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Grenade at Thai mosque wounds 15
Apr 4 2007 11:48PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A grenade fired into a mosque during morning prayers Thursday in Thailand's restive south wounded about 15 Muslim worshippers including a 14-year-old boy, police said.
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Taliban claims 2 French workers abducted
Apr 4 2007 8:49PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Two French aid workers and their three Afghan staff have gone missing in southwest Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. A purported spokesman for the Taliban claimed the group had kidnapped the five.
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Wen urges Japan's leader to avoid shrine
Apr 4 2007 3:11PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - China's premier urged his Japanese counterpart not to visit a Tokyo war shrine at the center of tensions over Japan's past military aggression in Asia, a news report said Wednesday.
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Rural Chinese kids face trafficking risk
Apr 4 2007 3:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Rural Chinese children increasingly risk being sold or forced to become beggars, petty thieves or sex workers as their farmer parents flock to cities looking for work, an international rights group said Wednesday.
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Rural Chinese kids face trafficking risk
Apr 4 2007 3:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Rural Chinese children increasingly risk being sold or forced to become beggars, petty thieves or sex workers as their farmer parents flock to cities looking for work, an international rights group said Wednesday.
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Wang, Asia's richest woman, dies at 69
Apr 4 2007 1:38PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Nina Wang, a pigtailed Hong Kong businesswoman who turned her slain husband's fortune into a real-estate empire that made her one of the world's richest women, has died. She was 69.
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U.S. Army's `Men in Black' fight Taliban
Apr 4 2007 12:38PM (CT)
BAYLOUGH, Afghanistan (AP) - As his snipers watched the Taliban fighters from hilltop hideouts, the sergeant had a flashback: He was in the Alps, dressed in an Afghan turban and vest, cradling an AK-47 and impersonating the very insurgents his unit was about to confront.
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U.S. Army's `Men in Black' fight Taliban
Apr 4 2007 12:38PM (CT)
BAYLOUGH, Afghanistan (AP) - As his snipers watched the Taliban fighters from hilltop hideouts, the sergeant had a flashback: He was in the Alps, dressed in an Afghan turban and vest, cradling an AK-47 and impersonating the very insurgents his unit was about to confront.
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U.S. Army's `Men in Black' fight Taliban
Apr 4 2007 12:38PM (CT)
BAYLOUGH, Afghanistan (AP) - As his snipers watched the Taliban fighters from hilltop hideouts, the sergeant had a flashback: He was in the Alps, dressed in an Afghan turban and vest, cradling an AK-47 and impersonating the very insurgents his unit was about to confront.
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60 dead in Pakistan border fighting
Apr 4 2007 12:31PM (CT)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Tribal militias have killed dozens of foreign militants with alleged al-Qaida ties along the Afghan border, officials said Wednesday, in an offensive Pakistan has declared a victory against terrorism.
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Kurds clash with police in Turkey
Apr 4 2007 10:40AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Police and soldiers fired warning shots into the air and used tear gas and truncheons Wednesday to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Kurdish protesters in southeastern Turkey.
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Chinese firm probing links to pet food
Apr 4 2007 10:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese company accused of selling chemically contaminated wheat gluten linked to pet food deaths of cats and dogs in the U.S. said Wednesday it was investigating the claims.
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8 killed in Taiwan helicopter crash
Apr 4 2007 9:29AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The bodies of three Taiwanese servicemen whose helicopter crashed into a radio tower were pulled from the mountaintop structure Wednesday, a day after the accident that killed a total of eight crew members.
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8 killed in Taiwan helicopter crash
Apr 4 2007 9:29AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The bodies of three Taiwanese servicemen whose helicopter crashed into a radio tower were pulled from the mountaintop structure Wednesday, a day after the accident that killed a total of eight crew members.
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Workers might get day off when too hot
Apr 4 2007 6:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A city in China's sweltering southwest is considering a new law to allow outdoor workers to stay home when temperatures are forecast to hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit, state media said Wednesday.
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China saving on Olympic security
Apr 4 2007 6:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will spend less on Olympic security than other recent hosts of the Summer Games but is confident the 2008 competition will be trouble-free, a security official said Wednesday.
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Reports: NKorea may miss reactor deadline
Apr 4 2007 5:27AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea may not meet a deadline for shutting down its atomic reactor because of the stalled transfer of its funds frozen at a Macau bank, top Asian diplomats said in news reports Wednesday.
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Land mine accidents drop in Afghanistan
Apr 4 2007 3:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At a lecture on dangers of land mines, the schoolchildren listened in horror as a guest speaker recounted how his left leg was blown off above the knee. It was three years ago, 11-year-old Massoud said, and he had been playing with a kite near his home.
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Land mine accidents drop in Afghanistan
Apr 4 2007 3:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At a lecture on dangers of land mines, the schoolchildren listened in horror as a guest speaker recounted how his left leg was blown off above the knee. It was three years ago, 11-year-old Massoud said, and he had been playing with a kite near his home.
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Land mine accidents drop in Afghanistan
Apr 4 2007 3:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At a lecture on dangers of land mines, the schoolchildren listened in horror as a guest speaker recounted how his left leg was blown off above the knee. It was three years ago, 11-year-old Massoud said, and he had been playing with a kite near his home.
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