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Former Thai prime minister faces arrest
Dec 26 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns home from a self-imposed exile as planned, even if his victorious allies form a government following last weekend's general election, officials said Thursday.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Victims pulled from Indonesia landslides
Dec 26 2007 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from a village devastated by landslides Wednesday on Indonesia's Java island as authorities struggled to get heavy lifting equipment to the affected areas. Officials said at least 78 people were killed or feared dead.
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Crocodile Hunter widow in whale program
Dec 26 2007 10:05PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The widow of TV "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin announced Thursday she will launch non-lethal research of whales in Antarctic waters next year in hopes of showing that Japan's scientific whale kill is a sham.
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Sri Lanka navy battles rebels at sea
Dec 26 2007 8:16PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The navy sank nine Tamil separatist vessels in a fierce battle off Sri Lanka's northwest coast Wednesday that killed 40 rebels and one naval officer, the military said. One navy craft sank, the rebels said.
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Texts to restore reference on suicides
Dec 26 2007 7:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Education Ministry will restore textbook references suggesting that Japan's wartime military could have played a role in forcing Okinawans to commit mass suicides during the closing days of World War II, officials said Wednesday.
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Diplomats to be expelled from Kabul
Dec 26 2007 7:41PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday protested the Afghan government's decision to expel two senior European diplomats accused of holding unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants.
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NKorea to delay nuclear disablement
Dec 26 2007 3:59PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea indicated Wednesday it will slow down the disablement of its nuclear facilities because of what it said was a delay in receiving economic aid under an international deal.
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SKorean leader OKs independent probe
Dec 26 2007 3:11PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president approved an independent probe of his successor Wednesday over financial fraud allegations that have cast a cloud over the incoming conservative's landslide election win.
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Afghan leader meets Musharraf
Dec 26 2007 2:35PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged during an unusually friendly meeting Wednesday to share intelligence and tighten border controls to quash rising militant attacks.
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Afghan leader meets Musharraf
Dec 26 2007 2:35PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged during an unusually friendly meeting Wednesday to share intelligence and tighten border controls to quash rising militant attacks.
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Japan's PM to visit China, boost ties
Dec 26 2007 2:06PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When Japan's prime minister heads to China for a summit Thursday, he'll face conditions his predecessors haven't enjoyed for years: warming relations, a boost in economic ties and almost no rhetoric over their historical grievances.
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Japan's PM to visit China, boost ties
Dec 26 2007 2:06PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When Japan's prime minister heads to China for a summit Thursday, he'll face conditions his predecessors haven't enjoyed for years: warming relations, a boost in economic ties and almost no rhetoric over their historical grievances.
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Cambodian tribunal needs more money
Dec 26 2007 1:29PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - With five former leaders of the Khmer Rouge finally in custody awaiting trial _ three decades after their murderous regime tumbled from power _ Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal can credibly say it is on the road to justice.
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Cambodian tribunal needs more money
Dec 26 2007 1:29PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - With five former leaders of the Khmer Rouge finally in custody awaiting trial _ three decades after their murderous regime tumbled from power _ Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal can credibly say it is on the road to justice.
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Nepal bridge collapse kills 16
Dec 26 2007 12:41PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Hundreds of police, soldiers and villagers searched an icy river in western Nepal on Wednesday for more than 50 people believed missing after a steel footbridge collapsed. At least 16 people were confirmed dead and dozens more were injured, officials said.
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Nepal bridge collapse kills 16
Dec 26 2007 12:41PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Hundreds of police, soldiers and villagers searched an icy river in western Nepal on Wednesday for more than 50 people believed missing after a steel footbridge collapsed. At least 16 people were confirmed dead and dozens more were injured, officials said.
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Nepal bridge collapse kills 16
Dec 26 2007 12:41PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Hundreds of police, soldiers and villagers searched an icy river in western Nepal on Wednesday for more than 50 people believed missing after a steel footbridge collapsed. At least 16 people were confirmed dead and dozens more were injured, officials said.
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Hindus attack churches on Christmas
Dec 26 2007 11:52AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hindu extremists ransacked and burned eight rural churches in eastern India, marring Christmas celebrations in a corner of the country with a history of violence against Christians, officials said Wednesday. One person was killed in the violence.
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Hindus attack churches on Christmas
Dec 26 2007 11:52AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hindu extremists ransacked and burned eight rural churches in eastern India, marring Christmas celebrations in a corner of the country with a history of violence against Christians, officials said Wednesday. One person was killed in the violence.
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Asia marks anniversary of deadly tsunami
Dec 26 2007 10:10AM (CT)
CALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Survivors prayed at mosques and mass graves Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian tsunami, while hundreds fled beaches as part of a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.
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Asia marks anniversary of deadly tsunami
Dec 26 2007 10:10AM (CT)
CALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Survivors prayed at mosques and mass graves Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian tsunami, while hundreds fled beaches as part of a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.
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Asia marks anniversary of deadly tsunami
Dec 26 2007 10:10AM (CT)
CALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Survivors prayed at mosques and mass graves Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian tsunami, while hundreds fled beaches as part of a drill to test an alert network established since the disaster.
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Russia to free 6 more Japanese fishermen
Dec 26 2007 8:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Russia plans to release six more Japanese fishermen, two weeks after their boats were seized in disputed waters, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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China aims to grow its middle class
Dec 26 2007 8:21AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China hopes its middle class will expand to more than half of its total population by 2020, a Communist Party planner said Wednesday.
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S.Korea finds possible sunken ship
Dec 26 2007 7:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The apparent wreckage of a cargo ship that disappeared along with 14 sailors has been found, but lay too deep in the water to raise immediately, South Korean officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the search continued for the missing.
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S.Korea finds possible sunken ship
Dec 26 2007 7:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The apparent wreckage of a cargo ship that disappeared along with 14 sailors has been found, but lay too deep in the water to raise immediately, South Korean officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the search continued for the missing.
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Vietnamese man sets himself on fire
Dec 26 2007 6:34AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese man set himself on fire to protest the confiscation of the land where he lived that authorities said belonged to the government, police and state media reported Wednesday.
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China warns of increased coal usage
Dec 26 2007 3:34AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China promised Wednesday to develop renewable energy for its fast-growing economy but warned that coal consumption will grow dramatically and avoided embracing binding limits on its greenhouse gas emissions.
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China closes zoo where tiger was killed
Dec 26 2007 2:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has closed an understaffed zoo where a rare Siberian tiger was found beheaded and skinned last week and where seven tigers died in the last four years, state media reported Wednesday.
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