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Afghan farmers defy U.S. opium clampdown
Apr 26 2005 10:14PM (CT)
MAYWAND, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan farmers have begun harvesting this year's opium crop, exposing the limits of a U.S.-sponsored crackdown on the world's largest narcotics industry despite claims Tuesday by President Hamid Karzai that drug cultivation was down sharply.
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China welcomes Taiwan opposition leader
Apr 26 2005 10:12PM (CT)
NANJING, China (AP) - A historic trip to China by the head of Taiwan's opposition party began Tuesday with a flurry of eggs and punches from angry supporters of the island's president at Taipei airport. Hours later, he was welcomed with flowers and speeches by Chinese communist officials who hailed his arrival as a sign of reconciliation.
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Bomb explodes in Myanmar, killing 2
Apr 26 2005 9:50PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A bomb exploded at a busy market in Myanmar's key tourist city of Mandalay Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 15 others, officials said.
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Japan train wreck toll reportedly hits 91
Apr 26 2005 9:44PM (CT)
AMAGASAKI, Japan (AP) - Twenty-two hours after Japan's worst train crash in decades, the final survivor was pulled from the wreckage Tuesday. Meanwhile, the death toll increased by nine to 91 as more bodies were recovered, the Kyodo news agency said. At least 456 people were injured.
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China detains 42 for anti-Japanese protests
Apr 26 2005 4:51PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Authorities have detained 42 people accused of "disturbing social order" during recent anti-Japanese protests, in the government's sternest warning so far against further unrest, state media reported Tuesday.
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Japan royals to visit territory of Saipan
Apr 26 2005 8:06AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit the U.S. territory of Saipan in June to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and mourn the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians killed in the Pacific campaign, officials said Tuesday.
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U.S. nuclear envoy arrives in Beijing
Apr 26 2005 4:40AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The chief U.S. envoy on North Korea began talks with China's government on Tuesday on efforts to persuade the North to resume negotiations on ending its nuclear program.
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Japan court rejects suit over war shrine
Apr 26 2005 3:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit that sought to prevent the prime minister and Tokyo's governor from visiting a war shrine vilified by China and other Asian countries, an official said.
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