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Tibet unrest colors Taiwan elections
Mar 21 2008 11:41PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese voters were deciding Saturday whether to stick with a party whose pro-independence bent has strained ties with China or switch to one pushing for a reduction of tensions and more economic engagement with the communist country.
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Tibet unrest colors Taiwan elections
Mar 21 2008 11:41PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese voters were deciding Saturday whether to stick with a party whose pro-independence bent has strained ties with China or switch to one pushing for a reduction of tensions and more economic engagement with the communist country.
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Tibet unrest colors Taiwan elections
Mar 21 2008 11:41PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese voters were deciding Saturday whether to stick with a party whose pro-independence bent has strained ties with China or switch to one pushing for a reduction of tensions and more economic engagement with the communist country.
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Tibet unrest colors Taiwan elections
Mar 21 2008 11:41PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese voters were deciding Saturday whether to stick with a party whose pro-independence bent has strained ties with China or switch to one pushing for a reduction of tensions and more economic engagement with the communist country.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China issues Most Wanted list of rioters
Mar 21 2008 11:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday _ shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.
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China might bar Tiananmen broadcasts
Mar 21 2008 10:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.
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China might bar Tiananmen broadcasts
Mar 21 2008 10:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.
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China might bar Tiananmen broadcasts
Mar 21 2008 10:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.
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China might bar Tiananmen broadcasts
Mar 21 2008 10:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.
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Taiwan votes with one eye on China
Mar 21 2008 4:38PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Ma Ying-jeou isn't a charismatic figure. He calms rather than inspires. He's a soft spoken administrator who promises to govern by consultation.
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Sri Lanka honors Arthur C. Clarke
Mar 21 2008 4:00PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Students, space enthusiasts, politicians and Buddhist monks paid respects Friday to the late science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke.
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Musharraf's allies withdraw PM candidate
Mar 21 2008 2:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Allies of President Pervez Musharraf said Friday they would withdraw their candidate for Pakistan's prime minister as a "goodwill gesture" to followers of slain leader Benazir Bhutto who now dominate parliament.
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State media says 19 died in Lhasa riots
Mar 21 2008 1:29PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's official news agency says the casualty toll from anti-Chinese riots in Tibet has risen to 19 dead and 623 injured.
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US House speaker backs Dalai Lama
Mar 21 2008 1:00PM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Walking arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama, the U.S. House speaker lent her support Friday to the Tibetan cause, calling China's crackdown in Tibet "a challenge to the conscience of the world."
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US House speaker backs Dalai Lama
Mar 21 2008 1:00PM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Walking arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama, the U.S. House speaker lent her support Friday to the Tibetan cause, calling China's crackdown in Tibet "a challenge to the conscience of the world."
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US House speaker backs Dalai Lama
Mar 21 2008 1:00PM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Walking arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama, the U.S. House speaker lent her support Friday to the Tibetan cause, calling China's crackdown in Tibet "a challenge to the conscience of the world."
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US House speaker backs Dalai Lama
Mar 21 2008 1:00PM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Walking arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama, the U.S. House speaker lent her support Friday to the Tibetan cause, calling China's crackdown in Tibet "a challenge to the conscience of the world."
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US House speaker backs Dalai Lama
Mar 21 2008 1:00PM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - Walking arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama, the U.S. House speaker lent her support Friday to the Tibetan cause, calling China's crackdown in Tibet "a challenge to the conscience of the world."
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NATO working to rebuild Afghanistan
Mar 21 2008 12:29PM (CT)
DEH HASSAN, Afghanistan (AP) - The girl flashed a shy smile from under her white head scarf and stepped to the front of the class when the headmaster asked who could find Afghanistan on the map of the world.
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NATO working to rebuild Afghanistan
Mar 21 2008 12:29PM (CT)
DEH HASSAN, Afghanistan (AP) - The girl flashed a shy smile from under her white head scarf and stepped to the front of the class when the headmaster asked who could find Afghanistan on the map of the world.
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Germany warns China Olympics at risk
Mar 21 2008 11:02AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's foreign minister has warned China that its response to the crisis in Tibet may jeopardize the Summer Olympics in Beijing, a newspaper reported on Friday.
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7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes China
Mar 21 2008 10:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of western China early Friday. Some houses collapsed, but there were no injuries, state media reported.
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7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes China
Mar 21 2008 10:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of western China early Friday. Some houses collapsed, but there were no injuries, state media reported.
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Military: 30 killed in Sri Lanka clashes
Mar 21 2008 8:00AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan troops ambushed ethnic Tamil rebels with a roadside bomb, overran bunkers and engaged in firefights across the island's restive north, killing 29 insurgents, the military said Friday.
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Philippine devotees nailed to cross
Mar 21 2008 5:20AM (CT)
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (AP) - Philippine devotees re-enacted Jesus Christ's suffering Friday by having themselves nailed to crosses in rites frowned upon by church leaders in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
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Philippine devotees nailed to cross
Mar 21 2008 5:20AM (CT)
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (AP) - Philippine devotees re-enacted Jesus Christ's suffering Friday by having themselves nailed to crosses in rites frowned upon by church leaders in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
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Pakistan shuts down 3 radio stations
Mar 21 2008 5:04AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani troops shut down three FM radio stations Friday and arrested eight employees after the stations aired a speech by a pro-Taliban cleric, the military said.
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China orders video Web sites to close
Mar 21 2008 4:33AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - China will shut down or punish dozens of video-sharing Web sites for carrying content deemed pornographic, violent or a threat to national security under rules that tighten Internet controls, a regulator said Friday.
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Penalties for Japan defense scandals
Mar 21 2008 4:07AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan fired its navy chief Friday and slapped dozens of defense officials with penalties over a series of scandals, while a report found the military negligent in a deadly crash between a destroyer and a fishing boat.
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Tibetan officials raise death toll to 99
Mar 21 2008 1:01AM (CT)
DHARMSALA, India (AP) - A spokesman for Tibet's government-in-exile says 19 Tibetans have died in China's Gansu province in recent days following anti-government protests, raising the total death toll in the region to 99.
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US sailor sought in Japan killing
Mar 21 2008 12:58AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - U.S. and Japanese authorities searched for a U.S. sailor for questioning Friday in the killing of a Japanese taxi driver near an American naval base, a U.S. military official said.
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