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Kashmiri separatist leaders go to Pakistan
Jun 2 2005 8:29PM (CT)
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - For the first time in decades, separatist leaders from Indian-controlled Kashmir are gathering on the Pakistani side of the divided Himalayan region, where they called for a voice in the ongoing peace process between South Asia's nuclear rivals.
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N. Korea: Cheney a 'bloodthristy beast'
Jun 2 2005 3:01PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea called Vice President Dick Cheney a "bloodthirsty beast" and said Thursday his recent remarks labeling ruler Kim Jong Il irresponsible are another reason for it to stay away from six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.
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China says at least 47 dead in flooding
Jun 2 2005 12:43PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Flooding in southern China killed at least 47 people and forced 60,000 to flee their homes in the first two days of the summer rainy season, the government said Thursday.
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Bombing a warning to Afghan moderates
Jun 2 2005 11:53AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Days after Abdul Fayaz led Muslim clerics in denouncing the Taliban, assassins shot him dead. Then at his funeral this week, a suicide bomber exploded among mourners in one of the worst terror attacks since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001.
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Prosecutors take Chinese researcher case
Jun 2 2005 7:53AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The case of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times under investigation on suspicion of leaking state secrets has been handed over to prosecutors, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
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Pakistan: Musharraf mistaken about arrests
Jun 2 2005 6:00AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - An army spokesman Thursday said Pakistan has arrested 700 _ and not 7,000 _ al-Qaida suspects, clarifying remarks made by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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Amnesty chief seeks Guantanamo inspection
Jun 2 2005 5:39AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The United States should open its detention centers at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere to human rights investigators if it wants to dispute allegations of abuse, the head of Amnesty International said in Tokyo on Thursday.
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Kashmiri separatists go on peace mission
Jun 2 2005 4:36AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Moderate separatist leaders from Indian-controlled Kashmir embarked on a peace mission to Pakistan's portion of the disputed territory for the first time in six decades on Thursday.
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