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Pakistan attacks raise sectarian strain
Jan 29 2007 11:36PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A second attack targeting Shiite Muslims in as many days hit Pakistan Tuesday, as sectarian violence broke out after rockets were fired at a religious procession, leaving two men dead in a northwestern town, police said.
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China: N.Korea nuke talks back on Feb. 8
Jan 29 2007 11:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - China has informed Japan that six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament will resume Feb. 8, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday.
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Japan health minister rebuked for remark
Jan 29 2007 10:31PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rebuked Japan's health minister Monday for calling women "birth machines," a remark that caused an outcry in the country.
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Afghan commander expects suicide attacks
Jan 29 2007 7:47PM (CT)
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan (AP) - The incoming commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan said Monday he expects Taliban militants to launch more suicide attacks this year than in 2006, when militants set off a record 139 such bombings.
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Former Afghan customs chief seeks asylum
Jan 29 2007 5:00PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A Pakistani man sewed opium into the beads of a tapestry. An Afghan taped drug bags to his body. A Chinese woman tucked narcotics into hollowed heels.
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Japanese broadcaster fined over story
Jan 29 2007 10:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A court ordered public broadcaster NHK and two production companies to pay damages to a women's rights group for altering a news program on Japanese sex slavery during World War II after alleged pressure from politicians, officials said Monday.
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11 hurt as rockets hit Pakistan mosque
Jan 29 2007 10:16AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Two rockets hit a Shiite Muslim mosque on Monday in the northwestern Pakistan city of Bannu, wounding 11 people, two seriously, police said.
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Bomb wounds 5 in mosque in Pakistan
Jan 29 2007 9:50AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb exploded inside a Shiite Muslim mosque Monday in the northwestern Pakistan city of Bannu, wounding five people, two seriously, police said.
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Report: China coal mine blast kills 15
Jan 29 2007 4:44AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed at least 15 miners, and rescuers were searching Monday for a missing miner, a news report said.
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China president prepares for Africa tour
Jan 29 2007 3:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Twice in the past three years, Chinese President Hu Jintao has been greeted in Africa as the welcomed leader of a new economic and political power. But on a trip starting Tuesday, he also faces growing skepticism about China's role on the continent.
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