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Buddhist monk convicted of sex abuse dies
May 16 2005 11:06PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A monk drank poison and later died after becoming the first Buddhist clergyman to be convicted of the sexual abuse of a child in Sri Lanka, court officials and police said.
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Two Koreas resume nuke talks after hiatus
May 16 2005 10:25PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea, seeking to get North Korea to return to six-nation negotiations over its nuclear weapons program, hoped for a response Tuesday from the reclusive communist country.
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Italian aid worker abducted in Afghanistan
May 16 2005 6:59PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Four armed men dragged an Italian woman working for CARE International from her car in the center of Afghanistan's capital on Monday in a bold kidnapping that reinforced fears that militants or criminals are copying tactics used in Iraq.
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Pakistan repeats demand for Quran probe
May 16 2005 5:19PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Monday reiterated its demand for an investigation into the alleged desecration of Islam's holy book at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, hours before Newsweek retracted the report claiming a Quran was flushed down a toilet to rattle detainees.
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Nepalese troops seek abducted children
May 16 2005 4:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepalese troops resumed their search Monday for hundreds of children taken hostage by Maoist insurgents in the mountains of western Nepal, officials said.
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Two Koreas resume talks after hiatus
May 16 2005 2:36PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Monday promised a major new proposal if North Korea returns to six-nation disarmament negotiations as the rivals began two days of their first face-to-face talks in 10 months amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
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'Salaryman' tops Japan's taxpayers list
May 16 2005 1:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - He's the Japanese everyman, cramming himself into crowded commuter trains, working 18-hour days and buying lunch from an allowance doled out by his wife. And his tax bill is the nation's highest: a 46-year-old worker at an investment company paid more than $34 million in income tax in 2004.
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U.S. military to woo Islamic leaders
May 16 2005 12:59PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military needs better relations with Islamic leaders in Afghanistan and is looking at whether militant groups fanned the violence and anti-American sentiment sparked by a report alleging interrogators desecrated Islam's holy book, a U.S. commander said Monday.
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One of America's top climbers retiring
May 16 2005 10:59AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - One of the United States' most accomplished climbers is coming down from the death zone. After Ed Viesturs last week became the first American to climb the world's tallest 14 peaks _ all above 26,240 feet _ the 45-year-old said he is retiring from high-altitude climbing.
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U.S. commander: Afghan insurgency weaker
May 16 2005 10:42AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan insurgents are "significantly weaker" than a year ago, a U.S. commander said Monday, despite stepped-up resistance from Taliban-led rebels in recent weeks and clashes that have left dozens dead.
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Newsweek apologizes; Afghans want action
May 16 2005 10:20AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Muslims in Afghanistan gave Washington three days to offer a response to a Newsweek story that claimed the Islamic holy book was desecrated at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, but the magazine apologized Sunday for the report, which prompted deadly riots across Afghanistan last week.
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Firecrackers explosion kills 8 in India
May 16 2005 8:52AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Firecrackers illegally stored in a home exploded early Monday in southern India, killing eight people, a news report said.
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Pakistan claims success against al-Qaida
May 16 2005 7:06AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan has "broken the back" of al-Qaida by capturing several of the terror network's top figures, taking away the group's ability to launch coordinated attacks, the nation's interior minister said Monday.
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Sri Lanka plans to coordinate tsunami aid
May 16 2005 4:05AM (CT)
KANDY, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's plan to jointly coordinate tsunami aid with Tamil Tiger rebels in Tamil-majority areas could be a golden opportunity to resolve the country's two-decade ethnic conflict, the president told the opening of a donors conference Monday.
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Indonesia court upholds verdict for Bashir
May 16 2005 2:47AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's high court has upheld a 30-month prison sentence for accused terror chief Abu Bakar Bashir for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, a court official said Monday.
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