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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Blizzards strand thousands in China
Jan 28 2008 11:54PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - At least 25 people were killed as a bus plunged off an icy roadway in China Tuesday, the latest casualties in a surge of severe winter weather that has disrupted the country's busiest holiday travel season and stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese.
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Mao's English tutor dead at 72
Jan 28 2008 11:21PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Zhang Hanzhi, Mao Zedong's English tutor and an interpreter during the historic 1972 meeting between the Communist leader and President Nixon, has died. She was 72.
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25 die in China bus crash
Jan 28 2008 10:09PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - At least 25 people were killed and 13 injured when a bus crashed early Monday in southern China, a state news agency said.
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300 Afghans die from recent snow, cold
Jan 28 2008 2:29PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Some 300 Afghans have died in the past 10 days from bitter cold and heavy snow across the country, the Health Ministry said Monday.
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Firebrand named Thailand's new premier
Jan 28 2008 1:50PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A combative veteran politician representing ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's interests was chosen as premier Monday, a move that could put him on a collision course with the military that ousted Thaksin in a 2006 coup.
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Gunmen in Pakistan free school hostages
Jan 28 2008 1:42PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen held dozens of students and teachers hostage for five hours at a school in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, but authorities allowed the captors to flee without punishment to avoid bloodshed, a tribal negotiator said.
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Gunmen in Pakistan free school hostages
Jan 28 2008 1:42PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen held dozens of students and teachers hostage for five hours at a school in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, but authorities allowed the captors to flee without punishment to avoid bloodshed, a tribal negotiator said.
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Japan, US rush for anti-missile shield
Jan 28 2008 12:40PM (CT)
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) - One of only four in the world, the Joint Tactical Ground Station sits in a field of snow behind the high fences of this remote base in northern Japan like a windowless trailer home with a few good satellite dishes out back.
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Israeli officials: Musharraf met Barak
Jan 28 2008 7:01AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Pakistan's president held a rare and secret meeting with Israel's defense minister in a Paris hotel last week, and the Iranian nuclear program figured high on the agenda, Israeli defense officials said Monday.
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Israeli officials: Musharraf met Barak
Jan 28 2008 7:01AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Pakistan's president held a rare and secret meeting with Israel's defense minister in a Paris hotel last week, and the Iranian nuclear program figured high on the agenda, Israeli defense officials said Monday.
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NKorea to allow first census in 15 years
Jan 28 2008 6:15AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A U.N. agency will begin counting North Korea's population in October in its first census in the reclusive country in 15 years, a South Korean official said Monday.
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Ex-dictator Suharto is mourned, buried
Jan 28 2008 5:24AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto during his state funeral Monday, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents.
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Ex-dictator Suharto is mourned, buried
Jan 28 2008 5:24AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto during his state funeral Monday, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents.
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Ex-dictator Suharto is mourned, buried
Jan 28 2008 5:24AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto during his state funeral Monday, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents.
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South Korea's Lee names prime minister
Jan 28 2008 5:21AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak nominated as prime minister Monday a veteran official with broad international experience to focus on achieving his goal of bolstering economic growth.
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South Korea's Lee names prime minister
Jan 28 2008 5:21AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak nominated as prime minister Monday a veteran official with broad international experience to focus on achieving his goal of bolstering economic growth.
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North Korea frees detained Canadian
Jan 28 2008 4:56AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A Canadian aid worker detained in North Korea has been freed, a Canadian diplomat said Monday, after the man reportedly spent three months in captivity accused of trying to start a church.
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Sharp drop in Afghan private investment
Jan 28 2008 4:54AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Private investment in Afghanistan dropped last year to $500 million _ about half the amount invested in 2006 _ due to the worsening security situation in the country, a business group said Monday.
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Olympic Watercube swimming venue opens
Jan 28 2008 4:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Organizers of the Beijing Olympics unveiled the "Watercube" swimming venue Monday, one of the more stunning structures built for the 2008 Games.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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Indonesia's ex-dictator Suharto buried
Jan 28 2008 4:11AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned.
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NKorea criticizes US human rights envoy
Jan 28 2008 2:33AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Monday accused a U.S. official tasked with monitoring human rights in the communist country with interfering in negotiations on its nuclear disarmament.
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