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Jihadist video shows boy beheading man
Apr 20 2007 11:59PM (CT)
KILI FAQIRAN, Pakistan (AP) - The boy with the knife looks barely 12. In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy. Then he hacks off the captive's head to cries of "God is great!" and hoists it in triumph by the hair.
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Jihadist video shows boy beheading man
Apr 20 2007 11:59PM (CT)
KILI FAQIRAN, Pakistan (AP) - The boy with the knife looks barely 12. In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy. Then he hacks off the captive's head to cries of "God is great!" and hoists it in triumph by the hair.
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State-backed Catholic church head dies
Apr 20 2007 11:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Bishop Fu Tieshan, the chairman of China's state-sanctioned Catholic Church, died Friday, state media said. He was 76.
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South Koreans feel sorrow over shootings
Apr 20 2007 8:06PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre in the nation where the shooter was born has been an outpouring of sympathy mixed with feelings of shame. There are also concerns that going too far in apologizing would make it appear South Korea is unjustifiably taking some blame for the killings.
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South Koreans feel sorrow over shootings
Apr 20 2007 8:06PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre in the nation where the shooter was born has been an outpouring of sympathy mixed with feelings of shame. There are also concerns that going too far in apologizing would make it appear South Korea is unjustifiably taking some blame for the killings.
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South Koreans feel sorrow over shootings
Apr 20 2007 8:06PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The reaction to the Virginia Tech massacre in the nation where the shooter was born has been an outpouring of sympathy mixed with feelings of shame. There are also concerns that going too far in apologizing would make it appear South Korea is unjustifiably taking some blame for the killings.
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Japanese police seize barricaded mobster
Apr 20 2007 3:55PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police stormed an apartment Saturday and seized a suspected gangster who had barricaded himself inside after a deadly shooting in the streets of a Tokyo suburb in violence officials said may signal infighting in the Japanese underworld.
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Will of Asia's richest woman in dispute
Apr 20 2007 3:38PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman at the time of her death, left her $4 billion fortune to a master of feng shui, the Chinese belief that fortunes can be improved by timing and the layout of objects, such as furniture, according to the man's lawyer.
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NKorea restates nuclear position
Apr 20 2007 1:53PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea restated its commitment to a landmark nuclear disarmament deal Friday, saying it would invite U.N. atomic inspectors and discuss shutting down its bomb-making atomic reactor as soon as it confirmed the release of its funds frozen in a banking dispute.
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Thailand considers insurgent amnesty
Apr 20 2007 12:05PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's prime minister said Friday the government is considering granting amnesty to Muslim insurgents in the south, a step that would be a major policy shift in the three-year conflict.
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Japan's empress recovers from illness
Apr 20 2007 11:13AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Empress Michiko has recovered from stress-induced ailments two months after she suffered intestinal bleeding and other symptoms, palace officials said Friday.
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4 Borneo tribesmen held in logging fire
Apr 20 2007 10:41AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Four members of a Borneo tribe are accused of torching a logging camp in a region home to one of the world's oldest rain forests, officials said Friday.
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China family protests as home torn down
Apr 20 2007 8:19AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Construction workers using pick axes Friday started demolishing a home belonging to a Beijing family that has fought eviction for more than five years, with two people still inside.
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2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Apr 20 2007 7:29AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Separate explosions in southern Afghanistan on Friday killed two NATO soldiers, the alliance said.
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Dutch Soldier Killed in Afghan Explosion
Apr 20 2007 5:51AM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch soldier was killed early Friday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the first fatality from hostile action among Dutch troops serving with NATO forces in the country, the Netherlands' defense chief said.
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Report: China sending bird flu to WHO
Apr 20 2007 3:55AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China is preparing to send virus samples from recent human bird flu cases to the World Health Organization after the agency said this week that it had not received any for over a year, state media reported Friday.
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