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Protesters vandalize mining co. offices
Feb 22 2006 11:37PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Students attacked the building housing offices of a U.S. gold mining giant in Indonesia's capital on Thursday, as the company's mine in western Papua province remained shut for a second day due to protests, police said.
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Rains delay Philippine search efforts
Feb 22 2006 11:23PM (CT)
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - It was another day of frustration Wednesday with no sign of survivors as rescue workers tried to find an elementary school buried by a landslide under 100 feet of mud. Heavy rain forced troops to call off work, and a two-ton drill brought in by U.S. Marines sat idle with its braces missing.
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Japanese Red Army founder gets 20 years
Feb 22 2006 9:44PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Tokyo court convicted and sentenced a founder of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group on Thursday to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and attempted murder in a 1974 attack on the French Embassy in the Hague, court officials said.
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U.N. agency: North Korea requesting food
Feb 22 2006 4:48PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - North Korea will formally ask the U.N. World Food Program for aid for children and pregnant women, several months after the communist nation demanded a halt to emergency food help, an agency spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Police arrest Nepal opposition leader
Feb 22 2006 10:27AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police raided the house of a senior opposition leader instrumental in organizing anti-government protests and arrested him Wednesday, two days after he was freed by the Supreme Court on similar charges, officials said.
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Rapid bird flu spread alarms officials
Feb 22 2006 9:26AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia said Wednesday a 27-year-old woman died of bird flu earlier in the week in Jakarta and authorities prepared to scour the capital for infected poultry.
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Filipino marchers clash with police
Feb 22 2006 8:31AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of activists seeking President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's ouster clashed with riot police Wednesday as they tried to march to a monument to the 1986 "people power" revolt.
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