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Indonesian cops kill suspected militant
Jan 10 2007 11:53PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Police raided a house Thursday on Sulawesi Island where several alleged Islamic militants were staying, sparking a fierce gun and bomb battle that left one suspected terrorist dead, a top police chief said Thursday.
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Piece of missing jet found in Indonesia
Jan 10 2007 11:49PM (CT)
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) - A fisherman found a piece of a Boeing 737 that disappeared more than 10 days ago, the first hard evidence that the plane carrying 102 people had crashed into the sea off northwestern Indonesia, a top search official said Thursday.
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Gates at India's Taj Mahal get facelift
Jan 10 2007 11:41PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Archaeologists and conservationists have starting giving the massive gates of the Taj Mahal a facelift to repair weather damage to the majestic 17th-century monument.
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Vietnam becomes the WTOs 150th member
Jan 10 2007 11:40PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Vietnam on Thursday became the World Trade Organization's 150th member, signaling the communist nation's emergence as one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
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Asian allies offer support for Bush
Jan 10 2007 10:10PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The top U.S. allies in Asia, Japan and South Korea, offered early support Thursday for President Bush's announcement of a boost in American troops in Iraq.
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Myanmar activist says he, 4 others freed
Jan 10 2007 9:11PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Five pro-democracy activists were released from detention early Thursday, one of them said, two days after the United States introduced a U.N. resolution calling on Myanamar to release all political prisoners.
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Report: Mining pollutes tiger reserve
Jan 10 2007 4:38PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's military junta is allowing gold mines to pollute the world's largest wild tiger reserve and has promoted development that is destroying ethnic Kachin communities, a report released Wednesday alleged.
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Hu continues graft crackdown in China
Jan 10 2007 4:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - President Hu Jintao has vowed to tighten a crackdown on rampant corruption amid the growing number of arrests of top Communist Party officials and senior judges across China for graft and other misdeeds.
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Building collapse in India kills 10
Jan 10 2007 12:38PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - A four-story building under construction in a northern Indian city collapsed Wednesday, killing 10 workers and injuring at least 25, police said.
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Scottish mother may drop custody battle
Jan 10 2007 12:24PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The mother of a Scottish girl in the middle of a custody battle with her Pakistani father offered Wednesday to drop the demand if she is allowed regular contacts with the 12-year-old, a lawyer said.
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Bombings kill 6, hurt 27 in Philippines
Jan 10 2007 11:57AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Three bombs within hours of each other rocked the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 27 others, officials said, amid warnings that Muslim militants may try to disrupt this weekend's Asian regional summits.
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Ousted Thai premier has passport revoked
Jan 10 2007 10:35AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The diplomatic passport of Thailand's ousted prime minister has been revoked, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
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Muslim activist urges China raid probe
Jan 10 2007 7:07AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An exiled Chinese Muslim activist living in the U.S. urged China on Wednesday to allow an independent probe of an anti-terror raid that officials say killed 18 militants.
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Philippine soldiers kill Muslim militant
Jan 10 2007 5:36AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine troops killed a senior al-Qaida-linked militant who allegedly led an urban terror unit of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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Pakistan rejects U.N. claim on Taliban
Jan 10 2007 5:23AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan angrily rejected a U.N. claim that it is harboring Taliban leaders, accusing multinational troops in Afghanistan of doing little to crack down on commanders of the insurgency.
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Indonesian boy dies of bird flu
Jan 10 2007 4:49AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 14-year-old Indonesian boy died from bird flu Wednesday, just days after being hospitalized, a health official said. It was the first H5N1 fatality in the country in six weeks.
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Japan seeks probe of ship collision
Jan 10 2007 1:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan pressed Wednesday for a thorough investigation of a collision between a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near one of the world's most crucial shipping lanes.
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SKorea urges North to mull U.S. proposal
Jan 10 2007 12:37AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Wednesday renewed a call for North Korea to seriously consider U.S. proposals before the communist nation returns to international talks on its nuclear weapons program.
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