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Russian gets 13 years for girl sex abuse
Mar 13 2008 11:37PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A court in Cambodia sentenced a Russian businessman to 13 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
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Ex-rebel at center of Nepal's elections
Mar 13 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) - He's known as Prachanda _ "the fierce one" _ and after a decade leading a communist insurgency from the shadows, he's taken center stage in Nepal's election campaign.
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Ex-rebel at center of Nepal's elections
Mar 13 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) - He's known as Prachanda _ "the fierce one" _ and after a decade leading a communist insurgency from the shadows, he's taken center stage in Nepal's election campaign.
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Ex-rebel at center of Nepal's elections
Mar 13 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) - He's known as Prachanda _ "the fierce one" _ and after a decade leading a communist insurgency from the shadows, he's taken center stage in Nepal's election campaign.
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Ex-rebel at center of Nepal's elections
Mar 13 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) - He's known as Prachanda _ "the fierce one" _ and after a decade leading a communist insurgency from the shadows, he's taken center stage in Nepal's election campaign.
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Ex-rebel at center of Nepal's elections
Mar 13 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) - He's known as Prachanda _ "the fierce one" _ and after a decade leading a communist insurgency from the shadows, he's taken center stage in Nepal's election campaign.
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China removes award for drunk official
Mar 13 2008 9:53PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A news agency says a local government in central China has stripped an official who died drinking in a karaoke bar of a merit award after an outcry on the Internet.
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Canada votes to extend Afghan mission
Mar 13 2008 9:16PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Parliament voted Thursday to extend Canada's mission in Afghanistan to 2011, provided NATO supplies more troops and equipment to back up its forces in the volatile south.
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Vatican wants dialogue with China
Mar 13 2008 4:08PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican and its high-ranking clergy in China want to have a "respectful and constructive" dialogue with Beijing authorities over the role of the Catholic church there, the Vatican said Thursday.
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US-led coalition fire kills civilians
Mar 13 2008 2:15PM (CT)
TANGRAI, Pakistan (AP) - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan fired across the border into Pakistan in a strike targeting Taliban militants, and the Pakistani army said Thursday that civilians were killed.
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China heir apparent closer to power
Mar 13 2008 1:43PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In just six months, China's apparent heir to the leadership has vaulted from Shanghai boss to a spot in the ruling Communist Party's inner sanctum and an unusually visible role overseeing preparations for the Olympic Games.
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China attacks US rights record
Mar 13 2008 1:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China lashed out Thursday at a U.S. report critical of its human rights record, accusing Washington of causing the modern world's "biggest human rights tragedy" in Iraq and of hypocrisy for passing judgment on other nations.
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Tibetan exiles go on hunger strike
Mar 13 2008 12:39PM (CT)
DEHRA, India (AP) - More than 100 Tibetan exiles began a hunger strike Thursday after police in northern India dragged them away from a six-month march to their homeland to protest China's hosting of the Olympic Games.
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Tibetan exiles go on hunger strike
Mar 13 2008 12:39PM (CT)
DEHRA, India (AP) - More than 100 Tibetan exiles began a hunger strike Thursday after police in northern India dragged them away from a six-month march to their homeland to protest China's hosting of the Olympic Games.
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Tibetan exiles go on hunger strike
Mar 13 2008 12:39PM (CT)
DEHRA, India (AP) - More than 100 Tibetan exiles began a hunger strike Thursday after police in northern India dragged them away from a six-month march to their homeland to protest China's hosting of the Olympic Games.
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Tibetan exiles go on hunger strike
Mar 13 2008 12:39PM (CT)
DEHRA, India (AP) - More than 100 Tibetan exiles began a hunger strike Thursday after police in northern India dragged them away from a six-month march to their homeland to protest China's hosting of the Olympic Games.
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Tibetan exiles go on hunger strike
Mar 13 2008 12:39PM (CT)
DEHRA, India (AP) - More than 100 Tibetan exiles began a hunger strike Thursday after police in northern India dragged them away from a six-month march to their homeland to protest China's hosting of the Olympic Games.
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China labels plane scare a 'terror act'
Mar 13 2008 11:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An attempt to crash a domestic flight last week was an act of organized terrorism, China's state media said Thursday, adding to signs of new volatility in the country's restless western regions ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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Avalanche buries 12 in western China
Mar 13 2008 9:51AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An avalanche buried 12 workers Thursday at a mountainous construction site for a pipeline in China's far northwest, and the bodies of four have been recovered, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Myanmar security tight for anniversary
Mar 13 2008 9:51AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar stepped up security in the country's biggest city Thursday on the anniversary of a police killing that led to major anti-government protests 20 years ago.
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Military, police at Tibetan monasteries
Mar 13 2008 8:13AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Soldiers and police have been deployed around two Buddhist monasteries in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa where monks launched protests against Chinese rule earlier this week, witnesses and residents said Thursday.
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Taiwan minister resigns over melee
Mar 13 2008 8:11AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's finance minister resigned Thursday over a melee that erupted outside the campaign headquarters of the ruling party's presidential candidate.
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HK flu virus not deadlier than most
Mar 13 2008 6:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A top Hong Kong scientist said Thursday a flu outbreak that prompted authorities to keep more than 500,000 primary and kindergarten students home wasn't deadlier than past viruses.
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HK flu virus not deadlier than most
Mar 13 2008 6:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A top Hong Kong scientist said Thursday a flu outbreak that prompted authorities to keep more than 500,000 primary and kindergarten students home wasn't deadlier than past viruses.
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HK flu virus not deadlier than most
Mar 13 2008 6:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A top Hong Kong scientist said Thursday a flu outbreak that prompted authorities to keep more than 500,000 primary and kindergarten students home wasn't deadlier than past viruses.
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HK flu virus not deadlier than most
Mar 13 2008 6:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A top Hong Kong scientist said Thursday a flu outbreak that prompted authorities to keep more than 500,000 primary and kindergarten students home wasn't deadlier than past viruses.
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HK flu virus not deadlier than most
Mar 13 2008 6:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A top Hong Kong scientist said Thursday a flu outbreak that prompted authorities to keep more than 500,000 primary and kindergarten students home wasn't deadlier than past viruses.
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HK flu virus not deadlier than most
Mar 13 2008 6:45AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A top Hong Kong scientist said Thursday a flu outbreak that prompted authorities to keep more than 500,000 primary and kindergarten students home wasn't deadlier than past viruses.
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Thousands protest Pakistan deaths
Mar 13 2008 5:58AM (CT)
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) - The deaths of five civilians during a clash between government troops and militants have sparked a demonstration of more than 2,000 villagers in northwest Pakistan.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 5:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 5:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 5:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 5:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 5:30AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
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Dissenters calls for Malaysia PM to quit
Mar 13 2008 4:20AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Some Malaysian ruling party members are mounting an Internet campaign demanding the prime minister's resignation after massive losses in national elections over the weekend.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 3:16AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A provincial governor in Kandahar says Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 3:16AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A provincial governor in Kandahar says Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 3:16AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A provincial governor in Kandahar says Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan.
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41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
Mar 13 2008 3:16AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A provincial governor in Kandahar says Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan.
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Arrest in British teen death in India
Mar 13 2008 1:54AM (CT)
PANAJI, India (AP) - A suspect has been arrested and charged with the rape and murder of a British teenager found dead on a southern Indian beach last month _ the second suspect charged in the case, police said Thursday.
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