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Paulson meets China's trade envoy
Apr 1 2008 11:59PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met Wednesday with Beijing's new point man on strained trade ties with Washington amid Chinese alarm about the U.S. credit crisis and its possible impact on China's banks and economy.
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SKorea: NKorea should halt provocation
Apr 1 2008 9:28PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Defense Ministry called Wednesday on North Korea to halt its recent moves that have raised tensions on the divided peninsula.
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Poor nations demand climate money
Apr 1 2008 2:40PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Poor countries at a U.N. conference said Tuesday they won't sign a global warming pact unless industrialized nations guarantee them billions of dollars needed to adapt to the impact of climate change.
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China alleges Tibetan 'suicide squads'
Apr 1 2008 1:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday, accusing the Nobel Peace laureate and his supporters of planning suicide attacks.
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China alleges Tibetan 'suicide squads'
Apr 1 2008 1:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday, accusing the Nobel Peace laureate and his supporters of planning suicide attacks.
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China alleges Tibetan 'suicide squads'
Apr 1 2008 1:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday, accusing the Nobel Peace laureate and his supporters of planning suicide attacks.
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China alleges Tibetan 'suicide squads'
Apr 1 2008 1:36PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday, accusing the Nobel Peace laureate and his supporters of planning suicide attacks.
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US Embassy warns of possible kidnappings
Apr 1 2008 12:47PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The U.S. Embassy warned its citizens Tuesday that "extremist elements" planned to kidnap Americans and other foreigners in a southern Philippine city where U.S. counterterrorism troops have been deployed.
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2 police killed in Afghan suicide attack
Apr 1 2008 9:17AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber hit a police compound in southwestern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two officers and wounding five others, an official said.
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US starts deporting Vietnamese illegals
Apr 1 2008 6:52AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Washington has started deportation proceedings against thousands of Vietnamese living illegally in the United States under a pact between the two countries, a top U.S. immigration official said Tuesday.
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Ousted Pakistan judge presses for return
Apr 1 2008 5:44AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's deposed chief justice claimed Tuesday that he was still the legal head of the Supreme Court and hailed the election defeat of President Pervez Musharraf's allies as the end of "one-man rule."
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Ousted Pakistan judge presses for return
Apr 1 2008 5:44AM (CT)
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's deposed chief justice claimed Tuesday that he was still the legal head of the Supreme Court and hailed the election defeat of President Pervez Musharraf's allies as the end of "one-man rule."
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9 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey
Apr 1 2008 5:19AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Clashes between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels left nine rebels and three soldiers dead in Turkey's southeast, the military said Tuesday.
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Top Philippine students strike real gold
Apr 1 2008 5:14AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Students in a Philippine gold mining village strike gold every time they graduate at the top of their class _ literally.
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Olympic torch headed to Kazakhstan
Apr 1 2008 3:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Olympic flame headed to Kazakhstan on Tuesday to start a monthlong global tour expected to be a magnet for protests against China, even as the communist leadership hoped to bask in international praise.
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Olympic torch headed to Kazakhstan
Apr 1 2008 3:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Olympic flame headed to Kazakhstan on Tuesday to start a monthlong global tour expected to be a magnet for protests against China, even as the communist leadership hoped to bask in international praise.
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Olympic torch headed to Kazakhstan
Apr 1 2008 3:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Olympic flame headed to Kazakhstan on Tuesday to start a monthlong global tour expected to be a magnet for protests against China, even as the communist leadership hoped to bask in international praise.
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Nepal asked to stop abusing Tibetans
Apr 1 2008 2:03AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Two international rights groups asked Nepal's government Tuesday to stop abusing and threatening Tibetan exiles protesting China's recent crackdown in their homeland.
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Indian athlete to boycott Olympic torch
Apr 1 2008 12:50AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's soccer captain has refused to carry the Olympic torch through the New Delhi later this month to protest China's crackdown on recent demonstrations in Tibet, a sports official said Tuesday.
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Myanmar deports Tibetan activists
Apr 1 2008 12:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - An ethnic minority group that was pressured by Beijing has deported to China two key Tibetan political activists who were hiding in northern Myanmar, a dissident group said.
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