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Japanese man kidnapped in Iraq may be dead
May 14 2005 10:17PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A security worker who survived an ambush in Iraq has said a Japanese colleague believed to have been taken hostage was severely wounded and is likely dead, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
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Indonesia finds bird flu in pigs
May 14 2005 6:21PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian researchers have found a strain of bird flu in pigs on the densely populated island of Java, raising fears the virus could more easily spread to humans, the government and scientists said Saturday.
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Taiwan ruling party wins special election
May 14 2005 4:07PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's ruling party won an election Saturday for a special assembly charged with amending the constitution, in a boost for President Chen Shui-bian's policy of resisting unification with mainland China.
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Turkish soldiers kill 9 Kurdish rebels
May 14 2005 3:22PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkish soldiers have killed nine Kurdish rebels in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast, authorities said Saturday, heightening concerns about new violence following a European court judgment that the rebels' imprisoned leader did not receive a fair trial.
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North Korea distrustful of U.S. overture
May 14 2005 12:38PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Saturday that Washington's reassurances about recognizing its independence were a trick meant to conceal a U.S. plan to topple the communist government.
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Senior Chinese official meets with Castro
May 14 2005 10:56AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A senior Chinese official met with President Fidel Castro during a visit aimed at cementing political and economic ties between the two communist nations, state media reported Saturday.
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Karzai blames protests on opponents
May 14 2005 9:57AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday blamed opponents of his plans for long-term ties with the United States for four days of protests that left 15 dead. In his first public comment on the violence since returning from a trip to Europe, Karzai said the protesters also included opponents of his reconciliation efforts with the ousted Taliban.
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Taiwan ruling party wins special election
May 14 2005 9:17AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's ruling party won elections Saturday for a special assembly charged with amending the island's constitution, giving a big boost to President Chen Shui-bian's policy of resisting unification with rival China.
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China in midst of toilet modernization
May 14 2005 3:57AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - It's an image that Shanghai's aggressively modern leaders want to shed: people rinsing out their chamber pots in alleys in the shadows of ultramodern skyscrapers. The city of 20 million, standard-bearer of communist China's march into capitalism, is in the midst of a massive toilet modernization. It wants anyone without a toilet at home to have a public facility a few steps away, and offers a hot line for those who can't find one.
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Powerful earthquake rocks Sumatra Island
May 14 2005 1:31AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A magnitude 6.9 undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, triggering panic across a large swathe of the region.
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