North Korea could resume disabling its nuclear reactor as early as Sunday after the United States removed the country from a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a South Korean official said. Korea |
 | Hasan di Tiro, founder of the former rebel group GAM in Indonesia’s Aceh, returned to the once restive province on Saturday after 30 years in exile, calling for everyone to help keep the peace. Indonesia |
Thousands of supporters of Thailand’s ruling coalition gathered Saturday on the outskirts of Bangkok in a show of strength, two days ahead of a planned major protest by a group hoping to topple the elected government. Thailand |
The United States got “every single thing” it sought in a deal to verify North Korea’s disarmament that includes uranium and plutonium work, a State Department spokesman said Saturday. Korea |
 | Thousands of protesters rallied on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali Saturday against an anti-pornography bill denounced by critics as a threat to national unity. Indonesia |
 | The United States and India signed a potentially lucrative agreement on Friday that would allow India to buy U.S. civil nuclear technology for the first time in three decades. India |
 | North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery. Korea |
Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition after surgery in India to remove gallstones and is likely to be discharged early next week, hospital officials and an aide said Saturday. India |
An Indian woman has phoned home four months after she was declared dead, police said on Saturday.
Software engineer Meghna Subedar called her parents Friday to say that she had been living with a relative since June, the Press Trust of India said. India |
Angry Pakistani tribesmen traded fire with Taliban militants and demolished their houses in a northwestern tribal region after a car suicide attack killed at least 40 people, residents and officials said on Saturday. Pakistan |
