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Violence feeds fear on eve of Nepal vote
Apr 9 2008 11:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis voted Thursday following an outburst of bloodshed that killed eight people and cast a shadow on an election meant to cement Nepal's peace deal with communist insurgents, stoking fears of more violence.
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Violence feeds fear on eve of Nepal vote
Apr 9 2008 11:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis voted Thursday following an outburst of bloodshed that killed eight people and cast a shadow on an election meant to cement Nepal's peace deal with communist insurgents, stoking fears of more violence.
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Violence feeds fear on eve of Nepal vote
Apr 9 2008 11:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis voted Thursday following an outburst of bloodshed that killed eight people and cast a shadow on an election meant to cement Nepal's peace deal with communist insurgents, stoking fears of more violence.
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Violence feeds fear on eve of Nepal vote
Apr 9 2008 11:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis voted Thursday following an outburst of bloodshed that killed eight people and cast a shadow on an election meant to cement Nepal's peace deal with communist insurgents, stoking fears of more violence.
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Violence feeds fear on eve of Nepal vote
Apr 9 2008 11:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis voted Thursday following an outburst of bloodshed that killed eight people and cast a shadow on an election meant to cement Nepal's peace deal with communist insurgents, stoking fears of more violence.
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Conservatives win SKorea vote
Apr 9 2008 10:40PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin parliamentary majority Thursday, boosting the government's plans to revive the economy, embrace the U.S. and talk tougher with North Korea.
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Conservatives win SKorea vote
Apr 9 2008 10:40PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin parliamentary majority Thursday, boosting the government's plans to revive the economy, embrace the U.S. and talk tougher with North Korea.
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Conservatives win SKorea vote
Apr 9 2008 10:40PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin parliamentary majority Thursday, boosting the government's plans to revive the economy, embrace the U.S. and talk tougher with North Korea.
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54 Myanmar workers suffocate in Thailand
Apr 9 2008 8:03PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Fifty-four migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of a seafood truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled to the popular resort island of Phuket, police said Thursday.
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Suspected arms dealer to be sent to US
Apr 9 2008 5:15PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Police in Thailand will seek court approval to extradite to the United States a Russian man accused of being one of the world's top black market arms dealers, officials said Wednesday.
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Rioting erupts in Pakistan; 7 killed
Apr 9 2008 3:22PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A street fight between political rivals spiraled into rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, with armed men smashing cars and setting fires. Five people burned to death in one building and two were shot and killed.
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Rioting erupts in Pakistan; 7 killed
Apr 9 2008 3:22PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A street fight between political rivals spiraled into rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, with armed men smashing cars and setting fires. Five people burned to death in one building and two were shot and killed.
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Rioting erupts in Pakistan; 7 killed
Apr 9 2008 3:22PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A street fight between political rivals spiraled into rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, with armed men smashing cars and setting fires. Five people burned to death in one building and two were shot and killed.
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Rioting erupts in Pakistan; 7 killed
Apr 9 2008 3:22PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A street fight between political rivals spiraled into rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, with armed men smashing cars and setting fires. Five people burned to death in one building and two were shot and killed.
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Rioting erupts in Pakistan; 7 killed
Apr 9 2008 3:22PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A street fight between political rivals spiraled into rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, with armed men smashing cars and setting fires. Five people burned to death in one building and two were shot and killed.
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Rioting erupts in Pakistan; 7 killed
Apr 9 2008 3:22PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A street fight between political rivals spiraled into rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, with armed men smashing cars and setting fires. Five people burned to death in one building and two were shot and killed.
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Buddhist monks call for Dalai Lama
Apr 9 2008 2:18PM (CT)
LUQU, China (AP) - Tibetan monks in western China called for the return of their exiled spiritual leader Wednesday, as a top official warned that any disruption of the Olympic torch in Tibet would be severely punished.
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China faces Muslim resentment in west
Apr 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
HOTAN, China (AP) - There was no sign of dissent in the bazaar, where men wove through the crowd on motorcycles with freshly butchered sheep draped behind them. But a Muslim merchant pinched his lips together with his fingers to show he could not talk freely.
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China faces Muslim resentment in west
Apr 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
HOTAN, China (AP) - There was no sign of dissent in the bazaar, where men wove through the crowd on motorcycles with freshly butchered sheep draped behind them. But a Muslim merchant pinched his lips together with his fingers to show he could not talk freely.
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China faces Muslim resentment in west
Apr 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
HOTAN, China (AP) - There was no sign of dissent in the bazaar, where men wove through the crowd on motorcycles with freshly butchered sheep draped behind them. But a Muslim merchant pinched his lips together with his fingers to show he could not talk freely.
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China faces Muslim resentment in west
Apr 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
HOTAN, China (AP) - There was no sign of dissent in the bazaar, where men wove through the crowd on motorcycles with freshly butchered sheep draped behind them. But a Muslim merchant pinched his lips together with his fingers to show he could not talk freely.
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6 wounded in Malaysian airport shootout
Apr 9 2008 1:38PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Robbers shot and wounded six people at Malaysia's main international airport before fleeing with $1 million, police and news reports said.
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Khalilzad says he plans to leave UN post
Apr 9 2008 10:13AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad said in comments broadcast Wednesday that he will resign "in the next few months" to work in the private sector.
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East Timor's president: I won't resign
Apr 9 2008 5:57AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's president denied reports that he was considering resigning after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt two months ago, saying his tiny, troubled nation still needs him.
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Philippines police seize bomb materials
Apr 9 2008 5:33AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police seized hundreds of components for making bombs in a raid on a suspected terrorist hide-out in the northern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
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China extends smoking ban to campuses
Apr 9 2008 5:26AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will ban smoking on school campuses as part of an effort to cut down on tobacco use before the Olympics, state media said Wednesday.
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7 Taliban, 1 Afghan police killed
Apr 9 2008 4:38AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - An ambush and an airstrike in southern Afghanistan left seven Taliban fighters and a police officer dead, officials said Wednesday.
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Japan plants coral on disputed island
Apr 9 2008 1:02AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan is mounting a $7 million coral transplanting operation in the Pacific to bolster its claim in a territorial dispute with China and cement Tokyo's right to exploit a wide expanse of ocean.
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Australia's Rudd arrives in China
Apr 9 2008 12:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd began a state visit to China Wednesday centered on trade but overshadowed by disagreements over Tibet.
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Australia's Rudd arrives in China
Apr 9 2008 12:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd began a state visit to China Wednesday centered on trade but overshadowed by disagreements over Tibet.
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