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China bus crash kills at least 21
Feb 12 2008 11:29PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A bus veered off a highway in southwestern China Tuesday and plunged down a 160-foot cliff into a river, killing at least 21 people, officials said.
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East Timor in state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 10:27PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy.
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East Timor in state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 10:27PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy.
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East Timor in state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 10:27PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy.
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East Timor in state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 10:27PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Armored U.N. vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders Tuesday under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically wounded the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy.
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Taiwan seeks info on spy damamge
Feb 12 2008 9:46PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese officials scrambled Tuesday to determine the possible damage from a Pentagon analyst accused of passing to an agent for China classified information about Taiwan's military weapons and technology purchases.
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Pakistani opposition in coalition talks
Feb 12 2008 3:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Leaders of Pakistan's two main opposition parties said Tuesday they would form a coalition government if _ as expected _ their groups win the biggest share of votes in next week's parliamentary elections.
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Pakistani opposition in coalition talks
Feb 12 2008 3:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Leaders of Pakistan's two main opposition parties said Tuesday they would form a coalition government if _ as expected _ their groups win the biggest share of votes in next week's parliamentary elections.
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Pakistani opposition in coalition talks
Feb 12 2008 3:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Leaders of Pakistan's two main opposition parties said Tuesday they would form a coalition government if _ as expected _ their groups win the biggest share of votes in next week's parliamentary elections.
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Pakistani opposition in coalition talks
Feb 12 2008 3:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Leaders of Pakistan's two main opposition parties said Tuesday they would form a coalition government if _ as expected _ their groups win the biggest share of votes in next week's parliamentary elections.
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Pakistani opposition in coalition talks
Feb 12 2008 3:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Leaders of Pakistan's two main opposition parties said Tuesday they would form a coalition government if _ as expected _ their groups win the biggest share of votes in next week's parliamentary elections.
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Benazir Bhutto's autobiography launched
Feb 12 2008 2:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An autobiography completed by Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto just days before she was assassinated was published Tuesday ahead of crucial parliamentary elections.
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Benazir Bhutto's autobiography launched
Feb 12 2008 2:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An autobiography completed by Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto just days before she was assassinated was published Tuesday ahead of crucial parliamentary elections.
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Benazir Bhutto's autobiography launched
Feb 12 2008 2:28PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An autobiography completed by Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto just days before she was assassinated was published Tuesday ahead of crucial parliamentary elections.
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Afghans, Arabs kidnapped in Afghanistan
Feb 12 2008 11:47AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants kidnapped about 20 Arabs and Afghans in western Afghanistan and were holding six captive, while a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives next to a NATO convoy, wounding a soldier, officials said Tuesday.
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Karzai seeks aid for Islamic schools
Feb 12 2008 10:35AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan needs more international help to build Islamic schools so fewer students will attend more radical ones outside the country, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday.
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Japanese upset over alleged rape case
Feb 12 2008 8:26AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Senior Japanese officials expressed anger Tuesday after the arrest of a U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, with the prime minister calling the situation "unforgivable."
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Thailand weighs self-rule for south
Feb 12 2008 8:24AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand is considering granting partial autonomy to its Muslim-majority southern provinces, which for the past four years have been the scene of a bloody Islamic insurgency, the new interior minister said Tuesday.
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South Korea holds its first jury trial
Feb 12 2008 8:21AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea held its first-ever trial by jury Tuesday as part of reform measures aimed at increasing confidence in the judicial system.
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Pro-democracy protest in Myanmar
Feb 12 2008 6:16AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi protested Tuesday to demand democracy in Myanmar, days after the military regime said it would hold elections in 2010 under a new constitution likely to entrench the junta's powerful position.
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Aboriginal ceremony in Parliament
Feb 12 2008 2:33AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race relations in the country.
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Aboriginal ceremony in Parliament
Feb 12 2008 2:33AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race relations in the country.
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Aboriginal ceremony in Parliament
Feb 12 2008 2:33AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race relations in the country.
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Aboriginal ceremony in Parliament
Feb 12 2008 2:33AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race relations in the country.
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Aboriginal ceremony in Parliament
Feb 12 2008 2:33AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Aborigines in white body paint danced and sang traditional songs in Australia's national Parliament on Tuesday in a historic ceremony many hoped would mark a new era of race relations in the country.
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East Timor declares state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 2:20AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after attacks on the country's top leaders in a failed coup left the president in "extremely serious" condition with gunshot wounds.
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East Timor declares state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 2:20AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after attacks on the country's top leaders in a failed coup left the president in "extremely serious" condition with gunshot wounds.
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East Timor declares state of emergency
Feb 12 2008 2:20AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after attacks on the country's top leaders in a failed coup left the president in "extremely serious" condition with gunshot wounds.
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