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U.S. experts aid Indonesia plane probe
Jan 6 2007 11:52PM (CT)
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) - U.S. experts arrived in Indonesia's Sulawesi island Saturday to help investigate the apparent crash of a jetliner that disappeared with 102 people on board after battling fierce winds and storms.
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Bangladesh capital bans demonstrations
Jan 6 2007 8:06PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police on Saturday declared a ban on demonstrations in the Bangladesh capital ahead of a two-day nationwide transport blockade planned by a major political alliance to force electoral reforms.
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Questions swirl on N. Korea's nuke plans
Jan 6 2007 1:45PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - After months of escalating rhetoric, North Korea in early October told the world it was ready to conduct its first test explosion of a nuclear device. Days later, it made good on its word.
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Tamil Tigers blamed for Sri Lankan blast
Jan 6 2007 1:23PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A bomb on a Sri Lankan passenger bus killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more Saturday, officials said, blaming Tamil Tiger rebels for the country's second bus bombing in as many days.
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Tamil Tigers blamed for Sri Lankan blast
Jan 6 2007 1:23PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A bomb on a Sri Lankan passenger bus killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more Saturday, officials said, blaming Tamil Tiger rebels for the country's second bus bombing in as many days.
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Tamil Tigers blamed for Sri Lankan blast
Jan 6 2007 1:23PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A bomb on a Sri Lankan passenger bus killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more Saturday, officials said, blaming Tamil Tiger rebels for the country's second bus bombing in as many days.
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More than 50 killed in Indian violence
Jan 6 2007 12:32PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A second day of bloodshed in India's restive northeast took at least 21 lives Saturday, including 13 migrant workers shot while they slept and eight government employees killed by a land mine explosion.
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More than 50 killed in Indian violence
Jan 6 2007 12:32PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A second day of bloodshed in India's restive northeast took at least 21 lives Saturday, including 13 migrant workers shot while they slept and eight government employees killed by a land mine explosion.
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More than 50 killed in Indian violence
Jan 6 2007 12:32PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - A second day of bloodshed in India's restive northeast took at least 21 lives Saturday, including 13 migrant workers shot while they slept and eight government employees killed by a land mine explosion.
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6 Abu Sayyaf gunmen slain in Philippines
Jan 6 2007 7:51AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine troops on Saturday killed six members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group, including one wanted by the United States for involvement in the kidnapping of Americans, a military spokesman said.
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French presidential hopeful visits China
Jan 6 2007 5:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - French presidential candidate Segolene Royal, hoping to burnish her foreign-policy credentials, opened a visit to China on Saturday by urging France to see China's rising economic power as an opportunity.
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40 killed in Bangladesh bus fire
Jan 6 2007 5:03AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - At least 40 passengers died after a speeding bus veered off the road and caught fire in eastern Bangladesh on Saturday, a police official said.
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Bombs target NATO convoys in Afghanistan
Jan 6 2007 4:27AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb struck a NATO vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, wounding one soldier, while a suicide bomber in a car wounded four soldiers in the country's east, officials said.
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15 killed, 3 hurt in Pakistan landslide
Jan 6 2007 3:01AM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A landslide triggered by recent heavy rains swamped a minibus and a car on a narrow mountainous road in Pakistan's part of Kashmir, killing 15 people and injuring three others, police said Saturday.
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Japan, U.S. warn N.Korea on nuke tests
Jan 6 2007 2:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese and U.S. officials warned Friday of tougher measures against North Korea if the isolated communist nation conducts a second nuclear test.
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Xie gets new environmental post in China
Jan 6 2007 1:56AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's former environment minister, who resigned following one of the nation's worst toxic spills, has been given a new job overseeing key environmental policies, state media and government Web sites reported Saturday.
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