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East Timor parliament meets over violence
Jun 4 2006 9:18PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Leonardo do Santos hastily nailed a sheet of rusty roofing across his front door Sunday and ran with his wife, as his neighbors rushed into the street clutching knives, rocks, metal bars, slingshots and garden tools to fight a rival gang.
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NATO to double troops in Afghanistan
Jun 4 2006 7:08PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO will double the number of soldiers in southern Afghanistan when it takes over security there from U.S. troops next month, seeking to quash the worst rebel violence since the Taliban's ouster, the NATO force commander said Sunday.
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17th Tiananmen anniversary passes in China
Jun 4 2006 3:12PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese police tore up a protester's poster and detained at least two people on Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sunday as the country marked 17 years since local troops crushed a pro-democracy demonstration in the public space.
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Nepal high court frees 3 former ministers
Jun 4 2006 2:24PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's Supreme Court ordered the release Sunday of three former Cabinet ministers who were detained after the recent change in government.
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Sanitary conditions worsen in Indonesia
Jun 4 2006 1:39PM (CT)
BANTUL, Indonesia (AP) - Many of Indonesia's 650,000 homeless earthquake survivors are living with deteriorating sanitary conditions, forced to wash with dirty water that infects wounds and spreads skin disease, doctors said Sunday.
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U.S. seeks stronger ties with Vietnam
Jun 4 2006 6:59AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday the United States wants to expand its military relationship with Vietnam, but has no plans to seek access to military facilities in this former enemy nation.
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NATO to deploy more troops to Afghanistan
Jun 4 2006 5:13AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO will deploy twice as many troops to southern Afghanistan as a U.S.-led coalition has had there in recent years and it will adopt new tactics in an attempt to quash a burgeoning rebellion, the new commander of the NATO force said Sunday.
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Suicide car bomber kills 3 in Kandahar
Jun 4 2006 3:59AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomb exploded Sunday near a convoy carrying the governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, missing the apparent target but killing three civilians and injuring a dozen, officials said.
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Australia urges nations to help East Timor
Jun 4 2006 2:22AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Australia's defense minister urged Asian and Pacific nations Sunday not to allow troubled East Timor to become a failed state, warning it could turn into haven for terrorists and criminals.
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N.Korea reproaches U.S. over war killings
Jun 4 2006 1:13AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea criticized the United States on Sunday over the mass killing of South Korean refugees during the Korean War and demanded that U.S. troops withdraw from the South.
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5 killed in Chinese military plane crash
Jun 4 2006 12:27AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A military transport plane carrying 40 has crashed in eastern China's Anhui province, the government said Sunday. A local official said at least five people were killed.
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