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Fighting, looting hit East Timor capital
May 29 2006 10:54PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Fighting and looting erupted in East Timor's capital on Tuesday as its leaders held urgent meetings to find a way out of the worst crisis in the young nation's seven-year history.
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Hopes wane for Indonesia quake survivors
May 29 2006 10:50PM (CT)
JAMPRIP, Indonesia (AP) - Rescuers said Tuesday that hopes were waning of finding more survivors from a devastating earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people in central Indonesia.
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Report: Myanmar society group a pawn
May 29 2006 10:23PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A group organized more than a decade ago by Myanmar's military junta ostensibly to serve as a social welfare organization is being used by the ruling generals to perpetuate their grip on power, says a report issued Tuesday by an anti-government organization.
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Afghans riot after U.S. accident; 8 dead
May 29 2006 6:05PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Violent anti-foreigner protests raged across the capital Monday after a U.S. military truck crashed into traffic, touching off the worst rioting since the Taliban's ouster. At least eight people died and 107 were injured before Kabul's streets calmed.
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Australian woman dies on Mount Manaslu
May 29 2006 3:07PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An Australian climber died while descending the summit of Mount Manaslu, the world's eighth highest peak at 26,775 feet, Nepalese mountaineering officials said Monday.
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Japan pays respects to unknown soldier
May 29 2006 2:27PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister was among about 500 people who paid respects at the country's tomb of the unknown soldier Monday, laying flowers at a secular memorial while vowing to do their best for permanent peace.
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Veg or non-veg? In Bombay, it matters
May 29 2006 12:11PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Never mind pets, smokers or loud music at 2 a.m. House hunters in Bombay increasingly are being asked: "Do you eat meat?" If yes, the deal is off.
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Eruption of Mount Merapi still possible
May 29 2006 9:25AM (CT)
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - Villagers living on Mount Merapi's slopes watched as it spit out searing clouds of smoke and lava Monday amid warnings a large eruption was still possible in the aftermath of Indonesia's powerful earthquake.
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Coalition aircraft bomb Taliban site
May 29 2006 8:47AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Five Canadian soldiers were hurt and up to six militants killed in a gunbattle Monday, while U.S.-led coalition aircraft bombed Taliban militants meeting in remote southern Afghanistan, reportedly killing dozens, officials said.
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Indonesian villagers blame magic, not flu
May 29 2006 6:00AM (CT)
KUBU SIMBELANG, Indonesia (AP) - The three brick-and-clapboard houses stand along the village's muddy dirt road, empty and forlorn. A naked light bulb hangs from a wire over one door, still burning. A white pet bird cries for food from its cage. But no one dares to go near.
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