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Rescuers try save 24 Chinese buried alive
May 10 2005 10:32PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Nearly a dozen homes built into hillside caves in northern China were buried when the soil above them collapsed, trapping 24 people, the government said Wednesday.
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Iran defends uranium reprocessing
May 10 2005 10:00PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran insisted that its decision to lift a suspension on uranium reprocessing activities should not be cause for alarm, but said Tuesday it wanted to push Europe to make concessions in negotiations over its nuclear program.
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AP: Ethnic rifts tearing at al-Qaida
May 10 2005 8:45PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - American and Pakistani intelligence agents are exploiting a growing rift between Arab members of al-Qaida and their Central Asian allies, a fissure that's tearing at the network of Islamic extremists as militants compete for scarce hideouts, weapons and financial resources, counterterrorism officials say.
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U.S. presses China on N. Korea nuke talks
May 10 2005 8:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Faced with stalemate, the Bush administration has asked China to redouble its efforts to lure North Korea back to negotiations on the Koreans' nuclear weapons program.
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Afghans protest Quran desecration reports
May 10 2005 7:42PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan students chanted "Death to America" and burned an effigy of President Bush on Tuesday, following a report that copies of the Quran were desecrated at the U.S. detention center for terror suspects Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials and witnesses said.
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Japan court rules Hiroshima denied aid
May 10 2005 5:41PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who now live abroad are entitled to the same government-paid medical benefits and funeral costs enjoyed by survivors still living in Japan, a Japanese court ruled Tuesday.
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Japanese nationalists use wartime facts
May 10 2005 4:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese authors of a nationalist history book that sparked angry protests in China defended their work Tuesday, saying the writings accurately reflect the facts.
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Suharto's family confident he will recover
May 10 2005 1:50PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Scores of top Indonesian officials, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, visited ailing former dictator Suharto on Tuesday, and his family predicted he will make a full recovery following his hospitalization for intestinal bleeding.
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Member of China's Gang of Four dies
May 10 2005 11:18AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Zhang Chunqiao, one of the Gang of Four that terrorized China during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution by persecuting thousands of people, wrecking the economy and pushing the country to the brink of famine, has died at age 88.
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U.S., Indonesia conduct anti-terror drills
May 10 2005 11:16AM (CT)
LAKI ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian marines and U.S. Navy SEALs parachuted into the sea off Jakarta in a joint anti-terrorism exercise Tuesday, the latest sign of increased cooperation between the two militaries despite a ban on full contacts due to human rights concerns.
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Japan won't pull troops over kidnapping
May 10 2005 9:21AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The apparent kidnapping of a Japanese man by a militant group in Iraq won't affect Tokyo's troop deployment there, Japan's defense chief said Tuesday, and the captive's family urged the government to stay the course.
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N. Korea dismisses nuclear test reports
May 10 2005 8:07AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of making a fuss by notifying allies of the communist nation's possible preparations for a nuclear test, and maintained it would stay away from international disarmament talks.
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Taiwan opposition leader visits China
May 10 2005 6:07AM (CT)
CHANGSHA, China (AP) - A Taiwanese opposition leader called Tuesday for closer ties between rival China and his self-ruled island as he prepared to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Taiwan launches ninth bid to join WHO
May 10 2005 5:28AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan is launching its ninth bid to join the U.N. World Health Organization as an observer, with few signs that rival China will drop its objections, the island's government said Tuesday.
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U.S. diplomat pushes democracy in Nepal
May 10 2005 3:16AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A U.S. diplomat told senior Nepalese government leaders that the United States remains concerned about King Gyanendra's power grab, officials said Tuesday, while the opposition urged the envoy to pressure the monarch to restore democracy.
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