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Sri Lanka may be slipping back into war
Jan 2 2006 11:07PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - When the clock strikes midnight, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels change a note at the top of their Web site. The cease-fire agreement "enters into 1409 days today," it read Monday.
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Death toll from Indonesia floods hits 57
Jan 2 2006 11:04PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers searching through mud and debris left by flash floods in central Indonesia found 23 more bodies on Tuesday, bringing to 57 the number of people killed in the disaster, officials said.
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N. Korea says sanctions tabling nuke talks
Jan 2 2006 10:18PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Tuesday it cannot return to international nuclear disarmament talks unless the United States lifts sanctions imposed for its alleged currency counterfeiting and other illegal activities.
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Japanese emperor delivers 2006 greeting
Jan 2 2006 5:24PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito delivered a New Year's greeting to well-wishers Monday at the Imperial Palace, praying for world peace and the Japanese people's happiness.
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Afghan official impatient with drug fight
Jan 2 2006 3:08PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The international community has been "very slow" to combat Afghanistan's booming trade in opium and heroin, while the Taliban has forced farmers to plant poppies to fund the rebel insurgency, the country's top anti-drug official said Monday.
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India's opposition party picks new leader
Jan 2 2006 2:32PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A moderate politician was chosen to lead India's main opposition party Monday after his predecessor was forced to resign for praising the founder of archrival Pakistan.
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Explosions rock Nepal amid cease-fire end
Jan 2 2006 1:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A series of explosions rocked three towns in Nepal on Monday, hours after communist rebels said they were calling off a unilateral cease-fire, police and a government official said.
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Winter blast hits Pakistan quake survivors
Jan 2 2006 12:42PM (CT)
MIRA TANOLIAN, Pakistan (AP) - Shivering with cold and beating the snow off their fragile tents with sticks, earthquake survivors struggled Monday to keep their children warm as the bitter winter hit Kashmir, grounding helicopter aid flights and blocking roads for the second straight day.
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Strong quake registered in South Atlantic
Jan 2 2006 11:36AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake struck Monday off the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, but there were no reports of injuries or a tsunami.
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S. Korean leader names point man on North
Jan 2 2006 11:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president appointed a top security aide Monday as the country's point man on North Korea in a Cabinet shuffle ahead of nationwide local elections later this year.
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China says 21 rare pandas born in '05
Jan 2 2006 9:32AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A record 21 surviving baby pandas were born in China's zoos and breeding centers in 2005, state media said Monday.
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Indonesia tries 5 alleged Muslim militants
Jan 2 2006 8:43AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Five alleged Muslim militants went on trial Monday on charges ranging from plotting to assassinate Westerners to helping hide key members of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, which is blamed for a series of bloody bombings in Indonesia.
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Afghan gov't orders barriers dropped
Jan 2 2006 8:37AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The government said Monday it has ordered the U.S. Embassy, the U.N. and other organizations to remove security barriers that are blocking streets in Afghanistan's capital and causing traffic jams.
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Suicide car bomber wounds 3 in Kandahar
Jan 2 2006 8:00AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives in a car near a U.S. military convoy Monday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing himself and wounding an American soldier and two passers-by, officials said.
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