Brussels (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - NATO reacted cautiously Monday to US and Israeli calls for it to lead a peacekeeping force in Lebanon, while diplomats said the military alliance is already hugely stretched, notably in Afghanistan.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The death toll in China from Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 612 with another 208 people missing, state media said Monday, as the country braced for more devastation from Typhoon Kaemi.
Manila (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Typhoon Kaemi dumped heavy rains on the Philippines on Monday, shutting schools and the stock exchange before barreling toward Taiwan and China, where hundreds died in a storm earlier this month.
Manila (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Typhoon Kaemi dumped heavy rains on the Philippines on Monday, shutting schools and the stock exchange before barreling toward Taiwan and China, where hundreds died in a storm earlier this month.
Manila (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Typhoon Kaemi dumped heavy rains on the Philippines on Monday, shutting schools and the stock exchange before barreling toward Taiwan and China, where hundreds died in a storm earlier this month.
Paris (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Europe sizzled on Monday amid a fresh onslaught of oven-hot temperatures as governments and charity groups mobilised to prevent further deaths from a heatwave that has already killed about 40 people across the continent.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - China's communist party will hold a key annual meeting in October, with the focus on how to slow the rapid pace of the Asian giant's investment-driven economic growth, state media said Monday.
Paris (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday waved aside protests about the planned deportation of two Chinese students whose fight to stay in the country sparked a demonstration last week.
Wahsington (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - A top Iraqi military officer Monday drew a dark picture of the security situation in his war-torn country while on a visit to Washington and said the current US strategy lacked vision and had failed.
Washington (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The United States on Monday urged Pakistan not to use a powerful new atomic reactor under construction to bolster its nuclear weapons capability amid warnings of a new South Asia arms race.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - China's Great Hall of the People, the nation's most recognized political building, will soon host pop concerts, state media said Monday.
Beirut (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - UN relief chief Jan Egeland launched an urgent appeal Monday for 150 million dollars to help 800,000 civilians made homeless by blistering Israeli raids on Lebanon, and warned that prolonged attacks will only add to the humanitarian catastrophe.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Pioneering US technology firm JotSpot launched new Internet application software for the masses Monday that it billed as a leap forward in the evoloution of the way people share and edit websites.
Monrovia (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Some 120 military recruits, the first batch of a 2,000-strong new Liberian army, started training Monday, the agency charged with the process said.
London (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Britain plans to send nearly 300 new armoured vehicles to better protect the country's troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne said Monday.
Washington (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The US effort to curb the flood of unwanted e-mail or spam has lost momentum, a survey showed Monday, leaving the United States at the top of the heap for this scourge of the Internet.
