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Police: U.S. sailor admits killing woman
Jan 6 2006 11:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A U.S. sailor being held by the American military in the killing of a Japanese woman has confessed to the crime, police said Friday. A media report said an arrest warrant will be sought as early as Saturday.
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Report: Bomber kills 5 in Chinese court
Jan 6 2006 11:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A farmer angry over a court ruling set off a bomb in a Chinese courthouse, killing himself and four other people, a news report said Saturday.
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Suspected rebels kill 13 in Sri Lanka
Jan 6 2006 10:54PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - An explosives-rigged fishing boat rammed a Sri Lankan navy patrol early Saturday, killing 13 sailors in a suspected rebel attack, officials said.
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Kashmiris risk fires trying to stay warm
Jan 6 2006 4:56PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Muqaddas Munir moans in her hospital bed, the 2 1/2-year-old's eyes swollen shut from burns after a fire caused by a candle in her tent that killed three children and severely burned two relatives.
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Quake survivors force way onto choppers
Jan 6 2006 12:50PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Dozens of quake survivors forced their way onto two U.N. helicopters involved in the relief effort and demanded to be taken out of a Kashmir village Friday, a U.N. official said.
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China to offer two pandas to rival Taiwan
Jan 6 2006 10:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Friday it has picked a pair of pandas to offer to rival Taiwan as part of efforts to boost public support for uniting with the communist mainland. Taiwan, however, accused Beijing of acting rudely by announcing the gift without consulting the island.
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Last survivor of China's Gang of Four dies
Jan 6 2006 10:04AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Yao Wenyuan, the final surviving member of the Gang of Four that terrorized China during the violent 1966-76 Cultural Revolution by persecuting thousands of people, has died, the government said Friday. He was 74.
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Some in Guantanamo to go to Afghan jail
Jan 6 2006 8:09AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A prison near Kabul is being refurbished to house about 100 Afghans who are expected to be sent back here from U.S. military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said.
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