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Associated Press: World: Asia

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(AP) An Afghan journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was freed Friday after his pictures and video footage of two women brazenly executed by the Taliban led intelligence officials to hold him for questioning for two days.Rahmatullah Naikzad confirmed that authorities had released him, saying he was "fine," and that ...

Cambodia: Near shootout in dispute on Thai border

3 hours, 38 minutes ago

(AP) A Cambodian general said Friday that his troops and Thai soldiers engaged in a tense armed confrontation when Cambodian monks sought to celebrate Buddhist lent near a temple in a disputed border area.The two sides, their guns drawn, faced off late Thursday at a pagoda about 650 feet from the ...

2 French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan

4 hours, 26 minutes ago

(AP) French aid group Action Against Hunger says two of its workers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan and are believed to still be alive.The Paris-based group said Friday the two were taken at gunpoint early Friday morning from the house where they were sleeping in the province of Day Kundi.The statement ...

Experts offer advice on quake rebuilding

5 hours, 23 minutes ago

(AP) Two months after an earthquake ravaged much of Sichuan province, workers are diligently salvaging bricks to restore a 6th century Taoist temple damaged in the disaster.As China begins to look beyond emergency response toward long-term reconstruction, experts on post-disaster planning warn that expectations should be realistic since rebuilding will take ...

Rice to meet N. Korean foreign minister at summit

5 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) Top diplomats from the U.S. and North Korea will meet next week along with their counterparts from regional nuclear talks, the State Department said Friday, the highest level of contact between the countries amid recent progress on Pyongyang's disarmament.The talks, which will include U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and ...

Sri Lanka protesters stop trains to halt evictions

6 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) Angry protesters halted trains and clashed with policemen in Sri Lanka's capital Friday as authorities began demolishing their homes, saying they were unauthorized constructions that encroached on government lands.Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters who pelted stones and placed logs across a nearby rail road halting train transport ...

Afghan police: US troops wound female suspect

6 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) U.S. soldiers shot and wounded a suspected female bomber as they took over custody of her from Afghan police, a police official alleged Friday.Gen. Khan Mohammad Mujahid, police chief in central Ghazni province, said the woman and a 12-year-old boy were taken into Afghan custody Thursday evening in Ghazni city. ...

Thai farmers look to bats as free, flying food

6 hours, 17 minutes ago

(AP) While movie fans the world over rave about the new Batman film, the only stir bats are causing in this poor farming village is in a cooking pot.They've been scarfing bats down in Baan Toom for as long as anyone can remember, roasting the little, flying beasts on spits over ...

Attack at India bus terminal injures 35

8 hours, 23 minutes ago

(AP) Suspected Muslim rebels threw a grenade at a crowded bus terminal in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, wounding 35 people, including seven children, police said.The suspected separatists hurled a hand grenade at a police and paramilitary patrol near a busy bus stop in Banihal, roughly 75 miles south ...

More than 100 Chinese villagers protest man's death

8 hours, 23 minutes ago

(AP) More than a hundred Chinese villagers attacked a police station to protest the death of a man they say was beaten by local Communist Party security guards, police said Friday, the latest in a recent spate of violence triggered by discontent with authorities.Relatives gathered Thursday after Ouyang Jiusheng, 40, died ...

China issues anti-terror guide for Olympic games

8 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) Remain calm, don't fight back and try to send a text message to the police. That's how Chinese police have advised people to respond if captured by terrorists during next month's Olympic Games, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.The new "anti-terrorism manual" is the latest in a string of ...

2 Bangladeshi guards killed in border clash

8 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) A border clash Friday left two Bangladeshi troops dead and one Indian soldier seriously wounded, military officials said.The clash occurred when an Indian border patrol vessel tried to prevent cattle from being smuggled into Bangladesh on a boat, said Ashish Kumar Mitra, the head of India's Border Security Force.The Indian ...

Group says Chinese Internet dissident is arrested

8 hours, 53 minutes ago

(AP) A Chinese dissident who wrote politically sensitive articles including some criticizing the government's handling of a devastating earthquake was formally arrested Friday on charges of allegedly possessing state secrets, a human rights group said.Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Chengdu approved the arrest and charges against Huang Qi, founder of ...

China bars flights during Olympics opening

9 hours, 26 minutes ago

(AP) Airlines are being told to stay away from Beijing's airport during the opening ceremony of the Olympics and further scrutiny is being applied to foreign entertainers in the latest security moves ahead of next month's games.No official announcement has been made, but local media and airlines said Friday that the ...

2 Bangladeshi guards killed in clash

12 hours, 35 minutes ago

(AP) A border clash Friday triggered by a smuggling attempt left two Bangladeshi troops dead and one Indian soldier seriously wounded, officials said.The clash occurred when an Indian border patrol vessel tried to prevent cattle from being smuggled into Bangladesh on a boat, said Ashish Kumar Mitra, the head of India's ...