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Aussie chopper crash kills 9 in Indonesia
Apr 2 2005 10:56PM (CT)
GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia (AP) - An Australian helicopter on a relief mission crashed Saturday on earthquake-devastated Nias Island, killing nine people on board, while workers searching for quake victims rescued a man who survived for nearly five days pinned under a mountain of rubble.
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News of pope's death moves slowly in China
Apr 2 2005 10:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Word of Pope John Paul II's death spread slowly Sunday through China's capital, where congregations packed government-sanctioned churches but state-run media released only a trickle of information.
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Khmer Rouge haunts Cambodia 30 years later
Apr 2 2005 5:12PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Thirty years after the rise of the Khmer Rouge revolutionary peasant army, the horrors of their brutal, murderous rule still stain the fabric of this impoverished Southeast Asian kingdom.
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Nine dead, two hurt in Aussie copter crash
Apr 2 2005 9:42AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian navy helicopter crashed on the earthquake-devastated Indonesian island of Nias, killing nine people, the defense department said Sunday. Two others were rescued but were seriously injured.
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Myanmar under pressure for reforms
Apr 2 2005 9:10AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The pending handover of the leadership of Southeast Asia's top trade and diplomatic bloc to Myanmar has brought unprecedented pressure on the military-ruled regime to speed up promised democratic reforms in the country the United States has labeled an "outpost of tyranny."
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N. Korea wants Japan out of nuclear talks
Apr 2 2005 8:36AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Saturday it remains committed to international negotiations on ending its nuclear weapons program, but demanded Japan withdraw from the six-nation talks.
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Three truckers killed in Afghanistan
Apr 2 2005 8:09AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed a convoy of civilian trucks carrying vehicles to the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan, killing three drivers, an official said Saturday.
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Indonesia rescuers surprised by survivor
Apr 2 2005 12:48AM (CT)
GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia (AP) - A day after rescuers called off the search for survivors, a man was heard crying out weakly for water Saturday from under the rubble of a building demolished by Indonesia's earthquake.
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