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N. Korea nuclear accord advances
Feb 12 2007 11:42PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Six countries reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on initial steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament that could usher in the first concrete progress after more than three years of talks marked by delays, deadlock and the communist country's first nuclear test explosion.
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E. Timor PM wants peacekeeping extended
Feb 12 2007 9:54PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - East Timor's prime minister urged the Security Council Monday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in his volatile country for one year, saying the next months will be critical as the Pacific nation prepares for its first national elections.
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Japan investigates blasts near U.S. base
Feb 12 2007 9:50PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police were investigating a suspected extremist attack on the U.S. Army after two small explosions occurred outside a military base south of Tokyo, police said Tuesday.
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Thai anti-graft panel recommends charges
Feb 12 2007 7:15PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A panel appointed to investigate corruption linked to deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has recommended that criminal tax evasion charges be filed against his wife, her secretary and her brother, its chairman said Monday.
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Chinese captivated by U.S. nuclear envoy
Feb 12 2007 6:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Little known in his home country, the boyish-looking U.S. nuclear envoy has become something of a celebrity in China's capital for his role in talks on North Korea's atomic weapons program.
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Analysis: N.Korea talks hinge on energy
Feb 12 2007 4:24PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The main U.S. nuclear envoy once quipped that not a single light bulb in North Korea has been turned on with power generated from its sole operating atomic reactor.
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Gates pushes for assault against Taliban
Feb 12 2007 12:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pentagon Chief Robert Gates, in his push for a coordinated assault against the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring, is enlisting Pakistan's help and vowing better military coordination along the troubled border between the two countries.
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Gates pushes for assault against Taliban
Feb 12 2007 12:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pentagon Chief Robert Gates, in his push for a coordinated assault against the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring, is enlisting Pakistan's help and vowing better military coordination along the troubled border between the two countries.
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Gates pushes for assault against Taliban
Feb 12 2007 12:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pentagon Chief Robert Gates, in his push for a coordinated assault against the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring, is enlisting Pakistan's help and vowing better military coordination along the troubled border between the two countries.
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Gates pushes for assault against Taliban
Feb 12 2007 12:13PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pentagon Chief Robert Gates, in his push for a coordinated assault against the Taliban in Afghanistan this spring, is enlisting Pakistan's help and vowing better military coordination along the troubled border between the two countries.
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Report: China has no plans for new tests
Feb 12 2007 9:46AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has no plans to carry out another test of an anti-satellite weapon, Japan's former defense chief said Monday, citing a conversation with the Chinese defense minister.
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Myanmar military accused of raping women
Feb 12 2007 5:28AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A report issued Monday by a human rights group accuses Myanmar's military of killing, raping and torturing ethnic Karen women as part of its battle against the minority group over the past 25 years.
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Bombs kill 14 at Baghdad market districts
Feb 12 2007 5:25AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two parked car bombs and a bomb hidden in a plastic bag struck market districts in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens, police said.
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Indonesia farmers struggling to survive
Feb 12 2007 4:40AM (CT)
MUARA BAKTI, Indonesia (AP) - Farmers living outside Indonesia's flood-hit capital said Monday they were struggling to survive after hundreds of square miles of land were inundated, destroying rice and other recently planted crops.
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Report: China Life expectancy should climb
Feb 12 2007 4:14AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Life expectancy in China should jump sharply over the next several decades, hitting 85 years by 2050 as overall living standards improve, Chinese scientists said in a report published in state-run media Monday.
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