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Koreas talk aid despite reactor dispute
Apr 18 2007 11:53PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The formal opening of economic aid talks between North and South Korea was delayed Thursday because of a procedural problem, as the South planned to urge the North to carry out its nuclear disarmament obligations.
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U.S. shooter troubled parents as kid
Apr 18 2007 11:33PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre had troubled his parents as a child because of speech difficulties, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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China increasing use of speedy trains
Apr 18 2007 4:49PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Faster Chinese trains running at about 125 mph began service Wednesday as part of a bid to keep up with ballooning transport demand, state media reported.
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Beijing to cabbies: Mind your manners
Apr 18 2007 3:55PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Brush your teeth after eating garlic, be polite and don't smoke while driving. That was the message Wednesday to Beijing's taxi drivers, who are on the frontline of a push by city officials to improve transportation and unsnarl the capital's clogged, polluted highways as the 2008 Olympics approaches.
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Army doctors saving lives in Afghanistan
Apr 18 2007 2:07PM (CT)
QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - It was a dream job for a sports medicine specialist: repairing the battered knees and shoulders of the Cincinnati Bengals and other athletes. Major trauma was defined as missing a season to injury. Two years later in Afghanistan, Capt. Richard M. Slusher doesn't get to practice his much-loved specialty. The trauma he confronts now carries the gravity of life or death. One recent morning, Slusher could do nothing to save an 8-year-old boy, carried in after his brain was
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Army doctors saving lives in Afghanistan
Apr 18 2007 2:07PM (CT)
QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - It was a dream job for a sports medicine specialist: repairing the battered knees and shoulders of the Cincinnati Bengals and other athletes. Major trauma was defined as missing a season to injury. Two years later in Afghanistan, Capt. Richard M. Slusher doesn't get to practice his much-loved specialty. The trauma he confronts now carries the gravity of life or death. One recent morning, Slusher could do nothing to save an 8-year-old boy, carried in after his brain was
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Army doctors saving lives in Afghanistan
Apr 18 2007 2:07PM (CT)
QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - It was a dream job for a sports medicine specialist: repairing the battered knees and shoulders of the Cincinnati Bengals and other athletes. Major trauma was defined as missing a season to injury. Two years later in Afghanistan, Capt. Richard M. Slusher doesn't get to practice his much-loved specialty. The trauma he confronts now carries the gravity of life or death. One recent morning, Slusher could do nothing to save an 8-year-old boy, carried in after his brain was
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Army doctors saving lives in Afghanistan
Apr 18 2007 2:07PM (CT)
QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - It was a dream job for a sports medicine specialist: repairing the battered knees and shoulders of the Cincinnati Bengals and other athletes. Major trauma was defined as missing a season to injury. Two years later in Afghanistan, Capt. Richard M. Slusher doesn't get to practice his much-loved specialty. The trauma he confronts now carries the gravity of life or death. One recent morning, Slusher could do nothing to save an 8-year-old boy, carried in after his brain was
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Army doctors saving lives in Afghanistan
Apr 18 2007 2:07PM (CT)
QALAT, Afghanistan (AP) - It was a dream job for a sports medicine specialist: repairing the battered knees and shoulders of the Cincinnati Bengals and other athletes. Major trauma was defined as missing a season to injury. Two years later in Afghanistan, Capt. Richard M. Slusher doesn't get to practice his much-loved specialty. The trauma he confronts now carries the gravity of life or death. One recent morning, Slusher could do nothing to save an 8-year-old boy, carried in after his brain was
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Body in Philippines ID'd as American
Apr 18 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The last entry in Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell's Internet blog said she was "buhay pa," a Filipino phrase for "still alive."
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Body in Philippines ID'd as American
Apr 18 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The last entry in Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell's Internet blog said she was "buhay pa," a Filipino phrase for "still alive."
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Body in Philippines ID'd as American
Apr 18 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The last entry in Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell's Internet blog said she was "buhay pa," a Filipino phrase for "still alive."
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Afghan journalists protest station raid
Apr 18 2007 10:02AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 100 journalists on Wednesday protested a police raid ordered by Afghanistan's attorney general on a private TV station that has fueled concern over growing government harassment of the media.
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Afghan journalists protest station raid
Apr 18 2007 10:02AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 100 journalists on Wednesday protested a police raid ordered by Afghanistan's attorney general on a private TV station that has fueled concern over growing government harassment of the media.
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Afghan journalists protest station raid
Apr 18 2007 10:02AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 100 journalists on Wednesday protested a police raid ordered by Afghanistan's attorney general on a private TV station that has fueled concern over growing government harassment of the media.
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World reacts to Tech shootings
Apr 18 2007 9:39AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian mother bemoaned the availability of guns in the United States after learning her son was among those killed in a school massacre, while South Koreans expressed shame and shock that one of their own was the gunman.
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U.S. convoy kills Afghan boy
Apr 18 2007 6:32AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S.-led coalition convoy hit a boy in Kabul and killed him, while Afghan and coalition forces arrested five suspected al-Qaida on Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan.
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Farewell for Asia's richest woman
Apr 18 2007 6:29AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's rich and powerful bid farewell on Wednesday to Asia's richest woman, Nina Wang, a pigtailed businesswoman who built her kidnapped husband's company into real-estate empire.
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U.S. eyes Iran in Afghanistan
Apr 18 2007 4:55AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The U.S. will keep a close eye on Iran's involvement in Afghanistan following reports that Taliban insurgents used Iranian-made weapons against NATO forces, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.
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Japanese mayor killed by gangster
Apr 18 2007 3:53AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When Nagasaki's mayor was fatally shot in southern Japan, it wasn't much of a surprise that a gangster was arrested for the attack. In a country where regular citizens face strict gun laws, the mob does most of the shooting.
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Pakistanis rally for judge
Apr 18 2007 3:35AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Protesters congregated around Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday to oppose President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the chief justice, accusing him of undermining the judiciary to cement his rule ahead of elections.
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Pakistanis rally for judge
Apr 18 2007 3:35AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Protesters congregated around Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday to oppose President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the chief justice, accusing him of undermining the judiciary to cement his rule ahead of elections.
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