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Japan, China work on foreign envoy summit
May 8 2006 10:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and China have agreed to work toward possible talks between their foreign ministers, a top government spokesman said Tuesday, as the two countries struggle to reverse a sharp deterioration in relations.
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Trials of suspects in Bali bombings begin
May 8 2006 9:34PM (CT)
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) - Two suspected Islamic militants accused in 2005 restaurant bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali went on trial Tuesday on charges that carry the death penalty.
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U.S. airstrike kills 4 Taliban militants
May 8 2006 9:16PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. airstrikes on a cave complex near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan on Monday killed four Taliban militants and destroyed a truck loaded with rockets, the U.S. military said.
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Japan, China to hold talks on gas deposits
May 8 2006 8:42PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan and China will hold talks on disputed undersea gas deposits next week in Tokyo, Japan's top government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Al-Qaida video purports to show attacks
May 8 2006 2:58PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An alleged al-Qaida videotape broadcast Monday on Arab television purported to show roadside bomb attacks on U.S. and Afghan forces in a violent Afghan region bordering Pakistan.
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Afghan legislator attacked by colleagues
May 8 2006 1:17PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An outspoken female legislator was physically and verbally attacked by her colleagues after saying on the parliament floor that some of Afghanistan's mujahedeen leaders were criminals who shouldn't now be lawmakers, officials said Monday.
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U.S. cracks down on stolen computer drives
May 8 2006 12:14PM (CT)
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Computer storage devices containing sensitive military information stolen from the U.S. base here and widely available in shops last month are now hard to come by.
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S. Korea arrests 10 anti-U.S. protesters
May 8 2006 12:07PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Police arrested 10 anti-U.S. protesters Monday and released 27 others after violent demonstrations against plans to expand an American military base, officials said.
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Sri Lanka increases security on peninsula
May 8 2006 12:02PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Security forces clamped down on Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated Jaffna Peninsula on Monday to guard against anti-government demonstrations and a Japanese envoy said he would travel to a nearby area to try to meet rebels and avert a civil war.
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Indonesia backs Iran on nuclear ambitions
May 8 2006 11:44AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia said Monday it supported Iran's right to pursue nuclear technology for peaceful means ahead of a visit to the country by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Official: Suharto shouldn't face trial
May 8 2006 11:39AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's vice president visited ailing former dictator Suharto in a hospital Monday and said he should not face trial for crimes allegedly committed during his rule.
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Ex-China Daily editor Chen Li dies at 77
May 8 2006 10:16AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chen Li, a Chinese journalist and former editor-in-chief of China Daily, the communist government's main English-language newspaper, has died at age 77.
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Report: China to evacuate 80,000 people
May 8 2006 9:14AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will move another 80,000 people this year from areas to be flooded by rising waters behind the colossal Three Gorges Dam, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
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2 cops, 1 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
May 8 2006 9:07AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militia fighters ambushed a police patrol in southern Afghanistan, sparking an hour-long gunbattle that killed two policemen and one attacker, an official said Monday.
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2 undersea earthquakes rock Indonesia
May 8 2006 7:43AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two undersea earthquakes rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday, but caused no casualties or damage, an official said.
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China mine owners accused of coverup
May 8 2006 7:35AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese investigators say coal mine owners tried to cover up the death toll in a blast last week that killed 10 workers, state media reported Monday.
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Sonia Gandhi runs for re-election in India
May 8 2006 6:12AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Sonia Gandhi, the popular head of India's ruling Congress party, went before voters Monday in a bid to regain the parliamentary seat she gave up during a high-profile political scandal.
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Thai court nullifies April elections
May 8 2006 5:39AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's Constitutional Court invalidated last month's parliamentary elections on Monday and ordered fresh polls in a bid to end a political impasse that has left the country unable to form a new government.
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Death toll in heat-wave in India hits 34
May 8 2006 3:37AM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - India's most populous state gave schoolchildren an early start on their summer vacation as the death toll from a heat wave rose to 34 on Monday.
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Philippine lawmakers end 2-month standoff
May 8 2006 12:44AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Five lawmakers who took refuge in the Philippine legislature for two months while facing coup accusations on Monday walked out of the building in triumph after a court dismissed the charges.
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Beijing Olympics construction suspended
May 8 2006 12:22AM (CT)
BEIJING, China (AP) - Ancient imperial tombs were unearthed during construction at a competition site for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, prompting work to be suspended, state media said Monday.
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