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Chinese river said not contaminated
Jan 5 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HARBIN, China (AP) - For Harbin resident Zhao Lichun, enjoying the city's giant sculptures made from ice from the Songhua River is an annual tradition _ even six weeks after a toxic spill polluted the river and disrupted running water to millions of people.
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Nepal rebel cease-fire ends, three dead
Jan 5 2006 11:19PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Suspected rebels killed three police and wounded four more in attacks across Nepal on Thursday, while hundreds of protesters marched through Katmandu, demanding restoration of democracy in the Himalayan kingdom.
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U.S. Navy holds sailor in Japan slaying
Jan 5 2006 10:58PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. Navy is holding an American sailor in confinement on suspicion of killing a Japanese woman earlier this week near Tokyo, the U.S. military said Friday.
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Winter storm wallops quake-scarred Kashmir
Jan 5 2006 10:35PM (CT)
CHICKAR, Pakistan (AP) - The terraced paths through this mountain town are slick with ice, tents crammed with families have collapsed under the weight of snow and a truck mired in a muddy landslide blocked the main road into town. And winter has just barely begun.
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Afghan blast kills 10 during envoy's visit
Jan 5 2006 7:06PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomb exploded in a crowded market Thursday in an Afghan town just a few hundred yards from where the U.S. ambassador was meeting with local leaders. Ten Afghans were killed and 50 wounded in the deadliest of a recent series of attacks.
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U.S. sailor suspect in Japan beating death
Jan 5 2006 3:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese Foreign Ministry has asked the U.S. military about the alleged involvement of American sailors in the beating death of a woman near Tokyo this week, an official said Thursday.
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China urges U.S., N. Korea back to talks
Jan 5 2006 3:31PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China urged the United States and North Korea on Thursday to resolve a dispute over sanctions so that talks on dismantling the North's nuclear programs can resume.
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China begins coal mine safety crackdown
Jan 5 2006 10:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is closing 5,290 coal mines in a safety crackdown on the world's deadliest mining industry, the government announced Thursday.
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Pakistan says nuclear network dismantled
Jan 5 2006 9:54AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Thursday it had taken all "appropriate action" to break up the underground nuclear network run by its former chief nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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Last police withdrawn from Aceh province
Jan 5 2006 5:23AM (CT)
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia withdrew the last of its police from Aceh province Thursday under a peace agreement with separatist rebels that was propelled by the tsunami one year ago.
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200 feared dead after Indonesia landslides
Jan 5 2006 2:18AM (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 dead or missing, officials said.
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