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East Timor's PM announces plan to resign
Jun 25 2006 11:46PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's prime minister said Monday that he was ready to resign to help end weeks of unrest and political turmoil.
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Japan to get U.S. PAC-3 missiles
Jun 25 2006 11:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan has agreed to a U.S. deployment of advanced Patriot interceptor missiles on American bases by the end of the year, officials said Monday, amid concerns that North Korea may be about to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile.
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Japan: 'All options' open with N. Korea
Jun 25 2006 10:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Japan said Sunday that "all options" would be considered against North Korea, including oil and food sanctions, if the communist country tests a long-range missile that could reach the United States.
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Blast kills Sri Lanka army official
Jun 25 2006 10:48PM (CT)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A powerful explosion hit a vehicle carrying the deputy chief of staff of Sri Lanka's army on Monday, killing him, his driver and a civilian, officials said.
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Flash floods in central Indonesia kill 21
Jun 25 2006 10:09PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Heavy rain triggered floods that killed at least 21 people and left 20 others missing on a small island in central Indonesia, state news agency Antara reported Monday.
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Chinese flash flood kills 11
Jun 25 2006 8:01PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Flash flooding caused by torrential rain in south China's Hunan province killed 11 people and left 15 missing, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
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Explosion in Turkish resort town kills 3
Jun 25 2006 7:07PM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - An explosion in the Turkish Mediterranean resort town of Antalya on Sunday killed three foreign tourists and a Turk and injured about 25 people, a local official said.
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Cameraman sheds light on al-Qaida videos
Jun 25 2006 10:59AM (CT)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - The bitter winter winds were howling through the Afghan mountains when, cameraman Qari Mohammed Yusuf says, a courier brought a summons from al-Qaida's No. 2: "The emir wants to send a message."
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Nepal faces uncertain future with rebels
Jun 25 2006 10:51AM (CT)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - For 10 years, Nepal's Maoist rebels were beyond the pale _ hunted, shunned and feared as they waged a brutal war against the government. Now they have been welcomed into the establishment.
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Karzai challenges Omar to face justice
Jun 25 2006 8:52AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that the Taliban's fugitive leader should come out of hiding and face justice. An audio tape allegedly made by Mullah Omar and aired Sunday by a Pakistani television station said the U.S.-led coalition and the Afghan government do not have the ability to solve Afghanistan's escalating violence.
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Police: 5 Afghan aid workers kidnapped
Jun 25 2006 8:00AM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Five Afghan aid workers, including three employed by a Swedish aid agency, were abducted in eastern Afghanistan, a police official said Sunday.
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Israeli official: Missing soldier is alive
Jun 25 2006 6:21AM (CT)
KIBBUTZ KEREM SHALOM, Israel (AP) - An Israeli soldier seized during a Palestinian militant attack Sunday is alive, Israel's military chief of staff said.
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Taliban tape criticizes Afghan government
Jun 25 2006 5:40AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Taliban fugitive leader Mullah Omar said the coalition and Afghan government do not have the wisdom to solve the crisis in Afghanistan, according to an audio tape aired Sunday by a Pakistani television station.
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Japanese troops begin withdrawal from Iraq
Jun 25 2006 3:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The first Japanese troops to withdraw from Iraq arrived in Kuwait on Sunday, a Japanese defense spokesman said, as Japan moved to end its most dangerous overseas mission since World War II.
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Strong quake strikes central Indonesia
Jun 25 2006 2:48AM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi island early Sunday and panicked residents, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Residents flee from Philippine volcano
Jun 25 2006 12:53AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 100 villagers fled from boulders and rocks rumbling down the Philippines' restive Bulusan volcano amid heavy rains from a tropical storm, an official said Sunday.
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