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Thousands back anti-porn bill in Indonesia
May 20 2006 10:27PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Tens of thousands of conservative Muslims rallied in the Indonesian capital Sunday in support of a proposed anti-pornography bill that critics say would chip away at the country's secular traditions.
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Flood in China coal mine traps 44 miners
May 20 2006 10:17PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - An underground flood in a coal mine in northern China trapped 44 miners, the government said Sunday, blaming local mine managers for underplaying the scope of the accident.
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South Korea opposition leader recovering
May 20 2006 10:08PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A man wielding a box cutter attacked the leader of South Korea's main opposition party on Saturday, slashing her face during a campaign rally.
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Rescuers seek 198 Vietnamese after storm
May 20 2006 8:49PM (CT)
DANANG, Vietnam (AP) - Anguished relatives listened to the radio communications of rescuers searching Saturday for nearly 200 Vietnamese fishermen whose boats sank during Typhoon Chanchu.
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U.N. official meets with Myanmar's Suu Kyi
May 20 2006 7:44PM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The U.N.'s top political official met Saturday with detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who had been barred from holding talks with foreigners for more than two years.
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China completes dam across Yangtze River
May 20 2006 6:25PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China finished building the Three Gorges dam across the Yangtze River on Saturday, a key milestone for the world's largest hydroelectric project.
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Tamil villagers flee after massacre
May 20 2006 3:34PM (CT)
ALLAIPIDDY, Sri Lanka (AP) - Piling belongings, fishing boats and even their pets onto trucks, some 1,500 Tamils in an island village where at least eight people were gunned down fled Saturday to rebel territory, fearful the government could not protect them.
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Pakistan set to hang acquitted British man
May 20 2006 1:25PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - After spending half his life in a Pakistani jail, Tahir Mirza Hussain is scheduled to hang on his 36th birthday for killing a taxi driver _ even though a court acquitted him 10 years ago.
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Fighting in Afghanistan kills 34
May 20 2006 12:43PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Militants hiding in a vineyard and armed with machine guns ambushed an Afghan army convoy Saturday, shooting dead four soldiers but losing 15 of their own. Violence elsewhere killed another 15 people _ including two French troops and a U.S. soldier.
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4 N.Koreans enter U.S. consulate in China
May 20 2006 7:02AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Four North Koreans overpowered a security guard and scaled the wall of a U.S. consulate in China in hopes of gaining asylum from their impoverished, communist country, South Korean media reported Saturday.
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150 gather outside U.N. office in Beijing
May 20 2006 6:32AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Some 150 Chinese seeking action from their government on various grievances demonstrated outside a United Nations office in Beijing on Saturday while U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited China.
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5 heroin dealers executed in Vietnam
May 20 2006 2:14AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Five people convicted of heroin dealing were executed by firing squad in Vietnam, state-controlled media reported Saturday.
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1 U.S soldier killed in Afghan firefight
May 20 2006 12:09AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed and six wounded during a firefight with militants, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.
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