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Two wheels come off as Japan Boeing lands
Jun 14 2005 10:44PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Tires on the two front wheels of a Japan Airlines plane came off as the aircraft skidded to a landing at a Tokyo airport Wednesday, an airport official said.
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Expert warns of Afghan cholera epidemic
Jun 14 2005 8:15PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An outbreak of cholera in the Afghan capital has killed at least eight people, is feared to have infected more than 2,000 others and is on the verge of turning into an epidemic, a senior epidemiologist working to stem the spread of the disease warned Tuesday.
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AP: Cleric denies he trained Calif. man
Jun 14 2005 8:10PM (CT)
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - A white-bearded cleric, tutor to hundreds of Islamic students at a Pakistani seminary near the capital, on Tuesday branded FBI allegations that his 22-year-old grandson received jihadist training while attending the school a "pack of lies."
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Sri Lanka tsunami aid plan sparks protest
Jun 14 2005 2:57PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - About 10,000 demonstrators rallied Tuesday in Sri Lanka's capital to oppose sharing tsunami aid with rebels, prompting police to bolster security around the president's house.
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Korean unity elusive 5 years after summit
Jun 14 2005 12:52PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - It was a tantalizing dream as the leaders of the two Koreas ended a historic first summit on June 15, 2000: North and South Korean soldiers putting down their guns to work together to remove land mines along the border.
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S. Korean envoy in north for summit marker
Jun 14 2005 10:46AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top South Korean official arrived Tuesday in the North to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the only summit between leaders of the divided peninsula amid tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
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Chinese schools reopen after deadly flood
Jun 14 2005 10:09AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Confirmed deaths from a flash flood that slammed into primary school in northern China rose Tuesday to 99, and surviving students went back to class for lessons on how to deal with the trauma, state media reported.
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Giant catfish to be released in Cambodia
Jun 14 2005 9:50AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Four giant catfish will be released back into the wild in Cambodia to try to boost numbers of the species thought to be on the verge of extinction, a wildlife conservation group said Tuesday.
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Nepal frees journalists who protested
Jun 14 2005 8:46AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal on Tuesday freed all the journalists detained in a protest of media restrictions, bowing to international demands that the reporters be released at once.
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Kashmir paralyzed after strike called
Jun 14 2005 8:11AM (CT)
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - A strike called by Kashmir separatists paralyzed India's portion of the disputed Himalayan province Tuesday, shutting almost all shops, schools and offices to protest an apparent suicide attack that killed 15 people and injured 60 a day earlier.
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Pirates in Malaysian waters surrender
Jun 14 2005 7:56AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Suspected Indonesian pirates hijacked a Malaysian-registered tanker Tuesday, held the crew hostage for nearly 12 hours and threatened to blow the vessel up, before surrendering to police and naval forces who laid siege on the ship, officials said.
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4 U.S. troops hurt in Afghan bomb attack
Jun 14 2005 7:43AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded Tuesday near a U.S. military vehicle on a road in central Afghanistan, wounding four American troops and their Afghan interpreter, the U.S. military said.
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Afghan clerics demand U.S. apologize
Jun 14 2005 6:05AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Islamic clergy demanded the United States apologize for alleged desecration of the Islamic holy book by U.S. troops at a military prison in Guantanamo Bay and called for those responsible be handed over to a Muslim country to face trial.
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Ex-Daewoo chairman returns to S. Korea
Jun 14 2005 5:47AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Prosecutors began questioning the former chairman of collapsed conglomerate Daewoo Group on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested upon returning to South Korea to face charges of fraud.
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Economic promises unfulfilled in Koreas
Jun 14 2005 1:05AM (CT)
KAESONG, North Korea (AP) - Just three miles north of the minefields and barbed wire separating the two Koreas, a bold experiment is under way inside a handful of drab factories rising above an otherwise empty landscape.
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