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Nepalese PM meets with rebel leader
Jun 15 2006 11:57PM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The leader of Nepal's communist rebels held peace talks with the prime minister Friday, the first such meeting since the insurgency began a decade ago.
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Bombing pushes Sri Lanka closer to war
Jun 15 2006 10:51PM (CT)
KABITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Suspected Tamil separatists attacked a crowded bus Thursday, triggering a pair of hidden bombs that killed at least 64 people _ the worst violence since a 2002 cease-fire began unraveling in recent months.
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Japan: N.Korean test a security threat
Jun 15 2006 10:46PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - North Korea appeared to step up preparations for testing a long-range missile, Kyodo News reported Friday, amid warnings from Tokyo that such a test would threaten Japanese security.
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Japan enacts bill on sanctioning N.Korea
Jun 15 2006 10:43PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament enacted a bill Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea if it fails to cooperate in clearing up details of its past abductions of Japanese citizens.
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Two men found dead on Indonesian volcano
Jun 15 2006 10:16PM (CT)
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) - Two men who sought shelter from erupting Mount Merapi in an emergency bunker on the fiery slopes of the volcano were found dead Friday, officials said.
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China holds closed trial for researcher
Jun 15 2006 10:09PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The closed trial of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times who has been accused of leaking state secrets and fraud began Friday in Beijing, his lawyer said.
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S Korean students see North with new eye
Jun 15 2006 9:30PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The mood for reconciliation on the divided Korean Peninsula has seeped into South Korean classrooms, where students are being taught to embrace their communist neighbors.
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East Timor rebel leader pledges to disarm
Jun 15 2006 9:05PM (CT)
MAUBISSE, East Timor (AP) - Rebel soldiers holed up in hills around East Timor's capital plan to start handing over weapons to a multinational peacekeeping force on Friday, their commander said, in a step that could help end months of violence.
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Chinese rush to clean up coal-tar spill
Jun 15 2006 1:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Crews armed with cotton, sponges, straw and activated carbon soaked up toxic coal tar from a northern Chinese river Thursday, hurrying to absorb the spill before it reaches a city of 10 million people.
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Afghan push begins; bus attack kills 7
Jun 15 2006 1:07PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded aboard a minibus carrying Afghans to work at a coalition air base Thursday, killing seven, as U.S.-led forces launched a sweeping anti-Taliban offensive across southern Afghanistan.
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Protests halt work at Mongolian gold mine
Jun 15 2006 10:09AM (CT)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) - Canadian mining company Centerra Gold Inc. said Thursday it has temporarily halted work at its Boroo gold mine in Mongolia amid protests over the government's dealings with the company.
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Cleric calls on Bush to convert to Islam
Jun 15 2006 10:07AM (CT)
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) - A reputed leader of an al-Qaida-linked terror group blamed for deadly bombings across Indonesia on Thursday accused President Bush and Australia's prime minister of waging wars against Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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2 killed in multiple bombings in Thailand
Jun 15 2006 8:50AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents exploded more than 40 bombs in attacks on government offices across Thailand's restive south on Thursday, killing at least two people as the deputy prime minister visited the region, officials said.
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Bomb explosion in Istanbul injures 4
Jun 15 2006 4:00AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Suspected Kurdish rebels set off a small bomb inside a trash container in a busy Istanbul neighborhood Thursday, injuring at least four people, police and reports said.
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Bus bomb kills 10 workers in Afghanistan
Jun 15 2006 12:14AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb hidden on a minibus carrying Afghan laborers to a coalition base in southern Afghanistan exploded Thursday, killing up to 10 people, police and U.S. military officials said.
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