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Protesters kill 4, demand mine closure
Mar 16 2006 11:30PM (CT)
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) - Protesters bludgeoned three policemen and a soldier to death in daylong demonstrations Thursday to demand the closure of a massive U.S.-owned gold mine in eastern Indonesia, officials said.
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China defends openness of military buildup
Mar 16 2006 7:08PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Thursday defended its level of openness about its military buildup after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged greater transparency about Beijing's double-digit spending increases.
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Queen Elizabeth visiting Singapore
Mar 16 2006 4:45PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Singapore late Thursday _ her first trip to the city-state in nearly two decades.
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Chinese boat capsizes; at least 28 drown
Mar 16 2006 4:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - At least 28 people drowned and 10 were rescued when a farmer's overloaded boat capsized while ferrying passengers from a fair in southwest China, state television reported Thursday.
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Documents: Dubai threatened by extremists
Mar 16 2006 4:10PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Islamic extremist group warned Dubai and other sheikdoms of the United Arab Emirates that it would attack the crucial tourism industry if authorities persisted in arresting militants wanted by the West.
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Thai prime minister vows to win election
Mar 16 2006 2:58PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed Thursday to lead his party to victory in next month's election despite widespread street protests demanding he step down. But there were growing doubts about whether the polls can be successfully held.
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Purported Taliban statement issues warning
Mar 16 2006 12:08PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A statement attributed to Taliban leader Mullah Omar said Thursday that large numbers of Afghans were signing up as suicide bombers and that an offensive in the coming months would cause many casualties among foreign and Afghan troops.
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First Afghan bird-flu case confirmed
Mar 16 2006 7:31AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Lab tests have confirmed the first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Afghanistan, the government said Thursday. Sweden also announced an outbreak of the virulent virus after two wild birds were found to be infected.
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Fire at U.S. base in S.Korea injures three
Mar 16 2006 6:50AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A fire at the main U.S. military base in South Korea injured three South Korean workers early Thursday and destroyed four buildings, police said. A woman was being questioned on suspicion of starting the fire as a protest against the United States.
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Civil servants strike in Sri Lanka
Mar 16 2006 5:11AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Thousands of civil servants demanding higher salaries marched in the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday, part of a daylong nationwide strike that paralyzed the government.
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Nepal court frees two opposition leaders
Mar 16 2006 4:56AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's Supreme Court freed two senior opposition leaders on Thursday, ruling that the royal government had no grounds to keep them in custody.
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Aid group suspends some tsunami operations
Mar 16 2006 3:36AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - International aid group Oxfam has suspended some of its tsunami-relief operations in hard-hit Aceh province while it investigates suspected financial irregularities there, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Pakistan holding Syrian terror suspect
Mar 16 2006 3:36AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan is holding a Syrian-born man suspected of ties to terrorists, a Pakistani official said Thursday.
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Pakistan blasts disrupt power to thousands
Mar 16 2006 2:09AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Seven homemade bombs toppled two high-power electricity transmission towers in southwestern Pakistan and disruptedmf323 power to thousands of homes for several hours, officials said.
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S. Korean: U.S. seek ways to engage North
Mar 16 2006 1:45AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's new point man on North Korea said Thursday the United States is stepping up engagement with Pyongyang even as it cracks down on the North's alleged money laundering and poor human rights record.
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Tibetan Buddhist nun leaves China for U.S.
Mar 16 2006 12:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Tibetan Buddhist nun who spent 15 years in prison on political charges was allowed to leave China and fly to the United States on Wednesday.
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