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Dozens feared dead in Indonesia landslide
Jan 3 2006 11:01PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Landslides triggered by heavy rains swept down on a village on Indonesia's Java island at dawn Wednesday, burying homes beneath tons of mud and leaving dozens of people missing and feared dead, officials said.
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Activist: China releases jailed journalist
Jan 3 2006 4:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese journalist who was jailed on subversion charges after reporting on corruption has been released early from prison, ahead of a planned U.S. visit by President Hu Jintao, a U.S.-based activist announced Wednesday.
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Five Tamils killed in Sri Lanka explosion
Jan 3 2006 4:08PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Five civilians suspected of working for separatist rebels were killed when their grenades exploded before they could hurl them at troops, the military said Tuesday. Tamil Tiger rebels blamed the military for the attack.
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U.S. Marines seek dismissal in Philippines
Jan 3 2006 3:07PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Lawyers for four U.S. Marines charged with raping a 22-year-old Filipino woman asked Tuesday that the case be dismissed or suspended.
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Indonesian floods' death toll rises to 57
Jan 3 2006 2:24PM (CT)
PANTI, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers using their bare hands and basic tools struggled to reach stranded villagers and recovered dozens more corpses Tuesday as the death toll from flash floods in central Indonesia reached 57, officials said.
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Nepal steps up security after explosions
Jan 3 2006 1:55PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Army troops in Nepal were on high alert Tuesday after communist rebels ended their unilateral cease-fire and a series of explosions rocked two cities and a town.
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China to close part of Forbidden City
Jan 3 2006 1:46PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The most important building in Beijing's Forbidden City _ the world's biggest palace _ will close for renovations this week but reopen in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics, state media reported Tuesday.
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China to close part of Forbidden City
Jan 3 2006 1:31PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The most important building in Beijing's Forbidden City _ the world's biggest palace _ will close for renovations this week, but will reopen in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics, state media reported Tuesday.
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U.S. Embassy in Malaysia remains closed
Jan 3 2006 1:02PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The U.S. Embassy in Malaysia remained closed Tuesday following the New Year holiday following a security threat that surfaced last week.
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Ex-Guantanamo inmate says he's monitored
Jan 3 2006 12:49PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - After four years in detention, Isa Khan was released from the U.S. prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay last year and repatriated to Pakistan, but he says he's still not a free man.
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Quake survivors line up for medical care
Jan 3 2006 11:10AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of quake survivors lined up outside a field hospital Tuesday to seek treatment for chest infections and other cold-related ailments after a blast of freezing rain hit northern Pakistan, health workers said.
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Avalanche buries 12 skiers in Japan
Jan 3 2006 10:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An avalanche at a ski resort in northwestern Japan buried 12 skiers and resort workers, badly injuring at least one, police said Tuesday.
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China says 21 rare pandas born in '05
Jan 3 2006 9:47AM (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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Gunmen kill Afghan aid worker in mosque
Jan 3 2006 9:05AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban gunmen killed an Afghan aid worker who was praying in a mosque in southern Afghanistan, the latest rebel attack on those rebuilding this war-shattered country, officials said Tuesday.
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Small mines key to China's coal crisis
Jan 3 2006 3:44AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Small, privately owned and worked by moonlighting farmers, the coal mine in central China's Xin'an County was like hundreds throughout the country.
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold beef import talks
Jan 3 2006 3:09AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has scheduled talks with the United States next week on ending its two-year-old ban on American beef, the government in Seoul said Tuesday.
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N. Korea says sanctions tabling nuke talks
Jan 3 2006 3:07AM (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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Southern India on high terror alert
Jan 3 2006 1:32AM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - Police put hundreds of officers on the streets of this southern Indian city Tuesday following the arrest of two suspected Islamic militants and warned residents to be prepared for attacks.
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