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SKorean spy chief visited NKorea
Jan 3 2008 10:20PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's spy chief made an unannounced visit to North Korea on the eve of his country's presidential election last month, an official said Friday.
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Unemployed to sterilize monkeys in India
Jan 3 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem.
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Unemployed to sterilize monkeys in India
Jan 3 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem.
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Unemployed to sterilize monkeys in India
Jan 3 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding farms. The idea drew immediate condemnation from conservationists, who said the plan was unscientific and would likely worsen the problem.
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China lists 'taboos' ahead of reshuffle
Jan 3 2008 10:10PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's ruling Communist Party has warned officials against bribery, spreading hearsay and several other taboos, ahead of the reassignment this month of several provincial-level politicians to new posts, a government news agency said.
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Japan leader apologizes for pension mess
Jan 3 2008 10:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister apologized Friday for a growing scandal over millions of lost pension records and promised to deliver policies focusing on consumers and everyday people.
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Japan leader apologizes for pension mess
Jan 3 2008 10:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister apologized Friday for a growing scandal over millions of lost pension records and promised to deliver policies focusing on consumers and everyday people.
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Japan leader apologizes for pension mess
Jan 3 2008 10:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister apologized Friday for a growing scandal over millions of lost pension records and promised to deliver policies focusing on consumers and everyday people.
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Japan leader apologizes for pension mess
Jan 3 2008 10:07PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister apologized Friday for a growing scandal over millions of lost pension records and promised to deliver policies focusing on consumers and everyday people.
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Musharraf: Bhutto death not our fault
Jan 3 2008 8:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing, and implied she was partly at fault.
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Musharraf: Bhutto death not our fault
Jan 3 2008 8:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing, and implied she was partly at fault.
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Musharraf: Bhutto death not our fault
Jan 3 2008 8:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing, and implied she was partly at fault.
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Musharraf: Bhutto death not our fault
Jan 3 2008 8:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing, and implied she was partly at fault.
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Musharraf: Bhutto death not our fault
Jan 3 2008 8:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing, and implied she was partly at fault.
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Sri Lanka pulls out of cease-fire deal
Jan 3 2008 7:33PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's government officially notified peace-broker Norway on Thursday that it is pulling out of a 2002 cease-fire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels that has failed to quell the violence.
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Sri Lanka pulls out of cease-fire deal
Jan 3 2008 7:33PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's government officially notified peace-broker Norway on Thursday that it is pulling out of a 2002 cease-fire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels that has failed to quell the violence.
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Sri Lanka pulls out of cease-fire deal
Jan 3 2008 7:33PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's government officially notified peace-broker Norway on Thursday that it is pulling out of a 2002 cease-fire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels that has failed to quell the violence.
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Exiled Myanmar network boosts broadcasts
Jan 3 2008 3:36PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The exiled Myanmar network Democratic Voice of Burma said Thursday it was starting daily broadcasts to pro-democracy activists at home, a sharp increase from its current one-hour-per-week transmissions.
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7 killed in Afghanistan suicide attack
Jan 3 2008 2:11PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber attacked Indian road construction workers and their Afghan police escorts Thursday in southwestern Afghanistan, killing seven and wounding 12.
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Market blaze kills Chinese firefighters
Jan 3 2008 11:30AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Fire engulfed a 12-story wholesale market in northwest China, killing at least two firefighters before officials ordered fire companies out of the building for fear it might collapse, state media said.
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Pakistan releases 4 in 1986 hijacking
Jan 3 2008 10:25AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities freed four Palestinians on Thursday who were convicted in the 1986 hijacking of a Pan Am jet in Karachi that left 22 passengers and crew dead, a prison official said.
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China limits providers of Internet video
Jan 3 2008 7:23AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of Internet videos _ including those posted on video-sharing Web sites _ to sites run by state-controlled companies and require providers to report questionable content to the government.
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Bhutto leaves mixed legacy for women
Jan 3 2008 5:23AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - To get a sense of what kind of legacy Benazir Bhutto, the Muslim world's first female leader, left behind for the women of Pakistan, look no further than those who were contending for the top spot in the political party she led.
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Bhutto leaves mixed legacy for women
Jan 3 2008 5:23AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - To get a sense of what kind of legacy Benazir Bhutto, the Muslim world's first female leader, left behind for the women of Pakistan, look no further than those who were contending for the top spot in the political party she led.
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Bhutto leaves mixed legacy for women
Jan 3 2008 5:23AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - To get a sense of what kind of legacy Benazir Bhutto, the Muslim world's first female leader, left behind for the women of Pakistan, look no further than those who were contending for the top spot in the political party she led.
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Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities
Jan 3 2008 3:08AM (CT)
MAE SARIANG, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's army has moved reinforcements into ethnic minority areas for the probable renewal of an offensive whose past human rights violations have been far greater than those against urban protesters that riveted world attention last fall, aid and rebel groups say.
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Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities
Jan 3 2008 3:08AM (CT)
MAE SARIANG, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's army has moved reinforcements into ethnic minority areas for the probable renewal of an offensive whose past human rights violations have been far greater than those against urban protesters that riveted world attention last fall, aid and rebel groups say.
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Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities
Jan 3 2008 3:08AM (CT)
MAE SARIANG, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's army has moved reinforcements into ethnic minority areas for the probable renewal of an offensive whose past human rights violations have been far greater than those against urban protesters that riveted world attention last fall, aid and rebel groups say.
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Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities
Jan 3 2008 3:08AM (CT)
MAE SARIANG, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's army has moved reinforcements into ethnic minority areas for the probable renewal of an offensive whose past human rights violations have been far greater than those against urban protesters that riveted world attention last fall, aid and rebel groups say.
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Myanmar cracks down on ethnic minorities
Jan 3 2008 3:08AM (CT)
MAE SARIANG, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's army has moved reinforcements into ethnic minority areas for the probable renewal of an offensive whose past human rights violations have been far greater than those against urban protesters that riveted world attention last fall, aid and rebel groups say.
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