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Wife on trial in Hong Kong in banker slay
Jun 7 2005 11:54PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A Hong Kong court on Wednesday heard a second day of opening statements in the murder trial of an American woman accused of giving her husband a sedatives-laced milkshake before beating him to death with a heavy metal ornament.
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Bomb explodes outside cleric's house
Jun 7 2005 9:26PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A small bomb exploded Wednesday outside the house of an Indonesian cleric accused by the United States of being a senior member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, a fellow militant said.
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Al-Qaida, Taliban may launch Afghan plot
Jun 7 2005 4:56PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A mosque suicide bombing and an attempt to down a U.S. aircraft signaled the start of attempts by al-Qaida and the Taliban to destabilize legislative elections, the presidential spokesman said Tuesday.
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China: N. Korea talks likely to start soon
Jun 7 2005 4:14PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - China's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs are likely to resume in the next few weeks in Beijing.
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China urges needle exchanges to fight AIDS
Jun 7 2005 2:23PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - In an aggressive new anti-AIDS push, China's Health Ministry is urging the promotion of free condoms and needle exchanges _ strategies previously considered taboo by the conservative communist government.
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India's top Hindu nationalist quits party
Jun 7 2005 2:10PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's most prominent Hindu nationalist, the man often blamed for spreading anti-Muslim hatred in India, quit Tuesday as head of the country's main opposition party following criticism of his kind words for the founding father of Pakistan _ a man reviled in India.
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U.S. urged to respect suspect's rights
Jun 7 2005 12:19PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An international human rights group urged Washington to respect the rights of a senior al-Qaida suspect arrested in Pakistan as the American military confirmed he had been transferred to U.S. custody and flown to the United States.
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Al-Qaida may have launched Afghan plot
Jun 7 2005 10:33AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A deadly suicide bombing at a mosque and an attempt to down a U.S. military aircraft with a shoulder-launched missile may signal the start of a campaign of violence by al-Qaida and Taliban rebels to destabilize Afghanistan's legislative elections, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman said Tuesday.
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Nepal rebels apologize for bombing bus
Jun 7 2005 10:18AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Communist rebels apologized Tuesday for making a "grave mistake" by bombing a civilian bus in an attack that killed 38 people and injured 71, saying they were targeting government security forces.
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Constitutional reform adopted in Taiwan
Jun 7 2005 9:25AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A convention adopted sweeping changes to Taiwan's constitution Tuesday that favor the top two political parties and require that future amendments go directly before voters _ a measure strongly opposed by China.
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China city cracks down on pirated movies
Jun 7 2005 6:41AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Shanghai is cracking down on pirated videos ahead of the city's international film festival, putting illegal copies of the latest "Stars Wars" movie and TV shows such as "Friends" out of reach _ at least for now.
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U.S.-Philippines troops in joint exercises
Jun 7 2005 6:39AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Upcoming joint training exercises will combine military and humanitarian efforts to root out militants from the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, top U.S. and Philippine military commanders said Tuesday.
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Japan urges N. Korea to return to talks
Jun 7 2005 6:28AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's foreign minister urged North Korea on Tuesday to seize the opportunity to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons programs without conditions, following a rare meeting between U.S. and North Korean officials in New York.
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Aid sought to dismantle Russian nukes
Jun 7 2005 4:32AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Rich donor nations should offer more financial aid for Russia to dismantle its Soviet-era nuclear and chemical weapons stockpiles and help other countries keep nuclear material from terrorists, experts said at an international weapons conference Tuesday.
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Seoul urged to ease food shortage in north
Jun 7 2005 4:14AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's top official on relations with the North said Tuesday that Seoul should help Pyongyang ease its food shortage amid concerns of a deepening crisis in the communist country.
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Pakistan turns over terror suspect to U.S.
Jun 7 2005 12:21AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan said Monday it handed over a senior al-Qaida suspect to the United States even though he had been the country's most wanted man for allegedly masterminding two bloody attempts to blow up President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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