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Koreas open talks to pursue cooperation
Jun 22 2005 9:39PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The two Koreas met Wednesday for high-level talks to bolster joint projects and support reunions of those separated by their heavily armed border, despite Pyongyang's refusal to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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Japan proposal to hunt minke whales nixed
Jun 22 2005 9:28PM (CT)
ULSAN, South Korea (AP) - The International Whaling Commission on Thursday rejected Japan's proposal to allow limited hunts of minke whales, dealing another blow to its efforts to roll back a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling.
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U.S. bombardment kills 76 in Afghanistan
Jun 22 2005 8:38PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - American aircraft bombarded a rebel hideout with missiles and bombs, killing up to 76 insurgents in one of the deadliest battles since the Taliban's ouster more than three years ago, officials said Wednesday.
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Pakistani rape victim to get back passport
Jun 22 2005 8:26PM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani woman who was gang-raped on orders from a village council said Wednesday the government has promised to return her passport, less than a month after she was blocked from traveling abroad to speak about her ordeal.
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U.S. urges U.N. on China family planning
Jun 22 2005 6:49PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States urged the U.N. population agency Wednesday to end its family planning program in China until Beijing stops using forced abortions and punishment to enforce its one-child policy.
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U.N.: Tsunami relief pledges surpass $10B
Jun 22 2005 3:56PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Governments and individuals have pledged more than $10 billion for tsunami victims in the outpouring of generosity since the disaster struck six months ago, the United Nations' humanitarian office said Wednesday.
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China floods kill 27, force evacuations
Jun 22 2005 1:30PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Flooding triggered by torrential rains killed at least 27 people and forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 in a mountainous region of southern China, the government said Wednesday.
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Thai lawmaker dies in fall from condo
Jun 22 2005 1:19PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A lawmaker from Thailand's ruling party fell to his death Wednesday from his 10th floor apartment, followed a few hours later by a woman with whom he had been quarreling, police said.
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Japan marks 60th anniversary of battle
Jun 22 2005 12:25PM (CT)
ITOMAN, Japan (AP) - Sadako Higa was 13 when World War II came to her village. As American soldiers approached her home, she ran with her family to a tiny shelter in the sugarcane fields and waited for the inevitable.
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Afghan violence shatters Pakistan alliance
Jun 22 2005 11:42AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Three months of intense fighting has killed more than 550 people and rattled confidence in Afghanistan's future. As the battles _ and the bodies _ have piled up, senior Afghan officials are pointing an accusing finger at a familiar foe: Pakistan.
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Thai man beheaded during lunch hour
Jun 22 2005 11:21AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Islamic separatists beheaded a man at a teashop Wednesday and then left his head in a sack on the side of the road, the latest in a series of bold attacks across southern Thailand defying government attempts to restore peace.
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Korea experts: U.S. spurned '02 Kim effort
Jun 22 2005 10:13AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in a previously undisclosed message to President Bush in November 2002, said the United States and North Korea "should be able to resolve the nuclear issue in compliance with the demands of the new century," according to two private U.S. Korea experts who delivered Kim's message to the White House.
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Pakistan seeks U.S. info on Taliban chief
Jun 22 2005 9:59AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Wednesday urged the outgoing U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan to share information on the whereabouts of fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar, days after the envoy said he was "more likely" in Pakistan than in Afghanistan.
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Thousands mourn Philippine Cardinal Sin
Jun 22 2005 4:46AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Thousands of mourners on Wednesday paid their respects to the late Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin, a key figure in the "people power" revolts that ousted two Philippine presidents.
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Korean conscript's rampage raises concern
Jun 22 2005 1:11AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A deadly rampage by an army conscript guarding the last Cold War frontier is heightening concerns about discipline in the South Korean military and its ability to defend the country against the communist North.
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Pakistan urged to do more on militants
Jun 22 2005 1:04AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Fighting between suspected rebels and Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops in southern Afghanistan left about 40 insurgents and a policeman dead and five U.S. soldiers wounded, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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