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U.S. copter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan
Apr 6 2005 10:18PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. military helicopter returning from a mission smashed into the southern Afghan desert Wednesday, killing at least 16 people in the deadliest military crash since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. An Afghan official said most of the dead appeared to be Americans.
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Official: China plans 40 nuke power plants
Apr 6 2005 8:30PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China plans to build 40 nuclear power plants over the next 15 years, making them the main power source for its booming east coast, a government official said in remarks reported Thursday.
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Japan textbook diplomatic dispute rises
Apr 6 2005 3:26PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A diplomatic dispute over new Japanese textbooks escalated on Wednesday with South Korea summoning Tokyo's ambassador to complain about them and Japan calling Seoul's reaction "extreme."
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Militants raid India-Pakistan delegation
Apr 6 2005 2:44PM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Two gunmen attacked a government tourism complex Wednesday on the eve of the first bus service across divided Kashmir in nearly six decades, but the waiting passengers escaped unharmed and both India and Pakistan vowed the buses would run as planned.
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WHO expert: Bird flu strains could combine
Apr 6 2005 12:24PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Two strains of bird flu in Asia may combine to create a highly lethal and easily transmissible virus, a U.N. health official warned Wednesday, amid widespread fears that the disease could cause the next human pandemic.
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Nepalese rebels demand human rights probe
Apr 6 2005 7:01AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Maoist rebels in Nepal on Wednesday demanded an independent probe into allegations of widespread human rights abuses by government troops, who have stepped up their fight against the guerrillas since the king's power grab two months ago.
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Colombian leader promotes trade in China
Apr 6 2005 6:58AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Colombia's president met top Chinese leaders Wednesday during a visit to boost trade, seek financing for an oil pipeline and to promote sales of Colombian coal to fuel China's booming economy.
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China exonerates man 11 years after murder
Apr 6 2005 6:02AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China freed a man who spent 11 years in prison for murder following the reappearance of his purported victim, reports said Wednesday, in a case that provoked unusual discussion in state media about police using torture to extract confessions.
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Hong Kong seeks end to term limit dispute
Apr 6 2005 1:38AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's leader on Wednesday said he'll ask Beijing to settle a dispute over the term limit for the territory's next leader, a move pro-democracy groups warn will undermine the city's cherished rule of law.
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Bus service set to traverse Kashmir
Apr 6 2005 1:04AM (CT)
KALGAI, India (AP) - They call it a highway, but the road that heads toward Pakistani-controlled Kashmir is often little more than one lane wide, with crumbling edges that drop away for hundreds of feet into the rush of a mud-brown river.
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U.S. troops to widen Afghan anti-drug role
Apr 6 2005 12:08AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military will take a major role in training Afghanistan's police and will provide intelligence and transport for the country's new anti-drug forces, dramatically expanding American efforts against a booming narcotics trade, a top general said Tuesday.
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