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US presses China on Iran sanctions
Jan 17 2008 10:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. and Iranian envoys lobbied China on Thursday over proposed new sanctions on Tehran's nuclear program, underscoring Beijing's key role in determining U.N. involvement in the dispute.
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UK's Brown arrives in Beijing
Jan 17 2008 10:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown brought a high-profile delegation of business leaders to China on Friday for a visit focused on expanding economic ties between the countries.
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UK's Brown arrives in Beijing
Jan 17 2008 10:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown brought a high-profile delegation of business leaders to China on Friday for a visit focused on expanding economic ties between the countries.
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UK's Brown arrives in Beijing
Jan 17 2008 10:19PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown brought a high-profile delegation of business leaders to China on Friday for a visit focused on expanding economic ties between the countries.
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Indonesia's ailing Suharto eludes court
Jan 17 2008 3:31PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia endured decades of bloodshed during Suharto's dictatorship. Yet, in an era when ruthless leaders are increasingly being held accountable, he has eased comfortably into old age without so much as a day in court.
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Indonesia's ailing Suharto eludes court
Jan 17 2008 3:31PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia endured decades of bloodshed during Suharto's dictatorship. Yet, in an era when ruthless leaders are increasingly being held accountable, he has eased comfortably into old age without so much as a day in court.
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New aircraft, home for Afghan air force
Jan 17 2008 3:19PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Calling it the "birth of our air force," Afghan President Hamid Karzai opened a new $22 million U.S.-funded military hangar on Thursday to house a fleet that is expected to triple in the next three years.
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New aircraft, home for Afghan air force
Jan 17 2008 3:19PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Calling it the "birth of our air force," Afghan President Hamid Karzai opened a new $22 million U.S.-funded military hangar on Thursday to house a fleet that is expected to triple in the next three years.
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Westerners worry about security in Kabul
Jan 17 2008 2:11PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The deadly Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul was barely a blip on the radar of Afghans hardened to repeated bombings, but it has rattled the nerves of expatriate Westerners.
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Westerners worry about security in Kabul
Jan 17 2008 2:11PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The deadly Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul was barely a blip on the radar of Afghans hardened to repeated bombings, but it has rattled the nerves of expatriate Westerners.
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Bhutan elections set for March 24
Jan 17 2008 2:10PM (CT)
GAUHATI, India (AP) - Bhutan will hold its first democratic elections in March, the latest step in the transformation of the Himalayan nation where Buddhist kings reigned supreme.
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Blast at Pakistan Shiite mosque kills 9
Jan 17 2008 2:09PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque Thursday and then blew himself up, killing nine people on the eve of a religious festival that has been scarred by sectarian violence in the past.
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Blast at Pakistan Shiite mosque kills 9
Jan 17 2008 2:09PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque Thursday and then blew himself up, killing nine people on the eve of a religious festival that has been scarred by sectarian violence in the past.
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Blast at Pakistan Shiite mosque kills 9
Jan 17 2008 2:09PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque Thursday and then blew himself up, killing nine people on the eve of a religious festival that has been scarred by sectarian violence in the past.
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Blast at Pakistan Shiite mosque kills 9
Jan 17 2008 2:09PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque Thursday and then blew himself up, killing nine people on the eve of a religious festival that has been scarred by sectarian violence in the past.
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Flour shortages adds to Pakistan's woes
Jan 17 2008 2:08PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - When the delivery truck finally arrives, laborer Sher Nawaz joins about 400 Pakistanis scrambling to buy a sack of wheat flour.
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Flour shortages adds to Pakistan's woes
Jan 17 2008 2:08PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - When the delivery truck finally arrives, laborer Sher Nawaz joins about 400 Pakistanis scrambling to buy a sack of wheat flour.
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Flour shortages adds to Pakistan's woes
Jan 17 2008 2:08PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - When the delivery truck finally arrives, laborer Sher Nawaz joins about 400 Pakistanis scrambling to buy a sack of wheat flour.
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Myanmar newspaper irks censors
Jan 17 2008 11:27AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A weekly newspaper in military-ruled Myanmar skipped publication Thursday on government orders after flouting censorship rules, its publisher said.
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Bomb kills 3 at mosque in Pakistan
Jan 17 2008 9:18AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar late Thursday, killing at least three people and wounded 20, police said.
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Sri Lankan jets destroy rebel hideout
Jan 17 2008 8:00AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's military said air force jets destroyed a hideout used by senior Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday and soldiers captured a strategic stretch of road in a battle that left nine insurgents dead.
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Sri Lankan jets destroy rebel hideout
Jan 17 2008 8:00AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's military said air force jets destroyed a hideout used by senior Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday and soldiers captured a strategic stretch of road in a battle that left nine insurgents dead.
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Sri Lankan jets destroy rebel hideout
Jan 17 2008 8:00AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's military said air force jets destroyed a hideout used by senior Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday and soldiers captured a strategic stretch of road in a battle that left nine insurgents dead.
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India, Bangladesh try to halt bird flu
Jan 17 2008 5:33AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - India and Bangladesh searched for new cases of bird flu Thursday as authorities pressed ahead with plans to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds in a bid to keep the outbreak from spreading, officials said.
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Mahathir denies judicial corruption
Jan 17 2008 3:00AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Former longtime leader Mahathir Mohamad denied at a public inquiry Thursday that outsiders manipulated top judicial appointments during his reign _ in a scandal that has cast doubts about the independence of Malaysia's judiciary.
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Rising sea levels threaten China cities
Jan 17 2008 2:14AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Sea levels off Shanghai and other Chinese coastal cities are rising at an alarming rate, leading to contamination of drinking water supplies and other threats, China's State Oceanic Administration reported Thursday.
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SKorea to use economy to entice NKorea
Jan 17 2008 2:14AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's next president said Thursday he hopes to entice North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program by boosting its economy, but declined to address how he would pressure Pyongyang if it does not respond.
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Japan pauses whale hunt during standoff
Jan 17 2008 1:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Protesters scored a victory in a high-seas campaign to disrupt Japan's whale hunt in the Antarctic, forcing the fleet to a standstill Wednesday while officials scrambled to unload two activists who used a rubber boat to get on board a harpoon vessel.
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Japan pauses whale hunt during standoff
Jan 17 2008 1:52AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Protesters scored a victory in a high-seas campaign to disrupt Japan's whale hunt in the Antarctic, forcing the fleet to a standstill Wednesday while officials scrambled to unload two activists who used a rubber boat to get on board a harpoon vessel.
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