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66 killed in stampede at Manila game show
Feb 3 2006 11:49PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A stampede broke out early Saturday outside a stadium near Manila where thousands had lined up to watch a popular game show, and at least 66 people were trampled to death, an official said.
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Pro-government candidate killed in Nepal
Feb 3 2006 4:35PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A pro-government candidate in Nepal's municipal election died Friday after being shot by communist rebels _ the second person to be assassinated ahead of next week's polls.
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Koreas agree to hold rare military talks
Feb 3 2006 1:34PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South and North Korea agreed Friday to hold military talks on the level of generals for the first time in nearly two years and the South said they would focus on preventing naval clashes.
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U.S. general discusses N. Korea scenarios
Feb 3 2006 12:30PM (CT)
YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. general said Friday that allied troops could turn back any North Korean attack but acknowledged that predicting Pyongyang's actions was not easy.
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American, Afghan forces battle Taliban
Feb 3 2006 11:19AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Fierce fighting involving U.S. warplanes and Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan left at least 16 suspected Taliban rebels and three police dead, an official said Friday.
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U.S. beef investigation to be done soon
Feb 3 2006 8:46AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. investigation into a veal shipment containing backbone that prompted Japan to close its market to American beef should be finished and presented to the Japanese government in about a week, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer said Friday.
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Japan to pay leprosy victims for isolation
Feb 3 2006 7:49AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Parliament enacted a law Friday awarding compensation to former leprosy sufferers who were forced into isolated leper colonies in Taiwan and Korea by Japan's imperial government decades ago.
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Four strong earthquakes shake Japan
Feb 3 2006 1:51AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook northeastern Japan early Friday, followed by at least three strong aftershocks.
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Thailand's culture minister to resign
Feb 3 2006 12:28AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's culture minister resigned on Friday, amid growing calls for the prime minister to step down.
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