Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited…
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South Asia a rising force in global meth trade
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran, Pakistan and other South Asian countries are a fast-rising force in the global methamphetamine market, with drug…
Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
NEW YORK (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday,…
Tunnel blast kills 20 at Chinese construction site
BEIJING (AP) — A blast in a tunnel has killed 20 workers at a highway construction site in central China.
Thousands mark 'Red Shirt' crackdown in Bangkok
BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks led prayers as tens of thousands gathered in Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of deadly clashes…
Sri Lanka marks 3rd anniversary of end of war
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president rejected international calls to remove military camps in the former northern war zone,…
Boston U student driver remembers `best friend'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The 20-year-old Boston University student who was driving a minivan that crashed on a rural New Zealand…
Sri Lanka president celebrates war victory
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president is rejecting international calls to remove military camps in the former northern war…
Afghan security issues weighed at NATO summit
A look at Afghan security issues to be discussed at the NATO summit in Chicago.
World leaders confront flagging Afghan war
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It was what President Barack Obama called a "war of necessity," a conflict thrust upon America by the 9/11…
