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Six Afghans on U.S.-funded project killed
May 19 2005 7:46PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen shot and killed six Afghans in an ambush on a major highway in the country's troubled south Thursday, the second fatal attack in two days on employees of a U.S.-funded anti-drugs project, officials said.
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S. Korea sways N. Korea to hold nuke talks
May 19 2005 4:24PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea couldn't get North Korea to agree Thursday to return to nuclear arms negotiations but did persuade the reclusive communist country to schedule high-level talks for next month where the contentious issue is certain to come up again.
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Gas explosion traps 51 Chinese miners
May 19 2005 12:18PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A large gas explosion Thursday in a coal mine in northern China has left at least 51 workers trapped, and their chances of survival were unclear, a mine official said.
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U.S., N. Korean officials held NYC talks
May 19 2005 9:59AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - U.S. officials met with North Korean officials in New York last week, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday, in an apparent effort to draw the volatile nation back into six-nation nuclear talks.
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Six Afghans on U.S.-funded project killed
May 19 2005 7:51AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Suspected Taliban militants shot dead six Afghan employees of a U.S.-funded anti-drugs project in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the second fatal attack on its staff in two days, officials said.
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Train collision in Indonesia kills three
May 19 2005 7:37AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two trains collided Thursday in Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, a radio report said.
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Earthquake jolts northern Sumatra
May 19 2005 5:20AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An undersea earthquake Thursday jolted parts of the tsunami-ravaged Aceh province and prompted residents on nearby Nias Island to flee homes, but there were no reports of damage and the tremor was too small to trigger a tsunami, meteorologists said.
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Peru policewoman at center of sex scandal
May 19 2005 3:31AM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The latest scandal swirling around President Alejandro Toledo involves an attractive 23-year-old policewoman who posed on the cover of Peru's leading news magazine in a black sleeveless sweater and tight red jeans, with her midriff exposed and 9 mm pistol drawn.
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