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Indonesian leader may drop Suharto charges
May 9 2006 11:48PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's president planned to confer Wednesday with top lawmakers over whether to drop corruption charges against former dictator Suharto because of his deteriorating health, a government official said.
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Mine blast kills 5 soldiers in Cambodia
May 9 2006 11:04PM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A land mine killed five Cambodian soldiers and maimed another as they tried to remove it from an area being developed to build a casino, an official said Wednesday.
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Bomb kills 3 at tea shop in Thailand
May 9 2006 10:41PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A bomb exploded at a tea shop Wednesday near a busy market in violence-plagued southern Thailand, killing three people and injuring nine, police said.
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Some Sri Lanka coastal water unusable
May 9 2006 9:22PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Thousands of wells along Sri Lanka's coast remain unusable because of saltwater contamination caused by the 2004 Asian tsunami, a government official said Tuesday, as an international research team urged new measures against the problem.
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China demands return of Gitmo detainees
May 9 2006 6:16PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday blasted a U.S. decision to release five Chinese Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to seek asylum in Albania, describing them as suspected terrorists and demanding their return.
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China nabs suspect in kindergarten deaths
May 9 2006 3:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A man accused of killing three children and injuring others in an arson attack on a Chinese kindergarten was captured Tuesday after a daylong manhunt, police announced.
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Record seizure of cocaine made in China
May 9 2006 3:13PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese and U.S. agents seized more than 300 pounds of cocaine smuggled from Colombia, authorities said Tuesday _ a record drug bust for China that underscores how South American narcotics gangs are aggressively moving into Asia.
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China promises to improve Vatican ties
May 9 2006 3:07PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said it was eager to improve relations with the Vatican following a feud over the consecration of Chinese bishops without papal approval, but it demanded Tuesday that the Holy See break ties with rival Taiwan.
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South Korea begins cutting troops in Iraq
May 9 2006 3:01PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea began bringing troops home from Iraq Tuesday under a plan to scale back its presence there by a third, military officials said.
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Attacks, unemployment plague Afghanistan
May 9 2006 12:08PM (CT)
HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - Promises of work and security made Ghulam Hazara return to this western Afghan city from Iran two years ago. Now a lack of both is driving him back.
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Outgoing Thai leader may stay in govt.
May 9 2006 6:46AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Outgoing Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will likely run for parliament in upcoming elections but not with the aim of reclaiming his post, top aides said Tuesday.
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Commander of U.S. forces arrives in China
May 9 2006 4:38AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit aimed at rebuilding contacts between the two countries' armed forces.
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9 students killed in Nepal van accident
May 9 2006 2:10AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A school van plunged into a canal in eastern Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least nine students and leaving several others missing, a police official said.
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Taiwanese president to forgo U.S. stop
May 9 2006 1:51AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said he will forgo an offer by the United States to stop in Alaska on his return home from Latin America, but denied it signaled a crisis in relations with Washington.
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Taiwanese president to forgo U.S. stop
May 9 2006 1:51AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said he will forgo an offer by the United States to stop in Alaska on his return home from Latin America, but denied it signaled a crisis in relations with Washington.
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Trial begins for 4 Bali terror suspects
May 9 2006 12:48AM (CT)
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) - Four 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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