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Suharto suffers multiple organ failure
Jan 11 2008 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto showed slight signs of improvement, doctors said Saturday, a day after he suffered organ failure and was placed on a ventilator with dangerous signs of infection in his lungs.
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Suharto suffers multiple organ failure
Jan 11 2008 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto showed slight signs of improvement, doctors said Saturday, a day after he suffered organ failure and was placed on a ventilator with dangerous signs of infection in his lungs.
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Taiwan votes in legislative elections
Jan 11 2008 8:18PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese voted Saturday on a new 113-seat Legislature, a contest widely seen as a referendum on President Chen Shui-bian's efforts to carve out a non-Chinese identity for the self-governing island.
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US envoy says new Korea talks possible
Jan 11 2008 3:10PM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Friday that the next round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program could take place this month, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
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Hong Kong-Macau ferries collide in fog
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.
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Hong Kong-Macau ferries collide in fog
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.
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Hong Kong-Macau ferries collide in fog
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.
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Hong Kong-Macau ferries collide in fog
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.
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Hong Kong-Macau ferries collide in fog
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.
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Hong Kong-Macau ferries collide in fog
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Two hydrofoils ferrying passengers between the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau collided Friday night in heavy fog, seriously injuring 19 people, a Macau government spokesman said.
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After Hillary: commercialism, courage
Jan 11 2008 2:09PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Fifty years later, the man who first stood on the roof of the world lamented how Mount Everest had changed since his historic summit.
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Pakistan president tells US to stay out
Jan 11 2008 1:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.
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Pakistan president tells US to stay out
Jan 11 2008 1:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.
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Pakistan president tells US to stay out
Jan 11 2008 1:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.
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Pakistan president tells US to stay out
Jan 11 2008 1:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.
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Pakistan president tells US to stay out
Jan 11 2008 1:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Despite the growing threat from Islamic extremists, President Pervez Musharraf said U.S. troops are not welcome to join the fight against al-Qaida on Pakistani soil.
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Japan rejoins US anti-terrorism mission
Jan 11 2008 11:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's defense minister ordered the navy Friday to return to the Indian Ocean on a U.S.-backed anti-terrorism mission, ending a three-month hiatus but deepening political divisions with the opposition.
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Japan rejoins US anti-terrorism mission
Jan 11 2008 11:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's defense minister ordered the navy Friday to return to the Indian Ocean on a U.S.-backed anti-terrorism mission, ending a three-month hiatus but deepening political divisions with the opposition.
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Japan rejoins US anti-terrorism mission
Jan 11 2008 11:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's defense minister ordered the navy Friday to return to the Indian Ocean on a U.S.-backed anti-terrorism mission, ending a three-month hiatus but deepening political divisions with the opposition.
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Japan military data leak case dropped
Jan 11 2008 8:32AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese prosecutors have decided not to press charges against four military instructors investigated over the leak of sensitive defense data in violation of a security pact with the United States, officials said Friday.
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Nepal to hold election on April 10
Jan 11 2008 6:08AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An election to choose an assembly that will rewrite Nepal's constitution and guide its first political steps following the downfall of the monarchy will be held April 10, the government said Friday.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets with junta
Jan 11 2008 5:08AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of Myanmar's ruling junta Friday for the first time in nearly two months, a government official said.
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Sri Lanka won't revive 2002 cease-fire
Jan 11 2008 4:56AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's government Friday rejected a call by separatist Tamil rebels to revive a 2002 cease-fire, a week after Colombo officially withdrew from the truce.
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At least 7 dead in Kazakhstan mine blast
Jan 11 2008 3:42AM (CT)
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan (AP) - A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Kazakhstan on Friday, killing at least seven miners and leaving 23 others missing, a regional governor said.
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Explosion reported in Myanmar capital
Jan 11 2008 3:04AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - An explosion in the capital of military-ruled Myanmar killed one woman Friday morning, a government official said.
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Thailand will ban smoking in nightclubs
Jan 11 2008 2:30AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Smokers in Thailand will soon be banned from lighting up in nightclubs, pubs, and open-air markets, the Public Health Ministry said Friday.
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China '07 trade surplus surges to record
Jan 11 2008 1:22AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's trade surplus soared nearly 50 percent in 2007 to a record, despite safety worries about Chinese products and a slowdown in export growth late in the year, according to government data released Friday.
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Report: Musharraf cautions US on tactics
Jan 11 2008 12:25AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Pervez Musharraf warned that U.S. troops would be regarded as invaders if they crossed into Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan in the hunt for al-Qaida or Taliban militants, according to an interview published Friday.
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