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Pakistanis hit militants on Afghan border
Feb 28 2006 11:20PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships struck a militant hideout Wednesday in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing or wounding at least 25 militants, an official said.
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Report: China frees imprisoned organizer
Feb 28 2006 9:58PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A jailed organizer of massive 2002 labor protests has been freed in a sign that China might be considering a resumption of early releases for prisoners in response to foreign lobbying, a U.S.-based activist said Wednesday.
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U.S., India discuss nuclear agreement
Feb 28 2006 8:18PM (CT)
SHANNON, Ireland (AP) - The United States and India were bargaining over the terms of a landmark nuclear agreement Tuesday even as President Bush flew to New Delhi for the first visit there of his presidency.
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Scholar, activist doubt China confessions
Feb 28 2006 5:15PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Leaders of an underground Chinese church who are accused of killing of 20 members of a rival group were tortured into confessing in a crackdown on unofficial religious organizations, a U.S.-based activist and a Chinese legal scholar said Tuesday.
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1 killed in renewed riots at Afghan prison
Feb 28 2006 4:36PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A spasm of violence broke a fragile truce at Kabul's main prison Tuesday as rioting inmates tried to push down a gate and police fired on them, killing one and wounding three, officials said.
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New Chinese cardinal: Beijing must change
Feb 28 2006 3:34PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Hong Kong's newly appointed cardinal said Tuesday that China's communist government needs to overcome "old prejudices" toward the Roman Catholic Church for the Vatican to make a breakthrough in forging relations with Beijing.
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North Korea urges U.S. to lift sanctions
Feb 28 2006 3:17PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea urged the United States to lift financial sanctions over counterfeiting allegations, saying the move would show whether Washington is willing to drop its hostile policy toward the communist country, the North's official news agency reported Tuesday.
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Hu Jintao warns Taiwan on independence
Feb 28 2006 2:53PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao denounced the Taiwanese president's decision to scrap an agency dedicated to uniting Taiwan with the communist mainland, and warned Tuesday that Beijing will not permit the self-ruled island to pursue formal independence.
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Demonstrators in India protest Bush visit
Feb 28 2006 2:49PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Demonstrators in India shouted "Death to America!" and burned effigies of President Bush on Tuesday, demanding that he be barred from visiting the country this week.
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Bush to visit India as nuclear deal nears
Feb 28 2006 12:35PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - President Bush gets his first chance Wednesday to see the vast economic and social transformations that many say make India a key global partner for America.
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Official ties al-Qaida to Indonesia terror
Feb 28 2006 12:23PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The al-Qaida terror network helped fund suicide bombings in Indonesia over the past four years through a courier system set up by the reputed mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, a senior police official said Tuesday.
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U.N. appeals to China over AIDS activist
Feb 28 2006 9:48AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A United Nations agency said Tuesday it has expressed concern to the Chinese government about a Beijing-based AIDS activist who dropped from sight after staging a hunger strike to protest violence against dissidents.
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Pakistani kids rally over prophet cartoons
Feb 28 2006 6:56AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - About 5,000 children chanting "Hang those who insulted the prophet" rallied in Pakistan's largest city on Tuesday in the latest protest in the Islamic nation against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Chinese paper allowed to reopen
Feb 28 2006 6:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese newspaper whose shutdown a month ago prompted an outcry by free speech advocates was set to resume publishing Wednesday, carrying an article criticizing an essay published under fired editors.
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Suspected militant blast kills 23 in India
Feb 28 2006 4:45AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Suspected Maoist militants attacked a group of trucks jammed with passengers Tuesday in central India, killing 23 people and injuring 33, police said.
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Kidnappers free Nepalese in Afghanistan
Feb 28 2006 4:11AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Kidnappers have freed one of two Nepalese abducted earlier this month outside Kabul, officials said Tuesday. The second died of an illness in captivity, and his body was released.
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Five Philippine villages to be evacuated
Feb 28 2006 1:40AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Residents in at least five villages in a central Philippine province will be resettled because of fears of more landslides like the disaster this month that buried alive more than 1,000 people, an official said Tuesday.
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Taiwan leader halts China unifying panel
Feb 28 2006 12:03AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president shut down the committee responsible for unifying with rival China Monday, significantly deepening tensions in the region. China blasted the move, saying it will lead to "disaster."
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