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Sri Lanka fighting kills at least 20
Mar 9 2007 9:04PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Anti-insurgency commandos overran a rebel base in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday, killing at least 20 guerrillas, the military said.
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U.S. claims progress in Afghan opium war
Mar 9 2007 3:47PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The international community is making significant strides toward ridding northern Afghanistan of opium, a U.S. counter-narcotics official said Friday, despite setbacks in the Taliban-controlled south and forecasts of another record year of poppy cultivation.
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China military in legislative spotlight
Mar 9 2007 2:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Anyone seeking a reminder of the People's Liberation Army's influence on Chinese politics need only look at the swaths of green-and-blue uniforms amid the sea of delegates to the national legislature.
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5 in Afghanistan held in German's death
Mar 9 2007 1:27PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Police detained five men Friday in connection with the killing of a German aid worker in northern Afghanistan, officials said. The five were detained in the province of Sari Pul, where Dieter Ruebling, 65, worked for aid group German Agro Action, said police spokesman Zemrai Bashary.
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Excerpts of Japan emperor diary released
Mar 9 2007 8:55AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, Emperor Hirohito told aides he hoped to visit the South Pacific after the war, when the entire region would be Japanese territory, according to a newly released journal. He also said, however, he did not want Japan to go to war with China.
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Mistrust said hampers NKorea nuke talks
Mar 9 2007 7:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's top nuclear negotiator said Friday that deep mistrust was undermining international talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament.
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Volcanic activity in Indonesia increases
Mar 9 2007 6:25AM (CT)
MOUNT TALANG, Indonesia (AP) - An earthquake that killed more than 70 people in western Indonesia may have led to heightened activity at three volcanoes, experts warned Friday.
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Pakistani leader removes chief justice
Mar 9 2007 6:24AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf replaced the Islamic nation's chief justice for "misuse of authority," a minister and state media reported Friday.
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Downdraft cited in Indonesian jet crash
Mar 9 2007 5:59AM (CT)
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jetliner battled sudden wind shear before crash-landing, damaging an emergency door in business class that may have prevented some passengers from escaping after it erupted in flames, the pilot and an investigator said Friday.
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U.S. ambassador defends Pakistan record
Mar 9 2007 5:49AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Pakistan defended that country's record in fighting the Taliban and al-Qaida and said Washington as well as Islamabad needed to do more to counter their threat.
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Reports: N. Korea wants sanctions lifted
Mar 9 2007 12:41AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A top North Korean official said the U.S. must lift sanctions against his country before it will shut down its nuclear reactor as part of an international disarmament deal, news reports said Friday.
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