AFP - ASEAN's special envoy arrived in Myanmar to press the military junta on democracy and human rights but will reportedly be blocked from seeing detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

AP - Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is set to be replaced in a proposed Cabinet reshuffle, an aide for President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday.

The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a letter to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. "In a country where soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense of your government, I find it outrageous that Mr. Rahman is being prosecuted and facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity," Lantos wrote.

The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a letter to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. "In a country where soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense of your government, I find it outrageous that Mr. Rahman is being prosecuted and facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity," Lantos wrote.

Reuters - Iran will not stop its research on atomic fuel, even if instructed to do so by the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said on Wednesday.

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Sacramento, CA (AHN) - The FBI says it found a book about Jihad -- or Islamic holy war -- when it searched the Lodi home of a father and son accused in a terror-related trial. During testimony in the trial of Hamid Hayat and his father Umer, an FBI translator...

Reuters - Three U.S. soldiers were killed on Sunday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, the provincial governor said.

AP - Bomb blasts, rocket and gunfire killed at least 10 people and injured 23 in the Iraqi capital Sunday, police said.

AFP - Iran will never comply with any UN Security Council resolution ordering it to suspend uranium enrichment, foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi says.

AP - A series of attacks killed five security officers and wounded nine in Afghanistan's main opium poppy-producing area, officials said Saturday.

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday reiterated a plea for more Pakistani cooperation in fighting militants, days after Islamabad derided Kabul's accusations that leader of the Taliban regime was in Pakistan.

AP - A rift between Afghanistan and Pakistan deepened Tuesday as Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said intelligence about Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives allegedly hiding in Pakistan was "very strong and accurate."

Reuters - NATO's top commander said on Monday he doubted Taliban and al Qaeda forces were capable of posing a serious insurgent threat as the alliance expands its Afghanistan operations, calling narcotics the top worry.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf ripped the president of neighboring Afghanistan on Sunday, telling CNN that Hamid Karzai is "totally oblivious of what is happening in his own country."

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf accuses his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, of giving him 'old' intelligence.

AFP - Gunmen killed 19 Shiite civilians east of Baghdad as sectarian tension flared anew and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari appealed for calm.

AP - In a surprise visit under extraordinary security, President Bush expressed unwavering confidence Wednesday that Osama bin Laden will be captured despite years of fruitless manhunts for the elusive terrorist leader who ran training camps in Afghanistan and plotted the deadly attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

AP - SURPRISE VISIT: President Bush unexpectedly visited Afghanistan Wednesday, making a four-hour stop to meet with Afghan president Hamid Karzai and coalition troops.

President Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan today, his first to the country since the Taliban was ousted after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Bush met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a five-hour unannounced stopover en route to India and Pakistan. After meeting with Karzai, Bush told a news conference he remains confident al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "will be brought to justice" despite a so-far futile five-year hunt.

President Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan today, his first to the country since the Taliban was ousted after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Bush met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a five-hour unannounced stopover en route to India and Pakistan. After meeting with Karzai, Bush told a news conference he remains confident al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "will be brought to justice" despite a so-far futile five-year hunt.