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North Korean nuclear talks inch ahead
Mar 19 2007 9:27PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - International nuclear negotiators inched closer Monday toward setting a timetable for North Korea's disarmament after the biggest obstacle hindering discussions was removed _ $25 million in frozen North Korean funds.
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Treasury secretary lauds biofuel push
Mar 19 2007 9:20PM (CT)
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday applauded the Inter-American Development Bank's backing of alternative fuels and expressed support for China's request to join the financial institution.
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5 Pakistani judges quit over removal
Mar 19 2007 5:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Five judges resigned Monday and hundreds of lawyers demonstrated to protest President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's removal of Pakistan's chief justice, deepening a political crisis for the military leader.
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Chinese cyber-dissident gets 6 years
Mar 19 2007 3:31PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese activist accused of posting subversive articles on the Internet was sentenced to six years in prison for "defaming" the government, state media said Monday.
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Kidnapped reporter saw decapitation
Mar 19 2007 3:27PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - An Italian journalist held for two weeks in Afghanistan said after his release Monday that he saw his captors cut off the head of one of the two Afghans kidnapped with him and thought he would be next to die.
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China OKs plan to build commercial jets
Mar 19 2007 3:14PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China's top leaders have approved a program to build large commercial aircraft, lending crucial government support to plans to challenge the domination of Boeing and Airbus in the country's fast-growing aviation market.
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Afghan bomber hits U.S. Embassy convoy
Mar 19 2007 2:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber exploded his car next to a U.S. Embassy convoy Monday, breaking months of relative calm in the Afghan capital with an attack that killed a teenage pedestrian and wounded five security guards on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road.
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AP reporter witnesses Afghan bomb attack
Mar 19 2007 12:59PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The three armored Chevrolet Suburbans from the U.S. Embassy caught my eye Monday morning alongside the donkey carts and rundown Toyotas that compete for space on the muddy, bumpy highway that heads east out of Afghanistan's capital.
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Bomb hits U.S. Embassy convoy in Kabul
Mar 19 2007 8:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.
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Bomb hits U.S. Embassy convoy in Kabul
Mar 19 2007 8:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.
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Bomb hits U.S. Embassy convoy in Kabul
Mar 19 2007 8:19AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.
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3 Buddhist women slain in Thailand
Mar 19 2007 5:08AM (CT)
SABAYOI, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim separatists shot and killed three Buddhist women involved with a project for victims of Thailand's insurgency Monday, just two days after three Muslim children were killed in an attack on a boarding school.
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$2M in gold stolen from Japanese museum
Mar 19 2007 4:10AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Three masked men stole a massive block of gold worth more than $2 million from a Japanese museum in a heist police said Monday could have been prevented _ if only the curators hadn't left its showcases wide open.
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Cambodian prince charged with adultery
Mar 19 2007 3:50AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Prince Norodom Ranariddh has been charged with adultery for having a mistress while still being legally married to his wife, a Cambodian court official said Monday.
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8 killed in China Sea ship collision
Mar 19 2007 3:00AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Two cargo ships collided in the East China Sea, killing at least eight people, state media reported Monday.
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