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Chinese president offers Japan a summit
Mar 31 2006 10:20PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao made a rare conciliatory gesture to Japan on Friday, offering to hold a summit with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi if he stops visiting a war shrine that other Asian nations consider offensive.
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Sri Lanka's ruling coalition wins locals
Mar 31 2006 9:39PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition won an overwhelming victory in local elections, according to results released Friday that were seen as an endorsement of the president's negotiations with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Afghan forces kill six Taliban fighters
Mar 31 2006 3:19PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan security forces killed six Taliban fighters in an intense gunbattle in southern Afghanistan on Friday, an official said. Two Romanian peacekeepers were injured in a separate incident when a roadside bomb hit their armored vehicle, Romania's defense ministry said.
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Thaksin wins court battle, stays in race
Mar 31 2006 3:10PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A court Friday thwarted efforts by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's opponents to bar him from running in this weekend's general election, as protesters kept up their mass rallies demanding he step down.
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Fake e-mail topples Japan opposition party
Mar 31 2006 11:30AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's opposition party suffered a fresh humiliation Friday when its leadership resigned en masse over a fake e-mail scandal, handing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi an uncontested grip on power in his last six months in office.
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Taiwan rejects China's offer of pandas
Mar 31 2006 11:00AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Tuan Tuan the panda won't be following in the footsteps of his mother and grandparents as a goodwill ambassador for China. Taiwan on Friday rejected China's offer of the panda and a female mate, Yuan Yuan, in the latest sign of a hardening attitude toward its communist neighbor.
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Thousands honor Chinese goddess in Taiwan
Mar 31 2006 4:19AM (CT)
TACHIA, Taiwan (AP) - A furious din of trumpets, cymbals and drums whip up the excited crowd. Women on a float dance to Western rock music. High-stepping drum majorettes strut by. The annual Matsu festival celebrates the guardian goddess of fishermen, one of Taiwan's most popular deities.
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Afghan police chief accused of killing 16
Mar 31 2006 1:44AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan authorities have detained a border police commander accused in the killings of 16 Pakistanis, a provincial governor said Friday.
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