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Poll: youths back N. Korea if attacked
Feb 21 2006 11:08PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Nearly half of South Korean youths who will be old enough to vote in the country's next elections say Seoul should side with North Korea if the United States attacks the communist nation, according to a poll released Wednesday.
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Time ticking for Philippine mudslide rescue
Feb 21 2006 9:49PM (CT)
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - Uncertain if they were even digging in the right place, emergency crews tried to find a mud-swamped elementary school Wednesday as fears grew that time may have run out for rescuing any more survivors of a massive landslide.
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China, Japan look to make progress on talks
Feb 21 2006 8:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Japan's trade minister said Tuesday he is determined to make progress in settling bitter disputes with China this week during the highest-level talks between the two nations since relations soured last October.
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Chinese gov't to spend more on countryside
Feb 21 2006 4:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese government plan issued Tuesday promises to spend more on schools, health care and aid for farmers in the poor countryside, where communist leaders worry about potentially explosive unrest over poverty and other problems.
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Myanmar campaign vs. rebels seen escalating
Feb 21 2006 12:46PM (CT)
NA SOI, Thailand (AP) - Lu Khu Paw says soldiers shot her father as he gathered bamboo in the forest, laid waste to the rice fields and burned down their home three different times. The 16-year-old vividly remembers her village in flames, survivors fleeing and her mother dying of disease in a jungle hide-out.
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Japan seeks assurances for U.S. beef
Feb 21 2006 10:08AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will resume imports of U.S. beef only if Washington can convince Tokyo that it will implement effective safeguards against mad cow disease, a top Japanese official said Tuesday.
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China, Japan set high-level talks
Feb 21 2006 9:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Japan's trade minister arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the highest-level contact between the two countries since relations soured last October.
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11 Islamic militants sentenced to death
Feb 21 2006 7:56AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Eleven Islamic militants were sentenced to death Tuesday for an assassination attempt on a Pakistani army general that killed 10 people in 2004.
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Ex-Malaysia PM: Abramoff was paid $1.2M
Feb 21 2006 7:53AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said disgraced U.S. lobbyist Jack Abramoff was paid $1.2 million to organize a meeting between him and President Bush in 2002, but denied the money came from the Malaysian government.
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Hundreds protest in Pakistan over cartoons
Feb 21 2006 6:34AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - About 2,000 people chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Denmark" as they rallied in a small town near the Afghan border to protest the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have sparked violent demonstrations in Muslim countries.
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