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Suharto's health takes new downturn
Jan 22 2008 11:05PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The health of former Indonesian dictator Suharto deteriorated Wednesday, with a potentially lethal infection spreading through his body, his doctors said.
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Illegal Vietnamese face US deportation
Jan 22 2008 6:55PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States now face deportation after the two countries completed an agreement Tuesday, a move that sparked worry among immigrant communities.
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Sri Lanka clashes kill 15 rebels
Jan 22 2008 2:46PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Government soldiers attacked Tamil Tiger rebel bunkers in Sri Lanka's embattled north Monday, triggering battles that killed 15 guerrillas, the military said.
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Afghan journalist sentenced to death
Jan 22 2008 2:25PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan court on Tuesday sentenced a 23-year-old journalism student to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that three judges said violated the tenets of Islam, an official said.
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China safety official wants public help
Jan 22 2008 1:12PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's senior safety inspector urged the public and the media Tuesday to expose workplace accidents in a bid to end corruption and official misdeeds aggravating the country's high rate of work deaths.
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Tough talker likely to become Thai PM
Jan 22 2008 12:57PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Samak Sundaravej _ the man likely to become Thailand's next prime minister _ is known for his sharp tongue and short temper.
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37 militants killed in Pakistan
Jan 22 2008 12:49PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamic militants in Pakistan attacked a fort near the Afghan border Tuesday, sparking fighting with government forces that left five troops and 37 fighters dead, the army said.
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N. Korea recalls seizure of US spy ship
Jan 22 2008 12:44PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Tuesday that the United States should remember the "bitter lesson" of the communist country's seizure of the American spy ship USS Pueblo four decades ago.
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Malaysian state separates shopping sexes
Jan 22 2008 8:25AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's only state run by the Islamic opposition party will get stricter about enforcing separate lines for men and women at supermarkets, an official said Tuesday.
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Trial of dissident China writer begins
Jan 22 2008 5:29AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese dissident who wrote about corruption went on trial Tuesday for subversion, his lawyer said, a charge used frequently to silence whistle-blowers and critics of the ruling Communist Party.
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Dozens of rare reptiles die in India
Jan 22 2008 5:00AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Conservationists and scientists scrambled Tuesday to determine what has killed at least 50 critically endangered crocodile-like reptiles in recent weeks in a river sanctuary in central India.
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China says no to pressure on Myanmar
Jan 22 2008 4:57AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday rejected U.S. demands for stepped-up pressure on Myanmar, whose governing junta has been accused of spurning real dialogue with the pro-democracy opposition.
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NKorea media: US not meeting commitments
Jan 22 2008 1:02AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of failing to meet its commitments toward the communist nation, blaming Washington for the slow progress in a nuclear disarmament deal.
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