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Vietnam to cut rice exports
Mar 28 2008 10:45PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam will cut rice exports by 1 million tons this year as part of the government's efforts to rein in soaring inflation and ensure food security, the government said Friday.
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Angry NKorea tests short-range missiles
Mar 28 2008 10:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles on Friday in apparent response to the new South Korean government's tougher stance on Pyongyang.
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Angry NKorea tests short-range missiles
Mar 28 2008 10:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles on Friday in apparent response to the new South Korean government's tougher stance on Pyongyang.
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Monks put face on China's Tibet problem
Mar 28 2008 9:56PM (CT)
LHASA, China (AP) - China's Tibet problem got a human face this week in images of crying, red-robed monks, giving international concern a new focal point just as Beijing gears up for the arrival of the Olympic torch.
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Monks put face on China's Tibet problem
Mar 28 2008 9:56PM (CT)
LHASA, China (AP) - China's Tibet problem got a human face this week in images of crying, red-robed monks, giving international concern a new focal point just as Beijing gears up for the arrival of the Olympic torch.
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Diplomats visit riot-hit Lhasa
Mar 28 2008 9:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Diplomats from the United States and several other nations visited the Tibetan capital of Lhasa Saturday, after China admitted the group in a move to show its control over the region in the wake of deadly anti-government protests.
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UN condemns rights abuses in Myanmar
Mar 28 2008 3:40PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday strongly condemned systematic abuses of human rights in Myanmar by the Asian nation's military rulers, including the holding of a high number of political prisoners.
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HK democracy activist to quit politics
Mar 28 2008 2:21PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's best-known democracy advocate said Friday he will end his political career but keep pressing for greater rights, a campaign that has already led Beijing to brand him a traitor.
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HK democracy activist to quit politics
Mar 28 2008 2:21PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's best-known democracy advocate said Friday he will end his political career but keep pressing for greater rights, a campaign that has already led Beijing to brand him a traitor.
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HK democracy activist to quit politics
Mar 28 2008 2:21PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's best-known democracy advocate said Friday he will end his political career but keep pressing for greater rights, a campaign that has already led Beijing to brand him a traitor.
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Afghan radio station attacked
Mar 28 2008 1:27PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Arsonists set fire Friday to a radio station near Kabul accused of being un-Islamic, and two poppy eradication policemen were killed in Afghanistan's southwest, officials said.
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Pakistanis protest Dutch film
Mar 28 2008 6:07AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Dozens of Islamists in Pakistan have staged a protest over an anti-Quran film made by a Dutch lawmaker.
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Accused witch beaten in eastern India
Mar 28 2008 4:41AM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - A woman accused of practicing witchcraft in eastern India was tied to a tree and beaten by enraged villagers, police said Friday.
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Japan court rejects suit against Oe
Mar 28 2008 3:27AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe won a major court battle Friday over a book he wrote more than 30 years ago detailing how Japanese soldiers persuaded and sometimes forced Okinawan civilians to commit suicide rather than give themselves up in the closing days of World War II.
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Sri Lanka says 19 killed in fighting
Mar 28 2008 3:20AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A series of battles along the front lines in northern Sri Lanka killed 17 ethnic Tamil rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Friday.
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Philippine communist rebels vow attacks
Mar 28 2008 3:20AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine communist rebels marked their insurgency's 40th anniversary with a vow Friday to take advantage of rising food prices to stir up public discontent and intensify attacks on government troops.
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Tibetans protest at UN facility in Nepal
Mar 28 2008 2:47AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A group of about 20 protesting Tibetan exiles scaled the walls of the United Nations compound in Katmandu on Friday, while about 100 others protested outside.
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Malaysian ex-leader warns of frame-up
Mar 28 2008 2:01AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad claimed Friday that people were trying to dig up evidence that he committed crimes during his time in power to stop him from criticizing his embattled successor.
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DNA tests used to ID China blast victims
Mar 28 2008 1:27AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities were using DNA tests to identify the mangled remains of victims of a blast in northwest China that killed at least 24 people when an operation to dispose of outdated fireworks went badly awry, state media reported Friday.
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21 Indonesians die after drinking tonic
Mar 28 2008 1:15AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian police say they are investigating the deaths of 21 people who drank a concoction labeled an herbal remedy.
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Boat sinks in Philippines, 13 missing
Mar 28 2008 12:38AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A passenger boat with 14 people on board capsized in the southern Philippines, leaving only one known survivor _ a man who swam several hours to shore, officials said Friday. Most of the missing were children.
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Pakistan: 2 intel agents shot dead
Mar 28 2008 12:37AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Police in Pakistan say a gunman on a motorcycle has fatally shot two anti-terrorism officials in the southern city of Karachi.
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