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APTN opens full-time North Korea office
May 21 2006 10:22PM (CT)
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - AP Television News opened a full-time office in North Korea on Monday, becoming the first Western news organization able to provide regular coverage of that nation.
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57 believed trapped in flooded China mine
May 21 2006 7:05PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A senior Chinese official charged Monday that illegal operations by a northern China coal mine led to an accident that has trapped as many as 57 miners, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
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Suspected Tamil rebels attack aid offices
May 21 2006 6:12PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected rebels attacked the offices of three international aid groups in Sri Lanka Sunday in what appeared to be their first assault on foreigners, the army said. Tamil separatists denied the charge.
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Car bomb in Kabul kills 3 more Afghans
May 21 2006 1:39PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb possibly targeting a convoy of coalition soldiers killed three people in the Afghan capital Sunday, while officials added more than 30 troops and Taliban militants to the toll of those killed over the last few days.
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Firefights kill 1 French, 16 Afghan troops
May 21 2006 8:13AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - One French and 16 Afghan soldiers were killed and about 40 other troops were wounded in two firefights in southern Afghanistan, coalition and Afghan officials said Sunday.
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Militants strike Kashmir political rally
May 21 2006 8:07AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Islamic militants dressed as policemen hurled grenades and shot into a rally by the ruling Congress party in India's portion of Kashmir on Sunday, killing five people and wounding at least 20 others, officials said. Two attackers were killed.
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Afghan official blames Taliban for attacks
May 21 2006 4:21AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's foreign minister claimed Sunday that Taliban leaders are living in Pakistan and coordinating terror strikes against Afghanistan from there _ the latest barb between the neighbors who are both U.S. allies in the war on terror.
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Car bomb kills 3 in Afghan capital
May 21 2006 4:18AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb exploded on a busy road in the Afghan capital Sunday, killing the driver of the car and two civilians, officials said.
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Indonesia remembers downfall of Suharto
May 21 2006 1:38AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Protesters wearing Suharto masks demanded the ailing former dictator face trial Sunday, the eighth anniversary of the massive pro-democracy demonstrations that ousted him.
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Thousands back anti-porn bill in Indonesia
May 21 2006 1:13AM (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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South Korea opposition leader recovering
May 21 2006 12:05AM (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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