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Japan's Abe to make first U.S. visit
Apr 3 2007 10:50PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make his first visit to the United States as premier later this month for a summit with President Bush, an official said Wednesday.
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Pakistani tribesmen to fight militants
Apr 3 2007 7:34PM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani elders beat drums to assemble a force of at least 1,000 armed tribesmen Tuesday, ordering them to join a battle aimed at routing foreign fighters along the frontier with Afghanistan that has already claimed more than 150 lives, witnesses and officials said.
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China: No more money-for-coverage
Apr 3 2007 6:33PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government has ordered newspapers to stamp out the common practice of demanding money from people they cover, a state news agency said Tuesday, after the killing of a newspaper employee drew attention to the seamier side of the industry.
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Opponents of Pakistan's president rally
Apr 3 2007 3:53PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Some 4,000 opponents of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf rallied Tuesday in Islamabad in the capital's biggest street demonstration yet against his removal of Pakistan's chief justice.
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Opponents of Pakistan's president rally
Apr 3 2007 3:53PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Some 4,000 opponents of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf rallied Tuesday in Islamabad in the capital's biggest street demonstration yet against his removal of Pakistan's chief justice.
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Opponents of Pakistan's president rally
Apr 3 2007 3:53PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Some 4,000 opponents of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf rallied Tuesday in Islamabad in the capital's biggest street demonstration yet against his removal of Pakistan's chief justice.
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Opponents of Pakistan's president rally
Apr 3 2007 3:53PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Some 4,000 opponents of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf rallied Tuesday in Islamabad in the capital's biggest street demonstration yet against his removal of Pakistan's chief justice.
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Chinese couple end 3-year house standoff
Apr 3 2007 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - For three years, Wu Ping and Yang Wu held off the bulldozers, refusing to allow their home to be torn down for a redevelopment project in southwestern China and captivating a nation in the process.
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Chinese couple end 3-year house standoff
Apr 3 2007 12:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - For three years, Wu Ping and Yang Wu held off the bulldozers, refusing to allow their home to be torn down for a redevelopment project in southwestern China and captivating a nation in the process.
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Sniffer dogs uncover 50,000 pirated DVDs
Apr 3 2007 6:22AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Two trained Labradors have sniffed out 50,000 bootleg DVDs in their third success since being deployed last month in Malaysia's mounting anti-movie piracy crackdown, a senior official said Tuesday.
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Tour guide stabs 20 in southwest China
Apr 3 2007 4:42AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A knife-wielding Chinese tour guide injured 20 people in a stabbing-and-slashing spree at a southwestern resort following an argument over kickbacks on souvenir sales, a news report said Tuesday.
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Disasters kill dozens in central Asia
Apr 3 2007 3:25AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Avalanches and floods triggered by heavy rains and spring snow melt have killed about 150 people in recent days in the mountains of central Asia, officials said Monday.
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Disasters kill dozens in central Asia
Apr 3 2007 3:25AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Avalanches and floods triggered by heavy rains and spring snow melt have killed about 150 people in recent days in the mountains of central Asia, officials said Monday.
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Disasters kill dozens in central Asia
Apr 3 2007 3:25AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Avalanches and floods triggered by heavy rains and spring snow melt have killed about 150 people in recent days in the mountains of central Asia, officials said Monday.
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Japanese plane makes emergency landing
Apr 3 2007 3:20AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japan Airlines jetliner carrying 259 people, including the country's finance minister, made a successful emergency landing in western Japan Tuesday with only one of its two engines working.
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Taiwan pol pleads not guilty at trial
Apr 3 2007 1:46AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Presidential front-runner Ma Ying-jeou pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his corruption trial in Taipei, saying that his use of a special municipal fund was in keeping with government standards.
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6.2-magnitude quake hits Afghanistan
Apr 3 2007 12:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit a remote and mountainous area of northeastern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, shaking buildings in the capital, Pakistan, Tajikistan and India.
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