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UN survey: Afghan opium high in 2008
Feb 5 2008 11:15PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Opium growth in Afghanistan's unstable south and southwest continues at an alarming rate, and is a windfall for anti-government forces who tax farmers, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
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Power outages threaten Chinese New Year
Feb 5 2008 6:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Driven from her home by the bitter cold, Shi Ying was lucky to find a room at a hotel with a generator. But other residents of the central city of Chenzhou will ring in the Chinese New Year by candlelight.
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Power outages threaten Chinese New Year
Feb 5 2008 6:37PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Driven from her home by the bitter cold, Shi Ying was lucky to find a room at a hotel with a generator. But other residents of the central city of Chenzhou will ring in the Chinese New Year by candlelight.
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Peace Corps suspends work in Kenya
Feb 5 2008 2:53PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Peace Corps said Tuesday it has suspended operations in Kenya after weeks of postelection violence, another blow to confidence as business leaders voiced concerns over the turmoil's effect on the economy.
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Peace Corps suspends work in Kenya
Feb 5 2008 2:53PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Peace Corps said Tuesday it has suspended operations in Kenya after weeks of postelection violence, another blow to confidence as business leaders voiced concerns over the turmoil's effect on the economy.
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Bhutto's will made public
Feb 5 2008 1:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's party made public Tuesday the will in which she endorsed her husband to succeed her _ a move that could polish his leadership credentials ahead of this month's elections.
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Bhutto's will made public
Feb 5 2008 1:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's party made public Tuesday the will in which she endorsed her husband to succeed her _ a move that could polish his leadership credentials ahead of this month's elections.
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Bhutto's will made public
Feb 5 2008 1:07PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto's party made public Tuesday the will in which she endorsed her husband to succeed her _ a move that could polish his leadership credentials ahead of this month's elections.
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Report: Japan resumes Antarctic whaling
Feb 5 2008 10:06AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the Japanese fleet, a news report said Tuesday.
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China releases jailed Hong Kong reporter
Feb 5 2008 8:00AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A Hong Kong journalist charged with spying for Taiwan was released from prison in mainland China on Tuesday after being detained for nearly three years.
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Philippines to ban incandescent bulbs
Feb 5 2008 7:59AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines will phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010 in favor of more energy-efficient fluorescent globes to help cut greenhouse gas emissions and household costs, the president said Tuesday.
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Japan: Food poisoning may be deliberate
Feb 5 2008 6:35AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Pesticide-laced Chinese dumplings that sickened at least 10 people in Japan and triggered a nationwide scare were probably poisoned deliberately, Japan's health minister said Tuesday.
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7 civilians killed in Philippine clash
Feb 5 2008 5:24AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - At least seven civilians, including four children, were killed during a military operation against al-Qaida-linked militants on a southern Philippine island, officials said Tuesday.
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World Bank urges counter-opium measures
Feb 5 2008 5:00AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The world needs to invest more than $2 billion in irrigation, roads and other rural development to wean Afghanistan off booming opium cultivation, a development bank report said Tuesday.
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Americans overseas head to polls
Feb 5 2008 4:53AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Americans living overseas started lining up in hotels and coffee shops Tuesday to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, while others _ for the first time ever _ cast ballots online.
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Americans overseas head to polls
Feb 5 2008 4:53AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Americans living overseas started lining up in hotels and coffee shops Tuesday to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, while others _ for the first time ever _ cast ballots online.
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Americans overseas head to polls
Feb 5 2008 4:53AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Americans living overseas started lining up in hotels and coffee shops Tuesday to vote for Democratic candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, while others _ for the first time ever _ cast ballots online.
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Karzai ponders journalist death sentence
Feb 5 2008 4:43AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai is concerned about a death sentence handed down to a journalist in Afghanistan accused of insulting Islam, but he will not intervene until the courts have their final say, his spokesman said Tuesday.
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Chinese dissident writer sentenced
Feb 5 2008 4:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced a democracy activist who wrote about corruption to four years in prison on subversion charges, his wife and lawyer said.
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6 may face charges in China miner deaths
Feb 5 2008 4:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Top executives at two Chinese coal mines were being handed over to prosecutors and likely to face criminal charges for their roles in accidents that drowned 181 miners, the Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.
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Separated Koreans exchange videos
Feb 5 2008 3:29AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Dozens of Koreans separated for decades by the border dividing North and South exchanged video messages with their kin Tuesday under a new program.
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Philippine House leader ousted
Feb 5 2008 3:01AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine lawmakers ousted the powerful leader of the House of Representatives early Tuesday in a vote he alleged was orchestrated by former ally President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo because his son linked her husband to a corruption scandal.
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Philippine House leader ousted
Feb 5 2008 3:01AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine lawmakers ousted the powerful leader of the House of Representatives early Tuesday in a vote he alleged was orchestrated by former ally President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo because his son linked her husband to a corruption scandal.
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11 electricians killed in China storms
Feb 5 2008 3:01AM (CT)
CHENZHOU, China (AP) - Cold, exhausted residents stood in long lines for water and gasoline Tuesday as the central Chinese city of Chenzhou entered the 12th day of a blackout sparked by the worst winter storms in more than half a century.
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Americans living overseas head to polls
Feb 5 2008 2:46AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Democrats living overseas became the first to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, casting ballots at the stroke of midnight in Indonesia, where Sen. Barack Obama lived as a child.
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Americans living overseas head to polls
Feb 5 2008 2:46AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Democrats living overseas became the first to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, casting ballots at the stroke of midnight in Indonesia, where Sen. Barack Obama lived as a child.
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Bible confiscation in Malaysia a mistake
Feb 5 2008 12:50AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian government official said Tuesday that customs officers were wrong to seize 32 Bibles from a Christian traveler, after church groups alleged that it was another sign of religious intolerance in this Muslim-majority country.
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