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Report: N. Korean leader visiting China
Jan 9 2006 11:12PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has traveled to China on a rare trip outside his country, a South Korean military intelligence official said Tuesday.
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Main Nepalese party splits over king
Jan 9 2006 4:08PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's main royalist party on Monday expelled seven members who recently became members of King Gyanendra's Cabinet, dividing the sole major political party that supports him.
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Man who shot John Paul II may face trial
Jan 9 2006 2:46PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The Turk who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released from prison Thursday, but he then may be tried in a military court for allegedly dodging the draft and escaping military custody, an official said Monday.
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Experts urge action against India checks
Jan 9 2006 1:01PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Experts urged the Indian government to enforce laws against prenatal gender checks and to work to change attitudes after a study showed up to 10 million female fetuses may have been selectively aborted in India over the past two decades.
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Asian quake victims wait out harsh winter
Jan 9 2006 12:46PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Cold winds sweep through tents, where rains soak the ground and children cough. Days are passed by waiting in lines for meals, feeding babies or perhaps taking a few swings with a cricket bat.
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Death toll from Japanese snowstorms at 71
Jan 9 2006 12:04PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The death toll from snowstorms that have blasted northern and central Japan since early December rose to 71 on Monday after three people died while clearing snow, police and news reports said.
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Chinese activists put under house arrest
Jan 9 2006 11:29AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police blocked a private observance Monday of the anniversary of deposed Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang's death, detaining the organizer and putting activists under house arrest.
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China revises 2004 economic growth rate
Jan 9 2006 11:27AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China has revised its 2004 economic growth rate to 10.1 percent from 9.5 percent following the recent completion of an economic census, the National Statistics Bureau reported Monday.
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Taliban leader purports to warn of attacks
Jan 9 2006 10:53AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban leader Mullah Omar purportedly warned Monday of a coming surge in violence, clearly rejecting the Afghan president's proposal a day earlier to "get in touch" if he wants to talk peace.
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China, Japan to discuss gas dispute
Jan 9 2006 7:15AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China and Japan agreed Monday to hold new talks to resolve a dispute over gas deposits in the East China Sea that could help ease increasingly strained relations between the Asian powers, a Japanese Embassy official said.
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N. Korea says U.S. must lift sanctions
Jan 9 2006 6:59AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Monday sent its highest-level signal yet that international talks aimed at ending its nuclear programs are unlikely to resume soon, repeating its demand that the U.S. drop sanctions to end the impasse.
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Bolivia's Morales, Chinese president meet
Jan 9 2006 6:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on Monday met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and called China an "ideological ally," a day after he invited the communist country to develop Bolivia's vast gas reserves.
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