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S. Korean police storm U.S. base protest
May 3 2006 11:55PM (CT)
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AP) - Thousands of police armed with batons stormed an abandoned school in South Korea on Thursday to evict activists who were protesting plans to expand a U.S. military base, sparking clashes that resulted in dozens of injuries.
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Taiwan leader rejects offer of U.S. stop
May 3 2006 11:21PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will not fly through the United States during his trip to Latin America, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday, signaling a rift between Taipei and its longtime ally Washington.
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Suspected Kurdish rebels detonate bomb
May 3 2006 10:06PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded Wednesday as a Turkish military vehicle passed by in a Kurdish area, injuring eight soldiers as well as 11 children playing nearby, officials said.
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Taliban steps up attacks in Afghanistan
May 3 2006 1:09PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants and their allies have launched an intensified campaign against thousands of NATO troops deploying to southern Afghanistan, where the multinational force is taking over from U.S. soldiers.
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Magnitude-8.0 quake strikes near Tonga
May 3 2006 11:32AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck early Thursday near the South Pacific nation of Tonga, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning was issued for Fiji and New Zealand.
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Nepal urges rebels to join peace talks
May 3 2006 11:21AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's new Cabinet sought Wednesday to end a bloody decade-old Maoist insurgency that has killed 13,000 people in this Himalayan kingdom, matching the rebels' cease-fire declaration and saying the government will no longer label them "terrorists."
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China installs bishop without Vatican OK
May 3 2006 6:00AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's state-approved Catholic church on Wednesday installed a bishop without Vatican approval _ the second this week _ in a move that may hinder talks to re-establish ties ended after communists took control of China in 1949.
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Afghan governor escapes assassination
May 3 2006 4:28AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A governor in eastern Afghanistan escaped an apparent assassination attempt Wednesday when a car bomb exploded outside his offices, while suspected Taliban gunmen killed a judge in the west, officials said.
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Kashmiri radio couple stirred hatred, love
May 3 2006 4:25AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Sixteen years ago, Upendra and Girija Khashu were radio stars with an eight-bedroom mansion in India's part of Kashmir _ a prosperous life they had to abandon so fast that rice and curry were left simmering on the stove.
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Indonesian police, labor protesters clash
May 3 2006 4:09AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Security forces fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters in the Indonesian capital Wednesday after they hurled stones at police and tore down a gate in front of parliament.
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N. Korea tops Most Censored Countries list
May 3 2006 3:37AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea's media praises "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il every day but never reported the country's famine in the 1990s. Myanmar bans anti-government sentiment in the media. Turkmenistan's dictator approves the front pages of major newspapers _ and they always include a photo of him.
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Afghan president swears in new Cabinet
May 3 2006 1:25AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai swore in 20 members of his new Cabinet in Afghanistan's latest step toward democracy, as a top NATO commander warned of stiff security challenges ahead from an eruption of suicide attacks by Taliban militants.
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