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Textile mill fire kills 51 in Bangladesh
Feb 23 2006 11:40PM (CT)
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) - A fire raged through a Bangladesh textile mill, killing at least 51 people late Thursday in the three-story building inside an industrial park, officials said.
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Philippines president declares emergency
Feb 23 2006 11:24PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency Friday as she struggled against a reported coup plot and a possible repeat of the protests that ousted two of her predecessors.
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Japan to discuss troop deployments in Iraq
Feb 23 2006 11:17PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese defense and foreign affairs officials were to meet with their U.S., British and Australian counterparts in London on Friday to discuss troop deployments in Iraq, a Japanese Defense Agency official said.
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China frees man jailed during 1989 protest
Feb 23 2006 11:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A man who was jailed for throwing paint on Mao Zedong's portrait in Beijing's Tiananmen Square during pro-democracy protests in 1989 has been released after nearly 17 years in prison, his family said Thursday.
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Chinese coal mine blast kills 15
Feb 23 2006 10:50PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A coal mine explosion in eastern China killed 15 miners and injured 12 others, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.
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U.N. agency offers N. Korea new food aid
Feb 23 2006 10:44PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The World Food Program has approved a plan to resume food aid to hunger-stricken North Korea but it won't begin until the communist regime allows more access to monitor where the aid goes, the U.N. agency said Friday.
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School roof believed found in mudslide
Feb 23 2006 11:38AM (CT)
GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - Aerial photographs spotted what is believed to be the roof of an elementary school swamped by a landslide, and rescue workers will undertake a risky mission to check it, the provincial governor said Thursday.
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Doubt raised on U.S.-India nuclear pact
Feb 23 2006 11:27AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat expressed doubt Thursday that a landmark U.S.-India nuclear pact would be finalized before President Bush visits India next week.
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Koreas conclude Red Cross talks
Feb 23 2006 9:39AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The divided Koreas concluded Red Cross talks on Thursday without a concrete agreement on how to address the issue of South Korean prisoners of war and civilian abductees believed held in the communist North.
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Iran still mulling Russia uranium proposal
Feb 23 2006 3:57AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Iran's foreign minister said Thursday that four issues needed to be resolved before his country could reach a deal on Russia's uranium enrichment proposal, including timing and location.
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Protesters vandalize mining co. offices
Feb 23 2006 2:07AM (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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