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China appoints new Hong Kong leader
Jun 20 2005 11:26PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - China's State Council on Tuesday appointed veteran civil servant Donald Tsang as Hong Kong's next leader, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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Afghan agents thwart assassination plot
Jun 20 2005 9:52PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan intelligence agents scuttled a plot to assassinate outspoken U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, swooping down on a station wagon carrying three Pakistanis armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades, officials said Monday.
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U.S., Pakistan to hold naval exercise
Jun 20 2005 9:44PM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The United States and Pakistan navies will conduct weeklong exercises with destroyer ships and submarines in the Arabian Sea starting Tuesday, officials said.
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Taiwanese navy frigate defends fishermen
Jun 20 2005 9:38PM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese lawmakers set sail Tuesday on board a navy frigate equipped with anti-ship missiles to defend Taiwanese fishermen who have been chased repeatedly from waters under dispute with Japan.
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China vows to end misuse of antiviral drug
Jun 20 2005 9:32PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's government said Tuesday it was dispatching experts to stop the misuse of an antiviral drug on poultry and denied a report that officials encouraged farmers to use it, possibly making it ineffective for treating deadly bird flu in humans.
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Japanese man, 95, breaks running record
Jun 20 2005 4:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A 95-year-old Japanese man who took up track only three decades ago has run the 100 meters in 22.04-seconds, a record for his age bracket, according to media reports.
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Japan to expand its research whaling
Jun 20 2005 10:37AM (CT)
ULSAN, South Korea (AP) - Japan said Monday it would dramatically expand its research whaling, doubling the number of minke whales it kills annually for scientific study.
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China offers rewards for piracy tips
Jun 20 2005 10:18AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China is appealing for public help in stamping out piracy of CDs, DVDs and other products, offering rewards of up to $36,000 for tips on illegal video and audio factories.
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Japan, S. Korea fail to settle disputes
Jun 20 2005 9:01AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The leaders of Japan and South Korea failed Monday to make progress on mending ties damaged by a territorial dispute over islands in the Sea of Japan and a flap over Tokyo's militaristic past during a tense summit.
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5 moderate quakes hit Japan; 1 injured
Jun 20 2005 6:43AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Five moderately strong earthquakes rocked buildings across a wide swath of Japan's main island on Monday, injuring at least one person.
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Koreas to resume nuke disarmament talks
Jun 20 2005 6:18AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The two Koreas hold talks this week in Seoul in an atmosphere of optimism after North Korean leader Kim Jong II pledged to seek reconciliation and hinted at a return soon to nuclear disarmament negotiations.
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Korean soldier said committed massacre
Jun 20 2005 6:03AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean soldier who killed eight troops in a weekend rampage at a front-line army unit is a timid person who plotted the killings in anger over harassment by senior officers, the military said Monday.
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Sudan drops charges against aid workers
Jun 20 2005 5:17AM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Sudan has dropped charges against two medical aid workers accused of spreading false information in a report alleging widespread rape in the troubled Darfur region, the organization said Monday.
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Vietnam: Two new human cases of bird flu
Jun 20 2005 4:50AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Two more people from northern Vietnam have been sickened with bird flu, and thousands of chickens have dropped dead in the south, officials said Monday.
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Vietnam prime minister launches U.S. tour
Jun 20 2005 3:55AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The first visit to America by a prime minister from Vietnam in 30 years was greeted by demonstrators shouting "Down with communists!" and calling for an end to political and religious persecution in Vietnam.
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Fierce fighting kills 21 in Afghanistan
Jun 20 2005 2:29AM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Fierce fighting between Taliban rebels and Afghan security forces left 18 insurgents and three others dead, a day after the U.S. military pounded suspected rebels in airstrikes that killed as many as 20, officials said Monday.
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