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Tsunami warning lifted after Japan quake
Apr 19 2007 11:55PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Three strong earthquakes rattled southwestern Japan islands on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
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27 Taliban killed in Afghan fighting
Apr 19 2007 10:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, killing 24 suspected militants, while three more died in an ambush in the west, the coalition said Thursday.
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Virginia shooter spoke little as child
Apr 19 2007 9:47PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Cho Seung-Hui was a worry to his family because he did not speak much as a child, and after the family emigrated to the United States doctors thought he might be autistic, relatives in South Korea said Thursday.
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Red Army suspect arrested in Tokyo
Apr 19 2007 6:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police arrested a suspected former member of the defunct Japanese Red Army terror group at Tokyo's airport Thursday after his deportation from the U.S. following a prison term, officials said.
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China sentences Canadian to life term
Apr 19 2007 4:17PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced a Canadian activist to life in prison for alleged terrorist links, delivering a ruling that could ratchet up political tensions between China and Canada.
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Sri Lanka rebels vow fierce resistance
Apr 19 2007 2:41PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will fight back with their "full capacity" if government forces try to take their northern strongholds, their political chief said Thursday.
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Sri Lanka rebels vow fierce resistance
Apr 19 2007 2:41PM (CT)
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will fight back with their "full capacity" if government forces try to take their northern strongholds, their political chief said Thursday.
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Kyrgyz police disperse protesters
Apr 19 2007 2:33PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Police used tear gas and stun grenades Thursday to disperse thousands of opposition protesters who had marched to the president's office in the Kyrgyz capital to demand his resignation.
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Kyrgyz police disperse protesters
Apr 19 2007 2:33PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Police used tear gas and stun grenades Thursday to disperse thousands of opposition protesters who had marched to the president's office in the Kyrgyz capital to demand his resignation.
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Kyrgyz police disperse protesters
Apr 19 2007 2:33PM (CT)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Police used tear gas and stun grenades Thursday to disperse thousands of opposition protesters who had marched to the president's office in the Kyrgyz capital to demand his resignation.
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Pakistanis march against vigilantes
Apr 19 2007 1:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Chanting "down with Talibanization," hundreds of human rights activists marched through Pakistani cities Thursday, urging the government to rein in clerics who have launched an anti-vice campaign in the capital.
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Pakistanis march against vigilantes
Apr 19 2007 1:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Chanting "down with Talibanization," hundreds of human rights activists marched through Pakistani cities Thursday, urging the government to rein in clerics who have launched an anti-vice campaign in the capital.
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Pakistanis march against vigilantes
Apr 19 2007 1:23PM (CT)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Chanting "down with Talibanization," hundreds of human rights activists marched through Pakistani cities Thursday, urging the government to rein in clerics who have launched an anti-vice campaign in the capital.
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North Korea storms out of economic talks
Apr 19 2007 10:38AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's chief envoy stormed out of economic talks with South Korea on Thursday after the South urged its neighbor to honor its nuclear disarmament pledge.
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7 hostages beheaded in Philippines
Apr 19 2007 9:54AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The heads of seven men believed to have been kidnapped by the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group on a volatile southern island were delivered to a Philippine army detachment Thursday, the military said.
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Man sought in Philippines killing
Apr 19 2007 5:20AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Police are looking for a man who may have been involved in the death of a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in a mountainous tourist area in the northern Philippines, officials said Thursday.
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China's economy surges
Apr 19 2007 5:05AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's sizzling economy surged 11.1 percent in the first quarter and inflation rose to its highest level in more than two years, raising prospects authorities will take further measures to cool growth and sparking sell-offs in regional markets.
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Suspected killer bore mayor a grudge
Apr 19 2007 4:08AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The gangster arrested in the shooting death of Nagasaki's mayor visited city offices more than 30 times seeking compensation for car damage caused by a pothole, Japanese media reported Thursday.
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Sherpas aim for Everest record
Apr 19 2007 3:00AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A veteran sherpa guide set off Thursday on an attempt to scale Mount Everest for a record 17th time and is confident he'll make it to the top, as he won't be worrying about helping a foreign client up the slopes.
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