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U.S. considers sending N. Korea food aid
May 20 2005 10:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is weighing North Korea's needs against hunger in other countries as it decides whether to provide food assistance this year to the economically lagging communist nation, the State Department said Friday.
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South Korea ships fertilizer to the North
May 20 2005 10:32PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean trucks delivered fertilizer to impoverished North Korea on Saturday, crossing the world's most heavily armed border as the United States tries to decide whether to provide food assistance this year to the communist country.
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China mainland tourists may visit Taiwan
May 20 2005 8:54PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Friday it will let mainland tourists visit Taiwan, ending a decades-old ban and pressing its campaign of offering economic benefits to woo its rival into pursuing closer ties.
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Bangladesh ferry accidents leave 133 dead
May 20 2005 6:26PM (CT)
MANIKGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) - Three ferry accidents in Bangladesh in the past week have left at least 133 people dead, officials said Friday as hope faded for 187 people still missing
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Female Afghan TV host shot dead in Kabul
May 20 2005 1:40PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A ground-breaking Afghan television host whose Western style drew praise from youthful fans and condemnation from Muslim clerics may have been slain with involvement from her own brothers, police said Friday.
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U.S. military defends Afghan treatment
May 20 2005 1:39PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military said Friday it does not tolerate any mistreatment of detainees, in response to a newspaper report alleging repeated abuse by "young, poorly trained soldiers" at its main base in Afghanistan.
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CARE not sure if Italian hostage slayed
May 20 2005 11:31AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The aid agency CARE said Friday it was uncertain about the accuracy of reports that kidnappers had killed an Italian hostage and that the organization was still working for her release.
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Indian Muslims protest alleged Quran abuse
May 20 2005 11:16AM (CT)
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - Muslim protesters burned, spit and urinated on a U.S. flag Friday in eastern India, accusing Americans of desecrating Islam's holy book as anger persisted despite the retraction of a magazine report that a Quran was flushed down a toilet at Guantanamo Bay.
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Report mixed on China military spending
May 20 2005 6:54AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China spends much more on its military than it officially acknowledges, but far less than some experts believe, a U.S.-funded report said Friday.
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East Timor president marks 3rd anniversary
May 20 2005 5:56AM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's president marked the tiny country's third anniversary Friday with a somber speech warning that patience and sacrifice are still needed in the face of a moribund economy, stifling poverty and a declining U.N presence.
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Mongolian voters favor ex-communists
May 20 2005 3:22AM (CT)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) - In the 15 years since the end of one-party rule, Mongolians have voted their ex-communist leaders in and out of power as this former Soviet ally struggled without success to climb out of chronic poverty.
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Six Afghans on U.S.-funded project killed
May 20 2005 2:20AM (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 20 2005 2:19AM (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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37 Japanese paintings on display in D.C.
May 20 2005 1:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For more than two centuries before Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay in 1853, artists recorded the life of the city's show business and red-light district in painting and print. Their work goes on display Friday at the Japanese Information and Culture Center. Some pieces have never been exhibited publicly before.
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