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Nepal's communist rebels call for strike
Feb 18 2006 11:18PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's communist insurgents called for an indefinite nationwide strike next month, while the country's authoritarian king appealed to opposition political parties for reconciliation on Sunday.
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Philippine rescue crews hope for miracle
Feb 18 2006 11:10PM (CT)
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - Hoping for a miracle, rescue workers in the Philippines continued searching for survivors Sunday in an elementary school swamped by a landslide that buried this town and killed some 1,800 people.
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Blast kills one in Philippines
Feb 18 2006 9:42PM (CT)
JOLO, Philippines (AP) - A powerful explosion in a karaoke bar near a Philippine army camp killed one person and wounded about 20 Saturday on southern Jolo island, where American troops are staying for joint war exercises.
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Japan: Blackmail led to official's suicide
Feb 18 2006 5:09PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese consular official who committed suicide in Shanghai in 2004 was blackmailed by Chinese intelligence agents who set him up with a woman in an attempt to obtain classified information, Japan's foreign minister said Saturday.
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Philippine rescuers face dangerous mud
Feb 18 2006 2:54PM (CT)
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - The thick mud covering this town let out a deep rumble as it settled in Saturday, sending rescue workers scattering in search of safety.
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Afghan president warns against meddling
Feb 18 2006 1:23PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai has a pointed warning for neighboring nations: Stop meddling in Afghan affairs, or risk seeing chaos spread from a destabilized Afghanistan across the region.
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Rail link restored between India, Pakistan
Feb 18 2006 7:16AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan and India on Saturday restored train service along a line that was severed during their war 40 years ago, establishing a second rail link between the two South Asian rivals.
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