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Envoy: N.Korea talks lack momentum
Apr 13 2007 11:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. envoy to North Korea's nuclear talks said Saturday that a two-month-old disarmament plan lacks "momentum" as North Korea failed to meet a deadline for shutting down its main nuclear reactor and processing facility.
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Envoy: N.Korea talks lack momentum
Apr 13 2007 11:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. envoy to North Korea's nuclear talks said Saturday that a two-month-old disarmament plan lacks "momentum" as North Korea failed to meet a deadline for shutting down its main nuclear reactor and processing facility.
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Envoy: N.Korea talks lack momentum
Apr 13 2007 11:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. envoy to North Korea's nuclear talks said Saturday that a two-month-old disarmament plan lacks "momentum" as North Korea failed to meet a deadline for shutting down its main nuclear reactor and processing facility.
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U.S. Peace Corps volunteer missing
Apr 13 2007 11:34PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer has been missing for nearly a week in a mountainous region of the northern Philippines, the American Embassy said Saturday.
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China launches navigation satellite
Apr 13 2007 10:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese rocket placed a navigation satellite in orbit Saturday as part of an effort to build a global positioning system, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Wen calls 3-day Japan trip a 'success'
Apr 13 2007 8:34PM (CT)
KYOTO, Japan (AP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao termed his visit to Japan a success Friday, wrapping up a three-day tour that signaled a thaw in tensions between the two Asian powers but left key disputes unresolved.
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Wen calls 3-day Japan trip a 'success'
Apr 13 2007 8:34PM (CT)
KYOTO, Japan (AP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao termed his visit to Japan a success Friday, wrapping up a three-day tour that signaled a thaw in tensions between the two Asian powers but left key disputes unresolved.
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Wen calls 3-day Japan trip a 'success'
Apr 13 2007 8:34PM (CT)
KYOTO, Japan (AP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao termed his visit to Japan a success Friday, wrapping up a three-day tour that signaled a thaw in tensions between the two Asian powers but left key disputes unresolved.
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Wen calls 3-day Japan trip a 'success'
Apr 13 2007 8:34PM (CT)
KYOTO, Japan (AP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao termed his visit to Japan a success Friday, wrapping up a three-day tour that signaled a thaw in tensions between the two Asian powers but left key disputes unresolved.
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'Forgotten war' yields another secret
Apr 13 2007 6:05PM (CT)
POHANG, South Korea (AP) - A half-century on, the cold, matter-of-fact words leap from the typewritten page of a U.S. warship's journal: "DeHaven received orders from the SFCP to open fire on a large group of refugee personnel located on the beach."
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U.S.-led airstrike kills 35 Taliban
Apr 13 2007 1:53PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led troops and aircraft pounded Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, killing more than 35, the coalition said. A British NATO soldier was killed in separate fighting, which has intensified following a winter lull.
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Missile test forces jet to turn back
Apr 13 2007 10:06AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian jet carrying hundreds of passengers was forced to turn around over Indian airspace after a nuclear-capable ballistic missile streaked across the sky, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
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Top U.S. commander visits Seoul
Apr 13 2007 9:33AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The new top commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific expressed confidence Friday in the military's ability to respond to any North Korean aggression though the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have left him with fewer troops.
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South Korea draws up Iraq pullout plan
Apr 13 2007 8:55AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea, one of the closest U.S. allies in Iraq, is preparing a plan to pull its 1,300 troops out of the country, a Defense Ministry official said Friday.
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Protesters in Pakistan rally for judge
Apr 13 2007 7:09AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Protesters burned an effigy of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and demanded his resignation, as thousands rallied across Pakistan during a court hearing Friday for a top judge removed by the government.
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Japan looks to amend constitution
Apr 13 2007 4:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's lower house of parliament on Friday approved guidelines for amending the pacifist constitution, a key step in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to give the military a larger global role.
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Troops rescue five in Afghanistan
Apr 13 2007 2:32AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. and Afghan troops rescued five civilian contractors pinned down by insurgents in central Afghanistan after their helicopter made an emergency landing due to mechanical failure, a statement from the U.S.-led coalition said Friday.
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China's food safety woes expand overseas
Apr 13 2007 1:19AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The list of Chinese food exports rejected at American ports reads like a chef's nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, drug-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.
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