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Korean nuclear deal delays disarmament
Feb 13 2007 11:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A hard-won disarmament pact that the U.S. and four other nations struck with North Korea on Tuesday requires the communist nation to halt its nuclear programs in exchange for oil while leaving the ultimate abandonment of those weapons projects to a potentially trouble-filled future.
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Chinese officials visit AIDS activist
Feb 13 2007 10:48PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China has praised a prominent AIDS activist days after the woman was confined to her home, a move fellow activists said was aimed at preventing her from accepting an award in the United States.
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Taiwanese opposition leader indicted
Feb 13 2007 10:45PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Prosecutors indicted presidential hopeful Ma Ying-jeou on corruption charges Tuesday, dealing a blow to the Harvard-educated lawyer widely considered to be a front-runner.
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Myanmar extends opposition's detention
Feb 13 2007 3:45PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The military government on Tuesday extended by one year the house arrest of the deputy head of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, despite calls by the party and international community to release him.
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Inspectors ready to return to N. Korea
Feb 13 2007 3:21PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Ready, willing and able _ but in the dark. That describes the state of inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency as they scramble to find ways to enforce a deal committing North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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NATO seeks more troops in Afghanistan
Feb 13 2007 1:43PM (CT)
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) - NATO's top commander renewed an appeal Tuesday for allies to fill gaps in the international military force in Afghanistan, warning that failure to send reinforcements was weakening the mission and jeopardizing the lives of soldiers fighting the Taliban.
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Activists chastise India on untouchables
Feb 13 2007 12:31PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indians at the bottom of India's Hindu caste system are attacked, raped and killed daily due to their status, even though the rigid social hierarchy has been outlawed for decades, an international human rights group said Tuesday.
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Japan opens whaling conference
Feb 13 2007 8:16AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan opened an international whaling conference Tuesday by blasting a boycott by dozens of anti-whaling nations, saying their absence would block much-needed reforms of the commission that sets regulations. The conference, which Japan called as part of its push to resume commercial whaling, was attended by only 34 of the 72 members of the International Whaling Commission. The boycotters included anti-whaling countries Britain, Australia and the United States.
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Pakistan bill would ban forced marriages
Feb 13 2007 7:41AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's ruling party on Tuesday introduced a bill to outlaw forced marriages, including under an ancient tribal custom in which women are married off in order to settle feuds.
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China seeks talks on space weapons treaty
Feb 13 2007 6:54AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday called for talks on a space weapons treaty, a day after its defense minister reportedly said the country had no plans for a repeat of last month's test of an anti-satellite weapon.
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Group: Chinese editor freed from prison
Feb 13 2007 2:08AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A Chinese newspaper editor imprisoned after aggressive reporting that was believed to have angered local officials has been released three years before the end of his six-year sentence, a journalists advocacy group said.
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Gates seeking more effort in Afghanistan
Feb 13 2007 1:37AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked NATO allies and colleagues for more effort in Afghanistan, but it is too early to tell whether his lobbying will pay off.
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