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Vietnamese prime minister to visit U.S.
May 5 2005 4:52PM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - A week after Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the end of the war, the communist country's prime minister announced plans Thursday to become the nation's highest-ranking leader to visit the United States.
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64 Taliban-led rebels killed in fighting
May 5 2005 2:31PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A surge of fighting in Afghanistan's restive south killed 64 insurgents and 10 Afghan security men, the worst single loss suffered by the American-trained government army, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
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Slaying of Afghan women concerns U.N.
May 5 2005 2:10PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations sounded an alarm for women's rights in Afghanistan on Thursday after three young Afghan women were found raped, hanged and dumped on a roadside with a warning not to work for foreign relief organizations.
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Taiwan opposition rejects independence
May 5 2005 1:32PM (CT)
XI'AN, China (AP) - A Taiwanese opposition leader came to China on Thursday and immediately rejected the notion of independence for the island, a position geared to win the approval of leaders in Beijing.
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Being 'No. 3' in al-Qaida a risky job
May 5 2005 12:58PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A Libyan seized in Pakistan this week was the fourth purported No. 3 leader of al-Qaida killed or captured since the Sept. 11 attacks, but the global dragnet has yet to reach up the terror group's hierarchy to the main prizes _ Osama bin Laden and his right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahri.
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U.S. briefed on al-Qaida interrogation
May 5 2005 11:00AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan has shared with the United States initial results of its interrogation of reputed al-Qaida No. 3 Abu Farraj al-Libbi, who stayed silent for hours after his capture this week before confessing his identity, an intelligence official said Thursday.
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Pakistani details capture of al-Libbi
May 5 2005 9:39AM (CT)
MARDAN, Pakistan (AP) - Auto mechanic Bakht Munir was sitting alone in a private guesthouse in this bustling town in northwestern Pakistan when a bearded man brandishing a pistol climbed in through the low roof.
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U.S. urges Beijing to deal with Taiwan
May 5 2005 8:59AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The U.S. State Department's No. 2 official urged China on Thursday to deal directly with the elected government of Taiwan and said he was encouraged by a Taiwanese opposition leader's visit to Beijing.
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Convictions overturned for 8 Falun Gong
May 5 2005 4:28AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's top court on Thursday overturned criminal convictions against eight followers of the Falun Gong spiritual group accused of assaulting and obstructing police in a 2002 protest, in a case seen as a key test of judicial independence under Chinese rule.
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