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10 killed in UN chopper crash in Nepal
Mar 3 2008 4:11PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A United Nations helicopter crashed Monday while flying in bad weather in Nepal's mountainous east, killing seven U.N. staff and three crew, U.N. officials said.
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71 Myanmar, Bangladesh citizens rescued
Mar 3 2008 3:10PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The Sri Lankan navy said it rescued 71 Myanmar and Bangladeshi citizens on board a vessel found drifting in the Indian Ocean on Monday after its engine failed.
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Police tear gas at Pakistani lawyers
Mar 3 2008 2:23PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police fired tear gas Monday to disperse scores of attorneys demanding that President Pervez Musharraf reinstate the chief justice, who has been under house arrest since a sweeping crackdown last year.
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Police tear gas at Pakistani lawyers
Mar 3 2008 2:23PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police fired tear gas Monday to disperse scores of attorneys demanding that President Pervez Musharraf reinstate the chief justice, who has been under house arrest since a sweeping crackdown last year.
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Police tear gas at Pakistani lawyers
Mar 3 2008 2:23PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Police fired tear gas Monday to disperse scores of attorneys demanding that President Pervez Musharraf reinstate the chief justice, who has been under house arrest since a sweeping crackdown last year.
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3 NATO soldiers wounded in Afghan blast
Mar 3 2008 1:22PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked a government building protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post and wounding three NATO soldiers inside, officials said.
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Top US officer visits troubled Pakistan
Mar 3 2008 12:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top U.S. military officer landed in Pakistan on Monday for talks with embattled President Pervez Musharraf and the military leadership _ his second visit to the increasingly violent country in a month.
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China top advisory body meets
Mar 3 2008 12:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Beijing Olympics. Taiwan independence sentiment. Rising inflation and a bold plan to streamline the sprawling central government.
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China top advisory body meets
Mar 3 2008 12:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Beijing Olympics. Taiwan independence sentiment. Rising inflation and a bold plan to streamline the sprawling central government.
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China top advisory body meets
Mar 3 2008 12:35PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Beijing Olympics. Taiwan independence sentiment. Rising inflation and a bold plan to streamline the sprawling central government.
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Pakistan frees Indian spy suspect
Mar 3 2008 12:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities on Monday freed an Indian man who spent 35 years in prison, most of them on death row, after he was accused of spying.
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NKorea dashes hopes of quick disarmament
Mar 3 2008 12:03PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Less than a week after a soaring symphony raised hopes of detente on the Korean peninsula, North Korea leveled its latest tirade Monday against the U.S. military presence in South Korea to dash expectations of quick progress in its nuclear standoff.
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Strong quake shakes Philippines
Mar 3 2008 10:25AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A strong earthquake deep in the ocean rocked the Bicol region southeast of Manila late Monday, scientists said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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North Korea winter threatens food supply
Mar 3 2008 6:06AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - An abnormally dry and mild winter has hampered the growth of some crops in North Korea, state media reported Monday in a development that could exacerbate the impoverished country's chronic food shortages.
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North Korea blasts US-SKorea war drills
Mar 3 2008 4:24AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea threatened to bolster its nuclear deterrent Monday in response to U.S.-South Korean war games, striking a discordant note after a week of cultural diplomacy that raised hopes of warmer ties between Washington and Pyongyang.
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Nepali living goddess retires early
Mar 3 2008 4:13AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An 11-year-old girl revered as a living goddess in Nepal has retired early less than a year after she sparked controversy by breaking tradition and traveling overseas, officials said Monday.
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Fire destroys refugee camp in Nepal
Mar 3 2008 4:11AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Relief agencies rushed aid Monday to about 10,000 Bhutanese refugees who lost their shelter and nearly all their belongings when a fire razed their camp in southeastern Nepal, officials said.
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Several Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Mar 3 2008 1:54AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition forces killed several Taliban fighters and detained eight others during raids in southern Afghanistan, where a Canadian soldier also died in a roadside blast, military officials said.
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Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia
Mar 3 2008 1:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A strong earthquake hit off western Indonesia on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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Japan: Activists injure whalers
Mar 3 2008 1:18AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Anti-whaling activists hurled containers of rotten butter at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters Monday, lightly injuring several crewmembers, Japan's government said.
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