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Rebels kill seven security forces in Nepal
Feb 6 2006 10:40PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Communist rebels killed at least seven security forces and wounded 15 in two overnight attacks, officials said Tuesday, a day before local elections the government has billed as a small step toward democracy.
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Young Nepali bard sings of revolution
Feb 6 2006 3:50PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - If there's any truth to the old notion that Nepal is a country with one foot in the 16th century and the other in the 21st, then Rubin Ghandarba is its living embodiment.
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Japan's prison population aging rapidly
Feb 6 2006 3:43PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - There are still plenty of metal bars and handcuffs, but Japanese prisons these days have some new features: wheelchair-friendly stair ramps, handrails in the bathrooms and nurses trained to spoon-feed inmates.
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China criticizes Japanese comment
Feb 6 2006 8:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China accused Japan's foreign minister of glorifying aggression after he said Tokyo's 50-year colonial rule over Taiwan was responsible for the high education standards there.
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Afghan rioters demonstrate over cartoons
Feb 6 2006 6:28AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Hundreds of Afghans clashed with police and soldiers Monday during a demonstration against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in European newspapers. One person was killed and four wounded, officials said.
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