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China's Hu calls on Communist Party reform
Jun 29 2006 11:11PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - President Hu Jintao called on Communist Party leaders Friday to stamp out rampant corruption and do a better job of managing China's ruling party as they marked the 85th anniversary of its founding.
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East Timor's ousted PM ignores summons
Jun 29 2006 10:40PM (CT)
DILI, East Timor (AP) - East Timor's ousted prime minister failed to appear Friday for questioning over gunrunning charges that contributed to his downfall, saying he was immune from prosecution, the prosecutor said.
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Death toll in China flash floods at 21
Jun 29 2006 10:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The death toll in flash floods last weekend in central China has risen to 21, with another six people missing, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.
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Indonesia suspects Playboy editor, model
Jun 29 2006 4:27PM (CT)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A Playboy magazine editor and a centerfold model who appeared in the first edition in Indonesia were named by police Thursday as suspects in an indecency case, a move praised by religious hard-liners in the predominantly Muslim country.
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China fires naval commander for corruption
Jun 29 2006 3:06PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A deputy commander of China's navy has been dismissed and stripped of a seat in parliament for corruption, the government said Thursday, one of the most senior military figures to be punished in a multiyear crackdown on rampant graft.
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12 militants die in southern Afghanistan
Jun 29 2006 2:06PM (CT)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - British troops hunting pro-Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan killed 12 militants after repelling a fierce attack on their base, the military said Thursday.
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China set to open first railway to Tibet
Jun 29 2006 2:04PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China unveils an engineering marvel this weekend _ a railway to Tibet that features high-tech systems to stabilize tracks over permafrost and cabins enriched with oxygen to help riders cope with high altitudes.
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Pakistan releases 50 detained tribesmen
Jun 29 2006 12:03PM (CT)
MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani authorities have released 50 detained tribesmen in a goodwill gesture in a volatile northern tribal region, a top official said Thursday. The releases Wednesday came amid efforts to end four years of violence between pro-Taliban militants and the Pakistani military in the North and South Waziristan regions.
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Suspect in 2002 Pakistan bombing acquitted
Jun 29 2006 11:50AM (CT)
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A court acquitted a man Thursday suspected of involvement in a 2002 car bombing outside the U.S. consulate in the southern port city of Karachi that killed 14 Pakistanis, lawyers said.
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4 Pakistani men hanged for raping woman
Jun 29 2006 10:20AM (CT)
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - Four Pakistani men were hanged Thursday for gang-raping a Christian woman at gunpoint during a 1999 robbery, a jail official said.
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Doctor testifies in trial of 4 Marines
Jun 29 2006 8:27AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Filipino doctor testifying at a rape trial involving four U.S. Marines said Thursday that the accuser suffered injuries consistent with a sexual assault. Dr. Rolando Ortiz II testified that he examined the 22-year-old woman two days after she was allegedly raped by a Marine while the three others cheered him on.
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Vietnamese leader wants closer U.S. ties
Jun 29 2006 8:05AM (CT)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam's new president said Thursday he will push for closer relations with the United States and China, signaling he is ready to play a more active role in a position that has largely been ceremonial.
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Jailed Khmer Rouge army chief hospitalized
Jun 29 2006 7:17AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The former military chief of the Khmer Rouge communist movement, Ta Mok, was hospitalized Thursday with various illnesses, his lawyer said, raising doubt about whether he will ever be able to stand trial.
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SKorean man claims alleged abductee dead
Jun 29 2006 4:11AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean man allegedly kidnapped by North Korea decades ago claimed Thursday that his former wife, a Japanese abductee whose case has complicated relations between the North and Tokyo, had died as the North Korean government has claimed.
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Pakistan angrily reacts to Rice's comments
Jun 29 2006 2:51AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Foreign Ministry responded angrily to a call by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for democratic elections next year, saying it doesn't need "outside" advice.
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