restored at the height of the holiday travel season.
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Pakistan lowers train crash toll to 40
Dec 20 2007 10:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Authorities lowered the death toll Thursday from a train derailment in southern Pakistan as the damaged rail lines were repaired, allowing services to be restored at the height of the holiday travel season.
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Pakistan lowers train crash toll to 40
Dec 20 2007 10:58AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Authorities lowered the death toll Thursday from a train derailment in southern Pakistan as the damaged rail lines were repaired, allowing services to be restored at the height of the holiday travel season.
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SKorea's president-elect urges NKorea
Dec 20 2007 9:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he would not shy from criticizing North Korea's authoritarian regime, ending a taboo by a decade of liberal South Korean leaders who have aggressively sought closer ties with Pyongyang.
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SKorea's president-elect urges NKorea
Dec 20 2007 9:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he would not shy from criticizing North Korea's authoritarian regime, ending a taboo by a decade of liberal South Korean leaders who have aggressively sought closer ties with Pyongyang.
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SKorea's president-elect urges NKorea
Dec 20 2007 9:40AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he would not shy from criticizing North Korea's authoritarian regime, ending a taboo by a decade of liberal South Korean leaders who have aggressively sought closer ties with Pyongyang.
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Kyrgyzstan to name a mountain for Santa
Dec 20 2007 9:01AM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - This former Soviet republic has mountains honoring Communist and Russian leaders. Just in time for Christmas, authorities say they plan to name a snowy peak "Mount Santa Claus."
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Adopted Chinese girl meets marrow donor
Dec 20 2007 8:51AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An adopted American girl who had been dying from bone marrow failure but survived after a transplant finally met her donor in an emotional ceremony Thursday in her homeland of China.
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Bhutto: Spies meddling in Pakistan vote
Dec 20 2007 8:45AM (CT)
DERA ALLAH YAR, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto accused Pakistan's military intelligence Thursday of pressuring candidates from her party to drop out of next month's parliamentary elections and urged officials to crack down on such harassment.
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Bhutto: Spies meddling in Pakistan vote
Dec 20 2007 8:45AM (CT)
DERA ALLAH YAR, Pakistan (AP) - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto accused Pakistan's military intelligence Thursday of pressuring candidates from her party to drop out of next month's parliamentary elections and urged officials to crack down on such harassment.
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SKorean oil spill worse than estimated
Dec 20 2007 4:54AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Nearly 80,000 barrels of oil were spilled from a punctured supertanker off South Korea's western coast earlier this month _ about 20 percent more than previous estimates, an official said Thursday.
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Hundreds march for democracy in Macau
Dec 20 2007 4:52AM (CT)
MACAU (AP) - Hundreds of workers marched on Macua's government Thursday in a rare protest demanding full democracy in this booming Chinese casino enclave.
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Russia frees Japan fishing boat captain
Dec 20 2007 4:51AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Russia released a detained Japanese fishing boat captain Thursday because of a chronic medical problem, a week after his boat and three others were seized in waters claimed by both countries, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
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Uzbekistan's president seeks 3rd term
Dec 20 2007 3:06AM (CT)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - President Islam Karimov, the former communist boss who has ruled this former Soviet nation since independence, seems certain of winning re-election Sunday in a ballot his foes say will be little more than political theater.
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Cambodian ambassador criticizes UN envoy
Dec 20 2007 12:50AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Cambodia's U.N. ambassador complained to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that the U.N. human rights investigator who just visited the country insulted the Khmer government and displayed "unacceptable" arrogance.
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