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20 killed in Sri Lanka bus blast
Feb 1 2008 10:56PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A bomb tore through a packed bus carrying civilians Saturday in central Sri Lanka, killing 20 people and wounding 50 others, the military said.
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US strike exposes entrenched militants
Feb 1 2008 10:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander just over a mile from a Pakistani military base shows how entrenched Islamic militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks.
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US strike exposes entrenched militants
Feb 1 2008 10:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander just over a mile from a Pakistani military base shows how entrenched Islamic militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks.
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US strike exposes entrenched militants
Feb 1 2008 10:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander just over a mile from a Pakistani military base shows how entrenched Islamic militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks.
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US strike exposes entrenched militants
Feb 1 2008 10:11PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander just over a mile from a Pakistani military base shows how entrenched Islamic militants are in the lawless tribal regions, where extremists have launched increasingly bold attacks.
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Chinese workers suffer in snowstorms
Feb 1 2008 3:51PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday _ his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
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Chinese workers suffer in snowstorms
Feb 1 2008 3:51PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday _ his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
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Chinese workers suffer in snowstorms
Feb 1 2008 3:51PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday _ his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
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Chinese workers suffer in snowstorms
Feb 1 2008 3:51PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday _ his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
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Chinese workers suffer in snowstorms
Feb 1 2008 3:51PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday _ his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
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Chinese workers suffer in snowstorms
Feb 1 2008 3:51PM (CT)
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday _ his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.
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Agent Orange work progresses in Vietnam
Feb 1 2008 1:28PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - More than three decades after the Vietnam War, the United States and Vietnam have just completed temporary steps to contain dioxin contamination at a former U.S. air base in Danang.
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Summit urges whaling commission changes
Feb 1 2008 1:11PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The International Whaling Commission has failed to resolve the increasingly heated debate over Japan's whaling program and needs to be thoroughly reformed, organizers of a conference on the dispute said Friday.
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Summit urges whaling commission changes
Feb 1 2008 1:11PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The International Whaling Commission has failed to resolve the increasingly heated debate over Japan's whaling program and needs to be thoroughly reformed, organizers of a conference on the dispute said Friday.
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Taiwan to vote on UN membership bid
Feb 1 2008 12:54PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan will hold two separate votes on the island's U.N. membership bid on March 22, the same day as the presidential poll, an election commission official said Friday.
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Bangladesh hit by bird flu outbreak
Feb 1 2008 12:39PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Livestock officials slaughtered more than 27,000 chickens and ducks in northern Bangladesh after bird flu was confirmed at a poultry farm near the border with India, a report said Friday.
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German troops to stay in Afghan north
Feb 1 2008 12:08PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's defense minister defended his army's efforts in the north of Afghanistan on Friday, rejecting a written plea from Defense Secretary Robert Gates for more help in the volatile south.
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Dumplings stir China food scare in Japan
Feb 1 2008 10:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese supermarkets, restaurants and schools cleared Chinese food products from their shelves and kitchens Friday in a spiraling nationwide scare over insecticide-tainted dumplings.
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Dumplings stir China food scare in Japan
Feb 1 2008 10:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese supermarkets, restaurants and schools cleared Chinese food products from their shelves and kitchens Friday in a spiraling nationwide scare over insecticide-tainted dumplings.
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Kenyan police kill 4 looters
Feb 1 2008 7:04AM (CT)
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police killed four people as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western Kenyan town, an official said Friday, after a policeman's killing of an opposition lawmaker sparked clashes in the Rift Valley.
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Kenyan police kill 4 looters
Feb 1 2008 7:04AM (CT)
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police killed four people as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western Kenyan town, an official said Friday, after a policeman's killing of an opposition lawmaker sparked clashes in the Rift Valley.
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Kenyan police kill 4 looters
Feb 1 2008 7:04AM (CT)
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police killed four people as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western Kenyan town, an official said Friday, after a policeman's killing of an opposition lawmaker sparked clashes in the Rift Valley.
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Kenyan police kill 4 looters
Feb 1 2008 7:04AM (CT)
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police killed four people as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western Kenyan town, an official said Friday, after a policeman's killing of an opposition lawmaker sparked clashes in the Rift Valley.
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US envoy wants int'l pressure on Myanmar
Feb 1 2008 7:03AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Fresh international pressure is necessary to push Myanmar's military rulers toward reform because the momentum for change after last year's demonstrations has been lost, the top U.S. diplomat in the country said Friday.
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Bangladesh hit by bird flu outbreak
Feb 1 2008 6:48AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Livestock officials slaughtered more than 27,000 chickens and ducks in northern Bangladesh after bird flu was confirmed at a poultry farm near the border with India, a report said Friday.
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Japan hangs 3 death-row inmates
Feb 1 2008 6:45AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan executed three men for murder Friday, including a convicted rapist who stabbed to death a previous victim in revenge for testifying against him, the government said.
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IAEA: No major damage to quake-hit plant
Feb 1 2008 6:26AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - There was no significant damage to a nuclear plant in northern Japan shuttered since last summer after it was hit by a strong earthquake, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday.
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China's Panchen Lama appears publicly
Feb 1 2008 5:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A 17-year-old boy picked by China as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's second-highest figure, pledged his support for the Communist Party in a rare public appearance, state media said.
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US, SKorea to hold joint military drill
Feb 1 2008 4:13AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea and the United States will hold a joint military exercise next month to prepare for Seoul's plans to retake wartime command of its forces, the U.S. military said Friday.
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Pakistan test-fires medium-range missile
Feb 1 2008 2:51AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Friday successfully test-fired an upgraded version of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the military said.
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Chinese activist charged for subversion
Feb 1 2008 2:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with inciting subversion, his lawyer said Friday.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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Bird flu continues march 4 years later
Feb 1 2008 2:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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NKorea completes 8 disablement measures
Feb 1 2008 1:47AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has completed eight of the 11 measures required to disable nuclear facilities under an international disarmament deal, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy said Friday.
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US to resume military aid to Thailand
Feb 1 2008 1:40AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The United States announced Friday it will resume military and other aid to Thailand as a result of the country's successful election and its formation of a democratically elected government.
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