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Report: Cheney snubbing Japan official
Feb 11 2007 11:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney will not meet with Japan's defense minister during his trip to the country next week, a decision Japanese media characterized as a snub over the official calling the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "mistake."
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Sri Lankan navy destroys rebel boat
Feb 11 2007 11:27PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's navy said it destroyed a boat of the separatist Tamil Tiger movement and killed at least eight rebels off the country's east coast on Monday.
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Venezuela may control food distribution
Feb 11 2007 11:25PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez's government has drafted a decree allowing officials to take control of food distribution chains, including supermarkets and storage depots, if services are interrupted, officials said Sunday.
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Envoys: Nuke talks depend on North Korea
Feb 11 2007 11:05PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Envoys at talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program said Monday that the possibility of a last-minute breakthrough rested solely with Pyongyang, dimming hopes for progress as the negotiations entered their final day.
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India's great river is awash in filth
Feb 11 2007 7:15PM (CT)
ALLAHABAD, India (AP) - Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it "Ganga Ma" _ Mother Ganges _ and they worship it with a blinding intensity.
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India's great river is awash in filth
Feb 11 2007 7:15PM (CT)
ALLAHABAD, India (AP) - Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it "Ganga Ma" _ Mother Ganges _ and they worship it with a blinding intensity.
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India's great river is awash in filth
Feb 11 2007 7:15PM (CT)
ALLAHABAD, India (AP) - Among believers, the river has many names: The Pure. Destroyer of Sin. Light Amid the Darkness of Ignorance. But mostly they call it "Ganga Ma" _ Mother Ganges _ and they worship it with a blinding intensity.
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U.S. launches artillery into Pakistan
Feb 11 2007 1:57PM (CT)
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) - Asserting a right to self-defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote U.S. outposts, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said Sunday.
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U.S. launches artillery into Pakistan
Feb 11 2007 1:57PM (CT)
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) - Asserting a right to self-defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote U.S. outposts, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said Sunday.
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Afghan gov.: Foreign fighters in south
Feb 11 2007 11:51AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - An estimated 700 foreign fighters are operating in a southern Afghan province where Taliban fighters overran a town earlier this month, the provincial governor said Sunday.
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Afghan gov.: Foreign fighters in south
Feb 11 2007 11:51AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - An estimated 700 foreign fighters are operating in a southern Afghan province where Taliban fighters overran a town earlier this month, the provincial governor said Sunday.
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Jakarta disinfected against disease
Feb 11 2007 12:45AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Hospitals in Indonesia's flood-hit capital grappled with an influx of children suffering from diarrhea, authorities said Sunday as they fanned out to devastated areas to disinfect against the spread of disease.
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Jakarta disinfected against disease
Feb 11 2007 12:45AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Hospitals in Indonesia's flood-hit capital grappled with an influx of children suffering from diarrhea, authorities said Sunday as they fanned out to devastated areas to disinfect against the spread of disease.
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NATO: Afghanistan on road to stability
Feb 11 2007 12:27AM (CT)
MUNICH, Germany (AP) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday he thinks the back of the insurgency in Afghanistan will be "broken" and that the country will be on the road to a long-term peace by 2009.
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NATO: Afghanistan on road to stability
Feb 11 2007 12:27AM (CT)
MUNICH, Germany (AP) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday he thinks the back of the insurgency in Afghanistan will be "broken" and that the country will be on the road to a long-term peace by 2009.
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