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Thais gear up for major anti-Thaksin pus
Mar 24 2006 11:26PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - More than 2,000 protesters camped out overnight in the Thai capital for a mass rally Saturday to press embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign.
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Pressure grows to free Afghan convert
Mar 24 2006 10:31PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government faced heavy international pressure Friday to reconsider the charges against an Afghan man who faces a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity _ and reports emerged that the man might be freed soon.
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A remarkable life: Tortoise dies at 250
Mar 24 2006 8:46PM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - One of the world's oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.
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U.S. Christians outraged over Afghan trial
Mar 24 2006 1:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Christian lobby groups are urging President Bush to do more to save a man on trial in Afghanistan for converting from Islam to Christianity.
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Pakistan forces kill 15 near Afghan border
Mar 24 2006 12:45PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships killed at least 15 suspected Taliban sympathizers Friday in the latest flare-up of violence near the Afghan border, the Pakistani army said.
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Group warns of more child AIDS deaths
Mar 24 2006 10:46AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The number of children orphaned by AIDS in the East Asia-Pacific region could grow from 450,000 to 1.7 million in less than a decade if resources aren't increased for prevention and treatment, a UNICEF official said Friday.
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Japanese nuclear reactor ordered shut down
Mar 24 2006 10:41AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A court Friday ordered the shutdown of Japan's second-largest nuclear reactor in response to a lawsuit by residents who feared it could leak dangerous radiation during a powerful earthquake, an official said.
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India offers 'treaty of peace' to Pakistan
Mar 24 2006 10:40AM (CT)
AMRITSAR, India (AP) - India's prime minister invited Pakistan on Friday to join his country in a "treaty of peace, security and friendship" to end nearly six decades of tension between the nuclear-armed nations.
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Malaysian leader cuts short Myanmar trip
Mar 24 2006 7:03AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Malaysia's foreign minister cut short a democracy monitoring trip to Myanmar after a brief meeting with the prime minister of the military-ruled country, diplomats said Friday.
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American gets 9 years for Okinawa rapes
Mar 24 2006 6:30AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A U.S. military civilian employee was sentenced to nine years in prison for two rapes on Okinawa, court officials and media reports said Friday.
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Blast at Afghan ammunition depot kills 2
Mar 24 2006 2:50AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A huge explosion ripped through a depot of confiscated munitions in central Afghanistan, killing two people and injuring 45, and damaging scores of houses, officials said Friday.
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Female lawmaker nominated for S.Korea PM
Mar 24 2006 12:45AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on Friday nominated a ruling party lawmaker as the country's new prime minister _ the first time a woman has been named for the government's No. 2 position.
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