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Thai PM may end political activity ban
Mar 30 2007 9:28PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Friday he expects a post-coup ban on political activities to be lifted in September, ahead of general elections that authorities hope can be held by the end of the year.
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Pakistan fights near Afghanistan kill 52
Mar 30 2007 1:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Fighting between local and foreign militants Friday killed 52 people, bringing to more than 200 the number of dead in recent days in a conflict between Pakistanis and suspected al-Qaida-linked extremists, a senior official said.
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Nepalese strike interim government deal
Mar 30 2007 12:56PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's seven ruling political parties and the country's former Maoist rebels agreed Friday to form a joint government, the latest step in ending a decade of civil war an official said.
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Japan prepares for wave of retirements
Mar 30 2007 11:15AM (CT)
ITO, Japan (AP) - The way Masahiro Shimizu sees it, he and Japan's other postwar baby boomers built the country into an economic powerhouse _ and now it's time to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
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Japan prepares for wave of retirements
Mar 30 2007 11:15AM (CT)
ITO, Japan (AP) - The way Masahiro Shimizu sees it, he and Japan's other postwar baby boomers built the country into an economic powerhouse _ and now it's time to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
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Japan to revise books on WWII suicides
Mar 30 2007 9:58AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The government ordered changes Friday to seven history textbooks describing how the Japanese army forced civilians to commit mass suicide at the end of World War II, the country's latest effort to soften brutal accounts of its wartime conduct.
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Dissident Catholic priest sentenced
Mar 30 2007 7:02AM (CT)
HUE, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese court sentenced a dissident Catholic priest to eight years in prison for anti-government activities after a dramatic trial Friday in which the defendant shouted denunciations of the ruling Communist Party.
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HIV infections on the rise in Asia
Mar 30 2007 7:01AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The number of people in Asia infected with the AIDS virus threatens to double over the next five years unless governments do more to stop the spread of HIV, officials said Friday.
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Report: Bangladesh executes 6 militants
Mar 30 2007 6:53AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Six top Islamic militants convicted of killing two judges in a 2005 bomb attack in southern Bangladesh were hanged Friday, a television station reported.
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Parents of taken kids praise captors
Mar 30 2007 2:36AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The parents of 26 children held hostage aboard a bus by two men demanding better education for the youngsters have refused to press charges, praising the captors as champions of the poor.
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Parents of taken kids praise captors
Mar 30 2007 2:36AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The parents of 26 children held hostage aboard a bus by two men demanding better education for the youngsters have refused to press charges, praising the captors as champions of the poor.
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1 NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
Mar 30 2007 1:46AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A NATO soldier was killed and three wounded during an operation in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Friday.
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Political parties clash in E. Timor
Mar 30 2007 1:18AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Gangs from rival political parties scuffled and threw rocks in East Timor, injuring at least 20 people, authorities said Friday, in what was believed to be the first violence directly related to next month's presidential elections.
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Japan deploys new missile defense system
Mar 30 2007 12:38AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan began deploying its first advanced Patriot missile defense system Friday near Tokyo, part of an effort to accelerate missile defense capabilities following North Korea's missile and nuclear tests last year.
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