Tangshan, China (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Thirty years after China's Tangshan earthquake killed 240,000 people, controversy remains over whether the government could have heeded warnings and prevented the enormous loss of life.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - China, Japan and South Korea attempted to restart stalled nuclear talks Thursday as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her North Korean counterpart headed for a security forum here.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her North Korean counterpart headed for Malaysia Thursday amid a diplomatic scramble to broker new talks here on the North's nuclear weapons programs.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her North Korean counterpart headed for Malaysia Thursday amid a diplomatic scramble to broker new talks here on the North's nuclear weapons programs.
Kabul (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - The expansion of NATO's UN-mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) into southern Afghanistan will take the size of the force to about 18,000 troops.
Jakarta (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Acrid smoke from raging ground and forest fires on Indonesia's Sumatra blanketed the city of Pekanbaru Thursday, stinging eyes and reducing visibility, a meteorology official said.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - The death of a Chinese UN observer in an Israeli bombing in Lebanon was the top story in the nation's major newspapers Thursday, with China's strong condemnation of the attack taking prominence.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Lawyers for detained New York Times researcher Zhao Yan said Thursday they would apply for their client to be released, after a court failed to announce a verdict on his case.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Chinese authorities failed to take action after being warned about an earthquake that killed at least 22 people last week, a local official and state media said Thursday.
Jakarta (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Indonesian officials said Thursday they plan to install sirens on mobile phone towers to alert coastal areas to potential tsunamis, following a second killer wave in the archipelago nation in as many years.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - The Chinese government has approved a five-billion-dollar domestic oil refinery joint venture with Kuwait, state media said Thursday.
Thiruvananthapuram, India (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Giant African snails are making farmers lives a misery in a village in southern India by chomping through their crops.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Torrential rains from Typhoon Kaemi left over 80 people dead or missing in China Thursday, with a military barracks swept away, landslides wiping out thousands of homes and rivers bursting their banks.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - South Korea Thursday complained that the Japanese government had failed to consult Seoul on a tough UN move against North Korean missile tests, officials said.
Moscow (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday to seal massive arms deals that have angered Washington, as part of a world tour seen as anti-American.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Chinese police said a protester allegedly beaten by law enforcement personnel had been paralyzed from self-inflicted injuries, a New York-based rights group reported Thursday.
