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Death toll at 12 in Pakistan attack, riots
May 31 2005 5:40PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A mob angered by an al-Qaida-linked suicide bombing in a Shiite mosque set a KFC restaurant on fire in overnight rioting, killing six employees and bringing the day's overall death toll to 12, police said Tuesday.
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No deal yet on China-Japan gas-field talks
May 31 2005 4:48PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China refused a Japanese request Tuesday to suspend work on exploiting disputed natural gas fields in the East China Sea, as two days of talks on the issue ended without a settlement, a Japanese official said.
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NATO takes over Afghan duties from U.S
May 31 2005 4:37PM (CT)
HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition soldiers gave NATO troops responsibility for security in much of western Afghanistan on Tuesday, as part of plans for the 8,000-strong NATO force to gradually relieve American soldiers across the country.
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Sherpa scales Everest a record 15th time
May 31 2005 4:32PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A Sherpa guide broke his own record and scaled Mount Everest for the 15th time on Tuesday, followed by 24 other climbers who also reached the world's highest peak, officials said.
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Pakistan will deport al-Qaida suspect
May 31 2005 4:15PM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's president said Tuesday he will hand over senior al-Qaida terrorist suspect Abu Farraj al-Libbi to the United States for prosecution, even though the man is believed behind two assassination attempts against him and could have received the death penalty here.
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Tales of stragglers persist in Philippines
May 31 2005 2:22PM (CT)
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) - Like a good ghost story, tales have persisted of Japanese army stragglers still roaming a jungle-covered mountain long after the last one emerged in a tattered uniform 31 years ago a long way from here.
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Forces raid Afghan 'drugs bazaar'
May 31 2005 1:56PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - With scarves hiding some faces and guns at the ready, a new secretive Afghan anti-drug squad zoomed into a desert village as part of a crackdown on the country's booming narcotics trade, authorities said Tuesday.
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Some Pakistanis see U.S. as symbol of woes
May 31 2005 10:16AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb kills worshippers at a Shiite Muslim shrine, and some mourners shout "Down with America!" Days later, a suicide bomber strikes a Shiite mosque and an angry crowd torches a nearby KFC restaurant.
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China: Detained reporter admits spying
May 31 2005 7:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Tuesday a reporter for Singapore's main English-language newspaper has admitted to spying for a foreign intelligence agency, but his wife said he was arrested after a source gave him documents about purged former Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, who died this year.
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Indian reduction in HIV figures no miracle
May 31 2005 5:20AM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India, home to the second largest number of people infected with the HIV virus, dropped a bombshell last week when it declared that new cases fell by 95 percent in just a year. As it turns out, it was not a miracle _ just mathematics.
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Newspaper editor killed in Bangladesh
May 31 2005 4:23AM (CT)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Unidentified assailants stabbed to death a newspaper editor in eastern Bangladesh, police and his colleagues said Tuesday.
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Japan workers to dress casual this summer
May 31 2005 2:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's bureaucratic rank and file march in dark jackets and ties to government offices every day, sweating their way through the country's sticky, sweltering summers.
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Korean Air flight to Calif. diverted
May 31 2005 1:39AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A Korean Air flight to California was diverted to Japan after U.S. officials refused to let it enter American airspace because they suspected a passenger might be a terrorist, airline officials said Tuesday.
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