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13 killed by Maoist rebels in India
Feb 15 2008 11:11PM (CT)
BHUBANESWAR, India (AP) - Hundreds of Maoist militants stormed six police compounds in eastern India in carefully coordinated attacks Friday night, killing 12 police personnel and one civilian, a top police official said. Twelve more policemen were injured.
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Convicted Khmer Rouge commander dies
Feb 15 2008 3:51PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Sam Bith, a former Khmer Rouge guerrilla commander serving a life sentence for masterminding the abduction and murder of three Western tourists in 1994, died Friday, a government spokesman said. He was 74 years old.
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Rocky road ahead for Beijing organizers
Feb 15 2008 1:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - As China prepares to dazzle the world at the Beijing Olympics, an uninvited guest is showing up early and threatening to mar the spectacle: free speech.
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Rocky road ahead for Beijing organizers
Feb 15 2008 1:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - As China prepares to dazzle the world at the Beijing Olympics, an uninvited guest is showing up early and threatening to mar the spectacle: free speech.
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Rocky road ahead for Beijing organizers
Feb 15 2008 1:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - As China prepares to dazzle the world at the Beijing Olympics, an uninvited guest is showing up early and threatening to mar the spectacle: free speech.
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Rocky road ahead for Beijing organizers
Feb 15 2008 1:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - As China prepares to dazzle the world at the Beijing Olympics, an uninvited guest is showing up early and threatening to mar the spectacle: free speech.
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Secular-Islamist clash in NW Pakistan
Feb 15 2008 1:19PM (CT)
BADABER, Pakistan (AP) - A showdown is shaping up in Pakistan's turbulent northwest between secular-minded ethnic Pashtuns and those who support Taliban-style Islamists _ a conflict that is likely to sharpen regardless of which side wins Monday's elections.
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Secular-Islamist clash in NW Pakistan
Feb 15 2008 1:19PM (CT)
BADABER, Pakistan (AP) - A showdown is shaping up in Pakistan's turbulent northwest between secular-minded ethnic Pashtuns and those who support Taliban-style Islamists _ a conflict that is likely to sharpen regardless of which side wins Monday's elections.
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Sri Lankan civil war spreads to Colombo
Feb 15 2008 1:01PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - As a raging civil war killed thousands in the country's northeast, Sri Lankans in Colombo and other southern cities shopped, held picnics and cheered their children at soccer matches.
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4 Marines in Japan investigated for rape
Feb 15 2008 10:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - U.S. military authorities held preliminary hearings Friday to determine whether four Marines who had been charged with raping a Japanese woman last year should be court-martialed.
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Bhutto's party vows to remove Musharraf
Feb 15 2008 10:11AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said Friday it would try to remove President Pervez Musharraf if it wins next week's parliamentary elections.
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Bhutto's party vows to remove Musharraf
Feb 15 2008 10:11AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said Friday it would try to remove President Pervez Musharraf if it wins next week's parliamentary elections.
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Bhutto's party vows to remove Musharraf
Feb 15 2008 10:11AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said Friday it would try to remove President Pervez Musharraf if it wins next week's parliamentary elections.
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Bhutto's party vows to remove Musharraf
Feb 15 2008 10:11AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said Friday it would try to remove President Pervez Musharraf if it wins next week's parliamentary elections.
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Junta moves zoo animals in Myanmar
Feb 15 2008 9:23AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - First, the civil servants were transferred to Myanmar's newly built capital deep in the countryside. Now, it's time for the rhinos and elephants to move.
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Afghan winter death toll reaches 926
Feb 15 2008 8:18AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Bitter cold, snowstorms and avalanches have killed 926 people in Afghanistan _ half of them in the hard hit west _ as the country suffers one of the most brutal winters in decades.
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Pakistanis protest prophet drawings
Feb 15 2008 8:06AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of Pakistanis protested Friday against the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad caricatures in Denmark, setting fire to Danish flags and demanding the ambassador's expulsion.
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Pakistanis protest prophet drawings
Feb 15 2008 8:06AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of Pakistanis protested Friday against the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad caricatures in Denmark, setting fire to Danish flags and demanding the ambassador's expulsion.
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Pakistanis protest prophet drawings
Feb 15 2008 8:06AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of Pakistanis protested Friday against the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad caricatures in Denmark, setting fire to Danish flags and demanding the ambassador's expulsion.
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N. Korea uses Kim's birthday to bash US
Feb 15 2008 7:59AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's No. 2 leader blamed the United States for a deadlock at nuclear arms talks as top officials gathered Friday on the eve of one of the country's biggest holidays: the birthday of ruler Kim Jong Il.
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US in new push to bolster Afghan police
Feb 15 2008 6:41AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United States gave Afghan police 70,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 51,000 pistols and 3,500 vehicles last year, part of $2.5 billion in spending to upgrade the force.
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Pakistani elections spark little fanfare
Feb 15 2008 4:28AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.
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Pakistani elections spark little fanfare
Feb 15 2008 4:28AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.
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Pakistani elections spark little fanfare
Feb 15 2008 4:28AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.
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