By AP News (Oct 01, 2010)
Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and Muslim communities.Thousands of government forces remained in the streets and on... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post Thursday, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Eight Germans and two British brothers are at the heart of an al-Qaida-linked terror plot against European cities, but the plan is still in its early stages, with the suspects calling acquaintances in Europe to plan logistics, a Pakistani... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
A U.S. emissary racing against the clock to salvage Mideast peace negotiations scheduled another quick round of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders after talks Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended inconclusively.Abbas... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Five NATO service members were killed Thursday in southern Afghanistan, the scene of heavy fighting as troops push into areas long controlled by the Taliban, the coalition said.Three died when a homemade bomb exploded and two were killed separately... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
NATO: 3 coalition service members die in Afghan explosion, raising to 5 killed... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.The rare encounter came... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
A gang using bombs and automatic weapons tried to storm a bank in Baghdad in a failed robbery Thursday that officials said left three people dead, including two policemen.Police say the assault began with four bombs exploding near the state-run... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year's Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel," for work that includes fighting to save the Amazon rain forest and bringing health care to... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
North Korea introduced its heir apparent to the world Thursday, a chubby-faced young man with a serious expression, combed back hair cut high and tight on the sides and wearing a communist-style black suit.State media published the first official... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP _ Opium poppy cultivation remained stable in Afghanistan in 2010 after two years of declines, while rising prices suggested next year may cause a spike in the illicit crop, the U.N. said Thursday.Afghanistan produces 90... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Fatou Sylla is used to being laughed at. She owns her own car repair shop with her cousin in a country where few women work outside the home and fewer still fix car engines.Since opening their business in 2005, she and her cousin Fatou Kamara, 29,... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Sri Lanka's president approved a 30-month jail term for his former army chief and political rival Thursday, confirming a military court verdict that he was guilty of fraud. The decision may disqualify the ex-general from continuing as an opposition... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Iran will start loading its Russian-built nuclear reactor with enriched uranium fuel in early October, months later than had originally been announced.Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi maintained the delay had nothing to do with reports of a computer... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
An employee at Pakistan's state-run Islamic advisory body has been detained for allegedly playing an important role in assisting the failed New York Times Square car bomber, an intelligence officer said Thursday.The suspect accompanied Faisal... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Thailand's prime minister said Thursday he will have the final say in the politically sensitive extradition of alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States, noting that one side is bound to be disappointed.Bout, a 43-year-old... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
China on Thursday released three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone, as tensions over a maritime dispute began to unwind.The three were freed after admitting to violating Chinese law but a fourth,... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
A mine boss in north China was given a suspended death sentence Thursday for bribery, illegal trade in explosives and other crimes linked to a landslide of iron ore waste that swept through a village, killing 277 people, state media said.China... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Europol's director says terror cells are still actively plotting attacks against Europe.Robert Wainwright, director of the European police organization, said a drop in attacks, coupled with intelligence that had thwarted major plots, masked the... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
An Islamic militant was critically injured when a homemade bomb strapped to the back of his bicycle detonated prematurely Thursday before he reached his apparent target _ a police post outside Indonesia's capital.No one else was hurt.Police... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
The U.N.'s top human rights official says a report detailing gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo will be released unchanged Friday despite Rwanda's angry protests over the findings.U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says the... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Roman Catholic activists accused Hong Kong's government on Thursday of trying to block an upcoming prayer meeting aimed at showing solidarity with underground believers on the Chinese mainland.The Hong Kong Diocese's Justice and Peace Commission... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
The unstable hillsides of rain-soaked southern Mexico have claimed at least 16 more victims and authorities are scrambling to deal with the peril after a siege of unusually wet weather.A landslide Wednesday surged into a community in Chiapas state,... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
A rescue helicopter is searching the slopes of a mountain in central Nepal for three Japanese climbers and their Nepalese guide who were swept away by an avalanche earlier this week.The four were attempting to climb the 26,790-foot (8,167-meter)... more
By AP News (Sep 30, 2010)
Indonesia's president has a solution for the country's overcrowded, gridlocked and flood-prone capital: Move it."If we're honest, objective, Jakarta is no longer ideal," says Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has dispatched teams as far off as the... more
