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Top al-Qaida figure killed in Pakistan
Jan 31 2008 11:47PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A missile from a U.S. Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safehouse in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander believed responsible for a brazen bomb attack during a visit last year by Vice President Dick Cheney to Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Thursday.
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China's Panchen Lama makes appearance
Jan 31 2008 10:39PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The boy chosen by Beijing as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's second-highest figure, met with China's top legislator in a rare public appearance and expressed support for the Communist Party, state media reported.
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Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Jan 31 2008 9:43PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
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Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Jan 31 2008 9:43PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
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Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Jan 31 2008 9:43PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
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Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Jan 31 2008 9:43PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
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Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Jan 31 2008 9:43PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
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Chaotic rush to board trains in China
Jan 31 2008 9:43PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of desperate travelers, some hoisting terrified children or baggage over their heads, pushed their way onto trains Thursday as service resumed after the worst winter storms in decades paralyzed China.
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Suicide bomber kills Afghan official
Jan 31 2008 9:42PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a mosque in southern Afghanistan, killing a deputy provincial governor and five other people in another blow to President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government.
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Suicide bomber kills Afghan official
Jan 31 2008 9:42PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a mosque in southern Afghanistan, killing a deputy provincial governor and five other people in another blow to President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government.
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Indonesian soldier kills Sumatran tiger
Jan 31 2008 7:22PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A soldier shot dead an endangered Sumatran tiger that was caught in a trap in western Indonesia, then skinned it and distributed its meat to villagers, a conservationist said Thursday.
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Kenya's turmoil is gang opportunity
Jan 31 2008 5:07PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As Kenya splits along ethnic lines and the body count spirals, desperate residents say they are turning to once-hated gangs for protection.
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Kenya's turmoil is gang opportunity
Jan 31 2008 5:07PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As Kenya splits along ethnic lines and the body count spirals, desperate residents say they are turning to once-hated gangs for protection.
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Kenya's turmoil is gang opportunity
Jan 31 2008 5:07PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - As Kenya splits along ethnic lines and the body count spirals, desperate residents say they are turning to once-hated gangs for protection.
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Opposition wants army at Pakistan polls
Jan 31 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president came under increased pressure Thursday to take dramatic steps to ensure fair elections next month, with the opposition demanding the army guard polling stations and influential retired military officers saying the deposed chief justice should become caretaker leader.
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Opposition wants army at Pakistan polls
Jan 31 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president came under increased pressure Thursday to take dramatic steps to ensure fair elections next month, with the opposition demanding the army guard polling stations and influential retired military officers saying the deposed chief justice should become caretaker leader.
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Opposition wants army at Pakistan polls
Jan 31 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president came under increased pressure Thursday to take dramatic steps to ensure fair elections next month, with the opposition demanding the army guard polling stations and influential retired military officers saying the deposed chief justice should become caretaker leader.
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Opposition wants army at Pakistan polls
Jan 31 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president came under increased pressure Thursday to take dramatic steps to ensure fair elections next month, with the opposition demanding the army guard polling stations and influential retired military officers saying the deposed chief justice should become caretaker leader.
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Opposition wants army at Pakistan polls
Jan 31 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president came under increased pressure Thursday to take dramatic steps to ensure fair elections next month, with the opposition demanding the army guard polling stations and influential retired military officers saying the deposed chief justice should become caretaker leader.
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Opposition wants army at Pakistan polls
Jan 31 2008 3:33PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president came under increased pressure Thursday to take dramatic steps to ensure fair elections next month, with the opposition demanding the army guard polling stations and influential retired military officers saying the deposed chief justice should become caretaker leader.
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China investigates tainted dumplings
Jan 31 2008 12:42PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government on Thursday said it had stopped production and exports from a company whose insecticide-tainted frozen dumplings sickened 10 people in Japan, in the latest crisis to tarnish China's food export business.
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China investigates tainted dumplings
Jan 31 2008 12:42PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government on Thursday said it had stopped production and exports from a company whose insecticide-tainted frozen dumplings sickened 10 people in Japan, in the latest crisis to tarnish China's food export business.
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Philippine troops kill Muslim militant
Jan 31 2008 8:27AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Muslim militant who allegedly gunned down a Roman Catholic priest in a raid on a school in the southern Philippines was killed Thursday in a clash with troops pursuing an Indonesian terror suspect, the military said.
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Bangladesh court jails Islamic militants
Jan 31 2008 8:26AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A court in northwestern Bangladesh sentenced seven Islamic militants Thursday to life in prison after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of bombings in 2005, a prosecutor said.
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Suicide blast kills 4 in Sri Lanka
Jan 31 2008 5:02AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A bomb being transported by a suicide bomber on a bicycle exploded prematurely Thursday, killing four people and injuring 13 others in Sri Lanka's volatile north, the military said.
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Vietnam sentences dissident writer
Jan 31 2008 4:14AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A dissident Vietnamese writer who received an international human rights award for courage was sentenced Thursday to nine months in prison for disturbing the public order, a court official said.
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China renews offer of pandas to Taiwan
Jan 31 2008 2:56AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has renewed a politically fraught offer to send a pair of pandas to Taiwan, just weeks ahead of a key presidential election on the island.
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NKorea's Kim committed to nuclear deal
Jan 31 2008 1:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a visiting Chinese delegation that his regime was still committed to holding up its end of the stalled six-nation nuclear deal, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.
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