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China Aviation Oil executives charged
Jun 8 2005 9:53PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - The suspended chief executive of China's main jet fuel supplier and four other company officials were charged Thursday with insider trading, false statements and other crimes linked to risky oil trades that pushed the company to the brink of bankruptcy last year.
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Protesting journalists arrested in Nepal
Jun 8 2005 8:54PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police arrested 53 journalists Wednesday as they protested press restrictions in this Himalayan nation where the king seized absolute power earlier this year, a media rights group said.
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Four nations drop demand for U.N. veto
Jun 8 2005 7:17PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Brazil, Germany, India and Japan dropped their demand Wednesday for veto power for new permanent members in an expanded U.N. Security Council.
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2 Americans killed in Afghan rocket attack
Jun 8 2005 5:34PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rebel rockets struck U.S. troops unloading supplies from a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two and wounding eight in one of the bloodiest assaults on American forces since insurgent violence picked up in March.
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Prospect of N.Korea talks met with caution
Jun 8 2005 5:33PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian and Russian officials greeted the prospect of a resumption of talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs with caution and hope Wednesday but noted that no date had been set.
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2 Americans killed in Afghan rocket attack
Jun 8 2005 1:08PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two U.S. troops were killed and another eight wounded in a rocket attack Wednesday at a base in eastern Afghanistan, the military said.
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Negotiations on kidnapped Italian near end
Jun 8 2005 12:00PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Negotiations for the release of an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped last month were "close to a conclusion," the government said Wednesday.
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11 electrocuted on bus in southern India
Jun 8 2005 11:28AM (CT)
HYDERABAD, India (AP) - A bus hit a high voltage wire on Wednesday, killing 11 passengers and injuring 15 others in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said.
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Wife on trial in Hong Kong in banker death
Jun 8 2005 6:37AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - An American woman accused of killing her husband asked maintenance workers at her Hong Kong luxury apartment complex to help her haul away a roll of carpet that contained the man's body, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Earthquake strikes off Indonesian coast
Jun 8 2005 4:45AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A strong earthquake struck off the Indonesian coast on Wednesday, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties.
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Army deserter may make first trip to U.S.
Jun 8 2005 12:05AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A U.S. soldier who deserted his Army unit 40 years ago and fled to North Korea is planning to visit his ailing mother in the United States soon, an official said.
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