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Asia Pacific Asia:  Taiwan Concerned Over Chinese Legislation Designed to Thwart Independence Move Legislation aimed at keeping Taiwan from declaring independence will be on the agenda when China's National People's Congress convenes March... Thursday, March 3, 2005 6:56 PM Asia:  Experts: Simple Measures Can Avert Millions of Infant Deaths a Year Public health experts say most of the four million newborn babies who die each year in developing nations could be... Thursday, March 3, 2005 6:03 PM Asia:  Azerbaijani Opposition Calls for Protests Over Journalist's Killing The opposition in Azerbaijan is calling for protests over the shooting death of an editor of a magazine critical of... Thursday, March 3, 2005 5:00 PM Asia:  US Expresses Disappointment with Bashir Prison Sentence  Abu Bakar Bashir waves to journalists from inside detention truck as he leaves court after his trial in JakartaThe United States says... Thursday, March 3, 2005 3:59 PM Asia:  Fresh Floods in Southwestern Pakistan Kill 14 Pakistani officials say torrential rains and subsequent floods in southwestern Baluchistan province have killed at least 14 people over the... Thursday, March 3, 2005 2:56 PM Asia:  East Timor Faces Food Shortage East Timorese search for food Food shortages in East Timor, two and half years after the territory achieved independence from Indonesia,... Thursday, March 3, 2005 1:58 PM Asia:  MLB, China Baseball League Team to Tour China Major League Baseball says its international unit will team up with the China Baseball League for a five-city tour of... Thursday, March 3, 2005 12:59 PM Asia:  Baluchi Tribesmen in Pakistan Blow up Key Rail Track Suspected tribal militants in Pakistan's troubled southwest have blown up a key railway track linking the country with neighboring Iran. Officials... Thursday, March 3, 2005 10:56 AM Asia:  North Korea Urged to Respond on Fate of Japanese Abductees The United Nations special rapporteur on North Korean human rights is calling for the communist state to resolve issues concerning... Thursday, March 3, 2005 9:59 AM Asia:  China Issues Human Rights Report Criticizing US Record China has retaliated against U.S. criticism of Beijing's human-rights record by issuing its own condemnation, which accuses Washington of committing... Thursday, March 3, 2005 9:58 AM Asia:  Afghanistan Appoints First-Ever Woman Governor Habiba Sarobi Afghanistan has appointed its first female provincial governor in keeping with the new government's policy of promoting women... Thursday, March 3, 2005 9:57 AM Asia Pacific Asia:  Nuclear Weapons Will Not Solve North Korea's Problems, US Negotiator Says The top United States delegate to multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear programs says nuclear weapons are no answer to... Thursday, March 3, 2005 8:56 AM Asia:  Bashir Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail for Role in Bali Bombings A Jakarta court has sentenced Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to 30 months in prison for complicity in the 2002... Thursday, March 3, 2005 8:03 AM Asia:  Red Cross Considers Fresh Tsunami Relief Strategy The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are meeting in Hong Kong to map out the long-term response to... Thursday, March 3, 2005 6:56 AM Asia:  Planner Assists US Brides with Traditional Indian Wedding Preparations With Spring still weeks away in the United States, young women who plan to get married in the coming months... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:58 PM Asia:  Philippine Senators Urge Pressure on Burma Members of the Philippine Senate have urged President Gloria Arroyo to pressure Burma's military government to free pro-democracy leader Aung... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:56 PM Asia:  Former Prime Minister Says Pakistan Had Nuclear Capability Long Before Nuclear Tests Benazir BhuttoFormer Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says her country has had a nuclear capability far longer than commonly believed.In... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:57 PM Asia:  US Urges Nepal to Restore Democracy A U.S. State Department official has renewed a call on Nepal's king to take steps toward restoring democracy and to... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 5:57 PM Asia:  North Korea Demands US Withdraw 'Tyranny' Comment Before New Talks North Korea says the United States must apologize for calling it an "outpost of tyranny" before Pyongyang will return to... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 2:59 PM Asia:  Pakistan's Economy Growing, but Poverty Remains Resident uses a computer at an internet cafe in Peshawar, Pakistan (photo) Pakistan is going through something of an... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 1:00 PM Asia:  Tens of Thousands Mass in Dhaka to Call for Government's Resignation Some 50,000 opposition supporters have held a rally in Dhaka to press for the government's resignation and early elections.  They... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 12:01 PM Asia Pacific Asia:  NATO Peacekeepers to Expand Afghan Presence More troops will be sent to strengthen the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan Turkish Army Lt. Gen. Ethem Erdagi takes... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 11:02 AM Asia:  Malaysia Pledges Continued Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants Illegal Indonesian immigrant workers board a Malaysian navy ship Malaysia says its latest crackdown on illegal immigrants will continue indefinitely. But Home... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 11:01 AM Asia:  Strong Earthquake Reported Off Indonesian Coast The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a 7.1 magnitude earthquake some 300 kilometers off the coast of eastern Indonesia. Geologists... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 11:00 AM Asia:  China Plans to Enact New Bankruptcy Law Chinese currency  (photo)After 10 years of debate, China is close to enacting a bankruptcy law, a measure intended to... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:01 AM Asia:  Taiwan's Chen Tells EU Arms Ban on China Should Remain Taiwan's president is urging the European Union not to lift its arms embargo against China, saying the move could threaten... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:01 AM Asia:  Japan Asks US for Patience in Resolving Beef Ban The Japanese government is asking the United States not to impose economic sanctions while it continues to consider ways to... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:01 AM Asia:  Italian Troops Begin Arriving in Western Afghanistan Italian soldiers have begun arriving in western Afghanistan, under plans by NATO to expand its peacekeeping mission in the country.The... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:58 AM Asia:  China's Delegate to Nuclear Talks Visits Seoul China's top delegate to multilateral nuclear disarmament talks brushed aside questions as he arrived in Seoul Wednesday.Beijing's Vice Foreign Minister... Friday, March 4, 2005 7:56 AM Asia:  Hong Kong's Leader Reportedly Plans to Resign Chun Tee-hwa There is mounting speculation in Hong Kong that the territory's embattled chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, has resigned more... Wednesday, March 2, 2005 7:57 AM More Headlines