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East Timor: U.N.-led police force needed
Jun 7 2006 11:48PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor seems to have staggered backward to its violent birth in 1999, with the government in shambles and the foreign minister saying a U.N.-led police force will be deployed for at least two years to help restore stability.
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East Timor: U.N.-led police force needed
Jun 7 2006 11:48PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor seems to have staggered backward to its violent birth in 1999, with the government in shambles and the foreign minister saying a U.N.-led police force will be deployed for at least two years to help restore stability.
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15,000 flee from Indonesia's Mount Merapi
Jun 7 2006 11:17PM (CT)
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's most dangerous volcano spewed a spectacular roiling cloud of hot gas and ash down its southern slope Thursday, sending more than 15,000 villagers fleeing to safety, scientists said.
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Prosecutors say U.S. delaying rape trial
Jun 7 2006 9:13PM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Prosecutors in a rape trial involving four U.S. Marines accused the U.S. Embassy on Wednesday of delaying the proceedings by refusing to allow American Navy investigators to testify.
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Official: 250 Afghans arrested after riot
Jun 7 2006 5:39PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 250 Afghans were arrested after a riot in Kabul last week that killed about 20 people, the intelligence chief said Wednesday. A roadside bomb killed three Afghan troops, and the U.S.-led coalition confirmed the deaths of two American soldiers.
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Taiwan opposition backs president's recall
Jun 7 2006 4:13PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's main opposition party voted Wednesday to support a referendum to oust embattled President Chen Shui-bian, signaling a period of uncertainty for the island of 23 million people.
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China postpones trial of Times researcher
Jun 7 2006 3:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The trial of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times accused of leaking state secrets has been postponed with no new date announced, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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Stress high during China's student exams
Jun 7 2006 3:09PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A teenager's suicide after being barred from a key high school exam for not tying back her hair underscores the intense pressure on millions of Chinese who began taking annual college entrance tests Wednesday.
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Rumsfeld, military leaders to discuss NATO
Jun 7 2006 2:18PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will discuss NATO's plans for Afghanistan with other military leaders amid suggestions the U.S. did not send enough troops to control violence in the southern part of the country.
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2 killed in Afghanistan were Americans
Jun 7 2006 12:21PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb hit a convoy of Afghan troops in the eastern Afghan mountains, killing three and wounding four, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, while the U.S.-led coalition confirmed that two soldiers killed by a roadside bomb were Americans.
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9 killed in Sri Lanka violence
Jun 7 2006 11:45AM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - At least nine people were killed and 14 wounded by a land mine Wednesday in an area controlled by Tamil rebels in northeastern Sri Lanka. The guerrillas blamed the military.
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Myanmar party members said forced to quit
Jun 7 2006 11:38AM (CT)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy said Wednesday that Myanmar's military junta was illegally forcing the group's members to resign from the party.
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Official: 250 Afghans arrested after riot
Jun 7 2006 8:39AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 250 Afghans were arrested after a riot in Kabul last week that killed about 20 people and wounded more than 120, the intelligence chief said Wednesday.
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Volcano erupts in southern Japan
Jun 7 2006 6:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A volcano erupted in southern Japan on Wednesday, blowing ash about 3,000 feet into the air, the Weather Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Indonesia publishes 2nd edition of Playboy
Jun 7 2006 5:19AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A second edition of Playboy hit the streets of Indonesia on Wednesday as the local publisher moved its offices to Bali island, two months after Islamic hard-liners threw rocks at its Jakarta offices following the magazine's debut.
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46 killed in China after week of storms
Jun 7 2006 3:59AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Storms pummeling southern China over the past week have killed at least 46 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless, state-run media said Wednesday.
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5 S. Korean workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Jun 7 2006 3:41AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Assailants kidnapped five South Korean workers at an oil field in Nigeria on Wednesday, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said, two days after Nigeria's oil minister vowed in Seoul to stop hostage-taking in his country.
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China: 60 pct of recent land deals illegal
Jun 7 2006 12:55AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - More than 60 percent of recent land acquisitions for construction in China are illegal, with the figure rising to 90 percent in some cities, the government said in a report demanding investigations of such deals.
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