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Japan OKs test drill in disputed area
Apr 12 2005 11:13PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will allow gas companies to test drill in a disputed area of the East China Sea, officials said Wednesday, a move that would likely worsen a diplomatic row with China.
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China tells Japan to face up to past
Apr 12 2005 10:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - In the strongest stand so far against the Japanese bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, China's premier told Japan on Tuesday to face up to its World War II aggression before aspiring to a bigger global role.
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20 die in India from contaminated liquor
Apr 12 2005 8:28PM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - A shopkeeper in southern India sold batches of contaminated liquor, killing at least 20 people, most of them poor villagers, police said Tuesday.
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Nuke watchdog: N. Korea is top problem
Apr 12 2005 5:59PM (CT)
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Tuesday that North Korea is a more immediate problem for nuclear arms control officials than Iran.
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Bangladesh factory collapse toll hits 30
Apr 12 2005 3:45PM (CT)
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) - Rescuers digging through the concrete debris of a collapsed sweater factory in Bangladesh heard survivors pleading for help Tuesday, but the cries were fading a day after the nine-story building toppled, killing at least 30 people and trapping 200.
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12 suspected Taliban members killed
Apr 12 2005 12:58PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. troops and warplanes reinforced Afghan forces that were ambushed on a high mountain pass in a firefight that killed about 12 militants and wounded two American soldiers, officials said Tuesday.
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Japan seeks 'broader' research whaling
Apr 12 2005 10:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan will seek permission to broaden its research whaling program in the Antarctic when the International Whaling Commission holds its annual meeting in June, a fisheries official said Tuesday.
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Group criticizes China on Muslim culture
Apr 12 2005 9:03AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is waging a campaign to suppress peaceful Muslim religious and cultural activities in its west under the guise of fighting terrorism, two U.S.-based human rights groups said Tuesday.
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U.S. Consulate in Pakistani city closed
Apr 12 2005 4:13AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The United States closed its consulate in this southern Pakistani city on Tuesday due to a security threat.
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