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Ex-Myanmar minister tried for corruption
Feb 10 2006 10:44PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's former foreign minister, ousted in a Cabinet reshuffle by the country's ruling military junta, has been put on trial for corruption charges, government officials said Friday.
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Avalanche kills one at spa in Japan
Feb 10 2006 9:44PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An avalanche buried an outdoor hot spring at a popular traditional inn in northern Japan on Friday, killing one person and injuring 16, as Japan struggles through one of its snowiest winters on record.
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Seven killed in Nepal political violence
Feb 10 2006 3:47PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Communist rebels clashed with soldiers Friday in western Nepal, leaving seven people dead, as the royal government announced its mostly uncontested candidates swept discredited local elections that were boycotted by nearly every major political party.
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Officials: Terrorist pulled out of plot
Feb 10 2006 3:39PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to pilot a plane in a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States has been in custody in his homeland since December 2002, Southeast Asian security officials said Friday.
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Cambodian opposition leader out of exile
Feb 10 2006 1:35PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - An exiled Cambodian opposition leader returned home to cheering crowds of supporters Friday after a royal pardon ended his long feud with the nation's prime minister.
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Bird flu confirmed in Hong Kong
Feb 10 2006 10:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A dead chicken and Japanese White-eye found in Hong Kong have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, the government announced Friday, the latest in a recent series of avian influenza cases to surface in the territory.
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North Korea requests fertilizer aid
Feb 10 2006 9:28AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Impoverished North Korea has requested 150,000 tons of fertilizer from South Korea, months after the communist nation demanded that the U.N. World Food Program halt emergency food shipments, an official said Thursday.
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Thousands in Bangladesh protest drawings
Feb 10 2006 4:26AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Over 2,000 Muslims gathered in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to protest the Prophet Muhammad drawings, police and organizers said.
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Malaysian involved in '02 U.S. terror plot
Feb 10 2006 3:59AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to become a pilot for a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States pulled out of the plan after he witnessed the carnage of the first assaults, Southeast Asian officials said Friday.
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China reports rise in coal mine deaths
Feb 10 2006 12:06AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Nearly 6,000 people died in accidents in China's coal mines last year, with the proportion of those killed in major disasters rising sharply, the government reported Friday.
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