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Former SKorea minister proposes summit
Mar 27 2007 11:57PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A former South Korean government minister visiting North Korea is proposing a meeting between the two countries' leaders, a report said Wednesday.
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Students taken hostage in Philippines
Mar 27 2007 11:38PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A day-care center owner hijacked a busload of his students and teachers and drove them to Manila's city hall Wednesday to demand better housing and education for the children.
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Students taken hostage in Philippines
Mar 27 2007 11:38PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A day-care center owner hijacked a busload of his students and teachers and drove them to Manila's city hall Wednesday to demand better housing and education for the children.
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Suicide bomber injures 5 in Kabul
Mar 27 2007 11:33PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber trying to blend in with street beggars exploded himself near a top intelligence official in a crowded part of the capital early Wednesday, wounding five people, police said.
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US spy chief: NKorea not a nuclear state
Mar 27 2007 10:53PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The U.S. spy chief said Washington does not recognize North Korea as a nuclear weapons state because its underground atomic test last year failed, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Indonesia shares bird flu virus samples
Mar 27 2007 10:41PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia will resume sending bird flu virus specimens to the World Health Organization immediately, the health minister said Tuesday, ending a four-month standoff health officials feared could potentially put the entire world at risk.
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Rare glimpse of Myanmar's military chief
Mar 27 2007 4:49PM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - The head of Myanmar's ruling junta made a rare public appearance Tuesday at a ceremony in the country's new capital, reviewing thousands of troops under a blazing sun for nearly an hour despite reports of ill health.
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Rare glimpse of Myanmar's military chief
Mar 27 2007 4:49PM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - The head of Myanmar's ruling junta made a rare public appearance Tuesday at a ceremony in the country's new capital, reviewing thousands of troops under a blazing sun for nearly an hour despite reports of ill health.
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Rare glimpse of Myanmar's military chief
Mar 27 2007 4:49PM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - The head of Myanmar's ruling junta made a rare public appearance Tuesday at a ceremony in the country's new capital, reviewing thousands of troops under a blazing sun for nearly an hour despite reports of ill health.
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Rare glimpse of Myanmar's military chief
Mar 27 2007 4:49PM (CT)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) - The head of Myanmar's ruling junta made a rare public appearance Tuesday at a ceremony in the country's new capital, reviewing thousands of troops under a blazing sun for nearly an hour despite reports of ill health.
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Tajikistan leader: The party's over
Mar 27 2007 1:56PM (CT)
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) - President Emomalii Rakhmon has banned high school graduation parties in this largely Muslim Central Asian nation, the latest in a string of edicts on Tajik cultural and social life.
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Pakistan signs deal in militant area
Mar 27 2007 1:09PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tribal elders signed a deal with the government to deny sanctuary to foreign militants in a remote Pakistani border region where al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri escaped a U.S. airstrike last year, the two sides said Tuesday.
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Pakistan signs deal in militant area
Mar 27 2007 1:09PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Tribal elders signed a deal with the government to deny sanctuary to foreign militants in a remote Pakistani border region where al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri escaped a U.S. airstrike last year, the two sides said Tuesday.
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Shanghai chief is a rising 'princeling'
Mar 27 2007 12:19PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Shanghai's new boss is seen as a capable leader, a consummate networker, and in the words of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, a "guy who really knows how to get over the goal line."
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Shanghai chief is a rising 'princeling'
Mar 27 2007 12:19PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Shanghai's new boss is seen as a capable leader, a consummate networker, and in the words of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, a "guy who really knows how to get over the goal line."
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Glitch knocks out Japanese spy satellite
Mar 27 2007 9:51AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - An electrical glitch has knocked out a satellite in a spy network Japan hoped to use to gather intelligence on North Korea and other trouble spots around the world, a Cabinet official said Tuesday.
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Bank buyer threatens N. Korea cash move
Mar 27 2007 8:04AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A British investor who is buying a North Korean bank said Tuesday he is trying to block the transfer of money it holds in a Macau bank in a move that might complicate a deal with the North to shut down its nuclear programs.
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China to invest in Tibet infrastructure
Mar 27 2007 6:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will pour billions of dollars into an airport, power plants, roads and education to help raise the standard of living of Tibetans over the next three years, state media said Tuesday.
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Chinese couple draws media attention
Mar 27 2007 4:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese couple's battle to stop developers from razing their home and business is getting close attention in a nation eager to test a landmark new law guaranteeing private property rights.
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Suicide bomber kills 4 Afghan policemen
Mar 27 2007 3:59AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber on foot disguised in an army uniform blew himself up outside a police station in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing four policemen and wounding at least one, a police chief said.
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Koreas hold first reunions via video
Mar 27 2007 1:25AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Hundreds of North and South Koreans held tearful reunions via video Tuesday as part of revived reconciliation efforts on the divided peninsula after the North agreed to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
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Cambodian thieves poison elephant
Mar 27 2007 1:22AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Thieves in Cambodia poisoned a 62-year-old domesticated elephant and sawed off its tusks to sell on the black market, officials said Tuesday.
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Suicide bomber hits Sri Lankan army camp
Mar 27 2007 12:44AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Tamil Tiger rebel drove an explosive-laden tractor to a military camp in eastern Sri Lanka early Tuesday, drawing fire from guards and triggering a blast at the entrance, military officials said. At least seven people, including the bomber, were killed.
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