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China outraged by US-Tibet resolution
Apr 10 2008 11:45PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China expressed indignation Friday over a U.S. Congressional resolution calling on Beijing to stop cracking down on Tibetan dissent and talk to the Dalai Lama.
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Power outage hits Philippine capital
Apr 10 2008 11:22PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A construction crane fell and damaged an electricity transmission line, cutting off power to most of the Philippine capital early Friday, officials said.
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Taiwan president-elect picks premier
Apr 10 2008 11:14PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A university president and former vice premier said Friday he has accepted an offer to become Taiwan's new premier.
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Japan extends North Korea sanctions
Apr 10 2008 11:12PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan extended for six months Friday the economic sanctions imposed on North Korea for conducting its first test of a nuclear weapon in 2006.
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UN chief may not attend Olympic ceremony
Apr 10 2008 11:09PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. secretary-general has told China's government that he may not attend the August's opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
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54 Myanmar migrants die in Thai tragedy
Apr 10 2008 8:10PM (CT)
RANONG, Thailand (AP) - Villagers who discovered a truck abandoned by its driver in the sweltering heat found evidence of the brutal cost of human trafficking: 121 illegal immigrants from Myanmar jammed inside, almost half of them dead.
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54 Myanmar migrants die in Thai tragedy
Apr 10 2008 8:10PM (CT)
RANONG, Thailand (AP) - Villagers who discovered a truck abandoned by its driver in the sweltering heat found evidence of the brutal cost of human trafficking: 121 illegal immigrants from Myanmar jammed inside, almost half of them dead.
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54 Myanmar migrants die in Thai tragedy
Apr 10 2008 8:10PM (CT)
RANONG, Thailand (AP) - Villagers who discovered a truck abandoned by its driver in the sweltering heat found evidence of the brutal cost of human trafficking: 121 illegal immigrants from Myanmar jammed inside, almost half of them dead.
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54 Myanmar migrants die in Thai tragedy
Apr 10 2008 8:10PM (CT)
RANONG, Thailand (AP) - Villagers who discovered a truck abandoned by its driver in the sweltering heat found evidence of the brutal cost of human trafficking: 121 illegal immigrants from Myanmar jammed inside, almost half of them dead.
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54 Myanmar migrants die in Thai tragedy
Apr 10 2008 8:10PM (CT)
RANONG, Thailand (AP) - Villagers who discovered a truck abandoned by its driver in the sweltering heat found evidence of the brutal cost of human trafficking: 121 illegal immigrants from Myanmar jammed inside, almost half of them dead.
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Nepal votes in historic election
Apr 10 2008 3:28PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis embraced the country's return to democracy Thursday with millions voting in an election meant to secure lasting peace in a land riven by communist insurgents and an autocratic king.
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Nepal votes in historic election
Apr 10 2008 3:28PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis embraced the country's return to democracy Thursday with millions voting in an election meant to secure lasting peace in a land riven by communist insurgents and an autocratic king.
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Nepal votes in historic election
Apr 10 2008 3:28PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalis embraced the country's return to democracy Thursday with millions voting in an election meant to secure lasting peace in a land riven by communist insurgents and an autocratic king.
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US troop levels up in Afghanistan
Apr 10 2008 2:39PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The 101st Airborne Division took command of American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, helping to boost U.S. troop levels in the country to their highest number since the 2001 invasion.
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US troop levels up in Afghanistan
Apr 10 2008 2:39PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The 101st Airborne Division took command of American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, helping to boost U.S. troop levels in the country to their highest number since the 2001 invasion.
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US troop levels up in Afghanistan
Apr 10 2008 2:39PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The 101st Airborne Division took command of American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, helping to boost U.S. troop levels in the country to their highest number since the 2001 invasion.
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US troop levels up in Afghanistan
Apr 10 2008 2:39PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The 101st Airborne Division took command of American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, helping to boost U.S. troop levels in the country to their highest number since the 2001 invasion.
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US troop levels up in Afghanistan
Apr 10 2008 2:39PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The 101st Airborne Division took command of American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, helping to boost U.S. troop levels in the country to their highest number since the 2001 invasion.
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China keeping Tibet closed to tourists
Apr 10 2008 12:31PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities jittery about protests during the Mount Everest leg of the Olympic torch relay have abruptly reversed a decision to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists.
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China keeping Tibet closed to tourists
Apr 10 2008 12:31PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities jittery about protests during the Mount Everest leg of the Olympic torch relay have abruptly reversed a decision to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists.
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China keeping Tibet closed to tourists
Apr 10 2008 12:31PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities jittery about protests during the Mount Everest leg of the Olympic torch relay have abruptly reversed a decision to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists.
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Rights group: Afghan trials unfair
Apr 10 2008 9:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A human rights group charged on Thursday that Afghanistan is prosecuting detainees transferred from U.S.-run prisons in arbitrary and unfair trials with little evidence.
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8 civilians killed in Afghan blast
Apr 10 2008 9:05AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber targeting a U.S.-led coalition convoy in southern Afghanistan Thursday killed eight civilians and wounded 25 other people, including three coalition soldiers, officials said.
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8 civilians killed in Afghan blast
Apr 10 2008 9:05AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber targeting a U.S.-led coalition convoy in southern Afghanistan Thursday killed eight civilians and wounded 25 other people, including three coalition soldiers, officials said.
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China alleges new Olympic terror plot
Apr 10 2008 8:56AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Thursday that it had uncovered a plot by members of a Muslim minority group to sabotage the Beijing Summer Olympics with suicide bombings and kidnappings of foreign visitors.
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Frog without lungs found in Indonesia
Apr 10 2008 7:43AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species.
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Pakistan PM warns of 'dictatorship'
Apr 10 2008 6:48AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's prime minister warned Thursday that dictatorship threatened the country's newly restored democracy as mounting unrest revitalized the allies of embattled President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan PM warns of 'dictatorship'
Apr 10 2008 6:48AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's prime minister warned Thursday that dictatorship threatened the country's newly restored democracy as mounting unrest revitalized the allies of embattled President Pervez Musharraf.
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US woman to appeal life sentence in HK
Apr 10 2008 5:39AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - An American woman serving a life sentence in Hong Kong for bashing her banker husband to death after spiking his milkshake with sedatives will return to court Monday to appeal her sentence.
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Dalai Lama defends anti-China protests
Apr 10 2008 5:10AM (CT)
NARITA, Japan (AP) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he supports China's hosting of the Summer Olympics, but insisted Thursday nobody had the right to tell protesters demanding freedom for Tibet "to shut up."
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Dalai Lama defends anti-China protests
Apr 10 2008 5:10AM (CT)
NARITA, Japan (AP) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he supports China's hosting of the Summer Olympics, but insisted Thursday nobody had the right to tell protesters demanding freedom for Tibet "to shut up."
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Rogge says Olympics in 'crisis'
Apr 10 2008 5:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - IOC president Jacques Rogge said Thursday the turmoil surrounding the Beijing torch relay and the politically charged buildup to the Summer Games posed a "crisis" for the Olympic movement.
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China dissident gets tougher sentence
Apr 10 2008 4:57AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Chinese democracy activist Zhu Yufu has been given a stricter sentence after being retried for a fight with police in which he and his son were beaten, a network of overseas activists said Thursday.
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Rudd says 'no' to China torch guards
Apr 10 2008 4:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese paramilitary police will not be allowed to run alongside the Olympic torch in Australia, the country's prime minister said Thursday, after their heavy-handed tactics drew criticism in earlier legs of the relay.
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Japan executes 4 convicted murderers
Apr 10 2008 2:42AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan executed four convicted murderers Thursday in a marked acceleration of hangings amid rising international concern about the fairness of the country's secretive justice system.
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Australia's Rudd meets Chinese premier
Apr 10 2008 12:36AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd met China's premier Thursday for talks expected to touch on what Rudd has called significant human rights problems in Tibet.
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Conservatives win South Korea vote
Apr 10 2008 12:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin majority in parliamentary 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 South Korea vote
Apr 10 2008 12:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin majority in parliamentary 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 South Korea vote
Apr 10 2008 12:26AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin majority in parliamentary Thursday, boosting the government's plans to revive the economy, embrace the U.S. and talk tougher with North Korea.
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