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US-Afghan-Pakistan border center opens
Mar 29 2008 5:29PM (CT)
TORKHAM, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers opened the first of six joint military intelligence centers along the Afghan-Pakistan border Saturday, an effort to cut down on militants' movement in a region of rising terrorist activity.
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US-Afghan-Pakistan border center opens
Mar 29 2008 5:29PM (CT)
TORKHAM, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers opened the first of six joint military intelligence centers along the Afghan-Pakistan border Saturday, an effort to cut down on militants' movement in a region of rising terrorist activity.
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US-Afghan-Pakistan border center opens
Mar 29 2008 5:29PM (CT)
TORKHAM, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S., Afghan and Pakistani officers opened the first of six joint military intelligence centers along the Afghan-Pakistan border Saturday, an effort to cut down on militants' movement in a region of rising terrorist activity.
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Olympic Beijing tries to kick smoking
Mar 29 2008 2:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Cui Dalin, China's deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives.
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Olympic Beijing tries to kick smoking
Mar 29 2008 2:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Cui Dalin, China's deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives.
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Lights out for Asia in 'Earth Hour'
Mar 29 2008 2:20PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Sydney's iconic Opera House and Bangkok's famous Wat Arun Buddhist temple went dark Saturday night as cities around the world turned off their lights for a campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
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Lights out for Asia in 'Earth Hour'
Mar 29 2008 2:20PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Sydney's iconic Opera House and Bangkok's famous Wat Arun Buddhist temple went dark Saturday night as cities around the world turned off their lights for a campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
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Lights out for Asia in 'Earth Hour'
Mar 29 2008 2:20PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Sydney's iconic Opera House and Bangkok's famous Wat Arun Buddhist temple went dark Saturday night as cities around the world turned off their lights for a campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
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Pakistan PM pledges terror talks
Mar 29 2008 1:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's new prime minister vowed Saturday to make the war on terror his No. 1 priority, but said peace talks and aid programs could be more effective than weapons in fighting militancy in tribal areas along the Afghan border.
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Pakistan PM pledges terror talks
Mar 29 2008 1:50PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's new prime minister vowed Saturday to make the war on terror his No. 1 priority, but said peace talks and aid programs could be more effective than weapons in fighting militancy in tribal areas along the Afghan border.
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Monk-led protests show Buddhist activism
Mar 29 2008 1:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Buddhist monks hurling rocks at Chinese in Tibet, or peacefully massing against Myanmar's military, can strike jarring notes.
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Monk-led protests show Buddhist activism
Mar 29 2008 1:09PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Buddhist monks hurling rocks at Chinese in Tibet, or peacefully massing against Myanmar's military, can strike jarring notes.
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Activists: New Tibet protests break out
Mar 29 2008 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped up a tightly controlled visit organized by Beijing, a radio broadcaster and Tibetan activists reported.
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Activists: New Tibet protests break out
Mar 29 2008 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped up a tightly controlled visit organized by Beijing, a radio broadcaster and Tibetan activists reported.
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Activists: New Tibet protests break out
Mar 29 2008 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped up a tightly controlled visit organized by Beijing, a radio broadcaster and Tibetan activists reported.
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Activists: New Tibet protests break out
Mar 29 2008 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped up a tightly controlled visit organized by Beijing, a radio broadcaster and Tibetan activists reported.
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Vietnam man runs 'abortion orphanage'
Mar 29 2008 12:19PM (CT)
NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) - Sitting cross-legged on a straw mat in the middle of the living room, Tong Phuoc Phuc sings a soothing Vietnamese lullaby. For a moment, his deep voice works magic, and the tiny room crammed with 13 babies is still.
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Scuffles erupt at Beijing torch relay
Mar 29 2008 11:24AM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Police briefly scuffled with a small group of demonstrators when the Beijing Olympics torch relay reached Athens on Saturday.
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Scuffles erupt at Beijing torch relay
Mar 29 2008 11:24AM (CT)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Police briefly scuffled with a small group of demonstrators when the Beijing Olympics torch relay reached Athens on Saturday.
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NKorea rejects UN rights resolution
Mar 29 2008 5:54AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday rejected a recent U.N. resolution condemning its human rights abuses as a U.S.-led political plot, warning the U.S., the European Union and Japan of "unpredictable consequences" for leading the move.
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Tibetans protesting in Nepal arrested
Mar 29 2008 4:33AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalese police broke up a protest by Tibetan exiles and monks Saturday in front of the Chinese Embassy visa office in Katmandu, arresting 80 demonstrators.
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Tibetans protesting in Nepal arrested
Mar 29 2008 4:33AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalese police broke up a protest by Tibetan exiles and monks Saturday in front of the Chinese Embassy visa office in Katmandu, arresting 80 demonstrators.
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Tibetans protesting in Nepal arrested
Mar 29 2008 4:33AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalese police broke up a protest by Tibetan exiles and monks Saturday in front of the Chinese Embassy visa office in Katmandu, arresting 80 demonstrators.
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6 die in building collapse in India
Mar 29 2008 4:19AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A fire official says a four-story building under construction has collapsed in eastern New Delhi, killing at least six people and injuring another 16.
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Activist: China protesters still jailed
Mar 29 2008 3:09AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A human rights activist says at least 60 people are still jailed in China for protests by pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989 at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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Tibetan blasts 'demographic aggression'
Mar 29 2008 2:58AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A Chinese government policy of "demographic aggression" is threatening Tibetan culture as increasing numbers of non-Tibetan Chinese move into the region, the Dalai Lama said Saturday.
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Tibetan blasts 'demographic aggression'
Mar 29 2008 2:58AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A Chinese government policy of "demographic aggression" is threatening Tibetan culture as increasing numbers of non-Tibetan Chinese move into the region, the Dalai Lama said Saturday.
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Tibetan blasts 'demographic aggression'
Mar 29 2008 2:58AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - A Chinese government policy of "demographic aggression" is threatening Tibetan culture as increasing numbers of non-Tibetan Chinese move into the region, the Dalai Lama said Saturday.
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Malaysia spurns calls to free lawmaker
Mar 29 2008 2:47AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian opposition party on Saturday condemned the government's refusal to release an ethnic Indian activist elected as a state legislator while in jail.
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Tokyo missile defense now complete
Mar 29 2008 2:22AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan installed the final piece of a missile defense system for Tokyo on Saturday, a day after North Korea test-fired a barrage of missiles.
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China seizes milk after kids sickened
Mar 29 2008 2:11AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Safety authorities seized 4,167 boxes of milk from a dairy in China's southeast and issued a public warning after more than 100 children who drank from the same batch were sickened, a state news agency reported Saturday.
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Report: China bus crash kills 13
Mar 29 2008 12:50AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A bus collided with a van and plunged off a road into a river in central China, killing at least 13 people and injuring 10, a state news agency said Saturday.
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Afghan power plant explosion kills 2
Mar 29 2008 12:48AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A policeman says a bomb has exploded near a power plant in southern Afghanistan, killing two employees.
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