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9 killed in fresh Sri Lanka fighting
Apr 14 2008 11:40PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Gunbattles between government forces and Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka's war-torn north have killed seven rebels and two soldiers, the military said Tuesday.
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Malaysia Police investigate Anwar's wife
Apr 14 2008 11:39PM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Police are investigating Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's wife and three others for taking part in a rally where the politician claimed he was close to toppling the government, a party official said Tuesday.
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Maoists extend lead in Nepal election
Apr 14 2008 10:15PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former communist rebels strengthened their lead in early election results Monday, winning a comfortable majority of the constituencies where counting was complete from last week's landmark vote, officials said.
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Maoists extend lead in Nepal election
Apr 14 2008 10:15PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former communist rebels strengthened their lead in early election results Monday, winning a comfortable majority of the constituencies where counting was complete from last week's landmark vote, officials said.
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Maoists extend lead in Nepal election
Apr 14 2008 10:15PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former communist rebels strengthened their lead in early election results Monday, winning a comfortable majority of the constituencies where counting was complete from last week's landmark vote, officials said.
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Maoists extend lead in Nepal election
Apr 14 2008 10:15PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former communist rebels strengthened their lead in early election results Monday, winning a comfortable majority of the constituencies where counting was complete from last week's landmark vote, officials said.
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Maoists extend lead in Nepal election
Apr 14 2008 10:15PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's former communist rebels strengthened their lead in early election results Monday, winning a comfortable majority of the constituencies where counting was complete from last week's landmark vote, officials said.
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Maoists set to play major role in Nepal
Apr 14 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Two years after coming out of the bush, Nepal's Maoists are marching across the Himalayan kingdom _ just not in the way many thought they would.
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Maoists set to play major role in Nepal
Apr 14 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Two years after coming out of the bush, Nepal's Maoists are marching across the Himalayan kingdom _ just not in the way many thought they would.
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Maoists set to play major role in Nepal
Apr 14 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Two years after coming out of the bush, Nepal's Maoists are marching across the Himalayan kingdom _ just not in the way many thought they would.
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Maoists set to play major role in Nepal
Apr 14 2008 10:12PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Two years after coming out of the bush, Nepal's Maoists are marching across the Himalayan kingdom _ just not in the way many thought they would.
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Journalists group appeals to China
Apr 14 2008 7:56PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - An international journalists group appealed to Chinese authorities Monday to stop what it called interference with news coverage leading up to the Beijing Olympics.
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Factories to shut to clean Beijing's air
Apr 14 2008 2:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Construction will halt, heavy industries will close, and even spray painting will stop in order to clean Beijing's polluted air for the Olympics _ an issue that suddenly has taken a back seat to political protests.
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Factories to shut to clean Beijing's air
Apr 14 2008 2:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Construction will halt, heavy industries will close, and even spray painting will stop in order to clean Beijing's polluted air for the Olympics _ an issue that suddenly has taken a back seat to political protests.
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Factories to shut to clean Beijing's air
Apr 14 2008 2:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Construction will halt, heavy industries will close, and even spray painting will stop in order to clean Beijing's polluted air for the Olympics _ an issue that suddenly has taken a back seat to political protests.
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Factories to shut to clean Beijing's air
Apr 14 2008 2:23PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Construction will halt, heavy industries will close, and even spray painting will stop in order to clean Beijing's polluted air for the Olympics _ an issue that suddenly has taken a back seat to political protests.
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11 policemen killed in Afghanistan
Apr 14 2008 1:22PM (CT)
MIRANJAN, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants crept through groves of grape vines and pomegranate trees to launch a surprise assault Monday, killing 11 policemen sleeping on a mud floor in southern Afghanistan.
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11 policemen killed in Afghanistan
Apr 14 2008 1:22PM (CT)
MIRANJAN, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants crept through groves of grape vines and pomegranate trees to launch a surprise assault Monday, killing 11 policemen sleeping on a mud floor in southern Afghanistan.
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Cambodia protects endangered bird
Apr 14 2008 10:58AM (CT)
STOUNG, Cambodia (AP) - Conservationists in Cambodia think they may be turning the corner in their fight to save one of the world's rarest birds.
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Cambodia protects endangered bird
Apr 14 2008 10:58AM (CT)
STOUNG, Cambodia (AP) - Conservationists in Cambodia think they may be turning the corner in their fight to save one of the world's rarest birds.
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Red Cross: Change needed at US prison
Apr 14 2008 9:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military should allow outside evidence to be presented at hearings at the U.S. military prison at Bagram to determine whether a detainee may be freed, the top international Red Cross official said Monday.
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Red Cross: Change needed at US prison
Apr 14 2008 9:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military should allow outside evidence to be presented at hearings at the U.S. military prison at Bagram to determine whether a detainee may be freed, the top international Red Cross official said Monday.
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Red Cross: Change needed at US prison
Apr 14 2008 9:07AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military should allow outside evidence to be presented at hearings at the U.S. military prison at Bagram to determine whether a detainee may be freed, the top international Red Cross official said Monday.
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Taiwan's Ma: Meeting advances China ties
Apr 14 2008 8:14AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president-elect said Monday that a historic weekend meeting between his No. 2 and China's paramount leader was a step forward in their troubled relations, but insisted that he would not use "haste" in dealing with Beijing.
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Taiwan's Ma: Meeting advances China ties
Apr 14 2008 8:14AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president-elect said Monday that a historic weekend meeting between his No. 2 and China's paramount leader was a step forward in their troubled relations, but insisted that he would not use "haste" in dealing with Beijing.
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Pakistan power cuts spark rioting
Apr 14 2008 5:55AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A crowd protesting power cuts rioted Monday in the home city of Pakistan's new prime minister, ransacking the office of the state electricity company, torching a bank and leaving at least 13 people injured.
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Malaysian PM refuses to step down
Apr 14 2008 5:54AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister said Monday he will seek re-election as the ruling party leader this year, defying critics and dissidents who want him to resign immediately in the wake of massive election losses.
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Missing US soldiers' remains repatriated
Apr 14 2008 5:07AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Officials say remains believed to be those of seven American servicemen killed during the Vietnam War have been sent back to the United States from central Vietnam.
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Japan falls short of whaling target
Apr 14 2008 4:56AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Violent clashes with animal rights groups and fewer whale sightings forced Japan's whaling fleet to head home from the Antarctic with only 55 percent of its 985-whale hunting target, the government said Monday.
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Communist rebels kill 6 in eastern India
Apr 14 2008 4:12AM (CT)
PATNA, India (AP) - Communist rebels fatally shot five policemen and a luggage porter and seriously wounded two others in an attack on a railroad station in eastern India, police said Monday.
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Mass grave discovered in Vietnam
Apr 14 2008 3:11AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Authorities have discovered a mass grave in southern Vietnam believed to contain the remains of communist fighters killed by French colonial occupiers during a failed prison escape, an official said Monday.
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3 NKoreans leave for asylum in US
Apr 14 2008 2:46AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Three North Koreans defectors left Thailand for the United States early Monday, becoming the latest refugees accepted by Washington under a 2004 law, officials said.
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Coach of Indian marathon boy killed
Apr 14 2008 1:32AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The controversial coach of a young boy who ran a marathon in an attempt to set a world record was shot dead in eastern India, police said Monday.
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Beijing drops restaurants in smoking ban
Apr 14 2008 12:30AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing has backtracked on a proposed public smoking ban ahead of this summer's Olympics, with a city official saying Monday that restaurants will no longer be included due to concerns it would hurt their business.
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