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S. Korean minister running for U.N. post
Feb 13 2006 10:24PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is running for the top U.N. post, his deputy said Tuesday, formally announcing a candidacy that has been widely known for months.
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Nepal royal government frees former PM
Feb 13 2006 10:16PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's royal government freed a former prime minister jailed on graft charges by an anti-corruption commission that was annulled this week by the Supreme Court, an aide said Tuesday.
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Official: N. Korea should give up nukes
Feb 13 2006 8:44PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to South Korea urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, saying Tuesday that shedding the program would benefit the communist nation and boost global security.
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Bomb kills four U.S. troops in Afghanistan
Feb 13 2006 4:11PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb killed four U.S. troops when it hit their armored vehicle Monday in a volatile mountainous region in Afghanistan, the deadliest loss for the U.S. military in the country in four months.
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Musharraf Criticizes Fellow Pakistanis
Feb 13 2006 1:22PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf stood by his alliance with the United States in the war on terrorism Monday and criticized Pakistanis for harboring al-Qaida in an area hit by a U.S. missile strike.
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AIDS third-deadliest infection in China
Feb 13 2006 11:22AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - AIDS surpassed hepatitis B to become China's third-deadliest infectious disease last year, the government said Monday.
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Police battle cartoon protests in Pakistan
Feb 13 2006 8:49AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Police fired tear gas and wielded batons Monday to stop about 7,000 students protesting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from marching on the governor's residence in northwestern Pakistan.
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Japanese firm raided in nuclear probe
Feb 13 2006 5:39AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police on Monday raided a Japanese precision instruments maker, reportedly on suspicion it illegally exported machinery that could be used in uranium enrichment, a key process in making a nuclear bomb.
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Two Australians sentenced in Indonesia
Feb 13 2006 2:12AM (CT)
BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Two Australians were sentenced to life in prison Monday for trying to smuggle heroin from the Indonesian resort island of Bali to their homeland, judges said.
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Gunmen on motorcycle kill Pakistani doctor
Feb 13 2006 1:29AM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen on a motorcycle Monday killed a Pakistani doctor who spent six months in jail on suspicions of harboring al-Qaida suspects and possessing illegal weapons.
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