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More cartoon protests as embassy reopens
Mar 5 2006 11:36PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Tens of thousands of people massed in Pakistan and Turkey on Sunday to protest cartoons of Islam's Prophet, Muhammad, that have fired anger throughout the Muslim world. Denmark reopened its embassy in Indonesia on Monday, more than three weeks after hard-line Muslims stormed the building and it closed amid widespread protests over the caricatures, which were first published in a Danish newspaper.
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Thai PM defiant despite protest rallies
Mar 5 2006 11:07PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters demanding the prime minister's resignation marched to his office Sunday night after a boisterous rally accusing Thaksin Shinawatra of corruption and abuse of power.
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U.S., S. Korean envoys discuss N. Korea
Mar 5 2006 10:28PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea's nuclear program met over the weekend with his South Korean counterpart to discuss ways to resume the stalled talks with the communist nation.
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China pledges more spending on rural areas
Mar 5 2006 10:15PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's premier committed billions of dollars to improve conditions in the restive countryside while saying Sunday that economic growth would slow to 8 percent this year _ a significant drop from last year and much lower than international projections.
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Hundreds of Pakistanis flee border unrest
Mar 5 2006 4:29PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of people lugging bags and bundles of clothes fled a remote town after pro-Taliban tribesmen and foreign militants battled security forces in northwestern Pakistan, leaving at least 53 people dead in the worst clashes in the lawless region in two years.
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Testimony upsets Pakistani detainee's wife
Mar 5 2006 3:11PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Tears welled up in Farhat Paracha's eyes and her face reddened with anger Sunday as she read transcripts of testimony her Pakistani millionaire husband gave while detained at Guantanamo Bay as a suspected terrorist.
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Bush, Musharraf renew anti-terror alliance
Mar 5 2006 6:53AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Bush praised Pakistan's fight against terrorism as unfaltering Saturday but turned down an appeal for the same civilian nuclear help the United States intends to give India, this country's archrival.
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Priests purify shrine after Bush visit
Mar 5 2006 6:27AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hindu priests who look after the memorial of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi conducted a purification ceremony at the shrine after a visit from President Bush. But it wasn't the president who offended them, it was the sniffer-dogs who scoured the area ahead of his visit.
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Canadian soldier injured in Kandahar
Mar 5 2006 2:57AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A militant hit a Canadian soldier on the head with an ax, seriously wounding him during a meeting of village elders in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Sunday.
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Indonesians demand U.S. pullout from Iraq
Mar 5 2006 1:45AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Thousands of Muslims rallied in front of the tightly guarded U.S. Embassy in Indonesia on Sunday, demanding American troops leave Iraq and Afghanistan and calling President Bush a terrorist.
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S.Korean PM may resign over golf scandal
Mar 5 2006 1:27AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's No. 2 leader hinted he might resign Sunday for playing golf when he was expected to be working overtime to oversee the government's response to a disruptive rail strike.
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