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Japan's PM defends war shrine visits
Jan 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister criticized Chinese and South Korean leaders Wednesday for refusing to meet with him because of his visits to a shrine honoring Japanese war dead _ including convicted war criminals.
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Indonesian rains death toll may exceed 200
Jan 4 2006 11:23PM (CT)
CIJERUK, Indonesia (AP) - Soldiers and volunteers used their bare hands Thursday to search for survivors buried beneath tons of mud and rock after landslides wiped out several Indonesian villages, leaving more than 200 people were dead or missing, officials said.
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U.S. Embassy in Malaysia reopens
Jan 4 2006 9:51PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The U.S. Embassy in Malaysia reopened with enhanced security Thursday, six days after it was shut due to fears it was under surveillance, officials said.
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Taliban is blamed for beheading teacher
Jan 4 2006 3:02PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants beheaded a teacher in a central Afghan town while his wife and eight children watched, officials said Wednesday, describing the latest in a string of attacks targeting educators at schools where girls study.
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Winter blast kills 5 in Pakistan quake zone
Jan 4 2006 1:58PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Freezing temperatures have claimed the lives of least five Pakistani earthquake survivors, a U.N. health official said Wednesday, as a trickle of villagers descended from mountain settlements in Kashmir to seek shelter on lower ground.
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Spill doesn't stop Chinese city's festival
Jan 4 2006 1:33PM (CT)
HARBIN, China (AP) - Xu Jianguo and his friends wandered through this northern city's ice lantern exhibit _ massive sculptures carved from river ice _ as Kenny G blared into the frigid night air.
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Cambodia's fledgling democracy under attack
Jan 4 2006 8:36AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The arrests of Cambodia's two top human rights activists has raised fears the nation is headed toward dictatorship again.
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U.S. envoy urges N. Korea to resume talks
Jan 4 2006 8:35AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. ambassador in Seoul urged North Korea on Wednesday to stop attaching conditions for resuming talks on its nuclear program, a day after the communist country renewed its demand that Washington lift sanctions against it.
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