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No clear winner in East Timor election
Apr 9 2007 11:56PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor waited on tenterhooks Tuesday as ballots were tallied in presidential elections that many hoped would end instability in the young nation a year after it was pushed to the brink of civil war.
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N.Korea: Inspectors in if funds freed
Apr 9 2007 11:42PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - A U.S. delegation pressed North Korea on Monday to shut down its main nuclear reactor and allow in U.N. inspectors even as the top American negotiator said it would be difficult for a weekend deadline on the closure to be met.
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Clerics: Pakistan official's hug a 'sin'
Apr 9 2007 11:18PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Islamic clerics at a radical mosque in Pakistan's capital have demanded the tourism minister be fired for hugging a foreign man, saying she committed a "great sin."
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Suspected poisoning sickens dozens
Apr 9 2007 11:01PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - One person died and more than 200 people fell sick after eating food that may have been contaminated with rat poison at a hospital restaurant in northeastern China, state media and the hospital said Tuesday.
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Singapore ministers to get big raises
Apr 9 2007 10:50PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The yearly salaries of Singapore's well-paid government ministers are headed higher _ by 60 percent to more than $1.25 million by the end of 2008, officials said Monday.
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Stampede over amulet kills Thai woman
Apr 9 2007 10:41PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A crowd of thousands waiting to buy purportedly magical amulets erupted into a stampede that killed one woman and injured dozens Monday, police said.
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Stampede over amulet kills Thai woman
Apr 9 2007 10:41PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A crowd of thousands waiting to buy purportedly magical amulets erupted into a stampede that killed one woman and injured dozens Monday, police said.
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Arroyo's husband has heart surgery
Apr 9 2007 10:12PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband underwent high-risk surgery to repair a potentially fatal aneurysm near his heart, officials and doctors said Tuesday.
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China's premier seeks warmer Japan ties
Apr 9 2007 9:36PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China's premier will visit Japan this week for the first time in seven years, in a sign that ties may finally be stabilizing after years of rancor over the Japanese occupation of China in the first half of the 20th century.
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Japan OKs N. Korea sanctions extension
Apr 9 2007 8:37PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet approved a six-month extension Tuesday on trade sanctions against North Korea, which were imposed in the wake of the communist state's nuclear test last year, an official said.
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American's Thai bombing trial opens
Apr 9 2007 7:58PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Vietnamese-American accused of trying to bomb Vietnam's embassy in Thailand said at the start of his trial Monday that he had taken only "symbolic" actions on behalf of democracy.
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Ex-Bangladesh PM hit by graft complaint
Apr 9 2007 5:16PM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police said Monday they are investigating a Bangladeshi businessman's allegation that then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded money seven years ago to allow his company to build a power plant.
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Malaysia dissident to return to politics
Apr 9 2007 1:57PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - A top Malaysian dissident said Monday he will return to politics despite a ban against him seeking office until 2008, saying he did not want to submit to a "corrupt judicial system."
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Taliban demands new prisoner swap
Apr 9 2007 9:59AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban on Monday threatened to kill four Afghan medical personnel and their driver unless the government releases two Taliban commanders, seeking a deal similar to the prisoner swap that won an Italian journalist's freedom last month.
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Taliban demands new prisoner swap
Apr 9 2007 9:59AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban on Monday threatened to kill four Afghan medical personnel and their driver unless the government releases two Taliban commanders, seeking a deal similar to the prisoner swap that won an Italian journalist's freedom last month.
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Taliban demands new prisoner swap
Apr 9 2007 9:59AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban on Monday threatened to kill four Afghan medical personnel and their driver unless the government releases two Taliban commanders, seeking a deal similar to the prisoner swap that won an Italian journalist's freedom last month.
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Richardson tours captured U.S. warship
Apr 9 2007 9:24AM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday toured a U.S. warship captured by North Korea in the 1960s that is now used to inspire anti-American sentiment in the reclusive communist regime.
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7 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan blasts
Apr 9 2007 1:05AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region.
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7 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan blasts
Apr 9 2007 1:05AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region.
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White mouse delays Vietnamese flight
Apr 9 2007 12:06AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A fugitive mouse delayed the departure of a Japan-bound airliner for more than four hours Sunday as technicians hunted down the potential threat, airline officials said.
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