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Pakistan, Turkey agree to work for peace
Feb 5 2007 11:58PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to work together to inject new life into Middle East peace efforts, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Monday.
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29 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 flee
Feb 5 2007 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Storm waters that had receded washed back into many low-lying areas of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday following overnight rain, piling on the misery for some 340,000 people forced from their homes in the city where at least 29 have died after days of torrential rain.
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29 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 flee
Feb 5 2007 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Storm waters that had receded washed back into many low-lying areas of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday following overnight rain, piling on the misery for some 340,000 people forced from their homes in the city where at least 29 have died after days of torrential rain.
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29 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 flee
Feb 5 2007 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Storm waters that had receded washed back into many low-lying areas of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday following overnight rain, piling on the misery for some 340,000 people forced from their homes in the city where at least 29 have died after days of torrential rain.
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29 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 flee
Feb 5 2007 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Storm waters that had receded washed back into many low-lying areas of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday following overnight rain, piling on the misery for some 340,000 people forced from their homes in the city where at least 29 have died after days of torrential rain.
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29 dead in Indonesia flood; 340,000 flee
Feb 5 2007 11:51PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Storm waters that had receded washed back into many low-lying areas of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday following overnight rain, piling on the misery for some 340,000 people forced from their homes in the city where at least 29 have died after days of torrential rain.
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Chinese president offers aid to Namibia
Feb 5 2007 6:09PM (CT)
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao announced new development aid for Namibia on Monday, promising an interest-free loan and money for schools in the sparsely populated, mineral-rich desert country.
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Afghanistan war crime amnesty denounced
Feb 5 2007 5:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A group of lawmakers on Monday denounced a nonbinding resolution passed by Afghanistan's lower house of parliament calling for amnesty for warlords and other Afghans accused of war crimes during a quarter-century of fighting.
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China tightens controls on own media
Feb 5 2007 4:14PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - At a time when China's government has granted the foreign media greater freedom, it is tightening controls on Chinese who write about politically sensitive or embarrassing topics, human rights activists and journalists say.
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Thai premier dismisses police chief
Feb 5 2007 10:04AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's military-installed prime minister on Monday dismissed the national police chief, who has been criticized for failing to solve a series of bomb explosions in the capital on New Year's Eve.
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U.S. says North Korea must abandon nukes
Feb 5 2007 8:08AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korea must get out of the nuclear business if it wants energy or economic aid, the chief U.S. negotiator said Monday, adding he believed the North was prepared to negotiate at the coming arms talks in Beijing.
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NATO urges Taliban to leave Afghan town
Feb 5 2007 6:21AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO-led troops dropped leaflets on a southern Afghan town overrun by militants, warning the fighters to leave after their leader was killed in a targeted airstrike, officials said Monday.
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Malaysian man seeks to renounce Islam
Feb 5 2007 3:46AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - An ethnic Chinese Malaysian mistakenly given by doctors to a Malay Muslim couple at birth nearly three decades ago is bracing for a possible legal battle so he can renounce Islam, an action that can be considered a crime in parts of Malaysia.
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Fire in India garment factory kills 7
Feb 5 2007 12:56AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - A fire gutted a garment factory in eastern India, killing seven workers early Monday, officials said.
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