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Japanese plane makes emergency landing
Mar 12 2007 11:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An All Nippon Airways passenger plane with 60 people aboard made a successful emergency landing Tuesday in southwestern Japan after circling the airport for nearly two hours with faulty front landing gear.
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Witness: 1 killed in China protest
Mar 12 2007 11:38PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A student was killed and at least 60 people were injured in central China when villagers armed with bricks and rocks clashed with baton-wielding police over rising transportation fees, a witness and news reports said Tuesday.
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Roadside bomb kills 9 Afghanistan police
Mar 12 2007 1:43PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb targeting a police convoy killed nine officers, including a local commander, and left one critically wounded Monday in western Afghanistan, officials said.
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Japan's empress said suffering stress
Mar 12 2007 12:49PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - It's not easy being a woman in Japan's royal family. Four years after Crown Princess Masako dropped most of her official duties to recover from what officials say is a form of depression brought about by the pressures of adjusting to life in the palace, Empress Michiko is now suffering from a wide array of symptoms stemming from severe stress.
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Chinese lawmakers ignore Taiwan remarks
Mar 12 2007 10:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's lawmakers are ignoring unusually strong pro-independence remarks from the Taiwanese president, saying Monday that any response will only encourage him.
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Lawyers boycott courts across Pakistan
Mar 12 2007 5:56AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Lawyers boycotted court proceedings, clashed with riot police, and burned an image of Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf Monday in a countrywide protest against the ouster of the country's top judge.
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7 Indonesian students die while hiking
Mar 12 2007 5:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Seven Indonesian hikers died in bad weather as they attempted to climb a towering volcano in the far east of the country, police said Monday.
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China to lower number of death sentences
Mar 12 2007 5:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China _ the world's leading executioner of prisoners _ should reduce the number of death sentences it carries out but cannot abolish capital punishment altogether, the country's top legal bodies say.
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Swiss man accused of insulting Thai king
Mar 12 2007 2:58AM (CT)
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) - A Swiss man accused of insulting this nation's monarchy by spray-painting over several portraits of the revered king pleaded guilty Monday and faces a maximum 75-year prison sentence.
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Chief U.N. nuclear inspector in Beijing
Mar 12 2007 2:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector played down expectations Monday that his trip to North Korea heralded the communist country's rapid disarmament, saying a buildup of trust and confidence were needed first.
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Text message triggers India hijack scare
Mar 12 2007 12:10AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - An airplane carrying 138 passengers returned to an eastern Indian city after a mobile phone text message from a passenger triggered a hijack scare, a news report said Monday.
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