NARATHIWAT, Thailand - The Malaysian and Thai prime ministers are set to make a historic joint visit Wednesday to Thailand's restive south where a separatist insurgency has left more than 4,000 dead. Najib Razak and his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vej
SHARIFF AGUAK, Philippines - The Philippines on Saturday announced the imposition of martial law in a southern province to quell a rebellion by a powerful clan accused of being behind the massacre of 57 people. President Gloria Arroyo placed Maguin
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sent a letter to divided Latin American leaders Tuesday urging them to reject elections held under the coup-installed government and help restore him to power. I ask you not to recogn
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world's tallest tower and dreams that reached even higher. Now the bills are coming due, and the emirate's debt
COCKERMOUTH, England - Britain's air force and emergency workers using inflatable boats rescued about 200 people Friday as rising floodwaters caused widespread havoc in northern England's picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing aft
Logging and agribusiness is threatening environmental destruction in Indonesia's Papua region, one of the world's last vast wildernesses, local leaders said on Thursday. The governors of the two provinces in the region on the western end of New Guin
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN A suicide bomber rammed his car into a donkey cart in the northwest town of Charsadda on Tuesday, killing more than 20 people and wounding 45, officials said. It was the third suicide bombing since Saturday in the volatile border
ABUJA - Nigeria on Wednesday approved dozens of projects aimed at easing tensions in the oil-rich Niger Delta, where unrest in the past three years has hurt the country's lucrative oil industry. Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters som
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