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Fuel truck blast in Philippines kills 20
Feb 1 2007 11:54PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 20 people were killed when a fuel tanker truck exploded as it was negotiating an uphill road in the southern Philippines, a police official said Friday.
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Guerrillas free Philippine inmates
Feb 1 2007 6:46PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Suspected Muslim guerrillas stormed a Philippine jail early Friday and blasted a hole through a wall, freeing three alleged bombers and dozens of other inmates, officials said.
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Afghan council urges war crimes amnesty
Feb 1 2007 11:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Parliament has voted for an amnesty for leaders accused of war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting, arguing that it would help heal the deep divisions in Afghanistan.
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Oil spill hits Vietnam's central coast
Feb 1 2007 10:36AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - An oil spill from an unidentified source has hit Vietnam's central coast, blackening popular resort beaches as thousands of local people help with the cleanup, officials said Thursday.
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French leader backtracks on Iran comment
Feb 1 2007 9:20AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - President Jacques Chirac backtracked Thursday and said a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable, reversing earlier comments that Tehran's possession of a nuclear bomb would not be "very dangerous."
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U.S. Special Forces using Taliban site
Feb 1 2007 8:40AM (CT)
FIREBASE MAHOLIC, Afghanistan (AP) - Osama bin Laden built it. Taliban leader Mullah Omar lived in it. But today it's the Green Berets who call it home. Firebase Maholic, a sprawling and spacious compound on the outskirts of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, is plush living by typical U.S. Special Forces standards.
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Muslims gather in Bangladesh for prayer
Feb 1 2007 8:22AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Muslims assembled Thursday on the banks of a river near the Bangladeshi capital for one of the faith's largest gatherings.
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Paper: NKorea demands U.S. lift sanctions
Feb 1 2007 6:34AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea repeated its demand during talks with the United States this week that Washington lift financial restrictions on the communist regime, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported Thursday.
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U.S. donates vehicles, arms to Afghan army
Feb 1 2007 6:14AM (CT)
PUL-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan (AP) - The United States presented hundreds of armored vehicles and trucks and thousands of weapons to the Afghan army Thursday as Afghanistan braces for renewed fighting with Taliban-led insurgents.
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Pakistani men arrested in sister's death
Feb 1 2007 5:23AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - Two brothers in Pakistan beat to death their sister and her lover with bricks for bringing shame upon the family with their out-of-wedlock affair, police said Thursday.
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China calls for space treaty
Feb 1 2007 5:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday it is ready to work with other countries on an agreement to prevent an arms race in space amid an international uproar over its firing of an anti-satellite missile.
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Hong Kong's leader to seek another term
Feb 1 2007 3:24AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang said Thursday he will seek another term _ a five-year period that will likely bring growing pressure for full democracy and cleaner air in the Chinese territory.
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Report: Kim Jong Il's son living in Macau
Feb 1 2007 12:32AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's eldest son has lived for the past three years in Macau, where the United States slapped sanctions on a bank for allegedly helping Pyongyang launder money, a news report said Thursday.
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