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South Korea to send food aid to North
Apr 21 2007 10:26PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea agreed Sunday to send 400,000 tons of rice to impoverished North Korea despite the communist government's failure to meet a deadline to shut down its nuclear reactor.
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Chinese seek answers in organ scandal
Apr 21 2007 4:18PM (CT)
XI'AN, China (AP) - Clutching a grimy tote bag filled with legal documents and photos of her executed son, Meng Zhaoping is trying to argue her way past a security guard at the provincial high court for the second day in a row.
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Chinese seek answers in organ scandal
Apr 21 2007 4:18PM (CT)
XI'AN, China (AP) - Clutching a grimy tote bag filled with legal documents and photos of her executed son, Meng Zhaoping is trying to argue her way past a security guard at the provincial high court for the second day in a row.
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Bhutan practices for first elections
Apr 21 2007 1:18PM (CT)
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Bhutan (AP) - Thousands of Bhutanese practiced for democracy in mock elections Saturday, lining up neatly at polling stations in the latest step toward shedding nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
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Bhutan practices for first elections
Apr 21 2007 1:18PM (CT)
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR, Bhutan (AP) - Thousands of Bhutanese practiced for democracy in mock elections Saturday, lining up neatly at polling stations in the latest step toward shedding nearly 100 years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country.
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Peace Corps member died of head trauma
Apr 21 2007 10:37AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Peace Corps volunteer found buried in a shallow grave in a Philippine mountain village was killed by blows to the head and there were signs that she had tried to ward off an attack, police said Saturday.
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Taliban seeks exchange for aid workers
Apr 21 2007 9:12AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A purported Taliban statement demanded the release of a number of the group's fighters and the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan in exchange for the freedom of two kidnapped French aid workers.
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Taliban seeks exchange for aid workers
Apr 21 2007 9:12AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A purported Taliban statement demanded the release of a number of the group's fighters and the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan in exchange for the freedom of two kidnapped French aid workers.
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Taliban seeks exchange for aid workers
Apr 21 2007 9:12AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A purported Taliban statement demanded the release of a number of the group's fighters and the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan in exchange for the freedom of two kidnapped French aid workers.
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Head of China's state-backed church dies
Apr 21 2007 7:47AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Bishop Fu Tieshan, the hard-line chairman of the state-sanctioned Catholic Church who sparred with the Vatican over China's insistence on appointing its own bishops, died on Friday. He was 76.
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Indonesian train derails, injuring 70
Apr 21 2007 6:08AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A passenger train derailed after heavy rain damaged tracks on a key Indonesian railway Saturday, leaving at least 70 people injured, an official said. Dozens of other trains had to be rerouted.
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South Koreans feel sorrow over shootings
Apr 21 2007 1:38AM (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 21 2007 1:38AM (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 21 2007 1:38AM (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 21 2007 1:38AM (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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